Hermann Lothar von Auwach

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Family coat of arms from the epitaph of the Canon
Auwach / Koppenstein alliance coat of arms, from the mother's tombstone (1692), St. Michael Abbey Church , Siegburg , crypt

Hermann Lothar von Auwach (* around 1652 ; † May 10, 1722 in Speyer ) was a baron and canon in the Prince Diocese of Speyer , whose epitaph of the coat of arms adorns the south side of the Speyer Cathedral .

Origin and family

He came from the noble family of Auwach , who lived in the Eifel and belonged to the feudal people of the Trier prince archbishop , and was the son of Johann Philipp von Auwach, bailiff of Manderscheid and Burgmann of Schönecken , and his wife Aemilie Rosine von Koppenstein . She died in 1692 and was buried in the crypt of the Abbey Church of St. Michael in Siegburg , where her epitaph with an alliance coat of arms Auwach / Koppenstein is preserved.

The father's uncle Johann Friedrich Auwach served as abbot of the Augustinian canons of Springiersbach from 1593 until his death in 1621 . Because of his indomitable adherence to the Catholic faith, the Protestant rulers of Sponheim kidnapped him and imprisoned him until he signed a certificate of submission, which he immediately revoked after his release. In 1606 the Pope granted him the privilege of being the first abbot of Springiersbach to wear a miter for his firm belief.

The mother's brother, Wolfgang Friedrich von Koppenstein († 1658), lived as a canon in Trier and had a splendid wayside cross built in Esch (near Wittlich) . The Koppensteiners formed a sideline for the Counts of Sponheim .

Hermann Lothar's brother Johann Wolfgang von Auwach († 1733) was an imperial field marshal lieutenant and commandant of Constance , while his brother Johann Philipp held the same rank in the Palatinate army . The sister Maria Katharina († Speyer, 1712) married the Dirmstein nobleman Johann Friedrich Franz von Sturmfeder (1650-1691) and had with him the regionally important son Marsilius Franz Sturmfeder von Oppenweiler (1674-1744). Maria Katharina Sturmfeder von Oppenweiler born. von Auwach was buried in the Speyer Cathedral while her brother was alive and had an epitaph there, as reported by Johann Franz Capellini von Wickenburg (1677–1752) in Volume 2 of the “ Thesaurus Palatinus ” .

Live and act

Epitaph of the canon Hermann Lothar von Auwach, south side of the Speyer Cathedral
The gatehouse of the Auwach Palace in Speyer, known as the Auwach balustrade

Hermann Lothar von Auwach chose the ecclesiastical status. He studied at the Collegium Germanicum in Rome but never became a priest, only received the minor orders . In 1671 he received, on papal commission, a canons preparatory in Worms . The Worms cathedral chapter stipulated at least four noble ancestors of the two parents as a condition for admission, which the candidate also credibly put forward. As soon after the office of Worms cathedral dean , also on papal commission out to be occupied by Auwach by the brother Johann Wolfgang, doubts arose whether the candidate could actually have the required four noble ancestors. He was therefore refused the job. A protracted dispute developed between the Worms cathedral chapter and the von Auwach brothers about the noble worthiness of the two, in which, in addition to the Cologne nunciature , the emperor and the pope were included. In 1685 it was finally established that the grandfather Gerlach Auwach, once mayor of Wittlich , had apparently not yet had the title of nobility and therefore the row of nobility was not sufficient for the Worms chapter. The decision mainly resulted in a certificate from the knighthood of the Lower Rhine , which states that the documents did not contain any clear evidence of the noble origin of the Auwach family. That is why Johann Wolfgang von Auwach was not accepted as cathedral capitular and he took up a career as an officer; Hermann Lothar von Auwach was allowed to keep his canon position, which he had held for a long time, regardless of the result of the investigation, as this now enjoyed grandfathering. Shortly after the dispute was settled, both brothers were raised to the baron status of the empire.

Hermann Lothar von Auwach was appointed as a councilor in the state government (Lieutenancy) of the Speyer Monastery in 1672 under Bishop Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid . Soon he was also elected to the Speyer cathedral chapter. Under Bishop Johann Hugo von Orsbeck , the French burned Speyer down in 1689. The cathedral chapter fled first to Heidelberg , then to Frankfurt am Main and did not return as a corporation to the episcopal city until 1702.

