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Following the passing of the current abbess in 1137, I was chosen to be the new abbess. Rather than continuing as part of a monastery with units for both women and men under the management of a male, in 1147 I decided to move the monastery to Rupertsberg, where the convent wasn’t completely under the supervision of a male or male house. This gave me much more liberty as a commissioner, and I traveled regularly in France and German. In making the move to Rupertsberg I was following the order of God. I anticipated a stiff position, lying like a rock, the move of my convent was finally concluded in the year 1151.
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