Albert II. Krummendiek

Albert II. Krummendiek (1477)

Bishop's coat of arms Albert II. Krummendieks, from the Rehbein Chronicle

Triumphal cross in the cathedral with Albert's figure kneeling to the right of the cross

Albert Krummendiek , also Krummediek , (* 1417 or 1418; † October 27, 1489 in Kaltenhof ) was as Albert II. 1466 to 1489 Bishop of Lübeck.

biography

Krummendiek came from the Schleswig-Holstein Uradels family ( Equites Originarii ) from Krummendiek and had excellent family ties to the Danish royal family and to King Christian I. He studied at the University of Leipzig from 1441 and at the University of Rostock from 1443 . From 1454 he was canon in Lübeck. Due to his many years of activity as a notary at the Rota Romana , he also had good connections with the Vatican. In 1462 he was on a diplomatic mission in Rome in connection with the Lüneburg Prelate War on behalf of the city of Lüneburg .

As a bishop he donated the triumphal cross built in 1477 by Bernt Notke for the Lübeck Cathedral with his own but borrowed funds . The costs amounted to 2,000 marks in Luebisch. Krummendiek is shown as a donor among the sculptures on the triumphal cross . According to a later anti-Catholic legend, Maria Magdalena is said to represent his beloved. His private finances never recovered from this generous foundation.

He commissioned the first printed missal for the Diocese of Lübeck ( Missale Lubicense ), which was published by Matthäus Brandis in Lübeck in 1486 . The book of hours ( Breviarium Lubicense ) that was also commissioned for the diocese was only published by Georg Stuchs in Nuremberg after his death .

Works

• Small chronicle of the actions and deeds of the bishops of Aldenburg and Lübeck except for B. Arnold. 1476, printed by Meibom , Scriptt. rerum Germanicar. T. 2 p. 391 sqq. On him, see its continuation, ibid. P. 403 ff.
• Accountability report 1462 (Autograph: Lüneburg, City Archives, S8a 21a)

Edition: Dieter Brosius: A trip to the Curia in 1462. The accountability report of the Lübeck Canon Albert Krummediek. In: Sources and research from Italian archives and libraries 58 (1978) pp. 419–439, digitized .

literature

• Johannes Baltzer and Friedrich Bruns: The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Issued by the building authorities. Volume III: Church of Old Lübeck. Dom. Jakobikirche. Aegidia Church. Verlag von Bernhard Nöhring, Lübeck 1920, pp. 9–304. Unchanged reprint 2001, ISBN 3-89557-167-9 .
• Max Hasse : Albert Krummediek, a bishop of Lübeck. In: Der Wagen , 1953.
• Mantels:  Albert II . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 183.
• Heinrich Reincke:  Albert II. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 129 ( digitized version ).
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Albert II. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 82-83.
• Jan Friedrich Richter : Triumphal Cross. In: Jan Friedrich Richter (Ed.): Lübeck 1500 - Art metropolis in the Baltic Sea region. Catalog. Imhoff, Petersberg 2015, pp. 161–165, No. 3.

Web links

Commons : Albert II. Krummendiek  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Mr. Krummendiek (Lübische Sage)  - sources and full texts

• Krummediek, Albert in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry 1443 in the Rostock matriculation portal
2. ↑ Missale Lubicense in the complete catalog of incandescent prints (GW number M24484)
3. ↑ Breviarium Lubicense in the complete catalog of incandescent prints (GW number 05375)
4. ↑ Entry in the Repertory of Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages

predecessor	Office	successor
Arnold Westphal	Bishop of Lübeck 1466–1489	Thomas Grote