Joachim von Gravenegg
Joachim von Gravenegg (* 1594 at Burgberg Castle ; † January 4, 1671 in Fulda ) was Prince Abbot of Fulda from 1644 to 1671 .
Life
The parents were Count Ferdinand von Gravenegg and his wife Brigitta, geb. Humpis from Walhambs.
Joachim von Gravenegg was a student at the papal seminary in Fulda from 1608 to 1613. In 1619 he joined the Kempten Abbey . At the request of the then abbot Hermann Georg von Neuhof , a college friend, Joachim moved to the Fulda Abbey in 1635 and became provost of Petersberg. From 1638 he was provost of Holzkirchen .
On January 28, 1644, Joachim was elected successor to Hermann Georg von Neuhof in Schloss zu Neuhof , after coadjutor Salentin von Sinzig had waived his right to succeed in exchange for financial compensation. On May 6, 1647, Pope Innocent X confirmed the election and on November 6, 1648, Abbot Joachim was appointed by Emperor Ferdinand III. enfeoffed with the regalia.
Joachim's most important task after the end of the Thirty Years War was the repair of the collegiate church and the economic consolidation of the monastery. Through his economical economy he was able to pay off all debts of the abbey until his death. In 1656 the decades-long dispute over the imperial immediacy of the Buchon knighthood was ended with a settlement. In 1658 Joachim handed over the pilgrimage church on the Volkersberg to the Franciscans for the purpose of settlement. In 1667, Joachim began building the new convent building, which today serves as the episcopal seminary .
In the ecclesiastical area, Joachim expanded the quasi-episcopal position of the Fulda abbot, in particular through the so-called "Hammelburg Treaty" concluded with the Würzburg bishop in 1662 .
At the request of the emperor and probably also because of his advanced age, Prince Abbot Joachim accepted Bernhard Gustav von Baden-Durlach as his coadjutor in 1667 with the approval of the monastery chapter . Joachim died in 1671 and was buried in the St. Andrew's Chapel in the collegiate church.
literature
- Josef Leinweber: The Fulda abbots and bishops . Frankfurt, 1989
- Gravenegg, Joachim von Hessische Biographie at Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen
Web links
- Portrait (Public Domain Marked) at Europeana
- Coat of arms at PICRYL (Public Domain Collections)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Hermann Georg von Neuhof |
Prince Abbot of Fulda 1644–1671 |
Bernhard Gustav of Baden-Durlach |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gravenegg, Joachim von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gravenegg, Joachim Graf von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince Abbot of Fulda |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1594 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Burgberg Castle (Allgäu) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 1671 |
| Place of death | Fulda |