Heinrich von Hewen (bishop, 1398)

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Heinrich von Hewen, Prince-Bishop of Konstanz, administrator of Chur
Coat of arms of the administrator of Chur 1441–1456

Heinrich von Hewen , also Heinrich VI. Baron von Hewen , (* around 1398 in Schwarzenbach near Jonschwil ; † November 22, 1462 in Constance ) was Bishop of Constance and Apostolic Administrator of Chur .

family

Heinrich von Hewen was the son of the marriage of Peter von Hewen, Herr zu Engen ( Hohenhewen ruins ), and Countess Anna (or Bertha) von Werdenberg-Heiligenberg from the Werdenberg family . His sister Anna von Hewen was the abbess of the Fraumünster in Zurich.

Life

Hewen studied from 1415 first in Vienna, later in Rome and Padua. He carried out four offices in parallel, from 1423 dean of the cathedral at the Strasbourg cathedral , from 1424 provost in Beromünster in Lucerne ( Beromünster Abbey ) and 1426 canon at the Konstanz cathedral . From 1435 to 1441 he was also Provost of Constance.

On August 4, 1436 he was elected bishop of the Diocese of Constance and confirmed by Pope Eugene IV on September 19, 1436. He received the episcopal ordination on December 22nd, 1436. Eugen IV also appointed Heinrich von Hewen on March 8th, 1441 as apostolic administrator of the diocese of Chur . The bishop's chair there of Konrad von Rechberg zu Hohenrechberg was orphaned after only one year in office. He held the office in Chur until May 10, 1456. He was Bishop of Constance until his death.

Hewen was considered a reform bishop and peacemaker . Heinrich von Hewen was particularly committed to the pacification of the Old Zurich War (Toggenburg Inheritance War ), which ended with the Einsiedeln arbitration on July 13, 1450.

Between 1385 and 1461 the so-called city rights battles between Constance and Meersburg took place . In 1457, Bishop Heinrich von Hewen and the city of Meersburg waged war with one another under Mayor Simon Weinzürn, the richest patrician in Meersburg. Meersburg finally had to bow to the bishop. Weinzürn was killed as a result of the conflict.

Episcopal coat of arms

The four-part coat of arms shows in fields 1 and 4 on a white / silver background a black Alpine ibex , placed on the right / left, the coat of arms of the Principality of Chur (Association of Churches ); in fields 2 and 3 a red cross on a white / silver background, the coat of arms of the diocese of Constance, the central shield, in the upper black field a six-pointed silver star, the coat of arms of the noble family von Engen-Hewen. Cross, miter, crosier and sword, insignia of spiritual and secular power.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Burgruine Hohenhewen" , Göttingen Academy of Sciences, viewed on July 20, 2009
  2. ^ Andreas Meyer: Hewen, Anna von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  3. ↑ "Mediation efforts and self-staging of the Bishop of Constance Heinrich von Hewen" ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Article by Andreas Bihrer, University of Freiburg, accessed on July 20, 2009  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geschichte.uni-freiburg.de
  4. ↑ aktuell.pdf "Mord auf dem See"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 20, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.gwww.literaturdesign.de  

literature

  • Andreas Bihrer: "A prince of peace". Mediation efforts and self-staging of the Bishop of Constance Heinrich von Hewen (1436-1462) , in: Peter Niederhäuser - Christian Sieber (ed.): A "fratricidal war" makes history . New approaches to the Old Zurich War (= communications from the Antiquarian Society in Zurich, Volume 73). Chronos, 2006, ISBN 978-3-0340-0755-9 , pp. 155-166
  • Peter F. Kramml: Heinrich IV. Von Hewen (1436-1462). Peacemaker and reform bishop . In: The Bishops of Constance. Volume 1. Gessler, Friedrichshafen 1988, ISBN 3-922137-48-2 , pp. 384-391

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predecessor Office successor
Friedrich III. from Zollern Bishop of Constance
1436–1462 		Burkhard II of Randegg
Konrad von Rechberg Bishop (administrator) of Chur
1441–1456 		Antonius de Tosabeciis
personal data
SURNAME Hewen, Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hewen, Heinrich VI. Baron of; Henricus de Hoven
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop in Constance; Administrator of Chur
DATE OF BIRTH 1398
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwarzenbach near Jonschwil
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1462
Place of death Constancy