Friedrich Mauerkircher

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Epitaph in the parish church of Braunau

Friedrich Mauerkircher (* unknown; † 1485 ) was the 53rd Bishop of Passau from 1482 to 1485 .

Born the son of a Braunau citizen family was Mauerkircherstraße first chancellor at the court of Duke Georg the rich in Landshut and from 1446 then Passauer canon . He was elected bishop as early as 1480, but then had to take a back seat to Georg von Hessler , who was elected opposing bishop . As a result, there were disastrous clashes between the two, in which the Passau citizens were drawn. In 1482 the dispute culminated in a heavy bombardment of the Ilzstadt from the fortress Oberhaus .

After Hessler's death, Mauerkircher finally succeeded him as bishop. During his term of office, among other things, the completion of the Church of St. Salvator falls . Mauerkircher died just three years after taking office. He is buried in the parish church of Braunau .

literature

  • Karl Bosl (Ed.): Bosls Bavarian Biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 511.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Sebastian Hiereth:  George the Rich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 200 ( digitized version ).