Gregor Heimburg
Gregor Heimburg (lat. Gregorius Heimburgensis ; Czech. Řehoř z Heimburka ; * after 1400 in Schweinfurt ; † August 1472 in Tharandt ) was a German humanist and statesman .
Life
Heimburg came from a middle-class family from Schweinfurt am Main. Around 1430 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Both Rights in Padua and became Vicar General of the Archbishop of Mainz . On his behalf, he took part in the Council of Basel as spokesman for the electoral delegation . Its aim was the reformation of the church “in head and members”. In the further course he also appeared as a speaker on behalf of Emperor Sigismund . It is very likely that in Basel he met Enea Silvio Piccolomini , the later Pope Pius II, whose opponent he later became.
Heimburg lived in Nuremberg from 1433 to 1461 and worked as a syndic for the imperial city, but took on other assignments several times. He represented Nuremberg especially in the disputes with Margrave Albrecht Achilles in the context of the First Margrave War . In 1458 Heimburg entered the service of Archduke Albrecht VI. of Austria .
In May 1458, the conciliarist statesman Gregor Heimburg also entered the service of Sigmund von Tirol , who was on the side of the opponents of Nikolaus von Kues (Cardinal and Bishop of Brixen). Gregor was a consistent opponent of papal politics and had already appeared against Nicholas of Kues at the Reichstag.
Since he again took resolute princely positions against the Pope and Emperor, he was excommunicated in 1460 and his property confiscated.
In 1466 he entered the service of Georg von Podebrads , the Hussite Bohemian king, and vigorously defended him against the Pope. In 1469 Heimburg received the town of Nelahozeves from the Bohemian king, but it was expropriated again a short time later when he was again excommunicated by Pope Paul II and his property in Dettelbach and Fahr was also expropriated.
After Georg's death in March 1471, he fled to his son-in-law Albrecht in Dresden. The city's clergy refused to worship for a few days in order to force Albrecht to drive Heimburg out again. The Duke brought him to safety in Tharandt and asked his brother, Elector Ernst , to obtain relief from the ban. Finally, the Pope allowed Bishop Dietrich von Meißen to solemnly complete Heimburg Thursday in front of Palmarum 1472 in Dresden in the presence of Prince Ernst and Albrecht . He was buried in the Sophienkirche in Dresden.
Works
- Scripta nervosa iuris justitiaeque plena . Frankfurt am Main 1608 ( online )
literature
- Adolf Bachmann: Heimburg, Gregor . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, pp. 327-330.
- Josef Hiksch: Gregor Heimburg (around 1400 to 1472), politician between the Middle Ages and modern times . Dissertation, Potsdam 1978.
- Paul Joachimsohn: Gregor Heimburg . Historical treatises from the Munich Seminar I, Buchner, Bamberg 1891; Reprint: Scientia-Verlag, Aalen 1983, ISBN 3-511-00140-4
- Peter Johanek : Gregor Heimburg. In: Author's Lexicon . Volume 3, 1981, Col. 629-642.
- Walter Kaemmerer: Heimburg, Gregor. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 274 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Raimund Kemper: Gregor Heimburg's Manifesto in dealing with Pius II. Mannheim 1984
- Kurt Stadtwald: Roman popes and German patriots . Droz, Genève 1996, ISBN 2-600-00118-2
Web links
- Heimburg, Gregorius in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
- Gregor Heimburg in the Stadtwiki Dresden
- catholicity.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heimburg, Gregor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heimburg, Gregorius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German humanist and statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | after 1400 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schweinfurt |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1472 |
| Place of death | Tharandt |