Dionysius Schüppen

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Dionysius Schüppen (born September 27, 1730 in Andernach , † January 21, 1803 in Andernach) was the last prior in the Maria Engelport monastery .

Career

He was the youngest of eight children of the married couple Johann Schüppen and Maria Sybilla Stanters. In 1754 he made his profession in the Premonstratensian monastery Sayn and was ordained a priest two years later. On May 28, 1775 he was sent to Engelport as prior and fled from there in 1794 from the French army to his hometown. As prior, he was primarily responsible for the spiritual well-being of the noble choir women. But he also had to take care of worldly matters such as holding court courts and leases.

plant

Dionysius Schüppen could indeed be contentious, but according to country dean Johann Joseph Becker he was a gentle and quiet man who was more experienced in the clergy than in the secular. That is probably why we owe him a valuable contribution to regional history. In a 286-page manual in the format of approx. 35 × 10.5 cm, he meticulously noted down peculiarities , presumably as a guide for himself, that were not only important for the convent. In addition to copies of documents that no longer exist in the original, they also contain global political aspects.

It also contains a unique eyewitness report on the division of the so-called Dreiherrischen on the Hunsrück.

literature

  • Norbert J. Pies and Werner P. Pfeil: On the history of Maria Engelport monastery. Volume III: Series Magistrarum et Priorum. Frechen 1989. ISBN 3-927049-04-2
  • Norbert J. Pies: On the history of Maria Engelport Monastery. Volume IV: Oddities between the Hunsrück and Eifel from five centuries. The diary of Dionysius Schüppen. Erftstadt-Lechenich 1997. ISBN 3-927049-13-1 .
  • Norbert J. Pies: Schüppen, Dionysius . Short biography in: Friderichs, Alfons (Hrsg.): Personalities of the Cochem-Zell district. Kliomedia. Trier 2004 p. 324.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dionysius Schüppen: Notabilia quædam quæ contigerunt in Engelport. Oddities that occurred in the aristocratic house of God Maria Engelport at different times. Manuscript in the monastery archive.
  2. ↑ Norbert J. Pies: The division of the Dreiherrischen - An eyewitness report. In: Hunsrücker Heimatblätter 67, vol. 26 (1986) pp. 277-279.
personal data
SURNAME Schüppen, Dionysius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prior of the Maria Engelport monastery
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1730
PLACE OF BIRTH Then after
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1803
Place of death Then after