Anna Barbara Walch-Künkelin

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Anna Barbara Walch-Künkelin (born March 10, 1651 in Leutkirch ; † November 20, 1741 in Schorndorf ) was the wife of the then mayor of Schorndorf and, according to tradition, led the uprising of the Schorndorfer women , who led the town in 1688 before the handover the French preserved.

Life

Barbara Künkelin's house in Schorndorf
Inscription on the former home of Barbara Künkelin

Anna Barbara Künkelin was born Anna Barbara Agricola on March 10, 1651 in Leutkirch . From 1676 she ran the household to her uncle, a merchant and mayor in Augsburg, until in 1679 she married the Schorndorf butcher and landlord Johann Heinrich Walch , who held the office of mayor in Schorndorf. He was twenty-five years older than Barbara and had eight children from his first two marriages. The marriage with Barbara, however, remained childless.

In 1688 Anna Barbara Walch heard that the Schorndorf Fortress, instead of Stuttgart , was to be handed over to the French General Mélac , who raged in large parts of the Palatinate and Württemberg in the course of the Palatinate War . This was discussed in Schorndorf. According to tradition, Barbara Walch did not want to accept the handover and rioted together with the city commandant Johann Günther Krummhaar the women of Schorndorf, who stormed the town hall and prevented the handover of the city. They went down in history as the "women of Schorndorf".

After her husband Walch died in 1689, in the same year, just a few months later, she married the businessman Johann Georg Kün (c) kelin , who was her first husband's successor in office. With him she had their only child in 1691, who died after only five months. Johann Georg's son from his first marriage, Georg Thomas Künckelin (1680-1720), continued the lineage of the later barons of Kinckel . Johann Georg Künkelin died in 1728, Anna Barbara Künkelin died blind at the age of 90 in November 1741. Her house in Schorndorf is on the historic market square, right next to the Palmschen pharmacy .

In her will she decreed a foundation for theology students in Tübingen , whose parents were citizens of Schorndorf or held public office. The philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling , whose father was dean in Schorndorf from 1791 to 1801, benefited from this scholarship .

effect

Anna Barbara Walch-Künkelin is considered to be the leader of the women of Schorndorf and a savior and heroine in the city. In addition to a street and a school, Schorndorf's most important event hall also bears her name, the Barbara-Künkelin-Halle. There are also tours of the old town led by an actress from the historical Barbara Künkelin.

Barbara Künkelin Prize

On October 3, 1983 Fritz Abele , an honorary citizen of the city of Schorndorf, donated the “Barbara Künkelin Prize”, an award for women who stand out because of their social responsibility or personal courage. The three main ideas of the award are home care, the question of common sense in politics and the role of women in politics and society. The prize is endowed with 5000 euros. The winners include Marie Marcks and Ruth Braun .

Honors

  • Künkelin town hall in Schorndorf
  • Künkelin primary school in Schorndorf
  • Barbara-Künkelin-Strasse in Schorndorf
  • Barbara-Künkelin-Halle in Schorndorf
  • Barbara Künkelin Prize

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Homepage of the Barbara Künkelin Prize Foundation on kuenkelinpreis.de; accessed on September 16, 2015
  2. ↑ See § 2 of the statutes. Retrieved March 23, 2018
  3. ↑ List of the award winners on kuenkelinpreis.de; accessed on September 16, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Walch-Künkelin, Anna Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Künkelin, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Leader of the Schorndorfer women
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1651
PLACE OF BIRTH Leutkirch in the Allgäu
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1741
Place of death Schorndorf