Newsletter No. 40 Ruswil - March 2014
Table of Contents
Foreword 1
The monk Jodokus looked in the diary 3
Julia Stirnimann 5
Stienemann and Sternemann in Berlin 6
Miscellaneous 10
Dear relatives and acquaintances,
Dear members and friends of our family association
"The birthday is the echo of the times." With this quote from the British writer Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), I would like to cordially welcome you all in the new year of birth 2014. Surely you have already experienced this: You are invited to a birthday party and the jubilant will be honored with a retrospective review of the past years. But what was experienced back then can no longer be exactly reproduced. Our memories change over time. Experts would speak here of a distortion of perception.
Exactly the same applies to an echo. This can no longer give up sounds or sounds in original quality. Experts would say here, the sound is distorted. And the echo also has something logical in it. It always arises in relation to an original sound and never vice versa. If I refer to the quote mentioned above, that means for me that the past time can not simply be "made up". It requires a lived time, otherwise no "echo", so no memories, and thus no birthdays arise.
Birthdays are predestined for a scheduled, regular pause, look back and listen to the "lifetime echo". Just because every human life is so unique, exciting and sometimes tragic, it deserves all the more.
Also the association life is exciting. Already in the last newsletter I informed that the board decided to celebrate the 40th birthday of our association in the early autumn of 2014 on the occasion of a jubilee conference. On Sunday, September 7, 2014, the time has come. Almost to the day exactly 40 years after the founding meeting, we will meet in Alberswil on the former estate Burgrain. The "Agrovision Burgrain Foundation" (www.agro- vision.ch/home.html) has rebuilt this business into a bio center centered around the topic of healthy nutrition. And what's better for a birthday than themes like life, health and nutrition. But I would not like to reveal more at this point. All further information about the birthday meeting will be sent to you with separate invitation mail in the middle of June.
Just book the 7th of September and celebrate with us. - The board looks forward to seeing you again and invites you all cordially.
As far as the information for the anniversary meeting. Overall, the newsletter appears again in the usual form. Moritz Stirnimann is responsible for the interview with Julia Stirnimann. I would like to sincerely thank him and all members of the Executive Board for their constant reflection and cooperation. I would also like to thank Georges Stirnemann, Colmar. He always provides us with reports and material from his research. Finally, you can also take a look at our new homepage, which is currently getting its final touches.
On the occasion of the board meeting in March, a current photo of the entire board (without auditors) was made. The last complete picture was taken after a board meeting in 2006, and unfortunately it is .... we all got older. So it's high time to celebrate the birthdays even more intense!
With kind regards
The President Beat Stirnimann
Left to right
Hans Stirnimann, Gregor Stirnimann, Moritz Stirnimann, Josef Stirnimann, Beat Stirnimann Seated
Fritz Stirnemann, Agnes Bensegger-Stirnimann, Franz Stirnimann, Philomena Stirnimann
The monk Jodokus looked in the diary
(Continuation)
Father Jost Stirnimann (monastic name Jodokus, Jodok) lived from 1654-1706, of which 36 years in the monastery Muri, AG. In the years 1695-1697 he followed attentively the progress of the construction work on the today's monastery church.
The original of his diary is in the archive of the College Sarnen. In the next newsletter we publish a part of this diary. Here already the 10th episode.
On the 14th of June, on Corpus Christi Day, we used our new house at the procession for the first time, so that our lord may have let augustburg arrive, which arrive several days before, with the kuglen, to another hundred, that give 600 kuglen, that sächs stucco with sambt the kuglen and fuor and tear cost, without gefar 1000 gulden cost without the laueten, which thereafter here to Muri darzu been made.
On the lunar day of June 25th, Herr Landtvogt, Hanss Marti Schnitzer of Lucern al-Quited Muri, with 50 pffardten, and between 4 and 6 o'clock vesperi took the oath in the churches, when it rained.
On June 27, our Subprior returned with P. Anselm and Philip from the spa of Pfäfers home. The brother Casparus, who was there with them for the cure, did not return with them, because he had not yet finished the bath, because he had to interrupt his cure because of a serious illness.
