Introduction

Biography

Anna was the daugh­ter of Land­grave Ge­org II of Hess­en-Darm­stadt.

She was care­ful­ly edu­cat­ed, and in 1657 she was elect­ed Pröbst­in of the Lu­ther­an Fürst­en-Töch­ter-Stift at Qued­lin­burg. She be­came Ab­bess there in 1680.

Her hymns, con­tem­pla­tions on the un­ion of the soul with Christ, in the spi­rit of the Can­ti­cles, most­ly ap­peared in her de­vo­tion­al work.

Works

• Der treue Seel­en-Freund Chris­ti­an­tus Je­sus mit nach denk­lich­en Sinn-Ge­mähl­den, an­muth­ig­en Lehr-Ge­dich­ten und neu­en geist­reich­en Ge­sän­gen, ab­ge­druckt und vor­ge­stel­let (Je­na, Ger­ma­ny: 1658)