Finn pen

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Finn pen
Finn Monastery, 1910
type of school Boarding school
closure 1939
place Wesenberg
district Lääne-Viru
Country Estonia
Coordinates 59 ° 17 '34 "  N , 26 ° 25' 41"  E Coordinates: 59 ° 17 '34 "  N , 26 ° 25' 41"  E

The Finn monastery was a fräuleinstift or girls' boarding school in Estonia .

history

Founded as the evangelical-secular noble fräuleinstift Johann Diedrichstein zu Finn near Wesenberg in Estonia, the monastery was initially intended for noble, needy young women. Johann Diedrich Edler von Rennenkampff and his wife Jakobine Charlotte, who had remained childless, had determined this in their will. The institution established after the death of the founder was converted into a school and educational institution in 1806.

In the statutes of the Fräuleinstifts from the founding year 1784 the goals of the institution were mentioned: “The intention of this foundation, which is based on eternity, is twofold; first of all young and unmarried women of aristocratic class, they may be Waysen or have parents whose own fortune is not sufficient for an education and way of life appropriate to their class to provide such an education and way of life free of charge in this foundation; Secondly, in general to every unmarried woman of aristocratic class who wishes to enjoy the advantages and conveniences of such a foundation and of a quiet life, to grant these advantages against a moderate sum to be paid to the pen. "

In 1915 the manor house, which had been used as a boarding school since the 18th century, burned down and the facility had to be closed. After the reconstruction, it was reopened as the economic women's school Stift Finn in 1922. From 1926 the school belonged to the Reifenstein Association . After she was recognized by the Estonian government in 1936, she had to resign from this association and was only allowed to employ teachers trained in Estonia. In 1938 the Fellin Abbey was relocated to Finn, which is why a wing of the Finn Abbey was expanded for these residents. A high school with boarding school also moved into Finn Monastery in 1938. After the resettlement of the German ethnic group in the Warthegau , the facility was closed in autumn 1939.

Well-known students

Individual evidence

  1. cf. Lutz von Rennenkampff, Genealogy of those von Rennenkampff. The younger, Helmetsche line. II. Line, 2nd branch , 2012, p. 25
  2. a b Reifensteiner Verband - Finn Monastery (PDF; 12.2 MB)
  3. Hans Feldmann et al., Baltic historical local dictionary, part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livland). Part I , Böhlau 1998, ISBN 978-3412071837 , p. 83
  4. Quoted from the von Rennkampff family homepage.
  5. Koskull, Josepha Benita Baronesse von . In: East German Biography (Kulturportal West-Ost)
  6. Autobiographies of Women