On June 30, Fr. Basilius returned from Murbach and ***, where he was to learn the French language. He had been there for two and a half years. On July 14, our brother Casparus returned home from the spa of Pfäfers, who had not finished his bath when returning home. In addition, today with Our Venerable, I went to Sursee, Abbot, to surrender.
On July 19th, our P. Subprior, Leontius Wirz, went to Klingenberg to restore his health wherever possible.
On the twenty-first of July I suffered a severe illness, and for a few days I suffered such pain in the abdomen, kidneys, and other viscera that it is hard to describe or to believe. The disease is called Cholica arenosa. But after a few days I felt better and finally was completely freed.
On August 1, the economist, our P. Carolus, set off for Waltschweil for a cure. Because of his body weakness, he was carried or festooned in a slob.
On July 12, a Neapolitan cardinal was unanimously elected pope by the other cardinals, replacing Alexander VIII, who slept in the Lord on February 1. He is Innonzenz XII. been named, because he was a minion Innocent XI. blessed memory.
On the 10th of August I started a cure, or I started to drink the healing water from Kuntzhoff in the form of a cure, because of my previous illness, which I got on the 21st of June. On the 5th or 6th of September we concluded the said cure, me and our P. Laurentius, who was friend and companion in my cure.
On September 16, P. Carolus, our economist, came home from the bath of Walterschwil, but with what result. On the 22nd of September, on the day of St. Maurice, I was called to Pfaffikon to take the confession. The following Sunday I preached there at the request of the pastor. On this occasion***
On October 10, our P. Subprior came home from Klingenberg, at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. He had been there for two or three months to get well. On the 13th of October, very early in the morning, that is to say after the tolling of the morning prayer, Fr. Bernardus Hüsser from Rapperswil fell asleep in the Lord, and in the afternoon after the vespers he was buried. He rest in peace.
On the 14th of October our Fr. Augustinus celebrated his First Mass. The sermon was given by his godfather P. Aegidius Effinger from Einsiedeln. On October 24, our Father Philippus received a letter from his mother from Lucerne saying that there was a woman in Lucerne who had announced or predicted that half of the city of Lucerne would soon be consumed by fire. The flames were to erupt in the house of the praetor Türler, if not prevented by prolonged prayers, sacrifices and good works. Therefore, great fear arose in the whole city, especially as it was known that another prophecy of this woman had been fulfilled. Because this year she had predicted that there would be a fire in Malters. And it is said that it happened, as she had said. Also this summer she is said to have predicted that somebody would be killed by lightning at Rotenburg in the smith's house, and that's how it happened. Therefore, the fear was even greater. But before that, God had heard the pious and believing people and this time canceled the predicted evil, or perhaps postponed it to another time, God knows.
On November 20, our Father Aegidius returned home at dinner time. He had been in Murbach Monastery for three years.
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On January 14, on the eve of St. Maurus, Fr. Joachim was provisionally appointed chief cook by our abbot for the seriously ill P. Victor. His office, the instruction of the older students in the Studia Humaniora, is the P. Conradus has been transferred.
On January 24, about 2 o'clock in the morning, P. Carolus, our economist, died in the Lord, and the next day he was buried after the first Mass. He rest in peace. On March 3, the library and the recreational hypocaustum were begun to break down into what was an obscene, as well as a tufted window and the like. Also, the cells have been cleared. On Monday the following week, on March 10th, the museum was cleared and the building was torn down. On Thursday, the said building was covered and then completely demolished. On the 12th of March, as far as I know, the Rev. Prelate of Einsiedeln Augustinus Reding, from Biberegg in Schwyz, passed away. On March 24th is for him ...... P. Raphael Gottraw from Freiburg was elected abbot.
