Adalgod of Osterburg

Adalgod von Osterburg (also: Adalgoz, Adalgot, Adelgot; * after 1060; † June 12, 1119 in Magdeburg ) was Count of Veltheim and from 1107 to 1119 Archbishop of Magdeburg.

Life

He was a grandson of Adalgot von Veltheim and was closely related to Count von Groitzsch, Bishop Burchard II of Halberstadt and Archbishop Werner von Magdeburg . He was born the son of Count von Osterburg and Altenhausen Werner I. von Veltheim and his wife Gisela von Groitzsch. As a later son he was destined for the clergy and in 1088 became provost of the cathedral in Halberstadt. He was raised to the archbishopric of Magdeburg by King Heinrich V in the days of Pentecost in 1107. The consecration was carried out by Bishop Hezilo von Havelberg because the uprising took place against the decision of Pope Paschal II .

During his reign, Christianity began to gain a foothold east of the Elbe again . To this end, he had already sent an appeal to the bishops of Flanders, Saxony, Franconia, Lorraine and Halberstadt in 1108 . However, this appeal went unheard. In 1112 he exchanged the Hagemünster monastery in Mainz with the village of Bennungen in Merseburg. He founded the Nicolaistift in Magdeburg and the Neuwerk monastery near Halle, which he occupied with Augustinians from Rottenbuch (Upper Bavaria). He is also buried in Neuwerk Monastery.

In the course of time he turned away from Emperor Heinrich V and supported his related counts in 1113 when they instigated a rebellion, which was suppressed in 1114. Since he his cousin Wiprecht III. von Groitzsch had taken in his castle Lohburg on the other side of the Elbe for winter sojourn, like the latter, he fell victim to imperial ban and severe punishment from the emperor.

The oldest seal of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg has come down to us from the time of Archbishop Adalgod. The Saint Mauritius as depicted a knight of the 12th century. In his right hand he carries a flag, the left one rests on a shield. The inscription reads: SANCTVS MAVRICIVS MARTYR GLORIOSVS (St. Moritz, famous martyr).

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  ADALGOZ. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 28-29.
• Karl Janicke:  Adalgoz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 73 f.
• Paul Ostwald: Archbishop Adalgoz of Magdeburg (1107-1119). Hall, 1908
• Berent Schwineköper:  Adalgoz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 48 ( digitized version ).
• Superintendent D. Danneil: Magdeburg's story in pictures undated (1931)

Web links

• Brief information about the Archbishops of Magdeburg

predecessor	Office	successor
Heinrich I of Assel	Archbishop of Magdeburg 1107–1119	Rudgar von Veltheim