Burkard I. (Münsterschwarzach)

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Burkard I († January 20, 1096 or 1098 ) was abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Münsterschwarzach from 1076 or 1077 to 1096 or 1098 .

Münsterschwarzach before Burkard

The Münsterschwarzach Abbey had already established itself before Burkard I took office. It emerged in the 9th century from a women's convention, which was eventually replaced by a men's convention. In a power struggle between the Würzburg bishops and the East Franconian Mattonen, the bishops emerged victorious in the 11th century and from then on appointed the abbots of the monastery. Under her rule, the turn to the Gorz monastery reform began .

All the abbots appointed by the bishops had so far served the reform. Finally, the renewal was breathed new life into by Abbot Egbert, who came to Münsterschwarzach directly from the monastery in Gorze. He expanded the monastery property and was soon considered the "second founder" of the abbey. During his abbiat, the old Carolingian basilica was demolished and replaced by a Romanesque church building.

Life

Nothing is known about the origins and youth of Abbot Burkard I. The abbot only appeared as the successor to the headmaster Egbert von Münsterschwarzach and tried to continue the reforms that he had tried to carry out. Abbot Burkard soon deepened the reforms of Gorze in the abbey and was quickly considered another great abbot. During his tenure, he established the pilgrimage of the convent to Würzburg to the Kiliansgrab , which was repeated annually until the Peasants' War in 1525.

At the same time Burkard expanded the library of the monastery, it had a total of 183 manuscripts at his death . The abbot himself took care of this expansion, as he wrote himself in the abbey's office. He also took care of the sick members of the convent and worked in the convent hospital. Burkard also took care of the dissemination of the reforms. In 1092 he sent Bero with three monks to the newly founded monastery Pegau , Bero became the first abbot of this abbey.

One of the last official acts of the abbot was the acquisition of a property near the monastery. The owner Gernhard von Willanzheim handed over his vineyards and forests to the convent. Abbot Burkard's influence is also evident in the special burial of the deceased. Burkard died on January 20, 1096 or 1098 and was buried next to the founders Megingaud and Imma, as well as the reformer Egbert, in a pompous grave in the middle of the monastery church.

literature

  • Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . Münsterschwarzach 2002.
  • Leo Trunk: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach. A comparative overview . In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach abbey church 1938–1988 . Münsterschwarzach 1988.
  • Gabriel Vogt: On the early history of the Münsterschwarzach Abbey . Volkach 1980.
  • Heinrich Wagner: The abbots of Megingaudshausen and Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach abbey church 1938–1988 . Münsterschwarzach 1988.

Individual evidence

  1. Heinrich Wagner (p. 112) describes this period, while other sources and representations name the year of death as 1096. Compare: Leo Trunk: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach . P. 154 f.
  2. Corresponding to the death of his predecessor Abbot Egbert.
  3. ^ Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . P. 15.
  4. Gabriel Vogt: On the early history of the Münsterschwarzach abbey . P. 18.
predecessor Office successor
Egbert Abbot of Münsterschwarzach
1077-1096 / 1098
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