On Monday, April 7, a lamentable incident occurred. For a confused woman from the parish of Neuenkirch in Lucerne was here in the Egg in treatment by Mr. Jacobus Sutor, our conventional surgeon. Although she almost healed and seemed to have a clear mind again, she left the house unnoticed this morning and strangled herself with her chest band near the house, which is strange. id est strangled. Later, it was inspected by the prefect and inspected by the surgeon and his assistants. Because of her mental confusion it has been decided that she should not be handed over to the Liktor, but could be buried in the cemetery. But because our church children did not want to allow this in their cemetery, the prefect, with the consent of the relatives of the woman who were also present, ordered them to secretly bury her somewhere at night. Whatever happened.
On the night of 9 April, thieves entered the Bosweiler church and robbed the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary, the medals and the beautiful robe she was wearing because it was the Wednesday after Easter. Also other things that I do not know exactly robbed them from the church, all in the estimated value of 20 guilders. They also wanted to open the entrance to the sacristy and the tabernacle, but thank God they both could not accomplish.
On April 11, on the Friday after Easter, the bricklayers from Bern began to lay the foundations of the new convention building of the hinder bauw fundamentum.
On the 12th of April the chapter came together and the Abbot assigned the following posts: He first awarded the subpriorate to Father Anselmus, who had been the junior instructor, which office he held back, as there were no more brothers available except the two exiles. P. Leontius resigned the subpriorate for chronic and almost chronic illness. The Abbot gave the lay brothers, who also had said P. Leontius together with the subpriorat, to Fr Franciscus. He gave to Peter the vacancy of the economist by the death of our P. Carolus. But because he was pastor in Muri, our Father Aegidius became pastor in Muri. He gave the greater coastline to Fr. Laurentius, which Fr. Martinus had renounced. But because the former had been Subcustos, P. Jerome was appointed Subcustos. He entrusted the management of the library to P. Martinus, the former custos, instead of P. Muritius, who had had them before. For this he appointed this secretary of the chapter. But because Fr. Muritius did not want the secretariat, he again asked the abbot for the library, which was granted to him, so that Fr. Martinus had to give it up again. The secretariat, however, remained with Fr. Anselmus, so that Fr. Martinus remained without office. How long it stays that way, God knows. Furthermore, Fr. Basilius became cantor, id Cappell Master, in place of our Fr. George, who had held this office for several years. But P. Georgus has become registrar in the archive, which office also held P. Anselmus, the current subprior. He called me unworthy but the overseer of the construction workers. On April 26, on the Saturday before the third Sunday after Easter, the ciborium from the tabernacle was stolen in the parish church of Villmergen, with the consecrated hosts scattered over the altar. In addition, much has been robbed from the church. The thieves also wanted to open and open the door to the sacristy, but after they had already vomited two locks, they could not open the said door because of a hidden latch. On the 1st of May, towards evening, our Father Victor returned home from Baden, where he went to the spa, but he was not healed, but very ill. On the 23rd of May, around half past four, our Father Prior Benedictus Sonnenberg from Lucerne died in the Lord. He was buried the following day. On the 5th of June, on the afternoon of Corpus Christi, Fr. Leontius and brother Michael left for Walterschwil for a cure. On the 16th of June, our Abbot called the chapter and, after giving spiritual exhortation, forgot the offices. In place of the late P. Prior, he placed the Subprior P. Anselm. He transferred the subpriorate to P. Meinradus, the confessor in Eschenbach. In his place he appointed P. Ambrosius as confessor in Eschenbach. Because Father Prior did not keep the confessional office in Hermetschwil for certain reasons, as his predecessors did, Fr. Antonius was appointed Ordinary confessor in his place, but our economist P. Petrus was extraordinary. Further, because Fr. Antonius, because of his activity as a confessor, did not wish to