Marianne from and to the stone

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Tombs of Marianne vom und zum Stein (left) and Charlotte von Gilsa (right)

Marianne and from the stone (* 1753 in Stein's Castle in Nassau ; † 7. November 1831 in Homberg (Efze)) was on 25 July 1783 by Emperor . Joseph II to one of eight canonesses where founded in 1759 Protestant pin Wallenstein , a A pension fund for women of both denominations and women of both denominations (Lutheran and Reformed) in Homberg (Efze) . She was dean of the monastery from October 1796 and abbess from August 7, 1823 until her death . Her brother, the statesman and reformer Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein , was the monastery director from 1801 to 1804.

Marianne was the fourth child of the Electorate Mainz Councilor Karl Philipp vom und zum Stein and his wife Henriette Karoline. She managed the family's property on her brother's behalf.

In 1809 she was involved in the preparations for the Dörnberg uprising against Jérôme Bonaparte . In preparation, the conspirators met conspiratorially in the Wallenstein Abbey in the Homberg district of "Freedom". The canon Karoline von Baumbach is said to have embroidered the red and white flag of the conspirators, Marianne vom Stein and her co-abbess Charlotte von Gilsa to the Dörnberg Corps, several thousand poorly armed farmers and a small core of experienced soldiers on the market square in Homberg ceremoniously handed over before their march to Kassel.

After the uprising quickly ended, Dörnberg fled to Bohemia. Marianne vom Stein, Karoline von Baumbach and other canonesses were arrested. Marianne vom Stein was brought to Paris, probably also because of her relationship with her brother, who was known to be hostile to Napoleon , and was only released again in the spring of 1810. The monastery was placed under royal Westphalian administration and its assets were confiscated.

literature

  • Margret Lemberg: Marianne vom Stein and the Wallenstein monastery in Homberg / Efze and Fulda (publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse, 66), Marburg: NG Elwert Verlag 2007, ISBN 978-3-7708-1302-5