Gerhard vom Berge

Gerhard vom Berge, Bishop of Verden and Hildesheim

Gerhard vom Berge (* in the 14th century ; † November 15, 1398 ) came from the house of the Lords of the Mountains , who had their seat near Minden and who exercised the bailiff's rights of the diocese of Minden until 1397 . He was cathedral cantor, then cathedral dean in Minden, later bishop of Verden (1363–1365) and bishop of Hildesheim (1365–15 November 1398).

In 1367, after the battle of Dinklar against the Brunswick Duke Magnus I (1345–1373), Bishop Gerhard built the mighty residential tower-like palace in the south of the Poppenburg castle complex .

Bishop Gerhard was later involved in the so-called Lüneburg War of Succession (1371-1388). So the Guelphs had to forego Koldingen Castle in 1380 in favor of Bishop Gerhard. Under the leadership of the bishop, the castle on the left of the Leine became the seat of the newly created Hildesheim office of Koldingen ; Kirchrode became a bailiwick. The Vogtei Kirchrode included the garden communities in front of the Aegidientor of the city of Hanover , Kirchrode, Misburg and Wülferode .

literature

• Nathalie Kruppa, Jürgen Wilke (ed.): The Hildesheimer bishops from 1221 to 1381 (Germania sacra. Historical-statistical description of the Church of the Old Kingdom / 46, The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The diocese of Hildesheim 4) . Berlin / New York 2006, pp. 481–604
• Rudolf Meier:  Gerhard vom Berge (von Schalksberg). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 265 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Gerhard vom Berge  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Gerhard vom Berge in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A. Bertram: The Bishops of Hildesheim . Publisher August Lax, 1896
2. ↑ Diocese of Hildesheim Genealogy on medieval-genealogie.de on July 14, 2006
3. ^ Burgstemmen history of the castle and county at www.burgstemmen.de, accessed on November 19, 2013
4. ^ Parish Hl. Engel Hannover on the parish page of the Holy Angel parish Hannover on November 19, 2013

predecessor	Office	successor
Daniel von Wichtrich	Bishop of Verden 1363–1365	Rudolf II. Rühle
Johann II. Schadland	Bishop of Hildesheim 1365–1398	Johann I, of Hoya