Heinrich Krafft

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Heinrich Krafft (* in Winterthur ; † July 31, 1338 probably in Neunkirchen ) was Heinrich II. Bishop of Lavant .

Heinrich Krafft came from a middle-class family from Winterthur in Switzerland. In 1323 he was pastor of Rottenmann in Styria, in 1331 notary of Duke Albrecht II. Between December 21, 1332 and October 4, 1433 he was appointed by the Salzburg Archbishop Friedrich III. von Leibnitz appointed Bishop of Lavant. Later he also became Chancellor Duke Albrechts and presumably resided in Wiener Neustadt. After his death, he is said to have been buried in the Minorite Church in Vienna at the altar of St. Catharine.

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