Julie von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny
Julie Countess von Quadt zu Wykradt and Isny (born November 24, 1859 , Lindau , Moos Castle; † July 14, 1925 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a Bavarian nobleman, writer and founder of the Franciscan monastery in Kelkheim (Taunus) .
family
She came from the old noble family von Quadt and was the daughter of the Bavarian diplomat and German Reichstag deputy Count Friedrich von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny (1818-1892) and his second wife Maria Anna Pauline von Rechberg and Rothenlöwen (1834-1910), a sister Otto von Rechberg (1833–1918), multiple President of the German Catholic Days . Both were born as children of the Bavarian gentleman Count Albert von Rechberg (1803-1885). He was the brother of the Austrian Foreign Minister Bernhard von Rechberg .
Live and act
The unmarried Countess Julie von Quadt was considered pious and generous, and she also devoted herself to writing. She wrote several short stories that have been published and can be assigned to Catholic edifying literature.
The aristocrat mostly lived at Moos Castle near Lindau on Lake Constance . She had met the Franciscan Father Nikolaus Breuning at the royal Hohenzollern court in Sigmaringen . She announced to him that she wanted to donate part of her fortune for the construction of a Catholic church in the diaspora or in a poor community.
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Father Breuning came up with the plan to build a Franciscan monastery in Kelkheim, Hesse, to look after the Catholics there. Julie von Quadt financed this project with 160,000 gold marks. The monastery was planned from 1906 and completed by 1909. For the laying of the foundation stone on July 12, 1908, she drove to Kelkheim herself. On September 5, 1909, the church was consecrated by Limburg Bishop Dominikus Willi , and the founder was again present. Father Nikolaus Breuning became the convent's first guardian .
In 1916, Countess von Quadt donated another 100,000 gold marks to establish a Catholic parish in Kelkheim. The church and the monastery complex still exist today (2014), the Franciscan convent was dissolved.
The benefactor lost her own fortune due to inflation and died impoverished in Freiburg in 1925.
Elisabeth, the sister of Countess Julie von Quadt, was married to Carl Ernst Fugger von Glött (1859–1940) and the mother of the resistance fighter Joseph-Ernst Fugger von Glött , who served as governor of Bavaria for the time after the assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 was intended.
Works
(Selection)
- Thy kingdom come to us !: Story , 1897
- Unwilling luck , 2 volumes, 1898
- Stella , 1902
- D'Loni and other stories (Volume 22 of the Catholic People's Library , 2nd series), 1905
- Higher up! 1912
- You little children come, oh come all !: Stories for Communion Children , 1921
literature
- Palmatius Säger: 75 years of the Church and Monastery of St. Franziskus, Kelkheim , Kelkheim Catholic Parish, 1984.
- Quadt, Countess Julie . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 2. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 160 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- The Franciscan monastery Kelkheim on Rhein-Main Wiki
- Website of the Hessian Monument Preservation for the Franciscan Monastery Kelkheim, with a mention of the founder
- Genealogical page about the person
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quadt-Wykradt-Isny, Julie von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Quadt-Wykradt-Isny, Julie Countess von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian nobleman, writer and founder of the Franciscan monastery in Kelkheim (Taunus) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindau , Moos Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1925 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |