Heinrich II of Virneburg
Heinrich von Virneburg (* 1244 or 1246; † January 5, 1332 ) was as Heinrich II. From 1304 to 1332 Archbishop of Cologne and Elector .
Life
Heinrich was the sixth son of Count Heinrich von Virneburg and his wife Ponzetta von Oberstein . In 1288 he took part in the Battle of Worringen with his father and brother Ruprecht on the side of the Duke of Brabant .
Since 1288 owner of two parish foundations and canons at St. Gereon in Cologne, he became chaplain of the Roman-German King Adolf von Nassau , with whom he was related. In the following years he also became the owner of numerous canonicals. He was not only provost of the cathedral in Cologne, but also archdeacon of Cologne and Trier. In Trier, Virneburg was also elected archbishop in 1300, but the Pope refused to appoint him.
In 1304 he was finally elected Archbishop of Cologne, but he did not receive papal confirmation of his election until 1306. On April 13, 1307, he granted permission for the Cologne Brothers to settle . Heinrich was rewarded for his vote in the election of King Henry VII in 1308 with far-reaching concessions.
His preferred seat of government chose Henry II., Who from 1313 to 1328 and dean of Cassius pen was Bonn . Here he issued over 110 documents and declared the waiver of customs duties imposed on his predecessor to be invalid. He obtained permission from King Heinrich VII to set up a new customs in Bonn. Since the citizens of Bonn bravely stood by their archbishop in a feud with the Lord von Falkenburg in the battle of Euskirchen , Heinrich II granted the citizens of Bonn freedom from the Rhine toll for all goods.
Under Heinrich von Virneburg, Bonn was the first venue for a royal coronation. On November 25, 1314, he crowned Frederick the Fair in Bonn Minster (as anti-king to Ludwig IV ) as Roman-German king .
Heinrich von Virneburg was also a determined sponsor of the cathedral building in Cologne. On September 27, 1322 he was able to inaugurate the high choir of the new Cologne Cathedral . Heinrich II. Von Virneburg was significantly involved in the heretic trial against Meister Eckhart when the indictment was brought to him in 1325. He handed the procedure over to the papal curia in Avignon .
He died on January 6, 1332 in Bonn and was buried in the Barbara chapel of the Bonn minster, next to his sister, Abbess Ponzetta von Dietkirchen. His grave is no longer preserved today.
literature
- Ulrich Seng: Heinrich II. Of Virneburg as Archbishop of Cologne. Studies on Cologne Church History. Schmitt Siegburg 1977
- Josef Niesen : Bonn Personal Lexicon. Bouvier, Bonn 2007, ISBN 978-3-416-03159-2 .
- Hermann Cardauns : Heinrich II. (Archbishop of Cologne) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 530 f.
- Erich Wisplinghoff : Heinrich II .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 364 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Oliver Tekolf: HEINRICH II of Virneburg. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 27, Bautz, Nordhausen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88309-393-2 , Sp. 630-633.
- Michael Maiworm: Elector Heinrich II. Count of Virneburg and his time; Church man, kingmaker, crisis manager - getting closer to the founder of the Olper town. In: Olpe in past and present, yearbook 2010/11 of the Heimatverein für Olpe und Umgebung eV, pp. 13–40.
Web links
- Meister Eckhart and his time - life - Heinrich von Virneburg
- Heinrich II. Von Virneburg in the Saarland biographies
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Wigbold from Holte |
Archbishop of Cologne 1304–1332 |
Walram from Jülich |
| Boemund I of Warsberg |
Archbishop of Trier (counter-archbishop to Diether von Nassau ) 1300–1306 |
Diether von Nassau |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinrich von Virneburg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heinrich II of Cologne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1244 or 1246 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 5, 1332 |