Matthias Morsch
Matthias Morsch (* late 15th century in Ediger ; † September 19, 1558 in Großlittgen ) was a German Cistercian and the 36th abbot in Himmerod .
Life
Morsch, about whose school education nothing is known, completed his novitiate in the monastery of Himmerod. In the period from 1527 to 1533 he was administrator in the Himmeroder Klosterhof in Andernach. Subsequently he was a waiter in Himmerod and on May 9, 1542 he was elected abbot. Abbots Johannes von der Leyen von Heisterbach and Heinrich von Kleberg von Marienstatt chaired the election of the abbot . His blessing he received through the Trier Archbishop Ludwig von Hagen . Since the Gothic buildings in the monastery had become dilapidated, Morsch had the summer refectory, the novices' house, part of the cloister and the fish ponds expanded.
After he had ordered the economic conditions in the monastery, he had in September of 1552 with the majority of the Convention before the pillaging in the Archbishopric of Trier troops of the Margrave Albrecht Alcibiades of Brandenburg on the Manderscheid castles flee. While the monastery was being guarded against looting by three monks, Morsch had to wait a long time before he could return to the monastery. He died there in 1558. The later successor, Abbot Robert Bootz , praised Morsch for his careful management.
literature
- Alfons Friderichs (Ed.), Reinhold Schommers (Author): Morsch, Matthias , In: “Personalities of the Cochem-Zell District” , Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , p. 249.
Web links
- Entry on Matthias Morsch in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
- Matthias Morsch in the Biographia Cisterciensis
Individual evidence
- ↑ Courtyard of the Cistercian Abbey of Himmerod in Andernach, In: KuLaDig
- ↑ a b c Morsch, Matthias in the Biographia Cisterciensis
- ↑ Jakob Marx : Matthias Morsch Himmerod, History of the Archbishopric Trier: d. i. of the city of Trier and the Trier country Volume 2, Issue 1, Trier 1860 in the Google book search
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morsch, Matthias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Morsch from Ediger, Matthias; Matthias II, Himmerod, abbot; Moyrs, Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Cistercian and abbot of the Himmerod monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ediger-Eller |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1558 |
| Place of death | Großlittgen |