Hans von Waltheim

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Hans von Waltheim , also Hans von Waltheym , (* 1422 in Halle ; † April 21, 1479 in Leipzig ) was a German patrician from Halle, traveler and pilgrim of the 15th century.

Life

Waltheym came from an Upper Franconian family. His father was the Pfänner Fabian von Waltheym. It is believed that he and his father visited the city of Basel during the council in 1434 . As early as 1440 he was a citizen of Halle himself and from 1450 he held public offices in the city. At that time, the Pfänner was still the dominant element in the patriciate of the city of Halle. In 1459, 1462, 1465 and 1468 he was mayor of Halle.

After his pilgrimage in 1474/1475 Waltheym was one of the leaders of the Pfänner in their struggle to maintain sole rule in the city. The Archbishop of Magdeburg had allied himself with the guilds of the city against the Pfänner. Waltheym had to flee to Leipzig and lost - like all Pfänner - a quarter of his salt estates and a fifth of his remaining fortune in 1479.

The voyage of February 17, 1474 and March 19, 1475

His first trip took him from Halle to St. Wolfgang and back to Nuremberg . In Nuremberg he then began his pilgrimage to Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, a well-known pilgrimage site dedicated to the veneration of Mary Magdalene in Provence .

His journey began on February 17, 1474 from Halle via Erfurt , Graefenthal , Coburg , Bamberg , Nuremberg , Röthenbach , Berching , Beilngries , Hirschberg Castle , Neustadt an der Donau , Landshut , Neumarkt , Burghausen , Straßwalchen , Mondsee , Wolfgangsee to St. Wolfgang in the Salzkammergut and back to Nuremberg via Mondsee and Ingolstadt .

From Nuremberg he began his journey to Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume . This trip led via Schwabach , Gunzenhausen , Öttingen, Nördlingen , Ballmertshofen , Giengen , Langenau , Ulm , Biberach , Ravensburg , Friedrichshafen , Meersburg , Konstanz , Reichenau Island , Frauenfeld , Winterthur , Bülach , Baden i. Aargau , Aarau , Langenthal , Burgdorf , Thorberg Castle , Bern , Freiburg im Üechtland , Romont , Lausanne , Rolle , Nyon , Geneva , Sallenove , Rumilly , Aix-les-Bains , Chambéry , Les Echelles, Moirans , L'Albenc, Saint- Marcellin , Saint-Antoine-en-Viennois , Romans , Valence , Livron-sur-Drôme , Loriol-sur-Drôme , Montélimar , Châteauneuf-du-Rhône , Pierrelatte , La Palud, Mondragon , Orange , Châteauneuf-du-Pape , Port de Traille, Avignon , Noves , Orgon , Lambesc , Aix-en-Provence , Pourcieux to Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume.

The return journey takes him over the Massif de la Sainte-Baume , Aubagne , Marseille , Arles , Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer , Arles, Tarascon , Avignon , Apt , Avignon, Orange, Geneva , Saint-Laudon, Geneva, Saint-Maurice, Thonon-les-Bains , Ripaille , Saint-Maurice, Villeneuve , Vevey , Oron , Romont, Freiburg im Üechtland, Bern , Thun , Bern, Thorberg, Solothurn , Langental, Sursee , Lucerne , Kerns , Lucerne, Arth, Einsiedeln , Zurich , Baden, Königsfelden, Baden, Rheinfelden , Basel , Rötteln Castle , Breisach am Rhein , Freiburg im Breisgau , Lenzkirch , Bonndorf , Schaffhausen , Constance, Reichenau Island, Ravensburg, Nuremberg, Coburg, (Bad) Graefenthal, Ranis , Erfurt , Petersberg , Fahner , Gräfentonna , Langensalza , Seebach , Göttingen , Northeim , Katlenburg , Pöhlde , Scharzfeld , Nordhausen , Sangerhausen and Passendorf to Halle.

Waltheym acquired numerous particles of the Holy Cross on his journey , presumably on behalf of Duke Wilhelm III. from Thuringia was active.

On his trip he met Niklaus von Flüe in Switzerland .

Works

literature

  • Friedrich Adolf Ebert : Various topographical notes from Hans von Waldheim's journey in the year 1474. In: Uebergangs zur Geschichte, Literatur und Kunst der Vor und Mitwelt , Volume 1, Dresden 1826, S. 33-42 ( online )
  • Gustav Freytag : Nicolaus von der Flüe. In: In the new kingdom. Weekly for the life of the German people in the state, science and art , second year, first volume, Leipzig 1872, pp. 593–611 ( online ).
  • Christian Halm: German travel reports. European travelogues of the late Middle Ages. An analytical bibliography edited by Werner Paravicini , part 1, pp. 171–174 ( PDF; 17.3 MB )
  • Bernhard Sommerlad : Hans von Waldheim. In: Author's Lexicon - The German Literature of the Middle Ages , 1936, Sp. 168–175.
  • Frank Meier : Hans von Waltheym on pilgrimage and educational trip. Mobility as access to medieval history. Kovač, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-8300-0545-8 .
  • Arnold Esch : From Halle to Provence. Hans von Waltheym's report on his pilgrimage. In: Yearbook for Halle City History , 2007, pp. 10–39
  • Carina Brumme: The late medieval pilgrimage in the Archbishopric of Magdeburg, in the Principality of Anhalt and in the Saxon spa district. Frankfurt am Main 2010, pp. 201–208 ( partly online ).
  • Dietrich Huschenbett: Hans von Waltheym . In: Kurt Ruh (Ed.): The German literature of the Middle Ages. Author Lexicon. Volume 3, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1981, Col. 460-463.
  • Birte Krüger, Klaus Krüger (Ed.): I, Hans von Waltheym. Report on a pilgrimage in 1474 from Halle to Provence (= research on the history of the city of Halle . Volume 21). Halle 2014, ISBN 978-3-95462-367-9 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ s. Freytag pp. 602-608
personal data
SURNAME Waltheim, Hans von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waltheym, Hans von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German patrician, traveler and pilgrim
DATE OF BIRTH 1422
PLACE OF BIRTH Hall
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1479
Place of death Leipzig