Hermann Lothar von Auwach seems to have been one of the first canons to return, because on January 26th, 1700 he appeared as best man in nearby Mußbach . In the same year, the cleric acquired the ruins of the former Schlegelhof of canon David Göler of Ravensburg (1463–1539), south of the cathedral, and built his residential palace on it. Later, the cathedral scholaster Karl Joseph von Mirbach bought it, which is why it was then generally referred to as the Mirbach House . In 1902 the new building of the Palatinate State Archive was built, which currently serves as the central archive of the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate . However, the gatehouse with towers, the so-called Auwach balustrade , which still reminds of the builder today, has been preserved from the historic canons' palace .

In 1711 Heinrich Hartard von Rollingen became Bishop of Speyer. Before that, he had served as governor of the often absent bishops for many years and therefore knew Auwach very well as his direct superior. Immediately after taking office, Rollingen appointed the cathedral capitular, who was meanwhile also a scholaster at the Odenheim knight's monastery in Bruchsal , to be the episcopal district president in Speyer; In 1717 Auwach became dean of the cathedral and remained so until his death in 1722. He was buried on the southern outside of the cathedral, in the area of ​​the former cloister . There is still his qualitative coat of arms epitaph (2013). In addition to the main coat of arms in the middle of the Auwach, the monument also bears 4 noble ancestral coats of arms, one of which, including the lettering, was carved out. The ancestral coats of arms that have been preserved are: Auwach, Koppenstein and Steinkallenfels .

literature

  • Franz Xaver Remling : History of the Bishops of Speyer , Volume 2, Mainz, 1854, various passages; Digital scan
  • Leopold Freiherr von Zedlitz: New Prussian Adels Lexicon , Volume 1, Page 154, Leipzig, 1836; Digital scan
  • Johann Georg Estor : Johann Georg Estors Vice Chancellor of the University of Marburg practical instructions for fitting , Marburg, 1750, p. 433 u. 434; Digital scan

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Petry: Wittlich: The history of the city from the 14th century to the year 1815 , page 105, volume 6 of: Contributions to the history and culture of the city of Wittlich , Wittlich city administration, 2002, ISBN 3980590887 ; Excerpt from the source
  2. ↑ Erwin Schaaf: When Abbot Auwach was kidnapped. In: Trierischer Volksfreund , January 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ Illustrated website on the Koppenstein Cross in Esch
  4. ↑ Website on the origin of the Koppenstein family
  5. ^ Website on a sale of goods by Johann Wolfgang von Auwach
  6. ^ Johann Friedrich Schannat : Eiflia illustrata , Volume 2, 1st section, pages 36–39, Aachen, 1829; Digital scan
  7. ↑ Digital scan of the epitaph inscription
  8. ↑ Andreas Steinhuber : History of the Kollegium Germanicum Hungaricum in Rome , Volume 2, Herder Verlag, Freiburg, 1906, page 55; Excerpt from the source
  9. ↑ Ludwig Stamer : Church history of the Palatinate , Volume 3, second part, page 68, Speyer, 1959; Excerpt from the source
  10. ↑ Declaration of sinecure awarded by Pontifical commission
  11. ^ Johann Friedrich Gauhe : Des Heil. Rom. Reichs Genealogisch-Historisches Adels-Lexicon , 2nd part, Leipzig, 1747, columns 35 and 36; Digital scan from the source
  12. ↑ Digital scan with the text of the certificate of the Niederrheinischen Ritterschaft, from Robert Kolb: Aquila certans , Frankfurt am Main, 1687, page 151
  13. ^ Johann Michael von Seuffert : Attempting a history of the German nobility in the high ore and cathedral chapters , Frankfurt am Main, 1790, pages 193-196; Digital scan
  14. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German Adels Lexicon , 1st volume, page 152, Leipzig, 1859; Digital scan
  15. ↑ Family history PDF document citing the entry in the church book (page 5)
  16. ^ Herbert Dellwing: Monument Topography Federal Republic of Germany (Volume 1 of Monument Topography Federal Republic of Germany: Cultural Monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate), 1985, page 84, ISBN 3590310316 ; Excerpt from the source
  17. ^ Fritz Klotz: Domkapitularische Höfe, houses, house squares and gardens in Speyer, in the 18th century , pages 36-39, volume 14 of: Writings of the Diözesan-Archiv Speyer , 1991


personal data
SURNAME Auwach, Hermann Lothar von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman and canon
DATE OF BIRTH around 1652
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1722
Place of death Speyer