Maria Furtner
Anna Maria Furtner (* 1821 in Waizenreit near Frasdorf , district of Rosenheim ; † 1884 ibid.) Was a deeply religious Bavarian farmer who became known nationwide as a water drinker from Frasdorf or Weizenreiter Mädei due to an alleged prolonged lack of food .
She is said to have not eaten any food for at least 50 years except several times a week the host of Holy Communion or pressed birch sap and only drank water from a neighboring spring. She is said to have withdrawn to her room during general meal times. She is said to have not tolerated any food, since in these cases vomiting occurred. Information from the time also reports an aversion to strangers.
From 1823 until her death she is said to have lived in the parish of Frasdorf.
She was examined for five weeks in the Munich General Hospital in 1843 . The published bulletin of the Royal Academy of Sciences of July 12, 1884 concluded that one did not believe in miraculous Zuthat and that on the other hand there was no reason to accept fraud, boasting or deception out of profit-seeking . It goes on to say: […] only water for 11 years, and only freshly flowing birch sap in the spring for a short time, but also no food and no defecation for so long, but urinating and menstruating regularly, although a little sparingly . Testimony from doctors, clergymen, and officials confirm the truth of the matter. In 1843 she was admitted to the general city hospital in Munich for closer observation and examination, and in the same carefully observed for five weeks in a separate, well-kept room: whereupon the director of the hospital gave her the testimony that she had only used water for these five weeks lived and had no fecal evacuation.
See also
literature
- Wastl Fanderl : The Frasdorf water drinker. A picture of the life of Maria Furtner, the farmer's daughter from Weizenreit. Ecora, 1985, ISBN 3-923437-02-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Maria Furtner in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Furtner, Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Furtner, Anna Maria; Water drinker from Frasdorf; Wheat rider girl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Farmer's wife who is said not to have eaten any solid food for 50 years |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wheat riding near Frasdorf , district of Rosenheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1884 |
| Place of death | Wheat riding near Frasdorf , district of Rosenheim |