Bolzano Chronicle

The copy of the Bozen Chronicle , Hs. 502, fol. In the Innsbruck University Library . 1r, early 16th century

The so-called Bozen Chronicle is a German-language annalistic record of historical events in Bozen and its region, which was probably recorded in Bozen in the first half of the 14th century.

The chronicle from the pen of an anonymous author covers the period from 1018 to 1335 (or 1366) and reports on central local historical events, such as the reconciliation of numerous Bolzano churches in 1180 by Bishop Solomon of Trento in the context of the re-establishment of the urban market settlement from Bozen in the late Staufer period. The Bolzano Chronicle also documents extreme natural events such as a locust plague in 1338 that struck Bolzano and the Überetsch , and an earthquake in 1348.

In 1518, Cardinal Bernhard von Cles , Bishop of Trento, had an extract made about the situation in Trento under the title Ain alte cronica, which also concerns our pen, which we have had pots drawn from even an old pitch .

Handwritten tradition

Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum, Dipauliana 612 / I (1335-1366)
University and State Library of Tyrol , Cod. 502 (early 16th century)
South Tyrolean Provincial Archive, Trostburg Archive, no sign.

literature

Karl Ausserer: The 'Bozner Chronik' and its news on the history of the city of Bozen. In: Der Schlern 3, 1922, pp. 387–393. (on-line)
Josef Riedmann : Bozner Chronicle . In: Author Lexicon 1 (1978), Sp. 977-978.
Bruno Mahlknecht: The so-called “Bozner Chronik” from the 14th century. In: Der Schlern 71, 1997, pp. 372-381, 555-560, 583-592.
Josef Riedmann: The so-called Bozen Chronicle from the middle of the 14th century as a historical source. In: Stadtarchiv Bozen (ed.): Bozen from the Counts of Tyrol to the Habsburgs. Bozen 1999, pp. 11-27.
Monika Schulz: “Bozner Chronik”, in: Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle , Edited by: Graeme Dunphy, Cristian Bratu. April 11, 2020 ( online )

Individual evidence

↑ Hannes Obermair : Church and city development. The parish church of Bozen in the High Middle Ages (11th – 13th centuries). In: The Cathedral Parish of Bolzano through the ages. Bozen: Athesia 1995, pp. 449-474, reference p. 462.
^ Christian Rohr : Extreme natural events in the Eastern Alps: Experience of nature in the late Middle Ages. Cologne et al. 2007. ISBN 978-3-412-20042-8 , p. 122 u. 473.
^ According to the manuscript census of the University of Marburg

[1] Hannes Obermair : Church and city development. The parish church of Bozen in the High Middle Ages (11th – 13th centuries). In: The Cathedral Parish of Bolzano through the ages. Bozen: Athesia 1995, pp. 449-474, reference p. 462.

[2] Christian Rohr : Extreme natural events in the Eastern Alps: Experience of nature in the late Middle Ages. Cologne et al. 2007. ISBN 978-3-412-20042-8 , p. 122 u. 473.

[3] According to the manuscript census of the University of Marburg