Giselbert von Brunkhorst

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Giselbert von Brunkhorst (* unknown; † November 18, 1306 in Bremervörde ; also: Gisilbert ) was Archbishop of Bremen from 1273 until his death .

biography

Brunkhorst came from the old Dutch house of Bronkhorst . His parents were Gis (el) bert II. Von Bronkhorst († around 1290) and Kunigunde, a daughter of Moritz von Oldenburg . Giselbert first appeared in 1267 as the Bremen canon. After the death of his predecessor Hildebold , a cousin of Giselbert on his mother's side, he was unanimously elected archbishop. In 1274 he was awarded the pallium by Pope Gregory X in Lyon .

Giselbert's certificate (1300)

At the beginning of his term of office he had to take action against the Kehdinger who had already denied his predecessor a tithe and the recognition of jurisdiction. He ended this dispute militarily. He called a tournament in Stade and then used his assembled servants to subdue Kehdingen by force. In general, Giselbert had to deal with minor conflicts during his 30-year tenure. In 1281 there were mutual incursions between him and Otto von Lüneburg and Konrad , the bishop of Verden . In the course of this feud, Verden was conquered and sacked. Giselbert also had to assert his claims to Stedingen against Oldenburg and Delmenhorst . In 1306 the people of the march rebelled in Kehdingen, in the Altes Land , and in the Haseldorfer Marsch . Dithmarschen drew attention to himself through robbery. With the help of a coalition of the dukes of Lauenburg and Lüneburg and the counts of Holstein, Giselbert was able to win a victory against the rebels in the battle of Uetersen on July 28, 1306 .

By contrast, Giselbert had a good relationship with the city of Bremen . Under him, for the first time, a Bremen city charter was laid down in writing, which Gebhard II had previously prevented. Because of his closeness to the citizens, he was also referred to by the estates as the “peasant bishop”. The canons entitled to vote in the chapter were also divided into supporters and opponents of Giselbert. After his death, they chose Heinrich von Goltern as his decrepit successor as a compromise candidate . But after his early death, the differences broke out openly and the Chapter Lords separately chose three competing successors. It was the chivalrous canons in the chapter who voted for the archdeacon von Hadeln and Rüstringen , Florence (Florentius) von Brunkhorst , who was a son of Giselbert's brother Wilhelm and his wife Johanna von Batenburg . None of the three candidates received papal approval.

Giselbert's activities were more secular than ecclesiastical in nature. He pursued a deliberate territorial policy, which also included the construction of new and the expansion of existing castles in the ore monastery. In 1285 he founded the fortified city of Buxtehude . A street there is named after him today.

Lappenberg said of Giselbert that he was " the last of the Bremen archbishops who played a major role in German history ". The poet Frauenlob dedicated a hymn of praise to him in which he referred to Giselbert as " der phaffen blôme " (a flower among the priests ).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Konrad Elmshäuser : The archbishops as sovereigns. In: History of the country between the Elbe and Weser. Vol. II, ISBN 3-9801919-8-2 , pp. 159–194, here p. 171.
  2. ↑ a b c Konrad Elmshäuser: The archbishops as sovereigns. In: History of the country between the Elbe and Weser. Vol. II, ISBN 3-9801919-8-2 , pp. 159-194, here p. 172.
  3. ^ Johann Martin Lappenberg: Historical sources of the archbishopric and the city of Bremen. Bremen 1841, p. 15. Facsimile at the DRW
  4. ^ Johann Martin Lappenberg: Historical sources of the archbishopric and the city of Bremen. Bremen 1841, p. 178. Facsimile at the DRW
predecessor Office successor
Hildebold von Wunstorf Archbishop of Bremen
1273–1306 		Heinrich I., von Goltern
personal data
SURNAME Giselbert von Brunkhorst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gisilbert von Brunchorst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Bremen
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1306
Place of death Bremervörde