Frederick II of Hoym

Friedrich II. Von Hoym († November 9, 1382 in Merseburg ) was a Catholic bishop of Merseburg and from February 22 to November 9, 1382 Archbishop of Magdeburg.

Life

Friedrich von Hoym came from a respected noble family who owned land in the Wolfenbüttel area. He is mentioned as Scholastikus von Naumburg on May 17, 1351. On May 4, 1355 Pope Innocent VI confirmed him . as dean in Naumburg, he received the post of canon in Merseburg and was elected Bishop of Merseburg in 1357 . He received his appointment in Avignon . He came back with a precious bishop's hat ( inful ) and an ivory bishop's staff. In 1362 Friedrich knew for himself that the glory of the city (i.e. he had the right to confirm or reject the masters elected to the council and appointed in the guilds) in Merseburg.

For the Merseburg diocese he acquired the city of Schkeuditz for 600 marks silver, in 1370 he received the city of Lauchstädt repurchased from Archbishop Albrecht and secured the redemption of Schkopau and Liebenau from the archbishopric by making new loans on them. In 1377 he bought the rule of Ostrau am Petersberge and the Kirchenlehn Kösseln from the Elector of Saxony . Probably his own fiefs , which flowed into the Merseburg diocese, such as the House of Kampen near Wolfenbüttel and the villages of Kattorp, Hordorp, Salzdahlen and Scheppenstedt, he lent to Magnus von Braunschweig .

In 1368 he was elected to succeed Dietrich, Archbishop of Magdeburg . At the request of Charles IV , however, the Pope appointed Albrecht von Sternberg archbishop and Friedrich had to resign. Nevertheless, Friedrich ruled his diocese of Merseburg very well and increased the finances, as well as possessions and income. He became a friend and advisor to the Wettin Margraves of Meissen, who also used him for diplomatic purposes at the Emperor's court in Prague . This brought him after the death of Archbishop Ludwig , again in a proposal for election as archbishop.

After he was elected Archbishop of Magdeburg on February 22, 1382, all estates in the entire area of ​​influence of the Archdiocese paid homage to him, except for the cities of Magdeburg and Halle (Saale) , which presented his pallium (proof that he really did hold this office ) requested. Since he had provided this through the confirmation of the Pope, he tried to take action with the Magdeburgers against the robbery owners of Angern Castle. In the first days of September he concluded a defensive alliance with the Roman-German King Wenzel and his brother, Elector Siegmund of Brandenburg .

On September 17, he bought half of the castle and town of Wippra from Count Ulrich von Hohnstein for 450 silver marks, and besieged Plauen Castle , which had been taken from the archbishopric , but without success. In order to clarify the last affairs of his Merseburg diocese, he went to Merseburg, where he fell ill and died. He was buried in the local cathedral church , in front of the altar of St. Barbara which he donated. So his saying that he never wanted to leave Merseburg again found an eternal foundation in his tombstone.

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Ebelin: The German bishops until the end of the sixteenth century. Otto Wiegand, Leipzig 1858, 2nd volume, p. 60
• Karl Friedrich Pauli: General Prussian state history, the associated kingdom, electorate and all duchies, principalities, counts and lordships. Christoph Peter Francke, Halle (Saale) 1764, Vol. 5, pp. 449–450 ( online )
• Hoym or Hoymb, Hoim, Heyme, Haym. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 13, Leipzig 1735, columns 1033-1035 (here column 1033).
• Heinrich Rathmann: History of the city of Magdeburg from its first formation to the present day. Johann Adam Creutz, Magdeburg 1806, Vol. 4, Issue 1, p. 426 ( GoogleBooks )
• P. Kehr: Document book of the Hochstift Merseburg. First part (962–1857) In: Historical sources of the province of Saxony and neighboring areas. Otto Hendel, Halle (Saale) 1899, 36th vol. P. 923
• Heinrich Leo: Lectures on the history of the German people and empire. Eduard Anton, Halle (Saale) 1867, vol. 5, p. 1048 ( GoogleBooks )
• Ferdinand Albrecht Wolter: History of the city of Magdeburg from its origins to the present. Faberische Buchdruckerei, Magdeburg 1901, 3rd edition, p. 58
• Gustav Hertel, Friedrich Hülße: Fried. Wilh. Hoffmann's history of the city of Magdeburg. A. Rathke, Magdeburg 1885, 1st vol. P. 175

predecessor	Office	successor
Ludwig of Meissen	Archbishop of Magdeburg 1382	Albrecht IV of Querfurt

predecessor	Office	successor
Heinrich V. zu Stolberg	Bishop of Merseburg 1357–1382	Burkhard von Querfurt