Georg von Pappenheim

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Georg von Pappenheim , also Georg (Freiherr) Marschalk von Pappenheim († December 10, 1563 ) was the 48th Bishop of Regensburg and Prince-Bishop of the Regensburg Monastery from 1548 to 1563.

origin

Georg von Pappenheim came from the Swabian - Franconian noble family von Pappenheim . Due to the hereditary Reichsmarschallamt, the hereditary office became part of the name. Georg von Pappenheim is therefore also listed as Georg Marschall or Marschalk von Pappenheim. The eponymous headquarters is Pappenheim with Pappenheim Castle in the Altmühltal . Pappenheim is now a town in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen . Family members have risen to high ecclesiastical dignitaries in the Eichstätt , Augsburg and Regensburg area , according to Christoph von Pappenheim as Bishop of Eichstätt (1535–1539). Also a contemporary of George is Matthäus von Pappenheim (1458–1541).

Bishop of Regensburg

Under George the Counter Reformation reached the diocese. Nevertheless, Josef Staber describes the uncertain conditions in Regensburg, which seemed to be characterized by murders and alcoholism. At a synod it was lamented that clergymen dressed in secular clothing and sometimes armed themselves with long knives. Even if the emperor called for a return to the old faith after the interim, there was strong support for Protestantism in Regensburg and scholars such as Nicolaus Gallus and Justus Jonas the Elder contributed to the confessionalization . In 1555 the Augsburg Imperial and Religious Peace was established, which granted the imperial cities freedom of religion. The epitaph of the bishop shows him in splendid official costume and the episcopal insignia.

literature

  • Michael Buchberger (Ed.): 1200 Years Diocese of Regensburg Festschrift for the 1200 year celebration. Regensburg 1939, p. 50 f .
  • Josef Staber: Church history of the diocese of Regensburg . Habbel, Regensburg 1966, p. 119-123 .
  • M. Johann Alexander Döderlein: Historical news of the very old high-priced house of the imperial and the realm marshals of Palatine, and the married and dermahligen realm hereditary marshals, lords and counts of Pappenheim, etc. Johann Jacob Enderes, Hoch-Fürstl. privil. Book dealer, 1739, p. 302 ( full text in Google Book Search).

Individual evidence

  1. Mentioned by Helmut Neuhaus:  Gottfried Heinrich von Pappenheim. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 51 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ^ Regensburg . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape  13 . Altenburg 1861, p. 925-926 ( zeno.org ).
  3. Max Spindler, Andreas Kraus: Handbook of Bavarian History , Part 3.
predecessor Office successor
Pankraz of Sinzenhofen Bishop of Regensburg
1548–1563
Veit von Fraunberg