Dietrich von Thüngen

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Dietrich (Dietz) Freiherr von Thüngen (* 1476 ; † April 25, 1540 ) was cathedral dean in Würzburg and in 1520 the first documented spa guest in Bad Kissingen .

Life

He came from the Malaysian andrea line of rich knightly sex those of Thüngen and was the son of Weiprecht I of Thüngen († 1502), Ganerbe of Sodenberg and Thüngen , and his third wife Anna Sitzel of Mergentheim. Dietrich's brother was Eucharius von Thüngen († 1540), also canon of Würzburg.

Thüngen was enrolled at the University of Erfurt in 1494 . On February 25, 1501, he and his brother Eucharius became domicellar in Würzburg, he was a student at the University of Ingolstadt and, since 1501, with his brother also owner of the Sternberg Curia, a canon court in Würzburg. In 1514 he was elected cathedral capitular and on February 23, 1538, cathedral dean of Würzburg. He resigned from this office in March 1540, one month before his death. He is also mentioned as the owner of Grindlach Curia and Vituli Curia.

In the peasant wars in 1525, when he was 50, Thüngen was deployed in the defense of the Frauenberg in the extended war council and as an artillery master ("artelereymaister"). On November 9, 1527 he was one of the guests of the splendidly celebrated jubilee of the Cologne , Strasbourg and Würzburg canons Johann Graf von Rieneck .

On February 28, 1527 Thüngen was elected provost of the Würzburg collegiate foundation Neumünster , which he remained until his death. There he was buried in the chapter house (second row, third stone).

There was a legal dispute at the Curia in Rome between Thüngen and the canon Ambrosius Freiherr von Gumppenberg (around 1501–1574) about the provost office of Neumünster Abbey, whose annual income was estimated at 120 silver marks . Gumppenberg, agent of numerous German prelates and princes in Rome since 1525 , was then in the service of Cardinal Thomas Cajetan and had gained the trust of Pope Clement VII , who had sent him to the Bavarian court in 1527 with assignments. In order not to widen the dispute over the provost and to save further expenses, Gumppenberg finally renounced his rights in favor of Thüngen. Pope Clement VII thereupon determined that the provost office of Neumünster Abbey should be loaned to Gumppenberg as soon as it becomes vacant again. After Thüngen's death (1540), Gumppenberg, now rich curial and since 1537 citizen of Rome, again argued about the provost office , which Thüngen's successor Kilian von Bibra had been awarded.

In 1520 Thüngen came to Bad Kissingen for a cure, which he had applied to Cantate on Tuesday : “1520 Sabatho post marci. Eodem asked Mr. Dietrich von Tungen licentiam ad balneum gein Kissingen. It is experienced according to the form and how it comes from. ” This entry is the first documentation of Kissingen as a spa and Thüngen is the first documented spa guest of the Bavarian state spa .

Thüngen bequeathed his legacy of 120 guilders to the poor in Thüngen and Heßlar (Karlstadt) . The money was invested in a foundation , grain bought four times a year, baked into bread and given to churchgoers in Thüngen and Heßlar on Sundays.

literature

  • Rudolf Freiherr von Thüngen: The imperial knightly family of the barons of Thüngen , Volume 1 ( research on the history of the family: Andreasische Linie ), publications of the Society for Franconian History (Volume 43), Verlag Degener, 1999, ISBN 3-7686-9262-0 , P. 230
  • Alfred Wendehorst (Ed.): The Neumünster Abbey in Würzburg . (= Germania Sacra ; NF 26). Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1989, p. 313 f. ( Digitized version )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This date is on the tombstone, the inscription of which was renewed in 1720.
  2. ↑ Document dated December 2, 1527 ( online )
  3. ^ Edgar Krausen :  Gumppenberg, Ambrosius Freiherr von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 310 f. ( Digitized version ).
  4. ↑ Certificate of September 10, 1530 ( online )
  5. ↑ Document of June 2, 1540 ( online )
  6. ↑ Translation: “On Saturday, April 28, 1520, Mr. Dietrich von Thüngen asked for permission to go to the bath in Kissingen. It was allowed to him in the form and as it is customary. ” - Source: Protocol book of the Würzburg Cathedral Chapter
personal data
SURNAME Thüngen, Dietrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thüngen, Dietz von; Thüngen, Theodoric von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cathedral dean of Würzburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1476
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1540
Place of death Wurzburg