Heinrich Krapff

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Heinrich Krapff (* before 1334; † November 29, 1387 in Murau ) was Heinrich IV. Bishop of Lavant .

Heinrich Krapff came from a Bavarian knight family from Ronsberg. In 1334 he became imperial notary and cleric of the diocese of Augsburg, in 1362 pastor of St. Lorenzen in the Mürz valley and in 1363 court clerk of the Salzburg archbishop Ortolf von Weißeneck and canon of Brixen . On January 31, 1363 he was appointed Bishop of Lavant by the Archbishop, the confirmation by Pope Urban V took place on March 24.

Bishop Heinrich IV initially resided in Friesach and later built a residence in St. Andrä in Lavanttal. The Austrian Duke Rudolf IV appointed him his court chaplain and placed him and the Lavant cathedral chapter under his special protection. Because of his low income, the bishop was allowed to keep the parish of St. Lorenzen and exchanged it for the parish of Molzbichel and also acquired the parish of Murau. From 1380 he was also archdeacon for Lower Carinthia. In the great occidental schism, Bishop Heinrich was on the side of the Pope.

Bishop Heinrich drowned in the Mur near Murau on November 29, 1387 and was buried in the St. Vitus Church in Oberbergkirchen in Bavaria.

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SURNAME Krapff, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Lavant
DATE OF BIRTH before 1334
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1387
Place of death Murau