Günther I. von Wettin

Günther von Wettin , also Günther von Brehna († April 1, 1090 ) was Bishop of Naumburg from 1079 to 1090 .

Life

Günther came from the Wettin family and was a son of Gero von Brehna and Bertha von Schwarzburg . After he was elected Bishop of Naumburg in 1079, he was ordained for his office by Hartwig von Spanheim . The Wettins were thus more firmly anchored in their bailiwick. The consolidation of the Wettin dominion on the side of Rudolf von Rheinfelden prompted Heinrich IV. 1080 to oust Günther from his diocese. This failed because the Battle of Hohenmölsen caused Heinrich to abandon his efforts.

In return, Günther took part in the negotiations in Gerstungen and, in 1085, in Berka, where the ban against Heinrich was renewed under the leadership of the opposing king Hermann von Salm . Heinrich responded to the synod by excommunicating and dismissing the participants. An opposing bishop was set up in Naumburg, but his name cannot be deduced. In 1088 the Wettins reached an agreement with Heinrich IV. This is expressed, among other things, in the fact that Günther received 158 hooves from the hand of the emperor in the area of ​​Helfta and Schafstedt southeast of Eisleben.

Thus, in the summer of 1088, he took part in the prince's court in Quedlinburg, where Ekbert II of Meissen was found guilty of proceeding against Heinrich IV. The new division gave the Wettins greater influence, also reinforced by the spiritual connection with Werner von Wolkenburg, the Merseburg bishop. Attempts to get his cousin Friedrich, the abbot of Gosseck into office after his death, fizzled out because of the emperor's resistance.

literature

• Heinz Wießner: The Diocese of Naumburg 1 - The Diocese 2 . In: Max Planck Institute for History (Ed.): Germania Sacra , NF 35,2, The Dioceses of the Church Province of Magdeburg . Berlin / New York 1998, pp. 748-751.

predecessor	Office	successor
Eberhard	Bishop of Naumburg 1079-1090	Walram