continue to care for the monks' vestiarium, this concern has been applied to Fr. Martinus. Further, because Fr. Franciscus no longer liked the instructorate of the lay brothers, Fr. Conradus was entrusted with this office in his place, but Fr. Franciscus with the office of secretary of the chapter, which did not want to accept Fr. Martin the other day. On the 3rd of June, between one and two o'clock in the afternoon, one of the bricklayers, so worn, fell in the new rear confusion, two condignationes, with no great harm, in which he received only one wound in the main, which was light and without great danger was to heal. On the other hand, he had in the Rugen, to the host, afterwards he was not injured or broken. So, after a few days, he has his job and work to do. Thank God. On July 5, our brother Michael returned home from the spa in Walterschwil with a good result. P. Leontius stayed there and bathed. Sequel follows. Julia Stirnimann The woman behind the voice Julia Stirnimann accompanies you through the regional journal. "She has long since noticed the listeners among them who hear the regional journal Zentralschweiz on SRF1: the voice of the same name, which reaches us through the ether at regular intervals. But who is behind this voice? We introduce you to Julia Stirnimann. As I imagined, I meet a woman at the beginning of thirty, ... in the editorial office of Radio SRF at the Inseliquai in Lucerne. At the moment it is quiet, but it could be "räble", she says. And she talks about her work on the radio: "My tasks here are very diverse. Sometimes I get up at 3:30 and go to the studio to do the early show. On another day, I look after our website or I research to a current topic of the day, do interviews and make a contribution, which is then played in the program. We are all "allrounders" here in the team. And that is exactly what I like about this job: Every day is different, so I can not say which was the most interesting "story"; it's the variety that I like about work. The woman, who enjoys reading, talks about her career, about how she knew as a child that she wanted to become a journalist. "At school, there were not many areas where I excelled; Lectures and essays were an exception. That's why I wanted to make writing a job. I completed the kindergarten seminar, as it does not necessarily need a school leaving exam for the profession of a journalist. After graduating from Semi I spent two years traveling and occasionally working abroad. Back in Switzerland, I was looking for an internship at a newspaper. However, this did not work outright - finally I landed at the youth radio 3-FACH, Lucerne. I quickly realized that I liked the radio at least as much as the print journalism, and I stayed. When I grew out of youth radio at the age of 27, I switched to Radio Pilatus in Lucerne. After one and a half years the jump to the regional journal "SRF." And at least since then we know the voice. Whether she perceives something like notoriety, I ask and she laughs: "Absolutely! It happens that, for example, I cancel a hairdressing appointment and then have to give my name, and then on the other side of the phone it says, "Ah, are they the ones from the radio?" That's why I realize that one perceive my name. However, since the regional journal is running on SRF1, most of our listeners are older than me. Therefore, I believe that my mum when shopping in the village more often to the "daughter on the radio" is addressed, as me. As I enjoy my work and appreciate listening to our program, I then say that I am very happy to hear the Regi Central Switzerland and congratulate the people on their good radio taste! Julia Stirnimann lives with her partner and two-year-old son in Lucerne. Responding to the family, the origin and the family organization, she responds unencumbered and says: My little one Family means a lot to me. Since my partner and I are unmarried, my son carries my name. I think that's great, but it's not very important to me, though I would never give up my family name as part of my identity. Had my partner wanted to give our surname to his son, that would have been fine for me. (The family researchers gladly change their name if they do not like it.) © Anm. Red.a) After completing my training, I moved into a shared apartment with friends in the city of Lucerne, and here I am still. My partner grew up in the city and it suits us here. The workplaces are close, the nursery only just across the street and most of our circle of friends, which