Anna von Munzingen

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Anna von Munzingen († 1327 ) was a German Dominican and prioress in the Adelhausen monastery in Freiburg . It is attributed to the movement of women's mysticism .

Almost nothing is known about the life of Anna von Munzingen: She came from a Freiburg patrician family and was first mentioned in 1316 and subsequently in 1317 and 1327 as the prioress of the Freiburg Dominican convent. Around 1318 she wrote a book of sisters under the title book of the life of the blessed first sisters of the cloister our frowen de annuntiatione in Adelhusen by Friburg, preacher order , which became known as the "Chronicle of the Mystics of Adelhausen". As with other sisters 'books, it is less an actual chronicle than a hagiographical collection of over 30 saints' lives from selected fellow sisters, which provides an insight into the mysticism and life in medieval women's convents.

The “Chronicle” is preserved in a single copy from 1433 in the Freiburg City Archives (signature B 1 No. 98).

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SURNAME Anna von Munzingen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Dominican and prioress in the Adelhausen Monastery in Freiburg
DATE OF BIRTH 13th century or 14th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau
DATE OF DEATH 1327