Erlung

Erlung († December 28 or December 30, 1121 in the Benedictine monastery Schwarzach ) was bishop of Würzburg from 1105 until his death .

Discovery in the family context

According to Henner's biography in the ADB , Erlung's ancestry has not yet been clarified beyond doubt, and the references in previous literature that he came from the family of the Counts of Calw or the von Cundorf family are not adequately documented. However, he refers to the contemporary chronicler Ekkehard von Aura , who called Meinhard von Bamberg , Würzburg bishop from 1085 to 1088, his uncle.

Erasing as a bishop

Erlung began his spiritual career as a canon of the cathedral monastery of Bamberg . During his time as bishop he was said to have good relations with the later canonized bishop Otto von Bamberg . Like his uncle, he was regarded as a supporter of Emperor Henry IV. When his son Heinrich V, as an anti -king, contested his position for him, this conflict spread to the Würzburg monastery , where an opposing bishop appeared with Rupert . With the appointment of an opposing bishop, it often happened during this period that the secular power of the church princes was called into question. Erlung was taken prisoner by Heinrich V during the conflict, but was treated with relative courtesy. When the battle for the crown came to an end with the death of Heinrich IV in 1106, Heinrich V decided in favor of Erlung and thus ended the dispute over the bishopric of Würzburg.

In 1868, the historian Friedrich Wilhelm von Giesebrecht was the first biographer to attribute the anonymously published life story of Heinrich IV to Erlungs's pen, even though the bishop was last transferred to Heinrich V's camp. A poem on the Saxon uprising in 1075/1076 is also attributed to him.

During his tenure he bequeathed his own goods in Cundorf and Gauenheim to the cathedral chapter.

After Heinrich V had entrusted him as diplomatic envoy, a new conflict gradually developed between Heinrich V and the Pope, where Erlung finally switched sides and, with Gebhard von Henneberg, had to deal again with an opposing bishop.

Erlung succumbed to a long-term " leprosy " ailment in the Schwarzach Benedictine monastery . He also found his final resting place there, as the city of Würzburg was subject to the interdict.

literature

Theodor Henner: Erlung . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 227-229.
Peter Kolb, Ernst-Günther Krenig (Ed.): Lower Franconian history . Volume 1: From the Germanic conquest to the high Middle Ages . Echter, Würzburg 1989, ISBN 3-429-01263-5 , pp. 302-305.
Franz-Josef Schmale : Erlung von Würzburg . In: Author's Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Part 2 (1980), Col. 602-605 and Part 11 (2004), Col. 417
Alfred Wendehorst : Erlung. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 596 f. ( Digitized version ).
Alfred Wendehorst: Erlung , in: The Diocese of Würzburg 1. The series of bishops until 1254 . (= Germania Sacra ; NF 1). De Gruyter, Berlin 1962, pp. 126–132 ( digitized version )
Alfred Wendehorst: Erlung, Bishop of Würzburg . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 3, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-7608-8903-4 , Sp. 2155.

Web links

Find out in the personal register of Germania Sacra online

predecessor	Office	successor
Emehard	Bishop of Würzburg 1105–1121	Rugger counter-bishop Gebhard von Henneberg

personal data
SURNAME	Erlung
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Würzburg
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century
DATE OF DEATH	December 28, 1121 or December 30, 1121
Place of death	Benedictine monastery Schwarzach