she likes to cook, lives here too. In addition, Lucerne offers something culturally ... Grew up Julia Stirnimann in the community Ruswil, where the parents, Josef and Heidi Stirnimann-Maurer, still live. Julia's father is a vet, just like his grandfather. For the parents, the young family occasionally stays in Ruswil. Since the grandparents, Josef and Theres Stirnimann-Schüpfer, are no longer living, they know little about their origins. "Believing that my great-grandfather had something to do with pig breeding, that's not clear ..." (There is still time for clarification, because both, father and grandfather are mentioned in the newsletter, so the line for the researcher © Anm. Red.a So far, Julia Stirnimann did not know the family association. "At the request, my dad showed me this newsletter and I find that very interesting. Moritz Stirnimann Stienemann and Sternemann in Berlin by Georges Stirnemann, Colmar The author Georges Stirnemann lives in Colmar. He is passionate about family research and has been a member of our association for many years. His text, titled "Stienemann et Sternmann à Berliin", which he made available to us in French, was translated into German by Thomas Stirnimann, Geuensee, and slightly shortened by Moritz Stirnimann, Lucerne, for this edition. Hans Stirnemann (I) born on January 11, 1657 in Suhr, married there the 25-year-old Regina Seebach around 1686. He is one of the Stirnimann-Stiernemann-Stirnemann-Sternemann, which came in the time of the Reformation of Lucerne, where the families mostly remained catholic and settled down in northern Switzerland, mainly in the canton of Aargau, in the vicinity of Suhr and Gränichen - mostly Protestant as Stirnemann. On 16 October 1687 they have their first child in Suhr, þSusanne. Our Swiss couple emigrated, probably in 1692, first to Halle, where Hans (I) was shoe master or schoolmaster. WilhelmHans Wilhelm Stirnemann (I) the first son, is born there on 4 July 1694. In the cathedral of Halle he is baptized in the presence of Hans Wilhelm Schütte (Schülle, Schüler?), Hans Christoph Wolff and Marie Margrit Reich, the wife of David Reich. Hans and Regina have more children: $ Hans Jakob sees the light of day on February 22, 1699 in Berlin, where he later becomes Hellebardier of the Swiss Guard in the city. $ Hans Martin was christened on March 12, 1702 in the Jerusalem Church of Berlin, as godparents are Hans Stauffer, Hans Weisse, Hans Martin Mahler and Susanne Sieferingen called. Stern Hans Sternemen (II) was born on March 28, 1706. He was also baptized in the Jerusalem Church in the presence of Hans Schanott and his wife, Daniel Jaccardt and Hans Dakwiller. He will marry Marie Sophie Marcel and later Wilhelmine Frederike von Düring. $ Anna Elisabeth was born around 1707. She married Keil, war councilor and secretary of the king. She died on April 11, 1895 in Halle. $ Hans Peter was born in Berlin in 1720, he died already in 1723. $ Anna Maria Gertrude, born 1722 and $ Bernard, born 1725; both children died at the age of one year. þ Hans Wilhelm Sternemen (I) married the Huguenot Marie Madeleine Chevillette on 22 November 1722 in Berlin, born on 5 February 1699 in Metz, daughter of Pierre Chevillette and Marie Dumaye, also from Metz. Hans Wilhelm (I) is a medical surgeon of the king (Doctor Arzt Hofarzt), the court and the garrison and later city administrator in Potsdam, where Frederick II in the castle Sanssouci likes to rest. Frederick II, the Great, who ruled from 1740 to 1786. His father, King Frederick William I ordered an education for the successor, which excluded any inclination to laziness. He did not appreciate his son's love for the romantic, for literature, for French philosophy, for poetry and for music. The young man became insurgent through his paternal tyranny. In secret, with the Queen's support in the woods, he organized flute concerts for his friends while his father was hunting. One morning, King Sternemen, the royal court barber (barber and surgeon?), Sent to Frederick to cut off the beautiful and long brown curls on his side and face. But when the brave Sternemen (Hans I) or his son Hans Wilhelm (I) saw the young prince in tears, he felt sorry for him, put away his scissors and discreetly put his locks into the hair pot. Stern Hans Sternemen (II), son of the halberdier Hans Stirnemann (I) married Marie Sophie Marcelius on February 9, 1750 in Glatz in Silesia, born in 1720 in Kustrin. He became a lawyer, mayor, royal administrator and royal lender