Hermann von Friedingen

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Friedinger coat of arms in Scheibler's coat of arms book of 1450

Hermann von Friedingen , also Hermann II. Von Friedingen or Hermann von Konstanz († November 20, 1189 ) was Bishop of Konstanz from 1183 until his death in 1189 .

family

Hermann von Friedingen came from the noble, noble Hegau family of the Lords of Friedingen . The Friedingers were the masters of Radolfzell for sixty years and, with their ancestors who did not yet call themselves Friedingen , the masters of Singen am Hohentwiel for over five hundred years . The sex lost importance in the 15th century.

Life

In 1152 Hermann II von Friedingen was a member of the cathedral chapter and canon in Constance . In 1172 he was archdeacon , in 1175 he was elected provost of the cathedral in Constance. 1183 he took the Emperor as an envoy Frederick Barbarossa at Constance Reichstag part. Hermann von Friedingen was bishop from 1183 and was often in the wake of the emperor, whose marriage to Adela von Vohburg he had to divorce in March 1153 in Constance.

He was buried under the crossing in Constance Cathedral.

literature

  • Eberhard Dobler: Castle and rule Hohenkrähen in Hegau ( Hegau library ; vol. 50). Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1986. p. 26, pp. 65-66, ISBN 3-7995-4095-4 .
  • Helmut Maurer : The Bishops of Constance from the end of the 6th century to 1206 ( Germania sacra ; NF 42.1; The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Constance ; 5). Walter de Gruyter , Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017664-5 , pp. 382-392. ( Digitized version )
  • Ursula-Renate Weiss: The Bishops of Constance in the 12th century .; a contribution to the investigation of the imperial episcopal position in the field of forces of imperial, papal and regional-diocesan politics . Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1975, ISBN 3-7995-6819-0 . Pp. 132-137.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "History of Hohenfriedingen Castle" ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Franz Götz, January 24, 2007.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.friedinger-schloessle.de
  2. ^ Herbert Berner (ed.): Singen city history . Vol. 2: Singing, village and rule. 1990.
  3. ^ "Adela von Vohburg" .
predecessor Office successor
Berthold von Bussnang Bishop of Constance
1183–1189 		Diethelm von Krenkingen
personal data
SURNAME Hermann von Friedingen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hermann II of Friedingen; Hermann of Constance
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Constance
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1189