Bernhard von Ibbenbüren

Bernhard von Ibbenbüren († May 23, 1203 ) was from 1188 to 1203 as Bernhard II. Bishop of Paderborn . He is sometimes considered the first prince-bishop .

Life

He came from the family of the noblemen of Ibbenbüren . In some cases it was wrongly ascribed to the family of the noble lords of Oesede by older research because of the close relationship . Bernhard was the son of a Gottschalk. He had several brothers and sisters. However, with the death of Bernhard, the family died out.

Bernhard entered the clergy. At least in Münster he was a member of the cathedral chapter . He was first mentioned in a document in 1155/56. In 1172 he donated properties to the Überwasserstift as a memorial foundation for his brother Konrad and after his own death for his memory. In 1173 he was Domcellearius. He was cathedral dean from 1178 to 1188.

He issued his first charter as bishop on April 6, 1188. At the beginning of his reign he confirmed all donations from his predecessor Bernhard I to the Marienmünster monastery . He had disputes with the bishopric from the house of the Schwalenberg counts and Waldecks . There were armed conflicts. In this context, Bernhard conquered Brobeck Castle and destroyed it. In 1189 he acquired the bailiwick rights for the bishopric, which had been with the Schwalenbergers since 1124. He also exchanged Castle Plesse near Göttingen for the rule of the Counts of Bomenburg, which had reverted to the Empire, for Castle Desenberg . This also included the city of Warburg , which was first mentioned around 1200 . He put an end to Count Bernhard von der Lippe's idea by making a comparison. He enfeoffed Bernhard von Lippe with half of the Falkenberg between Detmold and Horn and built the Falkenburg with him . In addition, the noblemen Bertold and Dietmar von Büren gave the bishop their castle and parts of their property as a fief. They built the city of Büren under episcopal suzerainty.

In particular, however, he worked in the narrower church area. Bernhard observed strict church discipline and promoted the monasteries.

In the dispute between Otto IV and Philipp von Schwaben , Bernhard was on Otto's side.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "The Archdiocese of Paderborn in the Middle Ages" ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

literature

• Heinrich Leo: The territories of the German Empire in the Middle Ages since the 13th century . Vol. 2, Halle 1867, pp. 620f.
• Peter Florens Weddigen (Hrsg.): Paderbornische Geschichte after Schatens Annalen . Lemgo 1801, pp. 181-205
• Friedrich Wilhelm Ebeling: The German bishops until the end of the sixteenth century . Vol. 2, Leipzig 1858, p. 349
• Wilhelm Kohl: The dioceses of the church province Cologne. The diocese of Münster IV, 2. The cathedral monastery of St. Paul in Münster. Berlin 1982, ISBN 978-3-11-008508-2 (Germania sacra NF Vol. 17,2), p. 89f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Siegfried	Bishop of Paderborn 1188–1203	Bernhard III.