Guda von Berg
Guda von Berg (* around 1180 ; † around 1232 ) was the abbess of the Gerresheim monastery .
Life
Guda von Berg came from the noble family of the Counts von Berg , who, in 1056, appointed Adolf von Berg, the first bailiff of the monastery. She was the successor to Abbess Gertrud and took office in 1212. At her instigation, the high medieval Gerresheimer Heberegister was created, which listed the property of the monastery around Gerresheim and in the Rhineland. The construction of the Basilica of St. Margaret , which still exists today and is under the patronage of St. Hippolytus , began in 1220 during her term of office . She did not live to see the consecration of the church in 1236.
During her tenure, the monastery prospered . The spiritual and religious area experienced a heyday. In 1218 Guda bought a Gewandhaus in Gerresheim and in a document from that year she describes the village as a “city” and its residents as “citizens”. Her term of office ended in 1232. Her successor Elisabeth took office as abbess in 1241. Guda is praised as an "extremely concerned headmistress".
Others
Contrary to the chronology of the Freckenhorst abbesses, Guda cannot be identified as the abbess of this monastery .
literature
- Hugo Weidenhaupt : The Kanonissenstift Gerresheim 870–1400. In: Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch. 46, 1954, ISSN 0342-0019 .
Web links
- History of the Gerresheim basilica
- Guda von Berg personal database at Germania Sacra
Individual evidence
- ^ Michael Buhlmann: Contributions to the history of Gerresheim 4, Essen 2011, * Heberegister
- ↑ Hugo Weidenhaupt 1954, p. 83
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guda von Berg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbess in the Gerresheim monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1180 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1232 |