Henry III. by Wangelin

Henry III. von Wangelin († June 19, 1429 in Bützow ) was canon in Schwerin from 1390 , 1395-1419 cathedral provost in Schwerin and 1419-1429 bishop in the Schwerin diocese and from 1419 first chancellor of the University of Rostock .

Life

Heinrich von Wangelin, elected by the cathedral chapter to succeed Bishop Heinrich II. Von Nauen as the new bishop, had been canon of Schwerin since November 30, 1390. At that time he was already receiving a papal dispensation to receive benefices reserved for the holders of major praisees. Heinrich came from the Mecklenburg noble family Wangelin , which was one of the vassals of the Mecklenburg dukes.

In the diocese of Cammin Heinrich III was. from July 20, 1395 Canon of Güstrow , Bützow and Archdeacon von Stolp . After the death of the Schwerin cathedral provost Albert Foysan, he was awarded the office of cathedral provost of Schwerin by the papal court on March 23, 1395 after lengthy trials. He was allowed to exchange the archdeaconate of Stolp on July 20, 1395 with Cardinal Rainald Brancaccio for another canonical with a major priest in the Schwerin chapter, also with papal approval. Heinrich was called Archdeacon von Stolpe in 1395. In addition, there was a commission for an entitlement to a major diploma in Bützow and Lübeck . The commission for Lübeck was presumably successful, since on January 30, 1419 his canonical with prebende and cantor office in Lübeck was awarded elsewhere. As early as December 19, 1403, he was in a dispute with Nikolaus Kersebom over various canons of the Lübeck Church.

The exact election day of Henry III. as bishop is not known, but the election is said to have taken place between January 8 and 10, 1419, since the first payments to the papal treasury were made on January 10, 1419. On January 30, 1419, Pope Martin V confirmed the Electen, which was specified on March 6, 1419. When, where and by whom Bishop Heinrich III. had received episcopal ordination is not known. But it is certain that it must have happened before November 12th of his election year.

During his tenure, Bishop Heinrich III. on good terms with the Princely House. After the death of Duke Johann III. on October 16, 1422 he intervened in the negotiations on the guardianship of the underage sons. The raids of noble Mr. Johannes Gans zu Putlitz through episcopal and ducal areas ended in 1425 in the Bützow episcopal castle prison. From the secular power delivered to the bishop, he had to pay this quite a high triggering sum.

At least the abolition of the Rostock calendar brotherhoods on the ideas of the city council is noteworthy , as this would bring disadvantages to the common being . Bishop Heinrich III had also made spiritual foundations, especially in Güstrow, Teterow and in Bützow, his own capital. The Cistercian monks in the Doberan Monastery with Abbot Bernhard received special privileges from the Schwerin diocesan bishop with the approval of Pope Martin V on May 18, 1424. All lower positions could be filled with suitable monks from the Doberan Monastery. For the diocese he acquired the village of Lankow with the Lankower See near Schwerins. He also took care of the office, the city and the episcopal secondary residence in Warin , which at that time was in need of repair .

Henry III. died on June 19, 1429 in Bützow and was buried in the collegiate church. His gravestone with inscription has not survived and his will is dated January 28, 1403.

Foundation of the University of Rostock

Seal of the University of Rostock from 1419

An outstanding event of his time as Bishop of Schwerin was the founding of the University of Rostock in 1419. The founding was very much promoted by his predecessor, Bishop Heinrich II, who submitted an application to Pope Martin V on September 8, 1418 and sealed the document . On November 12, 1419 Heinrich III. held the ceremonial opening service for the newly established University of Rostock in Rostock's Marienkirche and officially declared the formal beginning of the university after reading out the papal foundation charter and took over the chancellery for himself and his successors. On November 12, 1419, Petrus Stenbeke was appointed by Bishop Heinrich III, the abbot of the Doberan Monastery Hermann Bokholt , the Rostock archdeacon Johannes Meynesti , the pastor of St. Mary in Rostock Nikolaus Türkow and the Rostock mayor Heinrich Katzow as their founding rector.

