Bertho IV of Bimbach

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Bertho IV. Von Bimbach (* before 1240 in Oberbimbach ; † after July 22, 1286 and at the latest March 26, 1293) was prince abbot of the abbey of Fulda from 1273 to 1286 .

Life

Bertho probably spent his childhood on and near the small castle in Oberbimbach, but began his upbringing and training in the Benedictine monastery of Fulda as early as 1250 , and in 1257 he was first declared a Fulda monk under Abbot Heinrich IV von Erthal . In 1264, under Abbot Bertho II von Leibolz , he was mentioned for the first time as a dean of the monastery , so he was responsible for internal discipline and headed the convent . In 1271 he is also documented as Portarius of the monastery, an important charitable office for guests, poor people and pilgrims .

After the final resignation of Abbot Bertho III. von Mackenzell In early August 1273, Bertho von Bimbach was elected as his successor in a multi-stage compromise election on August 7th. In order to obtain the papal confirmation of his election, he traveled to the council in Lyon in 1274 , where Pope Gregory X commissioned the Dominican scholar Albertus Magnus on July 31, 1274 with the examination and, if necessary, confirmation of the election and the ordination of the abbot.

As abbot, Bertho took vigorous action against rebellious canon nobles. He conquered and destroyed their castles in Burghaun (1274), Mansbach , Mackenzell , Oberbimbach (all 1276) and Altenburg . Loyal nobles, however, were rewarded, such as B. Henry I of Weilnau and his wife Luitgard of Trimberg, which he in 1279 with the fuldischen castle Birstein and the Bailiwick of centering fief and court Reichenbach.

In 1277 he had a castle built in Herolz to secure the monastery border.

In 1277 at the latest, Bertho was also provost of the nearby Petersberg provost .

In 1279 he acquired the bailiwick of the Fulda monastery from Count Ludwig II of Ziegenhain, initially as a pledge for 400 marks, and thus freed the abbey from its dependence on the goat groves.

In 1282 a feud broke out with the Würzburg bishop Berthold II von Sternberg over the border area in the Rhön . King Rudolf I intervened as a mediator, and it was agreed to demolish Eberstein Castle on the Tannenfels near Hilders on the eastern border of Fulda , which served as a robber barons nest, and to build a jointly administered castle in the nearby fire .

At the end of 1283, Bertho's rights and powers were severely restricted. Because Bertho supposedly could not help the impoverished abbey without outside support, King Rudolf transferred the secular administration of the abbey to Count Eberhard I. von Katzenelnbogen for six years . Bertho's official powers were reduced to the spiritual realm. Eberhard von Katzenelnbogen placed two deputies in succession to Fulda, Berthold von Lißberg and Nikolaus von Scharfenstein, and Abbot Bertho retired to his Petersberg provost office.

In the spring of 1286, Bertho IV finally renounced the abbot in order to be able to shake off the increasingly dangerous foreign administration for the abbey by choosing a successor. The previous dean of the monastery, Markward II von Bickenbach, was elected as his successor .

Bertho's date of death is not undisputed: According to Leinweber, he died on March 26th in the years 1287–1293; According to Heller, Bertho IV died on July 22, 1286 in the Petersberg provost and was buried there.

literature

  • Dominikus Heller: The graves of the Fulda Aebte ; in: Dominikus Heller: New studies on the Holy Sepulcher of St. Boniface. Parzeller, Fulda 1946, pp. 54–66 (64)
  • Josef Leinweber: The Fulda abbots and bishops. Knecht, Frankfurt am Main, 1989, pp. 69-78

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Oberbimbach, District of Fulda". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of September 21, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ He went to the Neuenberg (Andreasberg) secondary monastery as provost .
  3. ^ Georg Landau: Description of the Electorate of Hesse , Fischer, Kassel, 1842, pp. 623-624
  4. ↑ a b c Karl Arnd: History of the Hochstift Fulda from its foundation to the present , Second Edition, Brönner, Frankfurt am Main, 1862, p. 73.
  5. ↑ According to Karl Arnd, King Rudolf did so out of annoyance that Bertho had confiscated some of the property lent to the Margraves of Burgau , which the king claimed for his own son. ( Karl Arnd: History of the Fulda Monastery from its foundation to the present , Second Edition, Brönner, Frankfurt am Main, 1862, p. 73. ) However, since the Burgau margraves did not die out in the male line until 1301, it is doubtful that Bertho their fuldische fiefdoms as a completed fiefdom could move in.
predecessor Office successor
Bertho III. by Mackenzell Abbot of Fulda
1273 - 1286 		Markward II of Bickenbach
personal data
SURNAME Bertho IV of Bimbach
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berthous; Bertho von Bimbach; Bertho von Biembach; Bertho IV of Biembach; Bertho IV. Von Bienbach; Bertho von Bienbach
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince Abbot of the Fulda Monastery
DATE OF BIRTH before 1273
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberbimbach
DATE OF DEATH after 1286