List of the bishops of Minden
The bishops of Minden were primarily spiritual leaders of the diocese of Minden . Their bishopric was the Minden cathedral . In the course of history, her residence was, among other things, Petershagen Castle and the Bishop's Palace next to the cathedral. In the Ottonian-Salian imperial church system they also gained considerable secular power. By acquiring land around Minden, they were able to establish the Minden monastery . After the dissolution of the tribal duchy of Saxony in 1180 , they ruled over this territory , which was much smaller than the ecclesiastical diocese, as secular rulers with ducal power. As imperial rulers, they were referred to as prince-bishops . The series of bishops in Minden began with Bishop Erkanbert , who was the first bishop after the proclamation of the diocese around 800 in the course of the Sachsenmission , and ended with Prince-Bishop Franz Wilhelm , who ruled in an area that had already been largely secularized through decades of Reformation efforts until 1648 . In 1648 the diocese was suspended and the bishopric was added to the Peace of Westphalia in Brandenburg-Prussia as the secular principality of Minden .
The following people were bishops of Minden :
Bishops
| image | Surname | from | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erkanbert | 803 | 813 | ||
| Hardward | 813 | 853 | ||
| Theodoric | 853 | 880 | ||
| Wulfhar | 880 | 886 | ||
| Drogo | 886 | 902 | ||
| Adalbert | 902 | 905 | ||
| Bernhard | 905 | 914 | ||
| Lothar | 914 | 927 | ||
| Ebergisl | 927 | 950 | ||
| Helmward | 950 | 958 | ||
| Landward | 958 | 969 | ||
| Milo | 969 | 996 | ||
| Ramward | 996 | 1002 | ||
| Dietrich II. | 1002 | 1022 | ||
| Sigebert | 1022 | 1036 | ||
|
Bruno von Waldeck | 1037 | 1055 | |
| Egilbert from Bavaria | 1055 | 1080 | ||
| Reinward | 1080 | 1089 | ||
| Volkmar | 1080 | 1096 | Counter-bishop | |
| Ulrich | 1089 | 1097 | ||
| Gottschalk | 1097 | 1112 | ||
| Widelo | 1097 | 1119 | Counter-bishop | |
| Sigward | 1120 | 1140 | ||
| Heinrich I. | 1140 | 1153 | ||
| Werner from Bückeburg | 1153 | 1170 |
Prince-bishops
| image | Surname | from | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anno from Landsberg | 1170 | 1185 | In 1180, after the end of the tribal duchy of Saxony , receives ducal powers in the Minden monastery | |
|
Thietmar | 1185 | 1206 | |
| Henry II | 1206 | 1209 | ||
| Konrad I. von Rüdenberg | 1209 | 1236 | ||
| Wilhelm I of Diepholz | 1236 | 1242 | ||
| Johann von Diepholz | 1242 | 1253 | ||
| Wedekind I. | 1253 | 1261 | also Wedekind from Hoya | |
| Kuno | 1261 | 1266 | ||
| Otto I. from Stendal | 1266 | 1275 | ||
| Volkwin von Schwalenberg | 1275 | 1293 | ||
| Konrad II of Wardenberg | 1293 | 1295 | ||
| Ludolf von Rostorf | 1295 | 1304 | ||
| Gottfried von Waldeck | 1304 | 1324 | ||
|
Ludwig of Braunschweig-Lüneburg | 1324 | 1346 | |
|
Gerhard I of Schauenburg | 1346 | 1353 | |
|
Dietrich III. Kagelwit | 1353 | 1361 | |
| Gerhard II of Schauenburg | 1361 | 1366 | ||
| Otto II of Wettin | 1366 | 1368 | ||
| Wittekind II. | 1369 | 1383 | also Wittekind von Schalksberg | |
| Otto III. from Schalksberg | 1384 | 1397 | ||
| Gerhard III. | 1397 | 1398 | Gerhard III. is mentioned, for example, in the lexicon of the Middle Ages as bishop. No other sources mention it. | |
| Marquard von Randeck | 1398 | 1398 | ||
| Wilhelm II of bushes | 1398 | 1402 | ||
| Otto IV of Rietberg | 1403 | 1406 | ||
| Wilbrand von Hallermund | 1406 | 1436 | ||
|
Albrecht von Hoya | 1436 | 1473 | Appointed coadjutor bishop in 1420 , Bishop of Minden on December 23, 1436, confirmed by Pope Eugene IV on February 18, 1437 , ordained priest in April 1437 and bishop in May 1737; † April 25, 1473 |
| Henry III. from Schauenburg (Schaumburg) | 1473 | 1508 | appointed bishop on May 6, 1473, confirmed by the Pope on July 30, 1473, priest on March 20, 1474 and ordained bishop on May 1, 1474; † January 25, 1508 | |
| Franz von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel | 1508 | 1529 | * 1492 in Wolfenbüttel , appointed bishop in May 1508 and confirmed by Pope Julius II on July 14, 1508 ; † November 25, 1529 as a bishop elect | |
|
Franz II of Waldeck | 1530 | 1553 | * 1491, appointed Bishop of Minden on February 10, 1530, confirmed by Pope Clement VII on January 18, 1531 , appointed Bishop of Munster on June 1, 1532 and Bishop of Osnabrück on June 11, 1532 . Confirmed by the Pope on August 8, 1532, ordained a priest on December 29, 1540 and bishop on January 1, 1541; † July 15, 1553 |