The university left Heinrich III. his house in Rostock at the location of today's main building with a house chapel as a collegiate building and appointed the respective provost of the collegiate chapter of Bützow , with whose office that of the archdeacon of Rostock was also connected, as his permanent representative and curator of the university.

seal

As Provost Heinrich III. a small round seal . In the richly structured Gothic niche the seated Mother of God with the baby Jesus, at her feet a longitudinally split coat of arms .

As Bishop Heinrich III. he carried a small round seal from Wangelin. Under a seated image of the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child leaning on the right in a Gothic arch, this contains only the Wangelin family coat of arms, a longitudinally split shield, the left half of which is hatched, the right half is empty.

The inscription reads: S NINRICI, EPISCOPI ECCLE. ZWERNENSIS.

literature

• Dietrich Schröder: Papist Mecklenburg. Volume I / II, Wismar 1741.
• Alfred Rische: Directory of the bishops and canons of Schwerin with biographical remarks. Ludwigslust 1900.
• Konrad Eubel : Hierarchia catholica medii aevi. Volume I, 1913.
• Gerhard Müller-Alpermann: Status and origin of the bishops of the Magdeburg and Hamburg church provinces in the Middle Ages. Prenzlau 1930.
• Josef Traeger : The bishops of the medieval diocese of Schwerin. St. Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1984, pp. 134-136.
• Josef Traeger: The Bishops of the Diocese of Schwerin. In: The Stiftsland of the Schwerin bishops around Bützow and Warin. St. Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1984.
• Margrit Kaluza-Baumruker: The Schwerin cathedral chapter. Cologne, Vienna 1987, pp. 280-281.
• Grete Grewolls: Heinrich III. by Wangelin . In: Who was who in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Edition Temmen, Bremen [a. a.] 1995, p. 186.
• Clemens Brodkorb: Heinrich von Wangelin . In: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire. 1198 to 1448. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, p. 713.
• Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 4010 .

Web links

• Literature about Heinrich III. von Wangelin in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alfred Rische: Directory of the bishops and canons of Schwerin. 1900 p. 4.
2. ^ Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch MUB XXI. (1903) No. 12242.
3. ^ Alfred Rische: Directory of the bishops and canons of Schwerin. 1900 p. 155.
4. ^ Alfred Rische: Directory of the bishops and canons of Schwerin . 1900 p. 19.
5. ^ Dietrich Schröder: Papist Mecklenburg . Pp. 1792-1793.
6. ↑ MUB XXII. (1907) No. 12758.
7. ↑ MUB XXII. (1907) No. 12803.
8. ↑ MUB XXII. (1907) No. 12803.
9. ↑ MUB XXII. (1907) No. 12803.
10. ↑ State Main Archive Schwerin LHAS, documents of the diocese Schwerin , No. 111.
11. ^ Repertorium Germanicum, IV. 1347.
12. ↑ Konrad Eubel: Hirarchia catholica medii aevi. P. 539.
13. ^ Dietrich Schröder: Papist Mecklenburg. 1741, p. 1798.
14. ^ Karl Schmaltz: Church history of Mecklenburg. 1935, p. 246.
15. ^ David Franck: Old and New Mecklenburg. Volume VII, p. 243.
16. ^ LHAS documents of the Schwerin diocese , No. 109.
17. ↑ MJB VIII, 1843, p. 23.
18. ^ Elisabeth Schnitzler: Foundation of the University of Rostock. Leipzig 1979, p. 4f.
19. ^ History of the University of Rostock . 1419–1969 (Festschrift) 1969, p. 19.
20. ↑ Karsten Labahn: Chancellor of the University of Rostock (1419-2019) in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
21. ^ Johannes Meynesti in the Rostock matriculation portal
22. ↑ Bernhardt Wandt: Chancellor, Vice Chancellor and authorized representative of the University of Rostock. 1969 p. 12.
23. ^ Mecklenburgisches Jahrbuch MJB. Volume VIII, 1843, Friedrich Lisch : History of the episcopal Schwerin coat of arms. Pp. 23-24.

predecessor	Office	successor
Heinrich II of Nauen	Bishop of Schwerin 1419–1429	Hermann III. Köppen

predecessor	Office	successor
./.	Chancellor of the University of Rostock 1419–1429	Hermann III. Köppen