Benedict von Geismar
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Benedict Geismar OSB (* 20th December 1680 in house Riepen as Ferdinand Caspar Adam of Geismar ; † 29. August 1757 in Will ), was a German Benedictine monk and Reichsabt of Werden Abbey .
Life
Ferdinand von Geismar was the first son of Paderborn Colonel Baron Wilhelm Otto von Geismar , a cousin of the Becoming abbot Coelestin von Geismar. His mother Susanne Maria von Bolandt came from Cologne. She was the daughter of Wilhelm von Bolandt and Agnes von Hillen, granddaughter of Johann Bolandt . He was followed by three younger brothers.
On July 25, 1700, he entered the Benedictine abbey of Werden , where his uncle Coelestin von Geismar lived as a monk. The novice was given the religious name of St. Benedict . He was ordained a priest in September 1705 . In 1717 Father Benedikt came to the Helmstedt Monastery of St. Ludgeri, which was united with Werden, and in 1719 held the office of provost . On March 10, 1728 he was elected abbot of Werden and Helmstedt. In 1732 he appointed the Warburg notary and city secretary Liborius Böttrich to his advice.
He completed the baroque reconstruction of the monastery complex in Werden, which his predecessor had started. In 1732 the dairy was built and the three-wing complex was completed by the provost in 1745 . At the Bursfeld General Chapter held in Liesborn Abbey in 1751, Abbot Benedikt von Geismar was elected President of the Bursfeld Congregation and held this position of leadership until his death in 1757.
After his death in 1757, like his uncle Abbot Coelestin, who died in 1718, he was buried in the Choir of Our Lady of the abbey church.
literature
- Jan Bar: The old imperial abbey. Pictures from Werden's story , Essen 1963
- Jan Bar: Werden and Helmstedt, Pictures and Documents , Essen 1964
- Franz-Josef Dubbi: Coelestin and Benedikt von Geismar, imperial abbots of Werden , in: From Warburg: 23 life pictures from 7 centuries , ed. from Museumsverein Warburg eV, Warburg 2007, p. 39
- Jan Gerchow (Hg): The millennium of the monks, Klosterwelt Werden 799–1999, Cologne 1999
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| SURNAME | Geismar, Benedikt von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geismar, Ferdinand Caspar Adam von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Benedictine monk and abbot of the Werden monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1680 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | House Riepen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 29, 1757 |
| Place of death | Become |