Dietrich I of Naumburg

Dietrich I († September 27, 1123 in the Bosau Monastery ) was Bishop of Naumburg from 1111 to 1123 .

Life

Little is known about its origin. Paul Lang and Petrus Albinus claimed in the 16th century a descent from the Wettins , but this cannot be proven. If one follows Wolfgang Hartmann's thesis , Dietrich was a son of Count Dietmar von Selbold-Gelnhausen . Dietmar came from the Franconian noble family of Reginbodonen and had come to property in the vicinity of Naumburg through his wife Adelheid, where descendants of the couple built or took over castles and founded monasteries, including the Lausnitz monastery .

Dietrich was proposed as Bishop of Naumburg by Emperor Heinrich V at the end of 1111 and ordained by Adalgod von Osterburg . It is documented that he appeared for the first time in 1112 in Salzwedel at the side of Heinrich V, whom he initially supported. From 1115, when the investiture controversy came to a head, he was on the side of Pope Gelasius II. He was a participant in the meeting of the papal representatives in Corvey in 1118, the Synod in Fritzlar (1118) , at which the ban against Henry V was renewed was, and the Reims Synod (1119), at which the ban against the emperor was confirmed again.

As bishop he consecrated the collegiate monastery in Wurzen in 1114 , in 1118 the church in Osterweih , the place of origin of Zwickau , in 1122 the church in Plauen , was present at the funeral of Merseburg Bishop Albuin in 1112 , and in 1119 introduced the new Merseburg Bishop Arnold into his office . He promoted the colonization of the Slavs with the support of the Benedictine monasteries Bosau and Riesa .

After he had seen the end of the investiture controversy, he was attacked with a knife on September 24, 1123 in prayer in front of the altar of the monastery church in Bosau monastery by a Wendish lay brother named Benno because he was to be punished at his request. He died three days later from his injuries. He was buried in the place where he was attacked. His tombstone there was destroyed and restored in the 15th century, but is no longer there today.

literature

• Heinz Wießner: The Diocese of Naumburg 1 - The Diocese 2. In: Max Planck Institute for History (Ed.): Germania Sacra , NF 35.2, The Dioceses of the Church Province of Magdeburg . Berlin / New York 1998, pp. 757-760.
• Heinrich Theodor Flathe :  Dietrich I. (Bishop of Naumburg) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 189.
• Walter Schlesinger:  Dietrich I .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 682 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Wolfgang Hartmann: From the Main to Trifels Castle - from Hirsau Monastery to Naumburg Cathedral. On the traces of the Franconian noble family of the Reginbodonen (= publications of the History and Art Association of Aschaffenburg, vol. 52). Aschaffenburg 2004, ISSN  0433-843X .

Web links

• Dietrich I. von Naumburg in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
• medieval-genealogie.de
• Information about the book by Wolfgang Hartmann: From Main to Trifels Castle - from Hirsau Monastery to Naumburg Cathedral

predecessor	Office	successor
Walram	Bishop of Naumburg 1111–1123	Richwin