Notburga from Bühl

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"Sancta Notburga ora pro nobis" (German: "Holy Notburga pray for us"): The copper engraving from 1676 shows the saint with her nine children

According to legend, Notburga von Bühl (* 796 in Edinburgh ; † January 26, 840 in Bühl ) was a Scottish king's daughter and is the patroness of the Klettgau .

Life

According to hagiography, she ascended the throne in 814 and married the Scottish Duke Alboin in 818. After Alboin was slain, she fled and settled in Bühl , where she gave birth to 820 children on June 24th. The water necessary for the baptism gushed miraculously from a rock, whereupon she built a hostel for foreigners, a school and a chapel with the help of the nearby Rheinau monastery (today's canton of Zurich ). Today the parish church stands here, built in 1707. It was dedicated to the education of the local youth and the deepening of the faith in Klettgau. In the vow to build the mountain chapel Erzingen she was implored for help.

Sculpture of the saints in front of the church in Bühl. Work by Siegfried Fricker

St. Hixta and St. Eglisius

A daughter of St. Notburga von Bühl was St. Hixta (also Dixta or Hirta) and was venerated as a saint in Jestetten ( Waldshut district ), a chapel consecrated to her stood in the garden of the former rectory; the chapel was demolished in 1833.

One son was St. Eglisius , he is associated with the Swiss city of Eglisau (Canton of Zurich).

Pilgrimage

Soon after her death, people began to make pilgrimages to her grave in Bühl. She is called in times of drought and by women and mothers in need. The parish of Bühl celebrates the Notburgafest every year on January 26th. The sculptor and wood carver Johann Josef Auer created the Notburga altar and the sculpture of Notburga with her nine children in 1718.

literature

  • Waldemar Lutz, Hansjörg Noe: WT Heimatkunde mark for the district of Waldshut. Reinhard Caspers (Mithrsg.), 1989, ISBN 3-12-258330-5 .

Web links

Commons : Notburga von Bühl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Waldemar Lutz, Hansjörg Noe: WT Heimatkunde mark for the district of Waldshut. Reinhard Caspers (Mithrsg.), 1989, p. 194.
personal data
SURNAME Bühl, Notburga from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish princess
DATE OF BIRTH 796
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 840
Place of death Buhl