Friedrich III. from Leibnitz

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Friedrich von Leibnitz († March 30, 1338 ) was from 1315 to 1338 as Friedrich III. Archbishop of Salzburg .

Life

On October 24, the then cathedral provost Friedrich von Leibnitz (1315–1338) was unanimously elected archbishop. He comes from the old Salzburg ministerial family with the headquarters in Burg Leibnitz and had already rendered valuable services to his country during the vacancy and the absence of his predecessor. The newly elected archbishop immediately traveled to Avignon to receive the episcopal ordination and the pallium .

Friedrich waited there for over a year. Pope Clement V had died, and in 1316 John XXII was elected. Only on November 25th was Friedrich ordained and consecrated bishop. The long waiting time in Avignon was associated with high costs and payment obligations, which, together with the debts of the predecessor, could only be paid off gradually. In addition, the long absence of the Archbishop of Salzburg proved dangerous. A war against Bavaria could only be prevented with great difficulty. But after his return from Avignon, Friedrich immediately renewed the alliance with Austria against Upper and Lower Bavaria. A clash between Austria and its ally Salzburg against Lower Bavaria was inevitable. In the fight for the German royal crown, King Ludwig of Bavaria offered the decisive battle for October 28 (1322), to which Frederick of Austria responded, probably in the expectation that his brother's army from Swabia would be on site in time. The outcome of the Battle of Mühldorf was, contrary to all expectations, catastrophic for Austria, Friedrich and Heinrich of Austria were captured, as were countless Austrian knights. Most of the Salzburg knights were also captured. The result was high reparations from Salzburg, too, which were paid off in installments up to 1331. In 1324 the Bavarians occupied the important Salzburg city of Tittmoning , which was treacherously open to the Bavarians. Salzburg had to raise this castle with further large funds.

Because of the now no longer manageable lack of money, Friedrich asked the Pope to approve a subsidiar tax ( income tax ) in the Salzburg church province, which was notarized on February 5, 1327, although it had already been claimed three years earlier. The collection of this treasure tax, or rather the law for his rule given on September 29, 1328, a first form of the independent Salzburg state order, is considered to be the hour of birth of the independent state of Salzburg.

The last years of the Prince Archbishop's reign were calm. With his turning away from the motherland of Bavaria and turning to Austria, Friedrich suffered serious setbacks for the archdiocese. Salzburg's position as the head of the ecclesiastical province in the southeast of the empire was greatly weakened, but his successors achieved the secure status of a prince-archbishopric for the archbishopric.

Friedrich von Leibnitz was buried in Salzburg Cathedral next to the Holy Cross altar.

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predecessor Office successor
Weichart from Polheim Archbishop of Salzburg
1315–1338 		Heinrich von Pirnbrunn
personal data
SURNAME Friedrich von Leibnitz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedrich III.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Salzburg
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1338
Place of death Salzburg