Pirmina Fleck
Pirmina Fleck , born as Maria Emma Fleck (* 17th December 1894 in Grombach ; † 10. March 1966 in Swakopmund ) was Benedictine - a missionary in Africa.
Life
She was the daughter of a saddler and grew up in Grombach. After her father's death in 1921 she joined the Missionary Benedictines in Tutzing , where she received her religious profession in 1923 and was sent to Swakopmund. From there she embarked on a journey of several weeks by ox cart to the Okavango in northeastern Namibia . There she worked in the new Andara station . Later she was involved in the re-establishment of the Bunya station and then moved to several other stations, where she was three times superior of religious institutions. Due to a heart condition she was transferred to the priory house in Windhoek in 1960 , after a stroke to Swakopmund, where she died in 1966 after another stroke. She was buried in the order cemetery in Döbra near Windhoek. Her brother Pirmin Fleck was also a missionary in Africa, but the siblings never saw each other after they left Germany.
literature
- Gudrun Graipel, Arnold Scheuerbrandt: Fleck, Pirmina , in: Grunbach uff dem Creichgöw , Bad Rappenau 2010, pp. 303 and 531/532.
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| SURNAME | Spot, Pirmina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fleck, Maria Emma (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Benedictine missionary in Africa |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grombach |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1966 |
| Place of death | Swakopmund |