Anna of Plauen (Quedlinburg)

Anna von Plauen (* before 1435; † January 14, 1458 in Quedlinburg ) was abbess in the Quedlinburg Abbey from 1435 to 1458.

Life

Anna was a daughter of Heinrich IX. von Plauen and Anna von Riesenburg, one brother was Heinrich I. Reuss zu Plauen, Burgrave of Meißen .

Anna was a canon in Quedlinburg. In 1435, after Adelheid withdrew, she was appointed the new abbess. There was probably no choice, as suggested by the confirmation from Pope Eugene IV . The city of Quedlinburg only paid the usual homage after about a year .

Anna set up a building department that could carry out extensions in the monastery. She enfeoffed Elector Friedrich I of Brandenburg with the rule of Lindau and Möckern and Elector Friedrich of Saxony with the Havelbruch near Brandenburg, parts of the Spree , and the city of Gera . With the city of Quedlinburg there were frequent disputes about income from mills and other monastery property, about coinage, the filling of school rector positions and more. The city sought more autonomy and independence from the monastery, which led to escalation under her successor.

Anna died on January 14, 1458 and was buried in the collegiate church of St. Servatius , her grave slab is in the main crypt.

literature

Johann Heinrich Fritsch: History of the former Reichsstift and the city of Quedlinburg. Volume 1. Quedlinburg, 1828. pp. 195-202 - Internet Archive
Gottfried Christian Voigt: History of the Quedlinburg Abbey. Volume 2. Leipzig 1787. pp. 361-396 - Internet Archive

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Grave slab of Abbess Anna von Plauen, died in 1458 in the German Digital Library

predecessor	Office	Successor
Adelheid IV.	Abbess of Quedlinburg 1435–1458	Hedwig of Saxony

personal data
SURNAME	Plauen, Anna von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Abbess of the Quedlinburg Abbey (1435–1458)
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1435
DATE OF DEATH	January 14, 1458
Place of death	Quedlinburg

[1] Grave slab of Abbess Anna von Plauen, died in 1458 in the German Digital Library