Anne-Elisabeth Gottrau

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Anne-Elisabeth Gottrau (born December 25, 1607 in Freiburg im Üechtland ; † November 26, 1657 ibid) was a Swiss mystic and Cistercian who died in the name of a saint . From 1654 to 1657 she followed as Abbess Anne Techtermann (1607-1654) in the Magerau Abbey , in which she had entered in 1623.

Life

Magerau Abbey (2011)

Anne-Elisabeth Gottrau was born in 1607 as the daughter of Jost, a member of the Council of Two Hundred , and Elisabeth de Reyff. In 1623 she entered the Cistercian abbey of La Maigrauge / Magerau. In 1625 she took the dress of the order and in 1627 made the religious vows . She first became the abbey organist , then subpriorin in 1630 . Further stations were novice mistress in 1634 and prioress in 1643. In 1654 she was elected abbess. Many of her spiritual writings are kept in La Maigrauge; the majority of these are unpublished manuscripts.

Anne-Elisabeth Gottrau died a few weeks before she turned 50 in Freiburg.

literature

  • Helvetia Sacra , Division III, The Orders with Benedictine Rule , Volume 3. Francke Verlag, Bern 1982, pp. 797–830.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nicolas de Gottrau: Gottrau, Anne Elisabeth. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data
SURNAME Gottrau, Anne-Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gottrau, Anne Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbess of the Cistercian Abbey of Magerau
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1607
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Üechtland
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1657
Place of death Freiburg in Üechtland