Germania Sacra
Germania Sacra (Latin for "Hallowed Germania" or "Hallowed Germany") was originally a catchphrase to designate the territories of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by church princes . Today it is the name of a long-term project to research German church history from the beginning to the Reformation in the 16th century and the secularization at the beginning of the 19th century.
History and structure
Following precursors - the most important and actual founder of which is Martin Gerbert - Paul Fridolin Kehr has tried since 1917 within the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for German History to establish the Germania Sacra as a regional historical link to general church history projects. Hermann Heimpel at the Max Planck Institute for History (MPI) in Göttingen continued this tradition from 1956 . A responsible scientific director was located at this, who coordinated the work of external experts.
The project has been based at the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen since 2008 , as the MPI for History was rededicated. The project is currently (as of August 2020) headed by Hedwig Röckelein . The currently around 50 employees - mostly archivists - work part-time, but sometimes with considerable effort on the individual projects. The close collaboration between archives and institutionalized research is unique in Germany. In February 2017 the project celebrated its 100th anniversary.
Goals and Methods
The aim of the Germania Sacra is to provide a historical-statistical description of the institutions of the Church in the Holy Roman Empire . The entire sources and the literature of the medieval and early modern spiritual institutions from the dioceses (with a focus on the ranks of bishops), through cathedral chapters to the monasteries up to their end in the Reformation or secularization are to be made accessible and presented.
The aim of the project is to provide basic information for further research. The publications are divided into an old and a new series; In 2008, the "Third Series" began, which focuses on the description of the dioceses and cathedral chapters in what is now the Federal Republic of Germany. In addition, there are the studies on Germania Sacra and a newly opened series of supplement volumes on Germania Sacra .
The project website provides a personal database that enables the personnel lists of the published volumes to be searched. In addition, the project offers a database on monasteries and foundations of the Old Kingdom.
Fonts and digital copies
Almost all of the volumes of the old and new series that have already been published are freely available online as digital copies. The volumes of the third series appear 3 years after their publication as open access online editions.
"Old episode"
| No. | title | editor | year | on-line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF Dept. 1 | The Diocese of Brandenburg 1 (Germania Sacra AF Section 1: The Dioceses of the Church Province of Magdeburg) | Gustav Abb , Gottfried Wentz | 1929 | Digitized |
| AF Dept. 1 | The Diocese of Brandenburg 2 (Germania Sacra AF Section 1: The Dioceses of the Church Province of Magdeburg) | Fritz Bünger , Gottfried Wentz | 1941 | Digitized |
| AF Dept. 1 | The Diocese of Havelberg (Germania Sacra AF Section 1: The Dioceses of the Church Province of Magdeburg) | Gottfried Wentz | 1933 | Digitized |
| AF Dept. 1 | The Archdiocese of Magdeburg 1,1: The Cathedral Monastery of St. Moritz in Magdeburg (Germania Sacra AF Section 1: The Dioceses of the Church Province of Magdeburg) | Gottfried Wentz , Berent Schwineköper | 1972 | Digitized |
| AF Dept. 1 | The Archdiocese of Magdeburg 1,2: The collegiate monasteries St. Sebastian , St. Nicolai , St. Peter and Paul and St. Gangolf in Magdeburg (Germania Sacra AF Section 1: The Dioceses of the Church Province of Magdeburg) | Gottfried Wentz , Berent Schwineköper | 1972 | Digitized |
| AF Dept. 2 | The Diocese of Bamberg 1 (Germania Sacra AF Abt. 2: The Dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Mainz) | Erich von Guttenberg | 1937 | |
| AF Dept. 2 | The diocese of Bamberg 2: The parish organization (Germania Sacra AF Section 2: The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz) | Erich von Guttenberg , Alfred Wendehorst | 1966 | |
| AF Dept. 3 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne: Archdiaconate of Xanten (Germania Sacra AF Section 3: The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne) | Wilhelm Classen | 1938 | Digitized |
"New episode"
