Heinrich II. Bochholt
Heinrich Bochholt (* Lübeck ; † March 1, 1341 Lübeck) was Heinrich II. Bishop of Lübeck from 1317 .
Life
Heinrich Bochholt was one of the sons of Lübeck councilor Siegfried von Bokholt . With Heinrich Bochholt, MA and M.med., The first clearly bourgeoisie became bishop in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck. His predecessor Burkhard von Serkem (1276-1317) had been in a heated dispute with the city council and its citizens. A dispute that did not promote the role of the Catholic Church in the city, in which the clergy and the secular order of the Republic of the Patriciate have always been in a contest in which the Church was given second place. This dispute was settled by the election of Heinrich by the Bremen cathedral chapter, which, however, took place without the consent of Bremen's Archbishop Jens Grand (1308-1327), who had been expelled from Bremen . The Cardinal Berengar, Bishop of Tusculum , raised on behalf of Pope John XXII. in Avignon the interdict against the council of the city of Lübeck, which Serkem had imposed. The border disputes in the area of today's Bad Schwartau near Alt-Lübeck were settled amicably between the cathedral chapter and the council.
About this dispute was already 1266 under Bishop John III. Tralau (1260–1276) envisaged the construction of a new Gothic high choir at Lübeck Cathedral , which had begun, but then simply got stuck. Only Heinrich Bochholt energetically resumed the work from 1329/30 after he had previously been able to be sure, due to a trip to Avignon from 1321 to 1328, that Archbishop Johann Grand could no longer refuse to accept his office. The choir was not only completed with the use of large private funds from the bishop, he also furnished it himself with five side altars ( vicarages ), which are recorded in the cathedral's vicariate book for the years 1332–36. However, Bishop Heinrich hardly lived to see the completion and consecration. The consecration took place one month after his death on April 1, 1341 by his successor, Bishop Johannes Mul (1341-1350).
In the cathedral in particular you can see from the pillars of the vaults that the planning was changed during the construction and that the choir was then built much higher than originally planned. In relation to the area it takes up almost half of the area. Due to the destruction caused by the air raid on Lübeck on March 29, 1942 , the choir was only covered again relatively late after the war. Today it is separated from the main nave by a large glass wall and is used for community work. Bishop Heinrich is buried in the center of his choir under a bronze tombstone that adorns his statue as a full picture with a model of the cathedral choir he completed. The style of the tombstone is influenced by similar works in Flanders. It comes from the workshop of Lübeck's gunsmith Jan Apengeter , who also cast the bronze baptism of Lübeck's Marienkirche (1337).
His brother Johannes II von Bokholt was a bishop in the diocese of Schleswig .
literature
- Johannes Baltzer , Friedrich Bruns : The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Issued by the building authorities. Volume III: Church of Old Lübeck. Dom. Jakobikirche. Aegidia Church. Bernhard Nöhring's publishing house: Lübeck 1920, pp. 9–304. Unchanged reprint 2001: ISBN 3-89557-167-9
- Karl Kohlmann: Heinrich II. Von Bocholt . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 533 f.
- Ursula Wolkewitz: The engraved brass grave plates of the 13th and 14th centuries in the area of the North German Hanseatic League - their origin and their meaning: Erinnern - Mahnen - Belehren , Kassel University Press, Kassel 2015, p. 48 ff. ( Digitized version )
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supporting documents
- ↑ Complete text of the inscription with explanation and translation by: Adolf Clasen : Verhabene Schätze - Lübeck's Latin inscriptions in the original and in German. Lübeck 2002, p. 46 ff. ISBN 3795004756
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Burkhard von Serkem |
Bishop of Lübeck 1317–1341 |
Johannes Mul |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinrich II. Bochholt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Lübeck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century or 14th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1341 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |