Hector von Kotzau
Hector von Kotzau (* February 22, 1577 , divergent 1578 ; † January 1, 1619 in Bamberg ) was canon , apostolic protonotary and secret imperial council .
origin
Hector came from the younger main line of the von Kotzau family with half of the headquarters in today's Oberkotzau and the castle in Fattigau . After the genealogist Alban von Dobenck , the younger main line was founded by Friedrich, son of Hans von Kotzau . Hector's father was Hans Berthold, who, according to Johann Gottfried Biedermann , is said to have been married to Anna von Mengersdorf . Hector had two sisters, Constantia Regine and Catharine. He died last in his line. The other family lines also died out by the middle of the 17th century.
career
Hector von Kotzau became canon in Würzburg in 1589 , canon in Bamberg on February 22, 1591 , in 1610 cathedral dean in Bamberg, at the same time provost of St. Jakob , in 1617 provost of St. Gangolf . He was papal secret chamberlain , apostolic protonotary and secret councilor to the emperor Matthias and the elector Maximilian of Bavaria .
In the years 1611 to 1614, the parchment manuscripts in the Bamberg Cathedral Library were uniformly rebound . In Goldprägung which appear on the front cover crest of the Chapter (the towering Kaiser Heinrich II. ), On the back cover, the arms of the Provost striker Christoph Johann Neustetter called and dean Hector of Kotzau. The project of the rebinding, however, came from Hektor von Kotzau alone, who also contributed significantly to the financing. The manuscripts of the cathedral library have been in today's Bamberg State Library since the secularization of 1802/1803 .
Tomb
After redesigning, the epitaph is now on the east wall of the nail chapel in Bamberg Cathedral , the mortal remains are likely to be in the ossuary in the cloister courtyard. The bronze plate was restored in 1986/1987.
The inscription reads:
" ADMODVM REVERENDO PRAENOBILI DOMINO HECTORI A KOTZAV BAMBERGENSIS DECANO AD SS GANGOLPHVM ET JACOBVM IBIDEM PRAEPOSITO, NEC NON HERBIPOLENSIS CATHED. SANCTISSIMI DOMINI NOSTRI PAVLI V. PONTIFICI OPTIMI MAXIMI CVBICVLARIO ET PROTONOTARIO APOSTOLICO, SACRAE CAESAREAE MAIESTATI ET SERENISSIMO MAXIMILIANO UTRIVSQVE BAVARAE DVCI A CONSILIJS; QUI I. JANVARIJ ANNO CI (inverted lower case c). DC. XIX. PIE EX HAC VITA MIGRAVIT, ET SVB HOCTVMVLO QVIESCIT. AETATIS SVAE XXXXI. ANN. TESTAMENTARIJ EIVS HANC MEMORIAM FF "
The ancestral sample shown shows the coats of arms of Kotzau, Mengersdorf , Heßberg and Würtzburg .
literature
- Johann Gottfried Biedermann : sex register of laudable knighthood in Voigt country ... . Kulmbach 1752, plate CCLXXIV.
- Alban von Dobenck : History of the extinct family of Kotzau. In: Archiv für Geschichte von Oberfranken 24 (1909), pp. 1–111, here p. 99.
- Werner Taegert : The Bamberg Cathedral Chapter Library and the library work of the sub-custodian Johann Graff . In: Renate Baumgärtel-Fleischmann (Ed.): A life for the Bamberg Cathedral. The work of Subcustos Graff (1682–1749). Exhibition of the Diocesan Museum Bamberg . Bamberg 1999, ISBN 3-931432-04-1 , (Publications of the Diözesanmuseums Bamberg, Vol. 11), pp. 124-141, here pp. 129-130.
- Friedrich Wachter: General-Personal-Schematismus of the Archdiocese of Bamberg 1007 - 1907. An addition to the jubilee years of the foundation of the diocese . Bamberg 1908, p. 270, no.5575.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hector von Kotzau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canon of Bamberg and Würzburg, Privy Councilor, Apostolic Protonotary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1577 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1619 |
| Place of death | Bamberg |