Hartnid of Lichtenstein-Offenberg

Hartnid von Lichtenstein-Offenberg († November 28, 1298 ) was Bishop of Gurk .

Hartnid von Lichtenstein-Offenberg came from a Styrian noble family. His father Dietmar IV. Was the brother of the famous minstrel Ulrich von Liechtenstein , his mother Gertrud comes from the family of the Lords of Wildon . He became provost of the collegiate chapter of St. Virgilien in Friesach , archdeacon of Carinthia and pastor of Pöls . On July 19, 1283, he was elected Bishop of Gurk by the Gurk Cathedral Chapter from a three-point proposal by the Archbishop of Salzburg.

He stayed most of the time in his residence in Strasbourg and was anxious to increase the holdings of his church in every respect. On February 4, 1284, he met with Duke Albrecht of Austria in Judenburg to promote the consecration of the new Archbishop of Salzburg to the Pope. In 1286 he traveled to the Reichstag in Augsburg and witnessed a document issued by King Rudolf for the Heiligenkreuz Abbey . At the solemn appointment of Meinhard von Tirol to the Duke on the Carinthian Zollfeld , Hartnid held the festive service in Maria Saal on September 1, 1286 . In 1287, Bishop Hartnid took part in the Reichstag in Würzburg, and on November 7, 1287 at the synod in Salzburg.

On November 22nd, 1287 the bishop had the grave of Hemma von Gurk opened and examined, this was the beginning of the Hemma worship in Carinthia.

Two years later Hartnid accompanied the Austrian Duke Albrecht on his campaign in Hungary. The war ended with the capture of Güns .

At the end of his reign, the bishop was embroiled in serious feuds that plunged him into deep debt. He died on November 28, 1298; he was probably buried in Gurk Cathedral .

literature

• Jakob Obersteiner: The bishops of Gurk. 1072–1822 (= From Research and Art. 5, ISSN  0067-0642 ). Verlag des Geschichtsverein für Kärnten, Klagenfurt 1969, pp. 120–126.
• Erwin Gatz (ed.): The bishops of the Holy Roman Empire. 1198 to 1448. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 .