Bernhardina Sophia von Plettenberg
Bernhardina Sophia von Plettenberg (* June 20, 1750 - May 19, 1823 ) was the abbess of the Geseke Abbey .
Life
Origin and family
Bernhardina Sophia von Plettenberg grew up as the daughter of Joseph Clemens von Plettenberg and his wife Clara Regina von Droste zu Füchten (daughter of Ernst Dietrich Anton von Droste zu Füchten ). The von Plettenberg noble family is one of the oldest and most important Westphalian noble houses. Her three sisters also became canons . After her mother's death, her father remarried. Her half-brother August Joseph comes from this marriage .
Career and work
After the resignation of the canoness Maria Theresia von Weichs on August 28, 1766, Bernhardina entered the Geseke monastery after being sworn up by the canon Franz Ludolph von Hörde and the Knight of Malta Theodor von Schade . She was elected abbess on November 5, 1799, taking an oath to the Archbishop of Cologne , Maximilian Franz .
The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss from 1803 brought far-reaching changes. The Landgrave's government of Hessen-Darmstadt intervened in the fortunes of the monastery and wanted to keep it as a purely care institution for unmarried young women. Although Bernhardina resisted this plan, she could not prevent the change in the statutes in 1807, after which the prebends were awarded by the sovereign. In 1823, the year Bernhardina's death, the administration of the monastery was placed in the hands of the Arnsberg government . This prevented the election of a successor after the abbess's death.
In Geseke, Von-Plettenberg-Strasse is named after Bernhardina Sophia.
swell
- Ulrich Löer: The Archdiocese of Cologne 6. The noble canonical monastery of St. Cyriakus zu Geseke , NF 50, publisher: Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen, publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York, ISBN 978 -3-11-019923-9
Web links
- Bernhardina Sophia von Plettenberg personal database at Germania Sacra
- Family history and ownership "von Plettenberg" entry at www.lwl.org
- Documents from Plettenberg State Archive North Rhine-Westphalia
- From Plettenberg State Archive North Rhine-Westphalia
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plettenberg, Bernhardina Sophia from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Plettenberg-Lenhausen, Bernhardina Sophia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbess in Geseke Abbey |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1750 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 1823 |