Hazecha von Ballenstedt

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Abbess Hazecha von Ballenstedt

Hazecha (Hacecha) von Ballenstedt was at least from 1044 to 1046 the 3rd abbess of the free secular monastery of Gernrode and Frose . She was the successor of Abbess Adelheid I. Under her rule, the monastery was able to increase its property enormously through donations.

Life

Hazecha was the daughter of Adalbert I. von Ballenstedt and Hidda von der Saxon Ostmark . She still had 4 siblings: Esico von Ballenstedt , Uta von Ballenstedt , who was married to Ekkehard II von Meißen , and Dietrich Propst zu Ballenstedt and Ludolf Mönch zu Corvey . Her brother Esico is considered to be the progenitor of the Ascanians . His great-grandson was Albrecht the Bear and is the first documented protector of the Gernrode monastery. From this point on until the abbey was dissolved, the Ascanians held the protective bailiwick.

According to the Annales Gernrodensis by the chronicler Andreas Popperodt from the 16th century, she held the office of abbess for 19 years. However, Hazecha is only known from two imperial documents from 1044 and 1046.

In 1044 it seems to have been approved by King Henry III. to have caught up with her election, since in the same year he granted the monastery a far-reaching privilege in Goslar in which her name is mentioned as abbess.

The pin Gernrode received from her brother, Margrave Ekkehard II. Of Meissen , before his death a considerable donation, as his marriage was childless with her sister Uta. This donation was made by Emperor Heinrich III. Confirmed on February 19, 1046. The donation included goods in Gundersleve , a desert near Wegeleben , Westerhausen , where the monastery already owned some goods, in Mordorf and Richbrechtigerode , both deserted areas near Blankenburg , Wendhusen , today a district of Thale , and Egihardingerode as well as in Dorbonrod , deserted areas Location is unknown.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Document 121 in Harry Bresslau and Paul Kehr (eds.): Diplomata 16: The documents of Heinrich III. (Heinrici III. Diplomata). Berlin 1931, p. 152 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
  2. ↑ Certificate 150 in Harry Bresslau and Paul Kehr (eds.): Diplomata 16: The documents of Heinrich III. (Heinrici III. Diplomata). Berlin 1931, pp. 189–191 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
  3. ↑ Hartung, Hans on the past of Gernrode , 1912, p. 46

literature

  • Andreas Popperodt: Historia Ecclesiae Gerenrodenses 1560. In: Johann Christoph Beckmann (Ed.): Accesiones Historia Anhaltinae as Annales Gernrodensis . 1716.
  • Otto von Heinemann : History of the abbey and description of the collegiate church at Gernrode . Published by HC Huch, Quedlinburg 1877.
  • Otto von Heinemann: Codex diplomaticus Anhaltinus (CDA). 6 volumes 1867–1883.
  • Hans Hartung: On the past of Gernrode . Verlag Carl Mittag, Gernrode 1912.
  • Hans Schulze, Reinhold Specht, Günther Vorbrodt: The Gernrode Abbey . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 1965.
  • Klaus Voigtländer: The collegiate church in Gernrode and its restoration 1858 - 1872 . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1980.

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personal data
SURNAME Hazecha von Ballenstedt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hacecha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbess of the free secular monastery of Gernrode and Frose
DATE OF BIRTH before 1030
DATE OF DEATH after 1046