List of women heads of Frauenchiemsee

This list contains the heads of the Benedictine convent Frauenchiemsee known by name since it was founded in 782. As a rule, they were consecrated as abbess , but the abbess office was vacant in individual phases and the monastery was led by an administrator or prioress .

Abbesses:

1. Irmgard , daughter of King Ludwig the German, † July 16, 866
2. Herburgis, also from the Carolingian family, † 931
3. Leonora von Habsburg, † 962
4. Diemundis of Limburg, † around 980
5. Hedwig von der Leiter zu Perm, † around 1000
6. Hinzula von der Albn, † around 1021
7. Regina von der Leiter, † around 1034
8. Hemma von Erlach, † around 1055
9. Gerburga , sister of Emperor Heinrich II, † around 1070
10. Mathildis von Sayn, † around 1141
11. Walburga von Trautmannsdorf, † around 1170
12. Anna von Liebnach, † around 1174
13. Margaretha of Pernekh
14. Agnes I of Frauenburg, † around 1230
15. Adelheid von Harßkirchen
16. Petrissa von der Albn, † around 1242
17. Agnes II, † around 1246
18. Beatrix, † around 1246
19. Sophia I, † around 1253
20. Hadewich II, † around 1263
21. Elisabeth von Töring
22. Magdalena of Thor
23. Euphemia von Truchtlaching
24. Herburgis, † 1307
25. Katharina von Sunnenberg, † 1320
26. Kunigunde von Schonstätt, † November 3, 1339
27. Offemia von Zeisering, † February 15, 1356
28. Sophia II von Truchtlaching, † January 24, 1386
29. Elisabeth (Elsbeth) the Thoreress, † June 19, 1399
30. Katharina Hamperstorferin, † January 6, 1418
31. Elsbeth von Kallensperg, † January 31, 1426
32. Dorothea von Laiming, † September 29, 1449
33. Barbara von Aichberg, † July 6, 1467
34. Magdalena Auer zu Winkel, † October 7, 1494
35. Ursula Pfäffinger , † October 28, 1528
36. Margaretha von Bodmann, † March 26, 1555
37. Anna von Closen, † September 5, 1565

Administrators:

• Benigna Preiß (1565–1569)
• Margareta Leitgeb, Abbess of Niederschönfeld (1569–1575)

Abbesses:

38. Marina Plinthamer, resigned 1582
39. Sabina Preyndorfer, † January 22, 1609
40. Maria Magdalena Haidenbucher, † August 29, 1650
41. Anna Maria Widmann, † May 27, 1660
42. Scholastica of Perfall, † October 8, 1682
43. Maria Euphrosina Ettenauer, † September 30, 1686
44. Maria Abundantia Theresia von Griming, † January 2, 1702
45. Irmengard II von Scharfstedt, † June 5, 1733
46. Irmengard III. von Thann, † April 21, 1735
47. Luitgard I of Giensheim, † April 4, 1763
48. Ida von Offenheim, † September 10, 1799
49. Plazida Gartner, † August 11, 1801

Prioresses : (Priory from 1801 until the abolition of the monastery in 1803. Priory also from the re-establishment in 1837 to 1901)

1. Benedikta Aschauer (1841–1865)
2. Scholastika Oppacher (1865-1884)
3. Josepha Sedlmayer (1884-1889)
4. Lioba von Hörmann (1889–1899) (widowed, daughter of the former Palatinate District President Franz Alwens )
5. Cäcilia Trischberger (1899–1901), ordained abbess on July 7, 1901

Abbesses:

50. Cäcilia Trischberger, † August 17, 1913
51. Placida von Eichendorff (Hedwig Clara Maria Franziska Freiin von Eichendorff), born February 24, 1860, entered August 10, 1892, professed August 28, 1894, 1902 Magistra (novice master), 1913 elected abbess, † August 7, 1921
52. Benedicta M. Fensel (Regina Fensel), born August 20, 1867, † August 2, 1948, professed August 28, 1894, head of the island elementary school October 12, 1921 ordained abbess, † August 2, 1948
53. M. Stephania Wolf, elected August 5, 1948, resigned December 29, 1979
54. Domitilla Veith , elected January 5, 1980, resigned 2003, † January 21, 2014

    Vacancy: Prioress Benedikta Frick headed the convent as administrator from 2003-2006

55. Johanna Mayer, since 2006

literature

• Walter Brugger , Manfred Weitlauf (ed.): Frauenchiemsee Monastery 782–2003. History, art, economy and culture of an old Bavarian Benedictine abbey. Weißenhorn 2003.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Altäbtissin Domitilla Veith died" , Orden-online.de, January 25, 2014