Anna Maria Theresia von der Recke zu Steinfurt

Anna Maria Theresia von der Recke zu Steinfurt († March 22, 1780 ) was abbess in Nottuln Abbey .

Life

Origin and family

Anna Maria Theresia von der Recke zu Steinfurt grew up as the daughter of Johann Matthias von der Recke zu Steinfurt and Anna Adolphina von Wolff called Metternich in the ancient Westphalian noble family von der Recke . She had several siblings, including Anna Maria Theresia and Franz Arnold .

Career and work

On September 22, 1723 Anna Maria Theresia was sworn up . Her unanimous election as abbess fell on September 23, 1750. She was the successor of Margaretha Theodora Agnes von Velen . She then took the required oath of faith on October 24th. On January 1, 1751 she renounced her prebend in favor of Francisca Christina von Vittinghoff called Schell. The whole parish was invited to her funeral on March 23, 1780. The funeral feast that followed took place on April 15, with the innkeepers in the parish having five tons of beer ready for consumption.

Others

Anna Maria did not fulfill her obligation to set aside 500 Reichstaler annually for the new building of the abbey. She even left the considerable sum of 15,000 Reichstalers in debt. Your heirs were then claimed by the chapter.

literature

Wilhelm Kohl : Diocese of Münster. 8: The (free world) Nottuln women's monastery (= Germania Sacra NF 44). de Gruyter, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-11-018532-6 ( PDF file ; 7.9 MB), p. 241 f.

Web links

Anna Maria Theresia von der Recke person database at Germania Sacra
Von der Recke in the GEDBAS genealogy database
Von der Recke zu Steinfurt GEDBAS genealogy database

Individual evidence

↑ Nathalie Kruppa (Red.), Wilhelm Kohl : Germania Sacra - Historical-Statistical Description of the Church of the Old Kingdom - The Dioceses of the Church Province of Cologne - The Diocese of Münster - 8 - The (free worldly) women's monastery Nottuln . Published by the Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen, New Series 44. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York, 2005, ISBN 978-3-11-018532-4 ; accessed on April 20, 2018 (PDF; 7.9 MB), p. 242.

personal data
SURNAME	Recke zu Steinfurt, Anna Maria Theresia von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Abbess in Nottuln Abbey
DATE OF BIRTH	17th century or 18th century
DATE OF DEATH	March 22, 1780

[1] Nathalie Kruppa (Red.), Wilhelm Kohl : Germania Sacra - Historical-Statistical Description of the Church of the Old Kingdom - The Dioceses of the Church Province of Cologne - The Diocese of Münster - 8 - The (free worldly) women's monastery Nottuln . Published by the Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen, New Series 44. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York, 2005, ISBN 978-3-11-018532-4 ; accessed on April 20, 2018 (PDF; 7.9 MB), p. 242.