Anna of Plauen (Gernrode)

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Anna von Plauen (* 1506 ; † March 18, 1548 in Gernrode ) was abbess of the Gernrode monastery from 1532 to 1548.

Life

Anna was a daughter of Heinrich III. von Plauen , Burgrave of Meißen and Barbara von Anhalt-Köthen, daughter of Prince Waldemar VI. von Anhalt-Köthen and Margarete von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg.

After Anna was appointed abbess in 1532, she continued the work of her predecessor Elisabeth von Weida and promoted Reformation ideas in the monastery. In 1533 the collegiate church was converted into an ordinary parish church, in that year the construction of an elementary school was completed, which had been suggested by Pastor Stefan Molitor and Elisabeth. In this, children from lower social classes should be given basic knowledge, in the sense of Luther.

In 1539, Anna, as territorial lord, granted the town of Gernrode the right to use a seal and a coat of arms, which corresponded to a simple granting of city rights. The lion in the coat of arms goes back to her Reuss family and is included in it to this day. In 1545 the first Protestant church visitation took place in the monastery area under Superintendent Molitor.

  • Coat of arms of Gernrode until 1993

literature

  • Hans Hartung: On the past of Gernrode . Carl Mittag, Gernrode 1912. pp. 70f.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Anna of Freyen weldtlichen pin Gernrode Aptißin of Heylg. Rom. The richly born castle countess of Meißen, countess of Hartenstein and women from Plauen, etc., gave the council and the whole community of the town Gernrode a sigil as follows, namely with two red towers, a yellow door between them, and a yellow man between them Standing tall on both towers, and with the right front foot of the one tower, grasping the knob, everything like this in a white field ” . From the hall book of 1663, found again in 1937
  2. ^ Johann Christoph Beckmann : History of the Principality of Anhalt. Volume 1. Zerbst 1710. p. 183
personal data
SURNAME Plauen, Anna von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbess of the Gernrode Monastery (1532–1548)
DATE OF BIRTH 1506
PLACE OF BIRTH Plauen
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1548
Place of death Gernrode