Court day at Gelnhausen
As Hoftag zu Gelnhausen or Reichstag von Gelnhausen , the imperial and court days of the Roman-German Empire are referred to, which took place in or near the Gelnhausen Palatinate .
| date | Emperor | Results and Events |
|---|---|---|
| April 1180 | Friedrich I. | Heinrich the Lion was deprived of the Duchy of Saxony with the Gelnhausen document and this was divided. The title of Duke of Saxony went to Bernhard III. over. The Duchy of Westphalia from the western parts of the former tribal duchy of Saxony was newly founded in favor of the Archbishop of Cologne, Philipp von Heinsberg ( see main article: Gelnhausen document ) |
| November 1186 | Friedrich I. | The emperor informed the princes and lords present about his disputes with Pope Urban III. At the same time Archbishop Philipp von Heinsberg, who no longer fully followed the emperor's course, was politically isolated. |
| October 1195 | Henry VI. | Cardinal legate Johannes von Salerno preached in favor of the crusade of Emperor Henry VI. |
literature
- Hermann Bannasch: Reichstag Gelnhausen . In: Gerhard Taddey (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German history . People, events, institutions. From the turn of the times to the end of the 2nd World War. 2nd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-520-80002-0 , p. 432.