Hildegund (widow)

Hildegund of the sea (of Increase ) also Hildegunde, Hilde Gundis; by Lidtberg ( Liedberg ), from Are ( Ahr ) (* 1115, † February 6, 1183 in the monastery Sea), 1165 was the Founder and then the first abbess of the Prämonstratenserinnenklosters sea, located in present-day sea bush.

Hildegund was a daughter of Count Hermann von Lidtberg ( Liedberg ) and his wife Hedwig ( Hadwigis ) and was probably born 1110-1115. Hildegund had two sisters: Gertrude and Elizabeth, married Randerath. After the death of Hermann Hedwig and her daughter Gertrude went to the Prämonstratenserinnenkloster Dünnwald.

Hildegund was married to Lothar of Are from the family of the Counts of Are with whom she had two sons, Dietrich ( Theodoric also ) and Hermann, and a daughter Hadwig (also Hadwiga, Hadwigis ). After her husband Lothar and a short time her son Dietrich had died later, she founded in 1165, after they had made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem (according to other sources of Rome), the monastery Increase ( More, seas ), they led by the provost Ulrich von Steinfeld handed. At the foundation of the monastery she was supported by her daughter and her son Hadwig Hermann, who had gone to the monastery cap mountain and was there from 1171 to 1210 provost.

Hildegund was the first abbess of the monastery. Their foundation was confirmed in 1166 by Archbishop Reinald of Cologne and Pope Alexander III. issued in 1179 for whose benefit a bull.

Hildegund died on February 6, 1183, her daughter Hadwig was in the line of the monastery her successor. Hildegund was never officially canonized. Nevertheless, she was with her daughter in the Order always as " Venerable " ( Venerable ) and was regarded in the region as " Blessed Hilde Gundis ". Your feast day is February 6.

Within the city, the sea, the bush form of the name Hilde Gundis has prevailed. Since 1 January 2010, Hilde Gundis of the sea saint of the Diocese of Aachen belonging from the north Meerbuscher parishes of St. Stephen ( Lank- Latum ), St. Francis ( stockings ) and St. Nicholas ( Osterath ) together with the vicarages St. Cyriac ( Nierst ), St. Martin ( Langst - Kierst ) and St Pancras ( Ossum ) zwangsfusionierten parish. In addition, carry two streets and a senior center in Meerbusch her ​​name.

Swell

  • Johann Evangelist Stadler: Full Holy encyclopedia ..., Volume 2 (E -H), 1861, page 714
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Hilde Gundis of the sea. In: Biographic- bibliographic church encyclopedia ( BBKL ). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm, 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8, 852-853 Sp. (Articles / Articles beginning possibly in the Internet Archive )
  • Prämonstratenserin
  • Seliger
  • Abbot
  • House Are
  • Person (sea Busch)
  • Born in the 12th century
  • Died in 1183
  • Woman
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