Hildesheim Cathedral School

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The Hildesheim Cathedral School at Hildesheim Cathedral was one of the most important cathedral schools of the Middle Ages.

history

The beginnings of the Hildesheim Cathedral School are to be set at the same time as the foundation of the Diocese of Hildesheim by the Frankish Emperor Ludwig the Pious , since since the Admonitio generalis of Charlemagne in 789 with the establishment of a diocese, the establishment of a school at the cathedral was also prescribed.

Studies at Hildesheim Cathedral were given a boost by Bishop Othwin , who accompanied Otto I on his second journey to Italy in 961 and from there brought not only the relics of St. Epiphanius , but also an important treasure trove of books . During this time the monastery schools began to generally lose importance compared to the cathedral schools because of the monastery reforms , which were directed against secularization and external contacts. Around the year 1000, Bishop Bernward von Hildesheim achieved a cultural boom, which further increased the reputation of the school. The fact that Hildesheim was the home diocese of the Ottonian imperial family ( Liudolfinger ) gave the training at the Hildesheim Cathedral School significant imperial political weight as a preferred preparation for an activity at the court chapel. The majority of the members of the Ottonian and Salian court orchestra belonged to the Hildesheim Cathedral Chapter , whose educational establishment was the Cathedral School.

The city reformation in 1542 by Johannes Bugenhagen and the subsequent counter-reformation measures in the diocese heralded the end of the Hildesheim cathedral school. In 1594 the Quadrivium was taken over by the Jesuit order and converted into a Jesuit college (continued from today's Josephinum Gymnasium ). The Trivium continued as an elementary school until the 19th century. Today's Hildesheim Cathedral Library was built at the cathedral school .

Well-known headmasters (cathedral scholasters)

• Thangmar (approx. 940/50-approx. 1019), teacher Bernwards , diplomat
• Benno II (around 1020-1088), Bishop of Osnabrück, advisor to Heinrich IV , master builder at the Speyer Cathedral
• Bernhard von Konstanz († 1088), also "Bernhard der Sachse", scholar
• Bernhard I († 1154), Bishop of Hildesheim, founder of the St. Godehard Monastery
• Heinrich I of Brussels († 1182), Bishop of Lübeck, advisor to Henry the Lion

Known students

• Bernward von Hildesheim (around 960-1022), Bishop of Hildesheim, saint
• Heinrich II. (973 / 978-1024), Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
• Meinwerk (around 975-1036), Bishop of Paderborn, advisor to Heinrich II.
• Pilgrim († 1036), Archbishop of Cologne, Arch Chancellor of Italy under Heinrich II. And Conrad II.
• Benno von Meißen (around 1010–1106), Bishop of Meißen, saint
• Rainald von Dassel († 1167), Archbishop of Cologne, Imperial Chancellor Frederick I Barbarossa
• Konrad von Querfurt († 1202), Bishop of Hildesheim and Würzburg, Arch Chancellor of Italy under Heinrich VI.
• Bernhard II. Graf zur Lippe († 1224), Bishop of Selonia , founder of Lippstadt .
• Albrecht I von Käfernburg (around 1170–1232), Archbishop of Magdeburg, supporter of Walthers von der Vogelweide

literature

• Contributions to Hildesheim history. Volume 3. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1830, p. 5ff. ( digitized by Google Books ).
• Bernhard Gallistl: School, books and learning at Hildesheim Cathedral . In: Ulrich Knapp, Jochen Bepler : "Ego sum Hildensemensis." Bishop, cathedral chapter and cathedral in Hildesheim 815 to 1810. Imhof, Petersberg 2000, ISBN 3-932526-74-0 , pp. 213-238 ( catalogs of the cathedral museum Hildesheim 3), (exhibition catalog).
• Bernhard Gallistl: Library and school at the cathedral . In: Monika E. Müller (Ed.): Treasures in heaven - books on earth. Medieval manuscripts from Hildesheim. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-447-06381-4 , pp. 55-68 ( exhibition catalogs of the Herzog August Library 93).
• Dieter Herrmann: Ovid's care in the Hildesheim Cathedral School . In: The Diocese of Hildesheim in the past and present. 35, 1967, ISSN  0341-9975 , pp. 199-203.
• Julius Seiters: The cathedral school in Hildesheim in the Middle Ages . In: The Diocese of Hildesheim in the past and present. 69, 2001, pp. 21-62.