Gerlach (Waldsassen)
Gerlach was abbot of the Waldsassen monastery from 1136 to 1165.
Gerlach is considered the first actual abbot of the Waldsassen monastery . After the monastery founder Diepold III. von Vohburg had got to know Bernhard von Clairvaux personally in 1131 and had already appeared when the Benedictine monasteries Kastl and Reichenbach were founded, he founded the Waldsassen monastery in 1133. It was occupied by the mother monastery of Volkenroda and before Gerlach it was determined by the preparatory work leaders, who each worked for a year, namely Heinrich (1133?), Ulrich (1134?) And Adeodat (1135?). Chroniclers only sum up Gerlach's long term of office with the remark that he was a worthy abbot.
literature
- Rudolf Langhammer : Waldsassen - monastery and town . Waldsassen 1936, p. 209.
Individual evidence
- ^ Stiftlandmuseum Waldsassen (ed.): Ora et labora - Waldsassen Monastery, 875 years . 2008. p. 18.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
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Abbot of Waldsassen 1136–1165 |
Daniel |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gerlach |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of the Waldsassen Monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century or 12th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 12th Century |