Barbara von Gundelfingen
Barbara von Gundelfingen (* 1473 ; † May 15, 1523 ) was an abbess of the free worldly Buchau women's monastery in today's Bad Buchau am Federsee .
Life
Barbara came from the Swabian noble family of Gundelfingen and was born in 1473. Her father was Georg von Gundelfingen and her mother was Waldburga von Fugger-Kirchberg . In 1489 she was mentioned for the first time as a canon of the monastery. On November 17, 1497 she was elected abbess. She took care of the internal constitution of the pen, issued a dress code and established rules for the common life of the pen ladies. In 1508 they built a curtain wall around the monastery.
She died in 1523.
literature
- Bernhard Theil: The free worldly women's monastery Buchau am Federsee . Ed .: Max Planck Institute for History (= Germania Sacra . NF 32). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and New York 1994, ISBN 3-11-014214-7 , pp. 228-230 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Theil, p. 228
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Anna von Werdenberg |
Abbess of Buchau 1497–1523 |
Elisabeth von Hohengeroldseck |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gundelfingen, Barbara von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbess of the Buchau women's monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1473 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1523 |