|
Julius of Braunschweig-Lüneburg | 1553 | 1554 | * June 29, 1528 in Wolfenbüttel, appointed Bishop of Minden on April 23, 1553, resigned as Bishop Elect in February 1554; † May 13, 1589 |
| Georg of Braunschweig-Lüneburg | 1554 | 1566 | * November 22, 1494 in Wolfenbüttel, (religious) appointed Bishop of Minden, Bishop of Verden and Archbishop of Bremen in October 1554 , confirmed in 1561 by Pope Pius IV ; † December 4, 1566 as Archbishop Elect | |
| Hermann von Schauenberg (Schaumburg) | 1567 | 1582 | * November 1, 1545, appointed bishop on January 9, 1567, confirmed by Pope Pius IV on May 29, 1573 , resigned on January 29, 1582; † March 5, 1592 | |
|
Heinrich Julius of Braunschweig-Lüneburg | 1582 | 1585 | * October 15, 1567 in Wolfenbüttel, on December 7, 1578 as Bishop of Halberstadt , appointed Bishop of Minden in February 1582, resigned to both episcopal seats on September 25, 1585 as Bishop Elect; † July 20, 1613 |
| Sedis vacancy | 1585 | 1587 | ||
| Anton von Schauenburg (Schaumburg) | 1587 | 1599 | * March 8, 1549, appointed bishop on September 11, 1587; † January 21, 1599 as Bishop Elect | |
|
Christian of Braunschweig-Lüneburg | 1599 | 1625 | elected Bishop Elect on February 7, 1599 |
| Sedis vacancy | 1625 | 1631 | According to the medieval lexicon , the office of bishop was vacant from 1625 to 1631. Other sources lead Christian von Braunschweig-Lüneburg as bishop until 1629, 1630 or 1631 or even until his death in November 1633. Minden was occupied by the Catholic Tilly in the Counter Reformation as early as 1625 . From 1631 at the latest, his Catholic successor, Franz Wilhelm, ruled Minden. | |
|
Franz Wilhelm, Count of Wartenberg | 1631 | 1648 (1634) |
* March 1, 1593 in Munich from a branch of the Wittelsbach family , appointed by Pope Urban VIII on January 26, 1630 as bishop of the almost secularized dioceses of Verden and Minden, fled from the Swedes to Cologne; † December 1, 1661 as Cardinal , Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück since 1625 and Bishop of Regensburg since 1649. His time as Bishop in Minden de facto ends in November 1634 because of his flight to Cologne. |
Note: The people elected by the cathedral chapter are initially referred to as bishop elect . With the confirmation by the Pope they receive the right to the title of bishop. If the Pope refuses confirmation to a bishop elect due to his lack of Catholic convictions or aptitude, they are often referred to as (Protestant) administrators during the Reformation . These include, for example, Christian von Braunschweig-Lüneburg , Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Heinrich Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg .
See also
literature
- Minden . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 6, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-7608-8906-9 , Sp. 631-633 ( online ).
- Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: Onomasticon chronographikon hierarchiae germanicae: Directory of the German bishops since the year 800 AD, together with an appendix, containing the dignitaries of some abbeys and knights . Self-published by the author, Minden 1854, p. 70–71 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- Wilhelm Schröder: Chronicle of the diocese and the city of Minden . Leonardy, Minden i. W. 1886 ( digitized version of the University and State Library of Münster ).
- Otto Weigand: The German bishops up to the end of the sixteenth century: presented biographically, literarily, historically and in terms of church statistics . tape 2 , 1858, p. 256 ff . ( Digitized in the Google book search).
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of Minden on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Bishops of Minden. In: Genealogy Middle Ages. Medieval genealogy in the German Empire up to the end of the Staufer material collection. Retrieved October 11, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Carl Stüve: The history of the Hochstift Osnabrück . tape 1 . Friedrich Frommann / Kißling'sche Buchhandlung, Jena / Osnabrück 1853, p. 229 of 481 ( digitized in the Google book search - up to 1508).
- ^ Wilhelm Sauer: Christian, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 162 f.
Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 19.5 ″ N , 8 ° 55 ′ 7.4 ″ E