Heinrich von Stöffeln

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Gravestone of Abbot Heinrich von Stöffeln in Reichenau Minster

Heinrich von Stöffeln (first mentioned in 1368; † November 8, 1383 in Reichenau ) was abbot of the Reichenau monastery from 1379 to 1383 .

Live and act

Heinrich von Stöffeln came from the noble noble family of the Lords of Stöffeln, who had their ancestral seat at Stöffeln Castle on the Stöffelberg near Gönningen south of Tübingen . His brother Kuno was abbot of the St. Gallen monastery , his sister Elisabeth abbess of the Cistercian monastery Heiligkreuztal .

Heinrich had been a conventual in Reichenau Monastery since 1368 before he was elected as his successor in office after the death of Abbot Eberhard von Brandis . His abbatiat, almost four years old, was questioned until the 18th century, although he is mentioned in numerous sources and referred to in original documents as "Abbot by the grace of God and the Apostolic See".

Heinrich von Stöffeln carried out his first loan in the spring of 1380 and confirmed Radolfzell's town charter in 1381 . In 1381 he entered into the castle law of the city ​​of Constance .

Heinrich's reign fell during the time of the schism . However, he avoided taking a stand for one of the two popes and thus kept his convent out of the internal church conflict between Popes Urban VI. and Clemens VII .

Abbot Heinrich von Stöffeln died on November 8, 1383 and was buried in the transept of the Marienchor in Reichenau Minster .

literature

  • Konrad Beyerle : From the foundation to the end of the baronial monastery (724–1427) . In: Konrad Beyerle (ed.): The culture of the Reichenau Abbey. Commemorative pamphlet for the twelve hundredth anniversary of the founding year of the island monastery 724–1924 . 1st subband. Verlag der Münchner Drucke, Munich 1925, pp. 198–199.
  • Thomas Kreutzer: Faded shine. Nobility and reform in the Reichenau Abbey in the late Middle Ages ( publications by the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg ; Series B; 168). Kohlhammer Verlag , Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-17-019760-2 , pp. 284-287.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Kreutzer: Faded gloss. Nobility and reform in the Reichenau Abbey in the late Middle Ages ( publications by the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg ; Series B; 168). Kohlhammer Verlag , Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-17-019760-2 , p. 284.
  2. ↑ Thomas Kreutzer: Faded gloss. Nobility and reform in the Reichenau Abbey in the late Middle Ages ( publications by the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg ; Series B; 168). Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-17-019760-2 , p. 286.
predecessor Office successor
Eberhard von Brandis Abbot of Reichenau
1343–1379 		Swiss chard from Brandis
personal data
SURNAME Heinrich von Stöffeln
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of Reichenau (1379–1383)
DATE OF BIRTH before 1368
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1383
Place of death Reichenau