Agnes of Limburg-Stirum

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Agnes von Limburg-Bronkhorst-Styrum (born September 18, 1563 in Kasteel de Wildenborch ; † January 2, 1645 in Vreden ) was the abbess of the Elten , Vreden , Borghorst and Freckenhorst monasteries .

Life

She came from the noble family Limburg-Styrum. Her father was Hermann Georg von Limburg and Bronkhorst , master of Styrum, Wisch and Borculo. The mother was Maria Countess von Hoya. Her sister Metta was also abbess in Freckenhorst.

She joined the Elten Abbey at a young age. She became provess in Vreden in 1596. In Elten she became abbess in 1603. Later she was also abbess of the monasteries Vreden, Borghorst and from 1614 in Freckenhorst. She mostly resided in Vreden.

At the beginning of her tenure, all four pens were in poor condition. Partly life was secular, partly they suffered from the aftermath of previous wars. Agnes von Limburg-Stirum has brought about reforms in all pens. In Elten, the buildings, some of which were in ruins, were demolished and a new building started. In Borghorst she had a new abbey building built.

In 1619 she donated the Vredener Hunger cloth . The cloth shows eleven figurative Passion pictures. In the center is the image of the crucifixion. Incorporated is the reference to the founder: “Agnes, by God's grace Abbess of Elten, Vreden, Freckenhorst and Borghorst, Countess of Limburg and Bronckhorst, made this ornament in honor of the Passion of Christ and donated it to the Church of St. Felicitas in the year of the Lord 1619. “It also contains 16 noble coats of arms of the ancestors of the abbess.

Part of their time coincided with the Thirty Years War . Due to her family connections in both the Protestant and Catholic camps, she was able to prevent raids in her sphere of influence on various occasions. She also tried other measures to prevent foreign soldiers from entering. Furthermore, whenever it deemed it necessary, it resisted orders from the government of the Hochstift Munster . In the case of an Anabaptist miller, she opposed his arrest because this order issued by Münster had violated her rights. She was buried in the collegiate church of Vreden.

Others

She inherited the rule of Gemen and ceded the estate to her nephew Hermann Otto I of Limburg-Styrum . This was the father of the Freckenhorst abbess Agnes Maria von Limburg-Styrum .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See nobility trial of November 8, 1577; Landesarchiv NRW Rhineland department (Elten, pen, documents no. 283).
  2. ↑ Report on the importance of the cloth

literature

  • Wilhelm Kohl : The (free world) women's monastery Freckenhorst (= Germania Sacra. NF Vol. 10: The dioceses of the church province of Cologne. The diocese of Münster. Volume 3). de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1975, ISBN 3-11-002098-X , p. 347f.

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personal data
SURNAME Limburg-Stirum, Agnes von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Limburg-Bronkhorst-Styrum, Agnes von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbess of the Elten, Vreden, Borghorst and St
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1563
PLACE OF BIRTH Castle de Wildenborch
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1645
Place of death Vreden