Ave from Schönfeld
Ave von Schönfeld († 1541 ) came from the old Saxon nobility and was the daughter of Georg von Schönfeld . It is among the women who received Katharina von Bora from the monastery Nimbschen fled.
Life
In 1515, Ave and her sister Margarethe entered the Cistercian convent Marienthron (Nimbschen convent) near Grimma .
On April 7, 1523 nine nuns, under the direction of Katharina von Bora, fled the monastery to Martin Luther in Wittenberg , including Ave and her sister. Luther helped women to marry, whereby he himself tended to the Ave von Schönfeld, which is considered “beauty”, as he reported in the table speeches and letters. On the other hand, he feared that he would not be able to offer a woman a secure existence. Finally, in 1524, Ave married the medic Basilius Axt . The marriage had four children, three sons and a daughter.
A good relationship with Martin Luther was maintained; In 1525 he gave Axt a permanent job in Torgau and in 1540 Ave assisted in inheritance disputes with her brother Ernst von Schönfeld.
Ave von Schönfeld died in 1541, probably in Königsberg , where the Axt family lived.
literature
- Silvia Weigelt: Luther's first love: Ave von Schönfeld
- Weigelt, Sylvia: "To be the pleasure and joy of men". Women around Luther . Wartburg Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3-86160-241-5
- Kirsi Stjerna: Women and the Reformation . Blackwell, Malden 2009. ISBN 978-1-4051-1423-3 , pp. 53-54
- Heiko Augustinus Oberman : Luther - man between God and the devil . dtv, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-423-10683-2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernst Kroker: Katharina von Bora, Martin Luther's wife. Halle 1906, writes Eva . So Oberman, Luther, p. 362.
- ^ Luther's marriage and family life
- ↑ Martin Luther, table speeches. WAT 4, No. 4786.
- ↑ Martin Luther, letter to Spalatin of April 16, 1525. WABr 3, p. 474.
- ↑ Weigelt, Luther's first love
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schönfeld, Ave from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schönfeld, Eva |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Woman in the history of the Reformation and Martin Luther's “first love” |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1541 |
| Place of death | Koenigsberg |