Longa from Kotzau
Longa von Kotzau († 1428 ) was abbess of the Himmelkron monastery from 1411 to 1428.
According to the genealogist Alban von Dobenck, Longa came from a branch of the von Kotzau family who were wealthy in Rehau and Leimitz and founded by her father Goßwein. As abbess, she brought property in Wurlitz , Draisendorf and Osseck into the monastery property . She was one of the few abbesses of Himmelkrons whose epitaph has not been preserved. Two of the older grave slabs in the Himmelkron monastery church, to which the family coat of arms of the von Kotzau family, a silver ram with a head turned back on a red background, was ascribed as the main motif, presumably document earlier connections between the monastery and the family and are dated to be significantly older.
Another abbess of the family was Katharina von Kotzau in the nearby Clariss Monastery of Hof .
literature
- Johann Gottfried Biedermann : sex register of laudable knighthood in Voigt country ... . Kulmbach 1752. Tabula CCLXXII.
- Alban von Dobenck : History of the extinct family of Kotzau. In: Archives for the history of Upper Franconia. Bayreuth 1909. pp. 20f.
- Theodor Zinck: Himmelkron - Description of his past and present . Bayreuth 1925. p. 19
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmuth Meißner: Depictions of coats of arms in Himmelkron. In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia . Volume 85, 2005. pp. 187-189.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Katharina von Schaumberg |
Abbess of Himmelkron Monastery 1411–1428 |
Adelheid von Plassenberg |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Longa from Kotzau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | abbess |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1428 |