Georg von Giech

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Georg von Giech  (* around  1465 ; † May 8,  1501 ) was provost in the diocese of Würzburg .

Live and act

Georg von Giech, the son of the married couple Nikolaus zu Kröttendorf and Else Neustetter, called Stürmer, came from the old Franconian noble family von Giech . In 1454 he became canon in Würzburg and from 1476 to 1496 he was a regional judge of the Duchy of Franconia . As provost of Neumünster Monastery , he gave the Bütthard office to the cathedral chapter on March 7, 1494 . In the same year he became provost of the cathedral and remained in office until his death. His grave is in the Würzburg Cathedral .

Others

During a pilgrimage in 1476, which had been initiated by Hans Böhm , Georg appeared with a false report and spread the rumor that warring federal farmers had come from Switzerland to alliance with the pilgrims of the Niklashaus and to cause an uproar. These and other false reports convinced the initially hesitant city councils and sovereigns of the supposed danger that was brewing here. Therefore the citizens and children of the country were forbidden to participate in the Niklashaus pilgrimage.

literature

  • Alfred Wendehorst: The Neumünster Abbey in Würzburg. Germania Sacra NF 26: The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Würzburg 4 p. 31, de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1989,  ISBN 3-11-012057-7
  • Germania Sacra: The Diocese of Würzburg. Volume 7: Manfred Romberg (editor): The Würzburg bishops. Verlag de Gruyter, 2011,  ISBN 978-3-11-025183-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Germania Sacra: The Diocese of Würzburg. Volume 7: Manfred Romberg (editor): The Würzburg bishops. Verlag de Gruyter, 2011,  ISBN 978-3-11-025183-8 , p. 310
personal data
SURNAME Giech, Georg von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Provost of the Cathedral in the Diocese of Würzburg
DATE OF BIRTH around 1465
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1501