Wichburg (Sonnenburg)
Wichburg was the daughter of Count Aribo († after 1022) in Lurngau and his wife Wichburg von Sonnenburg . The two donated their Sonnenburg Castle in the South Tyrolean Puster Valley to the Benedictines to establish a women's foundation . After the death Aribos king gave Henry II. The county in the Puster against official and military service to Count Hold people to feud , the brother Wich Petersburg von Sonnenburg. He confirmed the donation and transferred the monastery in 1039 to his brother, Bishop Ulrich II of Trento .
Wichburg herself was initially a nun in the Benedictine monastery of St. Georgen am Längsee in Carinthia , founded by her maternal grandmother Wichburg , Countess in Lurngau , where her aunt Hiltiburg (Perchkint, Perchunt, Perchtigund) was abbess. When the new Sonnenburg monastery was transferred to Bishop Ulrich, she was appointed its first abbess.
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| SURNAME | Wichburg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wigburg, Wichpurg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbess of the Sonnenburg Monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 11th century |