Charlotte von Veltheim

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Charlotte Luise Adelheid von Veltheim (born May 13, 1832 in Braunschweig ; † June 18, 1911 in Marienberg Monastery in Helmstedt ) was a German Protestant dominatrix of the Marienberg Monastery, co-founder of the Lower Saxony Parament Association and founder of the Helmstedt district hospital St.-Marienberg.

Live and act

Charlotte von Veltheim (1741–1801) was the eldest daughter of the Braunschweig forest director and chamber president Hans von Veltheim (1798–1868) and his wife Berta, née. from Oberg . Since 1754, the von Veltheim family has had the right to the office of dominatrix of the Marienberg monastery, as evidenced by Duke Carl I. von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . In 1848 the 16-year-old Charlotte von Veltheim was introduced to the office, but did not move into the monastery until 1862, because she initially felt it was a “devastated place of God's wrath”. Before moving into the monastery, she had worked as a housemother in the St. Leonhard Knabenhof in Braunschweig for three years .

Boarding school for senior daughters

Charlotte von Veltheim devoted herself above all to the Christian upbringing of girls and young women. For this purpose she first founded a Sunday school for children from Helmstedt and the surrounding area and in 1872 a boarding school for senior daughters . In total, over 1,600 female pupils completed their training at the boarding school. The National Socialists closed the school in 1940.

The Lower Saxony Parament Association

At the suggestion of the Lutheran theologian Wilhelm Löhe , she founded churches in 1861 together with the conventual Anna von der Schulenburg (1826–1902), a daughter of Werner von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg , and other women, and other women with artfully made handicrafts such as christening robes , wall hangings , altar ceilings, etc. Ä. equip. The association, which quickly became known through its work, soon held annual members' meetings, which primarily served to exchange experiences. In this way, more evangelical parament workshops were gradually established throughout Germany. The association disbanded in the 20th century, but the Von Veltheim Foundation took over the sponsorship of the parament workshop and continues it to this day. Domina Mechthild von Veltheim, a relative of Charlotte von Veltheim, is currently in charge of the management.

Hospital in the monastery

Marienberg Monastery

The 1176 as Augustinian Choir, female - pin monastery founded was at the time of the inauguration of Charlotte Veltheim in poor structural condition. In the years that followed, she was financially supported by patrons during the restoration , but she also invested considerable sums of her private fortune to have the monastery buildings restored. The first restored Romanesque church was painted by Adolf Quensen from 1870 onwards .

From 1868 the railway line from Braunschweig to Magdeburg was extended and passed close to Helmstedt. Since there was no hospital in Helmstedt , construction workers who were ill or had an accident while working were brought to the monastery for treatment, which in turn did not initially have suitable premises for the treatment and care of the sick and injured. Since there was also a lack of suitable nursing staff, the dominatrix was soon supported by deaconesses from Neuendettelsau .

The medical care of the population by the monastery was then steadily expanded, so that in 1876 the west wing of the monastery was expanded as needed. In 1883 public funds were made available for new buildings for the first time. Charlotte von Veltheim ran the hospital herself until she was 60. In 1892, sisters from the Braunschweig Marienstift took over the hospital. The hospital in the monastery later became today's HELIOS St. Marienberg Klinik Helmstedt.

Charlotte von Veltheim died at the age of 79. Her grave with a sandstone cross is in the cemetery of the monastery. Her successor in the office of dominatrix was her sister Luise. The Charlotte-von-Veltheim-Weg in Helmstedt was named in her honor.

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  1. ↑ a b c Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19th and 20th centuries. P. 625.
  2. ↑ a b c Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19th and 20th centuries. P. 624.
  3. ^ Richard Moderhack (ed.): Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte at a glance. Sources and research on Brunswick history. Volume 23, 3rd ed., Braunschweig 1979, p. 126.
  4. ↑ Dominatrix in the monastery, boss in the workshop. in the Braunschweiger Zeitung of September 3, 2007.
  5. ↑ Exhibition opening on May 16 in the foyer of the HELIOS St. Marienberg Klinik Helmstedt (PDF; 390 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Veltheim, Charlotte von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Veltheim, Charlotte Luise Adelheid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dominatrix, club founder and hospital donor
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1911
Place of death Marienberg Abbey , Helmstedt