Hartung Fuchs from Dornheim

Hartung Fuchs von Dornheim († 1512), court master of the Prince-Bishop of Speyer, epitaph in the collegiate church (Landau in der Pfalz) . Above right the maternal coat of arms of the Lords of Venningen

Hartung Fuchs von Dornheim , also Hartmann Fuchs von Dornheim (* around 1450 ; † December 24, 1512 in Landau / Pfalz ) was court master and diplomat in the service of the prince-bishops of Speyer .

ancestry

He came from the Franconian noble family of the Fuchs von Dornheim . The addition to the name of the Dornheim line refers to the eponymous district of Iphofen in Lower Franconia . Sometimes the nobleman also added the predicate Neidenfels to his name , which indicated the Neidenfels family castle near Satteldorf .

Hartung Fuchs von Dornheim was the son of Georg Fuchs von Dornheim zu Neidenfels and Burleswagen and his wife Christina von Venningen . His brother Hans Fuchs von Dornheim zu Burleswagen married Catharina von Schwarzenberg and worked as the prince-bishop marshal and court master in the Würzburg monastery .

Live and act

Hartung Fuchs von Dornheim already served as court master under the Speyer bishop Ludwig von Helmstatt (1478 to 1504). In 1502 he was instrumental in suppressing the Bundschuh rebellion in the diocese. When Helmstatt's corpse was transferred from Udenheim to Speyer , he went on a celebratory funeral procession on August 24, 1504, together with the shepherd's nephew and successor, Philipp von Rosenberg . Even with this successor, Fuchs von Dornheim remained in the position of court master. When it was consecrated on February 9, 1505 in the Speyer Cathedral , he and the bailiff Erhard von Helmstatt brought one gold-plated and one silver-plated bread roll to the altar to the offertory . Under both bishops the nobleman held a close trust and was considered an influential advisor. Bishop Philipp von Rosenberg sent him in 1510 as his representative to the Reichstag in Augsburg . From 1505 until his death, Hartung Fuchs von Dornheim was the owner of the highly esteemed Speyerian Mannlehen zu Kandel (122 acres of arable land and 22 acres of meadows) and in Hatzenbühl ( grain of 40 malters ). In addition, he owned an episcopal Burgmannslehen in Lauterburg (house with courtyard and garden, as well as the Bienwald law ).

The nobleman died in Landau (Pfalz) in 1512 and was buried in the local collegiate church. Here he received a magnificent epitaph in the choir, on which he is depicted as a relief figure in armor . The family coats of arms of the Fuchs von Dornheim and the Lords of Venningen are also present on the stone. In addition, Christmas Eve 1512 is mentioned as the day of death.

In the historical novel The Oath of the Virgins by Katerina Timm (Ullstein eBooks, 2011, ISBN 3-8437-0079-6 ), the episcopal court master Hartung Fuchs von Dornheim appears several times as a character in the plot.

literature

• Hans Caspary: Handbook of German Art Monuments: Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland , 1972, p. 451; (Digital scan)
• Johann Gottfried Biedermann : Gender register of the Reichsfrey immediate knighthood Landes zu Franken praiseworthy place Baunach , Bayreuth, 1747, panel XXXV (digital scan)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute for Franconian State Research: Yearbook for Franconian State Research , Volume 58, 1998, p. 200; (Detail scan)
2. ^ Michael Martin: Dirmstein: Adel, Bauern und Bürger , Foundation for the Promotion of Palatinate Historical Research , 2005, p. 90, ISBN 3-9808304-6-2 ; (Detail scan)
3. ^ Franz Xaver Remling : History of the Bishops of Speyer , Volume 2, Mainz, 1854, p. 208; (Digital scan)
4. ↑ ibid, p. 215; (Digital scan)
5. ↑ ibid, p. 224; (Digital scan)
6. ↑ ibid, p. 232; (Digital scan)
7. ↑ ibid., Volume 1, Mainz 1852, pp. 158 and 164; (Digital scans)
8. ↑ Website for the grave plate. In: German Digital Library . Retrieved December 17, 2019 . 
9. ↑ (digital scan)