Bernhard von Prambach

Prince-Bishop Bernhard von Prambach, Engelszell Collegiate Church / Upper Austria

Bernard von Prambach , also called Wernhard , (* around 1220; † July 27, 1313 ) was the 42nd Bishop of Passau from 1285 to 1313 .

Life

Bernhard was elected bishop in 1285 and held a state parliament in Ilzstadt in 1288 . In addition, he invited to several diocesan synods, including 1293 (according to which the clergy must wear simple costumes), in March 1294 in St. Pölten (the looting and pillage were debated) and again in 1302 in Passau (at which the festival of St. Gotthard was made compulsory for the entire diocese ).

From 1293, Bernhard paid particular attention to the Cistercian order . In Engelhartszell - on the property inherited from his parents - he therefore founded a new Cistercian monastery: the Engelszell Monastery .

In May 1298 the citizens of Passau rose up in an uprising, the aim of which was to enforce the elevation of Passau to an imperial city, with which the bishop would have lost his position as lord of the city. At the end of November, at the Reichstag in Münster, the arbitration award was made by King Albert I , who let the uprising fail and thus put an end to the striving of the Passau citizens for independence. The citizens accepted the peace conditions - among other things, even the town hall now fell into the possession of the bishop - and Bernhard was again unrestricted ruler of the city. Nevertheless, on August 15, 1299, he issued the so-called " Bernhardinische Stadtbrief " and thus a new binding city law, which was very advanced and expanded compared to the earlier city letter. This new legal system was in effect for more than 500 years, namely until 1806.

Bishop Bernhard died on July 27, 1313.

The renovation of the Romanesque cathedral, which was damaged by the fire in 1181, in the Gothic style is largely due to his efforts.

literature

• August Leidl : The Bishops of Passau 739–1968 in short biographies . New publication of the Institute for East Bavarian Homeland Research, No. 38, 2nd edition, Passau 1978, p. 29.