Augustin Mengelberg

The entrance building of the Heisterbach Abbey

Augustin Mengelberg (born November 10, 1710 in Linz am Rhein , † September 8, 1763 in Heisterbach ) was a Cistercian monk . From 1748 to 1763 he was abbot of the Heisterbach monastery .

Mengelberg came from a respected family of officials and artists from Linz on the Rhine. He became a priest first , then a lector . In 1748 he was elected abbot by the abbey convent. The baroque entrance building of the abbey was built on behalf of Mengelberg in 1750.

Individual evidence

^ Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf: Memories book of the Cistercian Abbey Heisterbach ( Memento from October 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Christian von Stramburg , Anton Joseph Weidenbach : Memorable and useful Rheinischer Antiquarius: which represents the most important and pleasant geographical, historical and political peculiarities of the entire Rhine river, from its outflow into the sea to its origin. Part 3, Volume 8. Hergt, Koblenz 1861, p. 571 ( digitized in the Google book search)
↑ virtual bridge courtyard museum: Heisterbach - gatehouse with entrance gate 2010

personal data
SURNAME	Mengelberg, Augustin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Cistercian monk and abbot
DATE OF BIRTH	November 10, 1710
PLACE OF BIRTH	Linz on the Rhine
DATE OF DEATH	September 8, 1763
Place of death	Heisterbach

[1] Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf: Memories book of the Cistercian Abbey Heisterbach ( Memento from October 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Christian von Stramburg , Anton Joseph Weidenbach : Memorable and useful Rheinischer Antiquarius: which represents the most important and pleasant geographical, historical and political peculiarities of the entire Rhine river, from its outflow into the sea to its origin. Part 3, Volume 8. Hergt, Koblenz 1861, p. 571 ( digitized in the Google book search)

[3] virtual bridge courtyard museum: Heisterbach - gatehouse with entrance gate 2010