| No. | title | editor | year | on-line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NF 1 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Würzburg 1. The row of bishops until 1254 . | Alfred Wendehorst | 1962 | Digitized |
| NF 2 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The Archdiocese of Cologne 1. The Cistercian Abbey of Altenberg . | Hans Mosler | 1965 | Digitized |
| NF 3 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The diocese of Münster 1. The sister houses according to the Augustinian rule. | Wilhelm Kohl | 1968 | Digitized |
| NF 4 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The diocese of Würzburg 2. The row of bishops from 1254 to 1455 . | Alfred Wendehorst | 1969 | Digitized |
| NF 5 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The Diocese of Münster 2. The Augustinian Canons' monasteries. | Wilhelm Kohl | 1971 | Digitized |
| NF 6 | The dioceses of the church province of Trier. The Archdiocese of Trier 1. The St. Paulin Abbey in front of Trier. | Franz-Josef Heyen | 1972 | Digitized |
| NF 7 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Hildesheim 1. The imperial canonical monastery Gandersheim . | Hans Goetting | 1973 | Digitized |
| NF 8 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Hildesheim 2. The Benedictine monastery Brunshausen . The Benedictine convent of St. Marien in front of Gandersheim. The Clus Benedictine monastery . The Franciscan monastery in Gandersheim. | Hans Goetting | 1974 | Digitized |
| NF 9 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The Archdiocese of Cologne 2. The Benedictine Abbey of Siegburg . | Erich Wisplinghoff | 1975 | Digitized |
| NF 10 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The Diocese of Münster 3. The Freckenhorst (free worldly) women's monastery . | Wilhelm Kohl | 1975 | Digitized |
| NF 11 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg. The Archdiocese of Salzburg 1. The Cistercian Abbey of Raitenhaslach . | Edgar Krausen | 1977 | Digitized |
| NF 12 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The Archdiocese of Cologne 3. The Reichsabbey of Werden on the Ruhr. | Wilhelm Stuewer | 1980 | Digitized |
| NF 13 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The diocese of Würzburg 3. The row of bishops from 1455 to 1617 . | Alfred Wendehorst | 1978 | Digitized |
| NF 14 | The dioceses of the church province of Trier. The Archdiocese of Trier 2. The monasteries St. Severus in Boppard , St. Goar in St. Goar , Liebfrauen in Oberwesel , St. Martin in Oberwesel . | Ferdinand Pauly | 1980 | Digitized |
| NF 15 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Constance 1. The St. Stephan Abbey in Constance . | Helmut Maurer | 1981 | Digitized |
| NF 16 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Constance 2. The Cistercian Abbey of Bebenhausen . | Jürgen Sydow | 1984 | Digitized |
| NF 17.1 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The diocese of Münster 4.1. The cathedral monastery of St. Paul in Münster . | Wilhelm Kohl | 1987 | Digitized |
| NF 17.2 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The diocese of Münster 4.2. The cathedral monastery of St. Paul in Münster . | Wilhelm Kohl | 1982 | Digitized |
| NF 17.3 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The diocese of Münster 4.3. The cathedral monastery of St. Paul in Münster . | Wilhelm Kohl | 1989 | Digitized |
| NF 18 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The Archdiocese of Cologne 4. The Cistercian monasteries Saarn , Duissern , Sterkrade . | Günter von Roden | 1984 | Digitized |
| NF 19 | The dioceses of the church province of Trier. The Archdiocese of Trier 3. The St. Kastor Abbey in Karden on the Moselle. | Ferdinand Pauly | 1986 | Digitized |
| NF 20 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Hildesheim 3. The Hildesheim bishops from 815 to 1221 (1227) . | Hans Goetting | 1984 | Digitized |
| NF 21 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The Diocese of Osnabrück 1. The canonical monastery and Benedictine convent Herzebrock . | Edeltraud Klueting | 1986 | Digitized |
| NF 22 | The dioceses of the church province of Trier. The Archdiocese of Trier 4. The St. Lubentius Abbey in Dietkirchen . | Wolf-Heino Struck | 1986 | Digitized |
| NF 23 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The diocese of Münster 5. The canon monastery and Benedictine monastery Liesborn . | Helmut Müller | 1987 | Digitized |
| NF 24 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg. The diocese of Freising 1. The Augustinian canons of Dietramszell . | Edgar Krausen | 1988 | Digitized |
