Adolph Hund from Saulheim

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Family coat of arms of the dog of Saulheim

Adolph Hund von Saulheim , also Hundt von Saulheim (* around 1595; † April 29, 1668 in Mainz ) was a German cathedral dean and provost in the Archdiocese of Mainz , as well as canon in Speyer and Würzburg .

Origin and family

He came from the 1750 extinct Rheinhessen noble family of the dog from Saulheim , with its headquarters in Saulheim . They were originally ministerials to the Archbishop of Mainz , later they belonged to the knightly canton of Upper Rhine .

Parents' alliance coat of arms, at the old castle in St. Martin

Adolph Hund von Saulheim was born as the son of Johann Christoph Hund von Saulheim († 1624) and his wife Christine geb. from Dienheim. Her father Peter von Dienheim was the brother of the Speyer prince-bishop Eberhard von Dienheim († 1610).

Johann Christoph Hund von Saulheim first officiated as canon in Mainz and Speyer, but in order to maintain the family line, with papal dispensation, resigned from the clergy in 1581 and married. After that, he held the position of fürstbischöflich speyerischen top civil servant in Marie Traut to Hanhofen . The couple built a noble residence in Sankt Martin (Palatinate) , the so-called Alte Schlösschen (today Weingut Schneider) in Maikammerer Strasse 5-7. Several of their heraldic stones are still preserved there.

Live and act

Coat of arms stone of Adolph Hund von Saulheim am Bassenheimer Hof, Kiedrich

Adolph Hund von Saulheim received tonsure and minor orders on April 4, 1609 and on the same day became domicellar at the knight's monastery of St. Burkard in Würzburg , and in 1610 canon in Mainz. From 1613 he studied in Cologne , from 1615 law in Ingolstadt , and 1618 in Mainz .

On June 18, 1619 the aristocratic monastery became capitular to St. Burkard in Würzburg, and on January 16, 1624 he was elected dean. In 1634 Hund von Saulheim advanced to the position of cathedral scholaster in Mainz, on June 22, 1638 he became dean of the Mainz cathedral, whereupon he resigned from the office of the Würzburg monastery dean. On December 10, 1652 he was appointed Provost of Mainz Cathedral . In addition, Adolph Hund von Saulheim was canon in Würzburg and Speyer, provost of St. German zu Speyer , and capitular in Mainz St. Alban , St. Viktor and Mariengreden .

In the election of Emperor Leopold I in Frankfurt am Main in 1658 , Hund von Saulheim acted as an official witness and subsequently proclaimed the new ruler.

Bassenheimer Hof in Kiedrich

In 1660/61 the provost of the cathedral in Kiedrich had an aristocratic seat built for himself , today's Bassenheimer Hof .

In 1664 the vault of the collegiate church St. Burkard in Würzburg , which was destroyed in the Thirty Years War , was renewed. This is where Adolph's ornate coat of arms keystone with his name is installed, presumably he was financially involved in the reconstruction.

In 1665 he donated the so-called Saulheim Altar for Mainz Cathedral , an altar of Mary, which is now in the penultimate chapel of the north aisle (Barbarakapelle) and bears his image.

Adolph Hund von Saulheim died on April 29, 1668 in Mainz and was buried in the cathedral's Marienkapelle; the altar he donated was also there until 1963.

His brother Johann Reinhard Hund von Saulheim died in 1630 as Speyer cathedral dean.

The local saga Die Bauern von Gonsenheim and the Hund von Saulheim refer to Adolph Hund von Saulheim , in which the humor of the provost, who was known as "a tidy and always joking gentleman" is praised.

literature

  • Alfred Wendehorst : The diocese of Würzburg: The Benedictine abbey and the aristocratic secular canon monastery St. Burkard in Würzburg , Volume 40 of: Germania Sacra, New Series , p. 225, Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 1962, ISBN 3110170752 ; (Digital scan)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Octavian Salver : Samples of the high German empire nobility , Würzburg, 1775, p. 534; (Digital scan with family tree)
  2. ↑ Certificate for Johann Christoph Hund von Saulheim, 1596  in the German Digital Library
  3. ↑ Illustrated website for the old castle in St. Martin
  4. ↑ Martin Meyer: Theatri Europaei , Achter Teil, 1693, pp. 45, 436 u. 497; (Digital scans)
  5. ^ Website on the Bassenheimer Hof in Kiedrich
  6. ↑ Another website on the Bassenheimer Hof in Kiedrich
  7. ↑ Website with a photo of the Würzburg arch stone
  8. ^ Georg Dehio: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler , Volume 10, p. 597, Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1984; (Detail scan)
  9. ↑ Friedhelm Jürgensmeier : Die Bischofskirche Sankt Martin zu Mainz , J. Knecht Verlag, 1986, p. 76, ISBN 3782005341 , (detail scan )
  10. ↑ Jacob Christof Iselin : Newly augmented historical and geographical general Lexicon , Volume 2, p. 866, 1726; (Digital scan)
  11. ↑ Ludwig Stamer : Church history of the Palatinate , Volume 3, Part 1, p. 188, Pilger-Verlag, Speyer, 1955, (detail scan)
  12. ↑ Karl Wehrhan : Sagen aus Hessen und Nassau , 1922, reprint at Books on Demand, 2015, p. 179 u. 180, ISBN 3846086894 ; (Digital scan)
personal data
SURNAME Dog from Saulheim, Adolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adolph Hundt from Saulheim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cathedral dean and provost in Mainz
DATE OF BIRTH around 1595
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1668
Place of death Mainz