Dietrich Adolf von der Recke
Dietrich Adolf von der Recke (* 18th June 1601 to House Kurl ; † 30th January 1661 on the castle to Neuhaus in Paderborn ) than Dietrich Adolf prince bishop of Paderborn .
Life
Dietrich Adolf von der Recke was Prince-Bishop of Paderborn , whose reign was mainly characterized by the reconstruction of the territory after the Thirty Years War . Unlike his predecessor Ferdinand I of Bavaria , Dietrich Adolf was only bishop of Paderborn. He devoted himself entirely to his diocese and introduced extensive reforms in relation to his spiritual as well as his sovereign office.
Dietrich Adolf comes from the noble family von der Recke . The father of the first-born was Baron Dietrich von der Reck zu Kurl , an electoral councilor from Cologne . His mother Baroness Margarethe von der Reck, née Wolff-Metternich , died in childbed in 1607 after five other very difficult births.
Having grown up without a mother, Dietrich Adolf spent the first years of apprenticeship with the Jesuits in Fulda , before moving to the University of Mainz , where he graduated with a doctorate in both rights.
In 1619 Dietrich Adolf became canon in Münster . In 1624 his father died. As a cleric, however, he did not want to accept his father's inheritance and passed it on to his youngest brother. In the following years he moved to Paderborn as a canon, and was named cathedral dean in 1627 . He received the extremely important task for the prince-bishopric of retrieving the Liborius relics stolen by Christian von Braunschweig in 1622 . Dietrich Adolf quickly made a career in the Paderborn cathedral chapter . In 1643 he became provost of the cathedral and was thus at the head of the highest state committee. In this position he could gain foreign policy experience as a representative of the prince-bishopric during the peace negotiations in Münster and Osnabrück . The provost established the most important contacts with the papal nuncio Fabio Chigi (later Pope Alexander VII ) and the bishop of Osnabrück Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg .
On October 1, 1651, he was ordained bishop in the High Cathedral in Paderborn . The first episcopal ordination in Paderborn after a long time. Immediately after the homage celebrations, Dietrich Adolf initiated extensive reforms in his territory. In 1651 there were already new chancellery regulations , and in 1655 new police regulations . For national defense, he had the castles Neuhaus , Wewelsburg , Beverungen , Dringenberg and Boke restored. In addition to the secular reforms, the new bishop also carried out spiritual renewals. He provided the Jesuit College with increased funding and attention. Above all for the pastoral care of the simple Paderborn townspeople, Dietrich Adolf improved by settling the Franciscan order in the state capital (1657), and in 1657 he settled the Franciscans expelled from the reformed Höxter in Herstelle. The Augustinian nuns (1658), the so-called Lorraine nuns , took care of the education of young women in the country . The alterations made by Dietrich Adolf in Paderborn Cathedral are significant in terms of art history. The baroque appearance of the episcopal church, which still predominates today, goes back to the Jesuit student. He finished the overall medieval look of the cathedral.
Together with the Paderborn diocesan priest, Auxiliary Bishop Bernhard Frick , Dietrich Adolf dedicated himself to the daily pastoral business in the prince-bishopric. The efforts changed the basic Catholic orientation lastingly. Central control was carried out by the annual synods in Paderborn Cathedral.
The limits of the bishop's reform activities were shown by the insufficient willingness of the cathedral chapter members to take part in the synods . Protests by the bishop at the Metropolitan , the Archbishop of Mainz , led to the boycott of the Synod in 1660. On January 30, 1661, Prince-Bishop Dietrich Adolf von der Recke died at Neuhaus Castle at the gates of the state capital. He was buried in the high choir of Paderborn Cathedral. His successor built a funerary monument.
literature
- Hans Jürgen Brandt: The bishops and archbishops of Paderborn. Paderborn 1984, pp. 234-240.
- Gerhard Franke: The visitation by Bishop Dietrich Adolf von der Reck in Elsen: A parish historical commentary on the visitation files. In: Westphalian magazine. 154 (2004), pp. 221-271.
- F. von Klocke: From the parents' house of the Paderborn Prince-Bishop Dietrich Adolf von der Recke. In: Westphalian magazine. 83 / II (1925), pp. 42-160.
- Max Gorges: Contributions to the history of the former Hochstift Paderborn in the XVII. Century under Dietrich Adolf von der Reck. Dissertation at the Royal Academy of Münster, 1889 ( ULB Münster ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Policey order of the most revered Prince and Lord "Mr. Dietherich Adolffen, Bischoffen zu Paderborn ...: Published and issued in the year of Christ 1655. (Online: UB Paderborn )
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ferdinand I of Bavaria |
Prince-Bishop of Paderborn 1650–1661 |
Ferdinand II von Fürstenberg |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Recke, Dietrich Adolf von der |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince-Bishop of Paderborn |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1601 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | House Kurl |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1661 |
| Place of death | Neuhaus near Paderborn |