| NF 25 | The dioceses of the church province of Trier. The Archdiocese of Trier 5. The monasteries of St. Severus in Gemünden , St. Maria in Diez with their predecessors. St. Petrus in Kettenbach . St. Adelphus in Salt . | Wolf-Heino Struck | 1988 | Digitized |
| NF 26 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Würzburg 4. The Neumünster Abbey in Würzburg. | Alfred Wendehorst | 1989 | Digitized |
| NF 27 | The dioceses of the church province of Trier. The Archdiocese of Trier 6. The St. Walpurgis monasteries in Weilburg and St. Martin in Idstein . | Wolf-Heino Struck | 1990 | Digitized |
| NF 28 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Augsburg 1. The Benedictine Abbey of Benediktbeuern . | Josef Hemmerle | 1991 | Digitized |
| NF 29 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The Archdiocese of Cologne 5. The Benedictine Abbey of Brauweiler . | Erich Wisplinghoff | 1992 | Digitized |
| NF 30 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. Diocese of Constance 3. The Cistercian convent Wald . | Maren Kuhn-Rehfus | 1992 | Digitized |
| NF 31 | The dioceses of the church province of Trier. The Archdiocese of Trier 7. The Benedictine Abbey of Laach . | Bertram Resmini | 1993 | Digitized |
| NF 32 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The diocese of Constance 4. The (free worldly) women's monastery Buchau am Federsee. | Bernhard Theil | 1994 | Digitized |
| NF 33 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The diocese of Münster 6. The old cathedral of St. Pauli monastery in Münster. | Klaus Scholz | 1995 | Digitized |
| NF 34 | The dioceses of the church province of Trier. The Archdiocese of Trier 8. The Benedictine Abbey of St. Eucharius - St. Matthias before Trier. | Petrus Becker | 1996 | Digitized |
| NF 35.1 | The dioceses of the church province of Magdeburg. The diocese of Naumburg 1.1. The diocese. | Heinz Wießner | 1997 | Digitized |
| NF 35.2 | The dioceses of the church province of Magdeburg. The diocese of Naumburg 1,2. The diocese. | Heinz Wießner | 1998 | Online edition |
| NF 36 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Würzburg 5. The pens in Schmalkalden and Römhild . | Alfred Wendehorst | 1996 | Digitized |
| NF 37.1 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The diocese of Münster 7.1. The diocese. | Wilhelm Kohl | 1999 | Digitized |
| NF 37.2 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The diocese of Münster 7.2. The diocese. | Wilhelm Kohl | 2002 | Digitized |
| NF 37.3 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The diocese of Münster 7.3. The diocese. | Wilhelm Kohl | 2003 | Digitized |
| NF 37.4 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The diocese of Münster 7.4. The diocese. | Wilhelm Kohl | 2004 | Digitized |
| NF 38.1 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The exemte diocese of Bamberg 3. The row of bishops from 1522 to 1693 . | Dieter J. White | 2000 | Digitized |
| NF 39 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Augsburg 2. The Benedictine Abbey of Wessobrunn . | Irmtraud von Andrian-Werburg | 2001 | Digitized |
| NF 40 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The diocese of Würzburg 6. The Benedictine abbey and the aristocratic secular canon monastery of St. Burkard in Würzburg. | Alfred Wendehorst | 2001 | Digitized |
| NF 41 | The dioceses of the church province of Trier. The Archdiocese of Trier 9. The St. Simeon Abbey in Trier. | Franz-Josef Heyen | 2002 | Digitized |
| NF 42.1 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Constance 5th Bishops of Constance 6th century to 1206 . | Helmut Maurer | 2003 | Digitized |
| NF 43 | The dioceses of the church province of Trier. The Archdiocese of Trier 10. The St. Marien-Stift in (Trier-) Pfalzel . | Franz-Josef Heyen | 2005 | Digitized |
| NF 44 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The diocese of Münster 8. The (free worldly) women's monastery in Nottuln . | Wilhelm Kohl | 2005 | Digitized |
| NF 45 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The diocese of Eichstätt 1. The row of bishops until 1535 . | Alfred Wendehorst | 2006 | Digitized |
| NF 46 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Hildesheim 4. The Hildesheim bishops from 1221 to 1398 . | Nathalie Kruppa and Jürgen Wilke | 2006 | Digitized |
| NF 47 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The diocese of Münster 9. The collegiate monastery of St. Mauritius in front of Münster . | Wilhelm Kohl | 2007 | Digitized |
| NF 48 | The dioceses of the church province of Trier. The Diocese of Trier 11. The St. Marien-Stift in Kyllburg . | Franz-Josef Heyen | 2007 | Digitized |
| NF 49 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Halberstadt 1. The St. Nikolaus Abbey in Stendal . | Christian Popp | 2007 | Digitized |
