Heinrich Schenk (Bishop)

Heinrich Schenk († August 26 or November 25, 1301 ) was Bishop of Kulm .

Of unknown origin, he probably came from a family of ministers. As a priest of the Teutonic Order , he is recorded as a canon in Kulm in 1291, where he was elected bishop at the turn of 1291/92. Shortly after his election, Schenk traveled to Riga , where he was confirmed in office and ordained bishop by Archbishop Johannes von Vechta before March 5, 1292.

In the following years Heinrich Schenk repeatedly acted as a mediator in disputes. He also traveled to the General Chapters of the Teutonic Order in Frankfurt (October 1292) and Elbing (April 1296). As a bishop he was able to successfully end the property disputes with the Bishop of Plock in 1293 , but there were again disputes regarding membership of the metropolitan area with the Archbishop of Gniezno , from whose province Kulm had changed to the ecclesiastical province of Riga in 1255 .

literature

• Anastazy Nadolny: Heinrich Schenk (OT) († 1301). 1291 / 92-1301 Bishop of Kulm. In: Erwin Gatz (ed.), With the assistance of Clemens Brodkorb: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448. A biographical encyclopedia. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-10303-3 , p. 303.

Web links

• Literature by and about Heinrich Schenk in the catalog of the German National Library

predecessor	Office	successor
Werner	Bishop of Kulm 1294 / 92–1304	Hermann