Heidenreich von Kulm
Heidenreich (Latin Heidenricus Culmensis ; † June 29, 1263 ) was Provincial of the Dominican Order in Poland and the first bishop of Kulm in the German Order of Prussia.
Life
Heidenreich was not a Pole ( alterius linguae ), probably a German, possibly the prior of the same name from Leipzig. In 1238 he was appointed Provincial of the Order of Polonia of the Dominican Order and was this two years later. He was probably involved in the establishment of the Dominican monastery in Kulm.
On March 10, 1246 Heidenreich was first referred to as Bishop of Kulm, in an agreement between the Teutonic Order and the city of Lübeck . The Prussian bishop Christian died at the end of the previous year. Heidenreich acted several times in the following years as a mediator between the Teutonic Order and others, such as Archbishop Albert von Riga. In 1249 he was the only bishop in Prussia who was present at the peace treaty between the Teutonic Order and the Prussians in Christburg. In that year he was appointed by the Pope as Conservator of the Teutonic Order for five years.
In 1251 Heidenreich granted the town of Culmsee , which was part of his secular territory, town charter and founded a cathedral. In that year he received the order from the Pope to crown the Lithuanian ruler Mindaugas as king, to found a cathedral there and to appoint a bishop. The coronation took place in 1253 and the knight Christian was consecrated as the first Catholic bishop in Lithuania.
In 1256 Heidenreich accompanied the Bohemian King Otakar II and the Teutonic Order on the campaign to the Samland. In 1258 he was in the unification of the Brandenburg margrave brothers Johann I and Otto III. present about a division of their country.
Heidenreich died in 1263 and was buried in the Dominican monastery in Kulm.
Fragments of his religious writings are known and partially preserved.
literature
- Max Perlbach: Prussian Regesteb up to the end of the 13th century. Königsberg 1874. pp. 196 , 99, 118, etc.
Web links
- Heidenricus Culmensis Alcuin, University of Regensburg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heidenreich von Kulm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heidenricus culmensis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Kulm |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th century or 13th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1263 |