Henry III. Great from Trockau

Depiction of Heinrich in the window of the Bishop of Bamberg in St. Sebald in Nuremberg

Woodcut with coat of arms of Henry III.

Henry III. Groß von Trockau (* before 1451; † March 30, 1501 Bamberg ) was Prince-Bishop of the Bamberg Monastery from 1487 to 1501 .

origin

Heinrich comes from the Gross von Trockau family . He was born the son of Rudolph Groß von Trockau auf Reizendorf and his wife Margaretha von Giech. This information about parents from Biedermann's genealogical tables contradicts the family coat of arms on the bronze grave slab. The grave slab was during the lifetime of Prince-Bishop Heinrich III. Created by Gross von Trockau, on it are the agnate coats of arms of those of Gross - von Redwitz , von Lichtenstein and von Künsberg , but no arms of those of Giech .

The marriage of Groß / von Giech had ten children. Of these, three took up the clergy. Heinrich was the third child of his parents.

Advancement as a clergyman

Heinrich was canon in Augsburg as early as 1451 , on March 14, 1452 he received a canon and became canon in Bamberg . He studied in Heidelberg in 1452; At the beginning of his career as a clergyman, he was ordained diaconal on April 20, 1454. In 1480 he joined the Holy Spirit Brotherhood in Rome.

Consecration as Prince-Bishop of Bamberg

Heinrich was elected bishop on February 1, 1487, he moved into the cathedral through the gates of grace and there, in the presence of the cathedral provost Veit Truchseß von Pommersfelden , who also became his successor, and the dean Hertnid von Stein the 60-point surrender Take oath . If these points were not complied with, the oath resulted in complaints and the loss of income.

On July 15, 1487 he received the episcopal ordination from Friedrich Graf von Zollern , the bishop of Augsburg .

On July 21, 1487, Heinrich entered Nuremberg with 200 horses as the chosen and confirmed , to be there on August 8, 1487 by Emperor Friedrich III. to be enfeoffed with the regalia , fiefs, worldliness and all rights of his pen, which the emperor renewed. Interfering with these rights should be punished with 60 marks of soldered gold. Half of this amount would have been paid to the emperor and half to the bishop.

Tomb

Heinrich died on March 30, 1501. His body was buried in the Peterschor, his grave, which is about a meter in front of the steps of the altar, was marked by a labeled square plate. After his death, master goldsmith Marx Streubel added the date 1501 to his bronze tomb, which was created by Peter Vischer in Nuremberg during his lifetime in 1491. The cast plate weighs four hundred pounds. This bronze tomb was moved to its current location in 1832 - on the south wall of the apse of the Peter Choir.

In his work on the episcopal grave monuments published in 1827, the Bamberg local history researcher and collector Joseph Heller describes the situation as follows: “Lies in front of the altar of the Peters Choir. It depicts the bishop standing on a lion holding the shield with the state and family coat of arms in full regalia. At the corners are the coats of arms Groß von Trockau, Lichtenstein, Redwitz and Künsberg (...) ”.

In the course of the style restoration (1828–1844) the bronze grave monument was moved to the south side of the west choir. During excavations in 1935, the grave - actually a crypt - was found to have collapsed completely.

See also : List of Frankish knight families

literature

• Norbert Haas: The imperial grave in Bamberg Cathedral. With special consideration of the high grave - a work by the Würzburg sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider. 3. Edition. Self-published, Bamberg 1999.
• Johann Looshorn: The history of the diocese of Bamberg. Volume 4: The Diocese of Bamberg from 1400–1556. Edited from the sources. Verlag Handels-Druckerei, Bamberg 1900.

Web links

Commons : Heinrich III. Groß von Trockau  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Description of the coat of arms of Heinrich III.

predecessor	Office	successor
Philipp von Henneberg	Prince-Bishop of Bamberg 1487–1501	Veit I. Truchseß of Pommersfelden