Heinrich II. Von Sternberg
Heinrich II. Von Sternberg († April 1, 1328 ) was Prince-Bishop of the Bamberg Monastery from 1324 until his death in 1328 .
Heinrich II von Sternberg came from the Bohemian noble family von Sternberg . The name Heinrich or Johann was very common in the Sternberg family. Another Heinrich II von Sternberg was bishop of Halberstadt from 1270 to 1290 .
At the time of the appointment of Heinrich II. Von Sternberg as Prince-Bishop Johannes XXII. Pope and Ludwig IV. Kaiser (see also List of Heads of State 1324 ). Before that he was a preacher monk. He gave the location Kupferberg 1326 the town charter , connected to the privileges wall the place and to be allowed to raise taxes. Around 3000 people lived in the village, which today has a population of just over 1000. It was an important center for the mining of copper.
Bishop Heinrich II is buried together with Bamberg Bishops Eberhard I , Egilbert , Timo and Wulfing von Stubenberg in a stone coffin, which today stands on the south wall of the crypt under the east choir of Bamberg Cathedral .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bamberg . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 2 . Altenburg 1857, p. 259-261 ( zeno.org ).
- ^ Bavarian State Newspaper
- ↑ Georg Thomas Rudhart: The King Konrad III. Graves in the dome of Bamberg . In: Archive for History and Archeology of Upper Franconia , Volume 3, Issue 2, Bayreuth 1846, pp. 101–107, here: p. 106 . Retrieved May 13, 2018.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Johann Wulfing von Schlackenwerth |
Prince-Bishop of Bamberg 1324-1328 |
Johann of Nassau |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sternberg, Heinrich von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Bamberg |
DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century or 14th century |
DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1328 |