to the City of Ratibor. In his second marriage on 10 December 1752 in Potsdam he married Wilhelmine Frederike von Düring, who gave him six children: $ Frederike Wilhelmine Katharina, born on October 23, 1753 in Glatz, she married Hans August Antoni, music director. Friedrich Hans Friedrich Wilhelm (II), born on 24 September 1755 in Ratibor, Silesia. $ Hans Friedrich Albert, born on October 4, 1757 in Ratibor. $ Caroline, born about 1760 in Ratibor and died 1834 in Potsdam. $ Charlotte Béatrice Louise, born 1763 in Ratibor, married in 1785 in Berlin Hans Georg Gottfried Blindow, field preacher and later timber merchant, born on 16 February 1761 in Ziegenhagen and died on 11 April 1833 in Hodkowitz. They had eleven children, all born in Gramzow. $ Hans Friedrich Benoît, born 1770 in Berlin, died 1790. Friedrich Hans Friedrich Wilhelm Sternemen (II), the second child of Hans and Wilhelmine Friedrich, married a Huguenot in the Reformed temple of the French Church, Marie Dauphine Elisabeth Sophie Toussaint (1764-1823), daughter of Peter Philipp Toussaint, born March 16, 1733 in Berlin and by Dauphine Couriol. Friedrich Wilhelm (II) also became a physician at the royal court of Berlin (Royal circle Physicus Mr. Doctor Sternemen Wohlborn). Among other things, he was commissioned in 1811 to perform the autopsy of Heinrich Kleist (1777-1822), a famous writer and his life companion Henriette Vogel (1780-1811): Bernhard Heinrich Wilhelm Kleist, born in Frankfurt on October 10, 1777, is the author of comedies such as "The Broken Jug" (1808) and historical dramas such as "The Prince Frederick of Hombourg" (1810). Kleist had the desire to find his own happiness, even outside the norms of the society of his time. Heinrich and Henriette, having spent one last pleasurable evening together to celebrate their departure from this world, were found dead on November 20, 1811, at the Hotel "Stimmings Krug" on the Wannensee. Here he had written in a childish way to the relatives, to explain to her the decision to go out together: By mutual consent, Heinrich Kleist, 34, shot a bullet in the chest of Henriette on Monday at 4 pm and then shot himself. Dr. Sternemen's analysis found that Kleist was hypochondriacal: this condition, which is believed to be coming from the abdomen at the time, makes him sad, moody, and anxious about his own state of health. What is certain, Heinrich Kleist had suffered many disappointments, he was sent to jail for espionage, and he no longer felt accepted by his family, except for his half-sister Ulrike, who always cared for him, and Marie von Kleist, the confidante of Queen Louise, who often supported him. He had lost the joy of life, though later on Henriette he could experience affection, trust, benevolence and an equal vision of the future. According to his autopsy, Sternemen notes that Henriettte Vogel was suffering from an incurable cancer. This may explain the tendency to dream together about a better "other". Hans Friedrich Wilhelm Sternemen (II) and Marie Dauphine Toussaint had four children: Heinrich von Kleist • The first son, Hans Karl August, was born on 5 December 1786 in Berlin. Berlin already had 150,000 inhabitants at that time. The baptism was carried out in the presence of Mr Keil, personal secretary, paternal uncle, Pierre Toussaint, maternal uncle, Hauptmann von Hohenhausen, director Kotter, dealer Morino, Professor Thurnagel, ladies of Major von Beegow , by Marichitzky, by Rohr, by Runkel, by the Baroness von Bose and Miss Sternemen, a paternal aunt (this must be Katharina Frederike or Charlotte Béatrice). Hans Karl dies on March 23, 1788. þ The second son, Philipp Adolf Friedrich Albert was born on February 13, 1788 in Berlin. Present at the baptism were the Major von Beegow and Malechitky, the military council Keil, paternal uncle, the Baroness von Putlitz, Captain von Marwitz, Mrs. Director Antoni, paternal aunt and Mrs. Hauptmann von Hauhenhausen. On June 1 Philipp married Jeanne Frederike Constantine Gerstell, born in Dresden, daughter of Hans Gerstell and Jeanne Dorothée Mounier. Philipp and Jeanne Gerstell had three children: • The first daughter, Albertine Frederike Louise Auguste was born on March 22, 1811 in Berlin. On the occasion of their baptism were present Pierre Toussaint, Hans Wilhelm Sternemen, the adviser Kunitz, Elisabeth Marie Toussaint, Frederike Caroline Hulbe and Louise Wilhelmine Hulbe, born Toussaint in Szczecin. She married Hans August Ferdinand Bartels in 1833. Georges Stirnemann, Colmar
