Abbotess Martha Elisabeth Witzel

Within the long history of the Cistercian Cloister in Beuren, there is mention of an abbotesses named Martha Elisabeth Witzel. She held the post of abbotess between 1705 and 1730. [�]

Very likely, Martha was born in the Eichsfeld region in the late 1600s. If the current research holds true, the Witzels of Eichsfeld Kreis find their roots in the Vacha/Fulda area. Birth, marriage and death certificates should indicate a slow move to the north in the following centuries.

A better understanding relies on the availabiltiy of surviving documents from the region. As the identification of individual family histories continues, there is likely to be a historical foundation to the larger proportion of Witzel families currently living in the Fulda and Eichsfeld regions today.

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D�lle, Adalbert. Das ehemalige Zisterzienserinnenkloster Beuren im Eichsfeld. Duderstadt: Mecke Druck und Verlag. 1998. p. 156. [�].