Heriburg of Nottuln
Heriburg von Nottuln (*? In Friesland ; † October 16, 839 in Nottuln ) was a pious woman of the early Middle Ages, possibly an abbess .
Heriburg was according to the story of the founding of Nottuln Abbey, invented imaginatively by Nottuln chaplain Albert Wilkens (1790–1828), the sister of Saint Liudger , the first bishop of Münster and founder of the monasteries Werden and Helmstedt , who is said to have founded the first convent of Westphalia in Nottuln in 803 whose first abbess is said to have been Heriburg. However, there is no evidence for the establishment of a women's community in Nottuln during this time. Heriburg may have been a clergyman or abbess from a failed foundation. A silver coffin with bones attributed to Heriburg, which were found there in an oak coffin during excavations in 1978, is now in the collegiate and parish church of St. Martinus in Nottuln. Her feast day is October 16.
literature
- Katrinette Bodarwé: Sophia von Essen and the certificate from Nottuln. in: Münster am Hellweg. Newsletter d. Association for the preservation of the Essen Minster. Essen 2003, p. 29ff.
- Heinrich Engel: Ruhr Christians. History and stories of Ludgerus and the Liudgeriden, of imperial abbots and pastors in Werden an der Ruhr. Edition Thomas Schmitz, Essen 1997, ISBN 3932443047 .
- Wilhelm Kohl : Diocese of Münster. 8: The (free world) Nottuln women's monastery (= Germania Sacra NF 44). de Gruyter, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-11-018532-6 ( PDF file ), p. 211.
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| SURNAME | Heriburg of Nottuln |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | pious woman of the early Middle Ages |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Friesland |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 839 |
| Place of death | Nottuln |