Hesso von Üsenberg
Hesso von Üsenberg († 1177 ) was abbot of Frienisberg and from around 1160 until his death in 1177 the first abbot of the Tennenbach monastery .
It is assumed that he was a scion of the noble family of those von Rimsingen (Dietrich von Rimsingen died around 1052), who later rose to be bailiffs and from now on moved to their seat, Burg Üsenberg (Eisenberg), near the city of Breisach located in the Rhine, called. This abbot may have originally come from Breisgau.
Around 1160 he and twelve monks from the Bernese monastery Frienisberg, where he had been abbot since 1146, came to Breisgau to found a new monastery here. It is believed that Hesso did not give up his Frienisberg monastery and his position as abbot voluntarily. This was preceded by violent unrest in the local convent, from which the monastery did not recover for a long time even after the departure of the twelve monks and Abbot Hesso.
The more recent research even assumes that Hesso came from the Nimburg family of counts, who lived in Breisgau, and that the founding of Tennenbach was supposed to enable him to survive as an abbot. The first name Hesso often appeared with the Counts of Nimburg, as well as with the Üsenbergers related to them . This assumption is based on this, but it is not considered certain.
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- ↑ Order of the Abbots from Frienisberg On-Line on SEALS , digitized magazines - source: Anzeiger für Schweizerische Geschichte, Volume 8, page 409
- ^ Hugo Ott : Studies on the late medieval agricultural constitution for the Upper Rhine region , habilitation thesis, University of Freiburg; Stuttgart, 1970, p. 23
- ↑ Dr. Bernhard Schmid, 1933, in: The Cistercian monastery Frienisberg (Aurora) and its manor (1138–1528)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hesso von Üsenberg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of Tennenbach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century or 12th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1177 |