| NF 50 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The Archdiocese of Cologne 6. The noble canonical monastery St. Cyriakus zu Geseke . | Ulrich Löer | 2007 | Digitized |
"Third episode"
| No. | title | editor | year | on-line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3. F. 1 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The diocese of Münster 10. The Cistercian, later Benedictine convent of St. Aegidii in Münster | Wilhelm Kohl | 2009 | Digitized |
| 3. F. 2 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The Diocese of Münster 11. The Cistercian Abbey of Marienfeld | Wilhelm Kohl | 2010 | Digitized |
| 3. F. 3 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Augsburg 3. The Augustinian Canons of Bernried | Walburga Scherbaum | 2011 | Digitized |
| 3. F. 4 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Würzburg 7. The Würzburg bishops from 1617 to 1684 | Winfried Romberg | 2011 | Digitized |
| 3. F. 5 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Constance 6. The Premonstratensian Monastery Marchtal, which is directly part of the empire | Wilfried Schöntag | 2012 | Digitized |
| 3. F. 6 | The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Paderborn 1. The Cistercian Abbey of Bredelar | Helmut Müller | 2013 | Digitized |
| 3. F. 7 | The (exemte) diocese of Meißen 1. The collegiate monastery St. Petri zu Bautzen from its foundation until 1569 | Hermann Kinne | 2014 | Digitized |
| 3. F. 8 | The Diocese of Würzburg 8. The Würzburg bishops from 1684 to 1746 | Winfried Romberg | 2014 | Digitized |
| 3. F. 9 | The Archdiocese of Salzburg 2: The Augustinian Canons of St. Zeno in Reichenhall | Johannes Lang | 2015 | Digitized |
| 3. F. 10 | The Archdiocese of Trier 12: The collegiate monastery St. Martin and St. Severus zu Münstermaifeld | Clemens Graf von Looz-Corswarem | 2015 | Digitized |
| 3. F. 11 | The Archdiocese of Trier 13: The Benedictine Abbey of St. Maximin in front of Trier | Bertram Resmini | 2016 | limited preview in Google Book search |
| 3. F. 12 | The exemte diocese of Bamberg 4: The Bamberg bishops from 1693 to 1802 | Dieter J. White | 2015 | Digitized |
| 3. F. 13 | The diocese of Regensburg 1: The Regensburg bishops from 1649 to 1817 | Karl Hausberger | 2017 | |
| 3. F. 14 | The Archdiocese of Cologne 7: The Cistercian Abbey of Marienstatt | Christian Hillen | 2017 | |
| 3. F. 15 | The diocese of Eichstätt 2: The Benedictine Abbey of St. Walburg in Eichstätt | Maria Magdalena Zunker | 2018 | |
| 3. F. 16 | The Archdiocese of Mainz 1: The Premonstratensian Monasteries Ober- and Nieder-Ilbenstadt | Jürgen Rainer Wolf | 2018 | |
| 3. F. 17 | The Diocese of Constance 7: The Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter in the Black Forest | Jutta Krimm-Beumann | 2018 |
Supplement volumes
| No. | title | editor | year | on-line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplement volume 1 | Canons and vicars of the collegiate monastery St. Peter and Paul in Zeitz 1400–1564. (Germania Sacra. Supplement volume 1) | Matthias Ludwig | 2015 | Digital edition |
| Supplementary volume 2.1 | Abbots and Canons of the Steinfeld Premonstratensian Monastery . (Germania Sacra. Supplementary volume 2.1) | Ingrid Joester | 2018 | Digital edition |
| Supplementary tape 2.2 | Abbots and Canons of the Steinfeld Premonstratensian Monastery. (Germania Sacra. Supplementary volume 2.2) | Ingrid Joester | 2018 | Digital edition |
| Supplement volume 3 | The property of the Steinfeld Premonstratensian Foundation. (Germania Sacra. Supplement volume 3) | Ingrid Joester | 2018 | Digital edition |
literature
- Irene Crusius : Contributions to the history and structure of the medieval Germania sacra (= publications of the Max Planck Institute for History. Vol. 93 = Studies on Germania Sacra. Vol. 17). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1989, ISBN 3-525-35629-3 .
- Irene Crusius: The Germania Sacra. Status and prospects of a long-term research project. In: German Archive for Research into the Middle Ages . Volume 52, 1996, pp. 629-642 ( online ).
- Hedwig Röckelein (Ed.): 100 years of Germania Sacra. Writing church history from the 16th to the 21st century (= studies on Germania Sacra. New series 8). De Gruyter Academy Research, Berlin / Boston 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-061958-4 .
Web links
Commons : Germania Sacra - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- The Germania Sacra at the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen
- Germania Scra in the catalog of the German National Library (DNB)
- Studies on Germania Sacra in the catalog of the DNB