Margarete von Hattstein

Margarete von Hattstein († 1576 ) was a nobleman and abbess .

Margarete von Hattstein was the daughter of the Usingen bailiff Marquard von Hattstein . She was 1556–1563 Bursenerin , 1569–1571 administrator and 1574 the last abbess of the Thron monastery near Wehrheim im Taunus.

Life

In 1528, the fellow sovereign Philip the Magnanimous (who owned a quarter of the Wehrheim office) introduced Lutheran teaching . The co-sovereign Wilhelm von Nassau-Dillenburg was also a supporter of the Reformation, but was loyal to the (Catholic) Emperor. The monastery throne was therefore not abolished, but continued to exist under adverse circumstances. The later Lutheran pastor of Wehrheim, Konrad Eifert, became the preacher in the monastery’s Nikolauskapelle. After the death of Abbess Elisabeth von Waldersdorf in 1561, Margarete von Hattstein became head of the monastery. Under John VI. Nassau-Dillenburg , the situation of the monastery worsened. Since Kurtrier had meanwhile become co-ruler, the abolition of the monastery was unthinkable. Johann VI. but prevented the admission of new nuns and the monastery became increasingly deserted. When Margarete von Hattstein took office, there were only three novices and the 14-year-old illegitimate daughter of Johann von Hattstein in the monastery. With the death of Margarete von Hattstein, Nassau-Dillenburg had reached its destination and the monastery was dissolved.

literature

• Heinz-Peter Mielke, Die Niederadligen von Hattstein ..., Wiesbaden 1977, p. 366.
• Johanna Koppenhöfer: Wehrheim-Wirena - The Chronicle. 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-028403-8 , pp. 44-45.