Hartwig von Grögling-Dollnstein

Hartwig von Grögling-Dollnstein († beginning of March 1223 ) was Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt from 1196 to 1223.

origin

Hartwig came from the von Grögling-Dollnstein family of counts . The namesake places are Dollnstein in the Altmühltal , today part of the Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt and Grögling near Dietfurt an der Altmühl in the Upper Palatinate district of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate . During this period the family took the name Hirschberg . Hartwig was the son of Count Gerhards I, a son of Vogtes Hartwig III. and nephew of the previous Bishop Gebhard II von Grögling . His mother was Sophie von Sulzbach , through whom the county of Sulzbach passed to the Hirschberger.

Life

Hartwig von Grögling-Dollnstein first appeared as the Eichstätter cathedral provost from 1194 . In the dispute over the throne he can also be found in the election and coronation of Philip of Swabia . After the assassination of Würzburg Bishop Konrad von Querfurt , Hartwig was temporarily Chancellor. Only after the death of Phillips of Swabia did he find himself in the entourage of Otto IV , but then sided with Frederick II. Together with other princes and accompanied by two Eichstatt canons, he took part in the unsuccessful Fifth Crusade . During his term of office, the Teutonic Order first settled in the region. Hartwig was buried in the chapel of St. Nicholas and Thomas, which he built, at Rebdorf Abbey.

literature

• Alfred Wendehorst : The diocese of Eichstätt. Volume 1: The series of bishops until 1535 (= Germania sacra. The Church of the Old Kingdom and its institutions. New series 45.). de Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-11-018971-2 , pp. 89-92. ( limited preview on google books )

predecessor	Office	successor
Otto	Bishop of Eichstätt 1196–1223	Friedrich I of Haunstadt