Wandula from Schaumberg
Wandula von Schaumberg (* early 1482 ; † November 19, 1545 in Regensburg ) was from 1536 until her death princess abbot in the canonical monastery of Obermünster in Regensburg.
Life
Wandula von Schaumberg was born as the daughter of the knight Adam von Schaumberg (1471–1524) and his wife Ursula von Steinau-Steinrück . She had five siblings named Hans, Georg, Amalie, Anna and Margarethe. Her brother Georg is buried with the Dominicans in Regensburg after he died in a battle near Wenzenbach in 1504 . It comes from the "Knoch" tribe called Lauterburg-Schaumberg-Effelter-Unterleiterbach-Schney, one of the main family lines based in the core area.
On December 2, 1533, she was elected as the successor of the honorable Katharina von Redwitz as princess abbess of the canonical monastery Obermünster in Regensburg. Immediately after taking office, she, like her predecessors, had the monastic properties contractually secured. The Reichstag in Speyer in 1542 and 1544, Nuremberg in 1542 and 1543 and Worms in 1545, on which the imperial women's monastery was represented with a seat and vote since its final conversion to a noble monastery in 1484 , fall during her term of office . The interests of the empire direct monasteries Ober- and Niedermünster were represented during this time by Barbara von Aham, Amandus Wolff and Christoff Schwabach.
On November 19, 1545 she finally died after twelve years in office at the age of 64. Barbara von Sandizell was chosen as her successor .
To commemorate her there was an epistle on the first of the northern row of pillars in the Obermünster Church (today only preserved in fragments and affixed to the south wall of the collegiate church ruins), which read:
"D (EO) O (PTIMO) M (AXIMO) Hospes lege Sita est hic VANDULA à SCHAUNBERG, quae huius Collegii Antistes, vitae sanctimonia Christianae pietatis singulare omnibus suis praeluxit exemplum, laboriosa cura, vigilanti industria et frugali parsimonia et frugali parsimonia ) niu (m) in hanc diem effecit, ut exuber (antes) Eleemosinas pauperibus erogaret, et hoc Collegium magnificio cultu ita instauravit, ut e lateritio marmoreu (m) relinqueret, bonis qua (m) plurimis locupletaret. Vide, que res fit opib (us) ut viatico ad virtutem uti. Abi, bene precare vale. Antistiti optime meritae familia moetiss (ima) posuit Vixit annos lxiiii Menses x dies xix praefuit annos xii Obiit Anno Salutis nostre MDXLV.
God the Almighty, Almighty. Stranger, read! WANDULA von SCHAUMBERG is buried here, who, as the abbess of this monastery, through a holy life as a unique example of Christian piety, shined the light on all of you and, through painstaking care, tireless diligence and strict thrift, was the only one of all to this day to bring abundant alms to distribute it to the poor and in the process to renew this pen with great splendor, that she left it transformed from a brick into a marble building and, moreover, enriched it with many goods. See what it means to use one's wealth as a means of consumption for virtue! Keep going! Pray Goodbye The mourning convent had this monument erected for its well-deserved abbess. She lived 64 years, 10 months and 19 days, and ruled for 12 years. She died in the year of our salvation, 1545. "
Foundations
The art-loving abbess knew how to turn to the most important artists of her time. The Marien altar donated by her in the episcopal house chapel of the Regensburg Cathedral Treasury Museum was commissioned in 1534, shortly after she took office, and consecrated in 1540. It is an outstanding example of early Renaissance sculpture in southern Germany and was located in the north aisle of the three-aisled basilica until the collegiate church was destroyed due to an accidental bombing in 1945. The small-format altar made of white marble with red marble inlay and reliefs made of Solnhofen limestone with depictions from the " Seven Joys of Mary " is a work from the circle of the Augsburg sculptor Viktor Kayser, a contemporary of Loy Hering . The drafts for the reliefs are in all likelihood by Albrecht Altdorfer .
Furthermore, the fountain in the courtyard of today's diocesan center was donated by her in 1545. The executing sculptor was Leonhard Sinniger, who was working in Regensburg at the time .
An exchange of letters in the main state archive in Munich with the Nuremberg goldsmith Wenzel Jamnitzer testifies to her plans to have a Johanneskelch made, which unfortunately were not put into practice.
literature
- Oskar Raith: The preserved tombs of the abbesses of Obermünster and their inscriptions. In: Paul Mai, Karl Hausberger (ed.): Reichsstift Obermünster in Regensburg then and now. Verlag des Verein für Regensburg Bishopric History , Regensburg 2008, ISSN 0945-1722 , pp. 45–72.
- Roman Zirngibl: Treatise on the series and government succession of the prince abbot in Obermünster. Lang Verlag, Regensburg 1787. (digital copy)
- Achim Hubel: The Regensburg Cathedral Treasure. Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich 1976.
- Franz von Klimtstein: The abbesses of Obermünster. In: Paul Mai, Karl Hausberger (ed.): Reichsstift Obermünster in Regensburg then and now. Verlag des Verein für Regensburg Bishopric History , Regensburg 2008, ISSN 0945-1722 , pp. 41–45.
- Felix Mader: The art monuments of the Upper Palatinate XXII - City of Regensburg II: The churches of the city. Printed and commissioned by R. Oldenbourg, Munich 1933.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stud book of the von Schaumberg family (private property)
- ↑ Bischöfliches Zentralarchiv Regensburg (Bzar), OA-KL 103 1533rd
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schaumberg, Wandula by |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German abbess |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1482 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1545 |
| Place of death | regensburg |