Heinrich II. Hafenberg

Heinrich II. Hafenberg († 1456 in Blaubeuren ) was abbot of the Blaubeuren monastery .

Life

Heinrich came from a wealthy family in the town of Blaubeuren , which was part of Württemberg's honor in the second half of the 15th century . He became prior of the Blaubeuren monastery at a young age .

Abbot Heinrich was able to further expand the independent position of the monastery , which had already been created by his predecessor with the immunity district. In 1422, for example, the Blaubeuren monastery was named in the imperial registers , and it had to provide ten armed riders for the Hussite war .

Abbot Heinrich promoted the establishment of the Blaubeurer hospital and filled benefices in the city with people from his family.

Heinrich II. Hafenberg and his convent had accepted Count Ludwig I of Württemberg as their patron and castvogt on January 21, 1448 . This meant the recognition of the Württemberg state rule by the monastery. In the umbrella letter from Count Ludwig I dated February 16, 1448, he confirmed the freedoms of the five monasteries in Machtolsheim , Seißen , Ringingen , Erstetten and Rottenacker .

Under the influence of the Counts of Württemberg, the Blaubeuren monastery opened up for the Melk monastery reform . The following inscription was placed on the choir stalls built in 1493 : “Anno domini 1493 anno vero regiminis verbundi domini Henrici fig. 18. anno autem reformationis 42 elaborata sunt haec subsellia a Georgio Sürlin de Ulma huius artis peritissimo ”.

At the chapter of the order in Seligenstadt in 1454 , Abbot Heinrich was elected co-president for the following chapter of the order, which took place in Erfurt in 1456 . At the same time he and the abbot of Heilig Kreuz in Donauwörth were appointed as a visitor to the dioceses of Augsburg and Eichstätt .

In 1456 Abbot Heinrich II. Hafenberg resigned for health reasons.

literature

• Immo Eberl: The development of the monastery in the 15th century. In: Anna Moraht-Fromm and Wolfgang Schürle (eds.): Blaubeuren Monastery. The choir and its high altar. Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1719-X , pp. 23-26.