Hartmann von Werdenberg-Sargans

Hartmann von Werdenberg's coat of arms in the diocese chronicle of Wilhelm Werner von Zimmer , around 1550

Hartmann von Werdenberg-Sargans (* around 1350; † September 6, 1416 at Sonnenberg Castle near Nüziders ) was Bishop of Chur from 1388 to 1416 .

Life

Hartmann came from the wealthy family of the Counts of Werdenberg-Sargans in Eastern Switzerland and Vorarlberg . He was the son of Count Hartmann III. and Agnes von Montfort-Feldkirch , a daughter of Count Rudolf IV of Montfort-Feldkirch. The Bishop of Constance , Rudolf III. von Montfort , was his uncle.

As early as 1360, while still a minor, he was registered as a Johanniter . In 1376 he became Commander of Wädenswil . In 1379 he had a dispute with his colleague in Bubikon, Werner Schürer, whom even the prior of the order province of Alemannia Konrad von Braunsberg had to settle. It was about the jurisdiction over the serfs in the other coming. From 1379 to 1383 he was also Komtur von Feldkirch . In 1388 he received minor orders and was elected Bishop of Chur in a controversial election. Hartmann stood on the side of the antipope Clemens VII. Duke Leopold of Austria first supported the opponent Bartholomäus. After his death, in 1390, he tried to get his chancellor Anton through as bishop, who was led by Pope Boniface IX. was confirmed in the same year. In the fighting that broke out, Hartmann was captured by Count Albrecht von Werdenberg-Heiligenberg . In 1392 peace was concluded with Austria and Anton waived his claims. Hartmann's tenure was marked by battles with his neighbors. In 1393 he officiated in Bubikon as Bishop of Chur and Commander of Bubikon and Wädenswil. Between 1395 and 1397 there were feuds with the barons of Rhäzüns , the lords of Matsch and the Werdenberg counts. Hartmann increasingly leaned against Austria, but in the Appenzell War there was again a conflict with the Austrian dukes. In 1404, Bishop Hartmann was taken prisoner on the Schattenburg and was only released by Duke Friedrich IV after the Battle of the Stoss . After a few years fighting with Austria broke out again and Hartmann was captured again in 1412. The constant fighting shattered the finances of the bishopric and led to sales and pledges. In 1409 Hartmann had to accept the appointment of a council and the appointment of a Vogt responsible for the administration. Auxiliary bishops took over the spiritual care of the diocese, since Hartmann was never ordained a bishop. In Wädenswil in 1409 he was able to acquire the bailiwick over the serfs of the Einsiedeln monastery and the Fraumünster abbey of Zurich from the mayor and the council of Zurich. The serfs raised the (high) purchase sum of 900 guilders themselves and were released from serfdom for it. In 1414 and 1415/16 he took part in the Council of Constance . After his death in 1416 he was in the cathedral buried from Chur.

literature

• Christian Immanuel Kind :  Hartmann II . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, pp. 675-678.
• Paul Kläui:  Hartmann II. Count v. Werdenberg-Sargans. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 725 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Veronika Feller-Vest: Werdenberg, Hartmann von (Sargans). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Veronika Feller-Vest: Wädenswil. In: Bernard Andenmatten (arrangement), Petra Zimmer and Patrick Braun (ed.): Helvetia Sacra, 4th department, volume 7, part 1 Die Johanniter, pp. 514-536, Schwabe Verlag, Basel, 2006, p. 522 / 23.

predecessor	Office	successor
John II. Ministri	Bishop of Chur 1388-1416	John III Ambundi