Juliane Louise of East Frisia

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Juliane Louise Princess of East Friesland (born November 16, 1657 in Aurich , † October 30, 1715 in Hamburg ) was the eldest daughter of Prince Enno Ludwig of East Friesland and his second wife Justine Sophie von Barby . She came from the Cirksena family .

Life

After the death of her father in 1660, she lived with her mother and sister Sophia Wilhelmina at Berum Castle near Aurich. There were ongoing inheritance disputes with uncle Georg Christian and, after his death, with his wife, Christine Charlotte von Württemberg , who was the guardian of East Frisia . The dispute could not be settled until 1695, according to tradition, Juliane Louise received a capital of 59,000 thalers, which was paid out two years later.

Grave site of Juliane Louise Princess of East Friesland in the Ohlsdorf cemetery
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After the death of her mother in 1677, Juliane Louise had initially lived penniless with her guardian Rudolf August , Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg , in Wolfenbüttel , and from 1686 with her other relative, Duke Johann Adolf von Holstein in Plön . Financially independent, she moved to Hamburg in 1698 and lived there in a house on Jungfernstieg . She also owned a country estate in Ottensen . In 1700 she married the pastor Joachim Morgenweck, who was a preacher at the Maria Magdalenen Church, which belongs to the Hamburg orphanage. The marriage took place in secret, as the relationship between a noblewoman and a pastor was generally considered scandalous around 1700. The couple lived separately and did not cause a stir.

Juliane Louise probably died of the plague in October 1715 . In her will, she bequeathed a sum of 3,000 marks to the Maria Magdalenen Church, which should be used for the care of her grave by the current pastor. Morgenweck received the lifelong right to use the house in Ottensen. The will was challenged by a niece who considered herself entitled to inherit, with the result that the grave site was not released because of the outstanding money. The funeral did not take place until March 1717; the coffin had stood in the hall of the apartment on Jungfernstieg for 18 months.

In 1807 the Maria Magdalenen Church was demolished and the grave was reburied in the Dammtorfriedhöfe , after which it was moved to the Ohlsdorf cemetery . The grave of Barthold Nicolaus Krohn, the last pastor of the church, was laid right next to it. The tomb is considered one of the oldest in the cemetery and was restored in 2010. It was originally said to have the inscription This grave can never be opened as long as the wind is blowing and the cock crows , today the inscription reads: Resting place that can never be opened .

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  1. ↑ Otto Benecke: The Prince of East Friesland ; in: Hamburg stories and memorabilia , Hamburg 1856, p. 253
  2. ↑ Helmut Schoenfeld u. a .: The Ohlsdorf cemetery. A handbook from A – Z. , Bremen 2006, p. 96.
  3. ↑ Barbara Leisner, Norbert Fischer: Der Friedhofsführer. Walks to known and unknown graves in and around Hamburg, Hamburg 1994, p. 24
  4. ↑ Barbara Leisner, Heiko KL Schulze, Ellen Thormann: The Hamburg main cemetery Ohlsdorf. History and tombs. 2 volumes and an overview map 1: 4000. Hans Christians, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-7672-1060-6 , p. 21, cat. 52, 53
  5. ↑ Friends of the Ohlsdorf Cemetery , accessed on September 17, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Juliane Louise of East Frisia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of East Frisia
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1657
PLACE OF BIRTH Aurich
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1715
Place of death Hamburg