Adelheid Langmann

Adelheid Langmann (–1375) was a German Roman Catholic nun, belonging to the Dominican Order at the Engelthal Abbey (located in the Wetterau region of Hesse) in the 14th century.

She is known for her text Revelations, which consists of autobiographical details, prayers, and religious instruction. She was a renowned spiritual teacher during her lifetime.

Life Adelheid Langmann was a German nun. She belonged to the Dominican Order, and resided at the Engelthal Abbey. She is known for written records of her religious visions, which were collected in a book titled Revelations. Along with the writings of Christina Ebner, these constitute an important text documenting female mysticism in the 14th century.

Langmann was a widow who belonged to a well-established family from Nuremberg, and recorded her revelations on the advice of a lector who worked at Engelthal Abbey.

Langmann's Revelations also contain an account of her own spiritual journey, including biographical details. Langmann writes that her vocation was apparent to her as a child, but she was betrothed to, and married Gottfried Teufel in deference to her parents' wishes. According to Langmann, the marriage was never consummated, and her husband died of illness within a year of the wedding, leaving her free to join the Dominicans.

She joined the order in 1330, and was present there, as was Christina Ebner, when King Charles IV visited the abbey seeking spiritual counsel.

During her lifetime she maintained a close friendship with, and was a mentor to, Marquart der Tokler of Nuremberg, a nobleman and later, cleric who later joined the Augustinians under her guidance, and who recited prayers especially composed for him by Langmann.