Jakob Fugger (Bishop)
Jakob Fugger , also Johann Jakob Fugger (born October 18, 1567 in Meersburg (?), † January 14, 1626 in Meersburg or Konstanz ) was Prince-Bishop of Konstanz from 1604 to 1626.
Life
Jakob Fugger from the Augsburg merchant family Fugger came from the family branch of Baron Johannes Fugger from Meersburg on Lake Constance. He studied from 1575 at the Jesuit- dominated University of Dillingen in Dillingen , from 1577 at the University of Ingolstadt in Ingolstadt . In 1587 he got a position at the cathedral church of Constance. Fugger stayed in Italy and Spain for a long time between 1579 and 1590. In 1592 he celebrated his first Mass in Augsburg . The place and date of his ordination are unknown.
In 1604 he was elected bishop by the cathedral chapter in Constance . Johann Jakob Fugger had the particular task of regulating the affairs of the financially troubled diocese and the disputes with the central Swiss cantons. A concordat initiated by him in 1613 with the St. Gallen monastery , which was supplemented again in 1624, laid down the legal conceptions of the bishops and abbots. This church treaty was the basis for an independent, own St. Gallic collegiate curia, which was called the officialate .
The silver high altar in the choir of the Konstanz Minster was donated by Bishop Jakob Fugger. During his term of office, the convent on the south side of the Abbey Church of the Marienmünster, Reichenau Monastery , was rebuilt.
He was also the builder of the Princely House in Meersburg , which owes its name to him and was acquired more than two hundred years later by the poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff .
Web links
literature
- Herbert Frey : Jakob Fugger. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 20, 2010 .
- Hans Jürgen Rieckenberg: Fugger, Jakob. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 719 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Holsenbürger, J .: The gentlemen v. Eckenbrock (by Droste-Hülshoff) and their possessions. Münster iW, 1869
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to HLS, in the NDB no place of birth is given
- ↑ according to HLS Konstanz, according to the NDB died in Meersburg, buried in Konstanz
- ^ Herbert Frey: Fugger, Johann Jakob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland ., February 11, 2005
- ^ "The Konstanz Minster" ( Memento from October 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Georg von Hallwyl |
Bishop of Constance 1604 -1626 |
Sixt Werner von Praßberg and Altensummerau |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fugger, Jakob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fugger, Jacob; Fugger, Jacob IV .; Fugger, Johann Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince-Bishop of Constance |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1567 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Meersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1626 |
| Place of death | Meersburg or Konstanz |