Anna Franziska von Ketteler
Anna Franziska von Ketteler (born April 18, 1755 at Harkotten Castle near Sassenberg , † April 14, 1835 in Münster ) was the last abbess of the Freckenhorst free worldly women's monastery .
family
Anna Franziska was born as the daughter of Goswin Lubbert von Ketteler zu Harkotten (* 1719, † 1775) and his wife Bernhardina Dorothea von Korff , a sister of the previous abbess of Freckenhorst Monastery ( Francisca Lucia von Korff zu Harkotten and Störmede ). Of the five brothers and sisters, three children aspired to a spiritual career: their sister Agnes Bernhardina also became a canon in Freckenhorst. Matthias Benedikt (* around 1751, † 1802), was canon of Münster, Osnabrück and Hildesheim. Wilhelm Arnold was canon of Münster, Paderborn and Hildesheim. Her brother Clemens August († 1815), married to Marianne von Galen, widowed von Plettenberg , is the grandfather of the future Bishop of Mainz Wilhelm Emanuel von Ketteler . Her sister Maria Anna († 1821) married Caspar Friedrich von Böselager zu Eggermühlen in 1773 .
Career
The election of the last abbess of Freckenhorst Abbey took place on April 2, 1799 . On November 11, 1760, after the death of Theodora BFM Schencking, Anna Franziska received a preamble in Freckenhorst and was emancipated on September 5, 1768. On May 15, 1799, the Ordinarius confirmed the election of the abbess. On July 22, 1799, the abbess signed the election surrender.
After only three years in office, the end of the monastery was announced when on August 3, 1802 the King of Prussia took possession of the eastern part of the upper monastery of Münster , to which Freckenhorst belonged. On February 25, 1803, the prince-bishopric of Münster was finally declared abolished and the confiscation of the monasteries and monasteries was left to the new sovereign with certain restrictions. The state authorities assumed a kind of supervision over the affairs of the monastery. The cabinet order of March 7, 1805 still provided for the retention of the monastery as a supply institution for needy noble women of all denominations under certain conditions, but the government of the Grand Duchy of Berg , to which Freckenhorst belonged since 1808, decreed the final repeal of the Lady's pen.
The abbess's income at that time amounted to CHF 21,260 a year. She received a pension and retired to Münster, after she had spent some time in the canons' house, which was newly built in 1796, after the annulment. Most recently she lived in the Kettelersche Hof on Alten Steinweg 35 in Münster, which she had bought in 1822. There she died on April 14, 1835 at the age of 80 and was buried in the Lambertikirchhof .
Web links
- Online finding aid for the estate of Abbess Baroness Anna Franziska von Ketteler-Harkotten zu Freckenhorst (1775–1835); use is made possible by the LWL archive office .
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Kohl: The diocese of Münster 3: The (free worldly) women's monastery Freckenhorst . In: Germania Sacra . NF 10. Berlin / New York 1975 ( [1] ).
- ^ Max Geisberg: The city of Münster . tape 3 , 1934, pp. 150 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ketteler, Anna Franziska von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | last abbess of the free worldly women's monastery Freckenhorst |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1755 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | at Sassenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1835 |
| Place of death | Muenster |