Margaretha of Venningen

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Family coat of arms in Scheibler's coat of arms book

Margaretha von Venningen († April 25, 1505 in Kerzenheim , Rosenthalerhof ) was a noblewoman from the family of the Lords of Venningen and abbess of the Cistercian convent Rosenthal (Palatinate) .

Parentage and family

She was born as the daughter of Siegfried von Venningen and his wife Brigitta geb. from Enslingen . Her brothers were the Speyer canon Siegfried von Venningen and Florence von Venningen (1466-1538), Chancellor of the Electoral Palatinate , whose daughter Veronika allied with Philipp von Bettendorf, the brother of the later Bishop of Worms Dietrich von Bettendorf . Margaretha's sister Brigitta married Albrecht von Ehrenberg . Her nephews Heinrich von Ehrenberg († 1540), Canon in Speyer or Mainz and Johannes von Ehrenberg († 1544), Cathedral Dean in Mainz and Speyer, as well as Speyer Cathedral Provost and Rector of Heidelberg University came from this connection .

Live and act

The monastery church with pinnacle turrets, rebuilt under Abbess Margaretha von Venningen

Margaretha von Venningen became a Cistercian in the Rosenthal monastery near Grünstadt . In 1485 she was elected there as the next but one successor of Anna von Lustadt as the 11th abbess. She reformed with the support of Worms Bishop Johann III. von Dalberg († 1503) the monastic life of the convent, tightened the entry criteria, increased the monastery property through good economy and had the monastery church rebuilt in the late Gothic style, as it still exists today as a ruin. The famous Fial Tower of the church, now the landmark of Rosenthal, was built. She also acquired an estate in Dorn-Dürkheim for the convent .

The abbess died in the monastery in 1505 and was buried there. Barbara Göler of Ravensburg († 1535), the sister of Speyer canon David Göler of Ravensburg († 1539) , was chosen as her successor .

Margaretha von Venningen is one of the most important abbesses in Rosenthal history. The necrology calls her "Reformatrix monasterii" (the new monastery).

literature

  • Franz Xaver Remling : Documented history of the former abbeys and monasteries in what is now Rhine Bavaria , Volume 1, Neustadt an der Haardt, 1836, pp. 286–288; (Digital scan)
  • Michael Frey : Attempt at a geographical-historical-statistical description of the royal Bavarian Rhine district , Volume 1, Speyer, 1837, p. 204; (Digital scan)
  • Norbert Kreiselmayer: The renewer of the monastery - Margarethe von Venningen, abbess in the monastery Rosenthal , in: Donnersberg-Jahrbuch 2010, Kreisverwaltung Kirchheimbolanden, 2009, pp. 116-120, ISBN 978-3-926306-61-6
  • Adam Fath: Margarethe von Venningen, abbess in the Rosenthal Abbey 1485-1505 , in: Palatina , local supplement of the Pfälzer Zeitung , Speyer, 1927, no. 34, pp. 21-22; (Find hint)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Titan von Hefner: Register of the blooming and dead nobility in Germany Volume 4, p. 286, Regensburg, 1865; (Digital scan of the extinct noble family Enslingen)
  2. ↑ Biographical article on Florence von Venningen, Der Pilger , Speyer, 25 August 2011
  3. ^ Johann Gottfried Biedermann: Gender register of the Reichs Frey immediate knighthood in Francken praiseworthy place Ottenwald , Kulmbach, 1751, panel CCLV; (Digital scan)
  4. ↑ Website for the monastery church Rosenthal with mention of the abbess and a large view of the turret
personal data
SURNAME Venningen, Margaretha von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Venningen, Margarethe von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Noblewoman, Cistercian, abbess in the monastery Rosenthal (Palatinate)
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1505
Place of death Candle home , Rosenthalerhof