Johann Franz von Preysing

Prince-Bishop Johann Franz von Preysing

Johann Franz von Preysing (also Johann Franz Freiherr von Preysing-Hohenaschau ; * February 23, 1615 in Munich ; † July 8, 1687 ) was Prince-Bishop of Chiemsee from 1670 to 1687 .

Life

Johann Franz von Preysing was baron von Altenpreysing, lord in Hohenaschau , Söllhuben and Reichersbeuern . His parents were the Bavarian statesman Johann Christoph von Preysing and his first wife Benigna von Freiberg .

After childhood in Munich and Landshut , Johann Franz von Preysing graduated from the Jesuit high school in Munich in 1632 (today Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich ). He then matriculated at the University of Ingolstadt and later studied in Siena . Since 1625 he had a canonical in Salzburg and in 1631 he received one in Passau . He was promoted to senior in both cathedral chapters, but gave up in 1670. In 1654/55 he was twice as envoy of Archbishop Guidobald von Thun in Innsbruck, the second stay taking place on the occasion of the presence of the Swedish Queen Christina . Since he apparently had diplomatic skills, he was appointed to the archbishop's secret council in 1655. In 1664 he was raised to the rank of imperial count and only ordained a priest in 1668.

After the death of the Chiemsee Bishop Franz Vigil von Spaur und Valör , the Salzburg Archbishop Max Gandolf von Kuenburg appointed the 55-year-old Johann Franz von Preysing as his successor on February 4, 1670. After the archbishop's confirmation on June 27th d. J. and the episcopal ordination on August 25th. J. took office on August 31, 1670.

During his tenure, he arranged for the reconstruction of Fischhorn Castle , which had been destroyed during the Salzburg Peasants' War in 1526. In 1674 he merged the Chiemsee possessions in Bischofshofen into a Hofmark . For economic reasons, he sold the Chiemsee property in Guggental near Salzburg as well as the Raab and Ort court brands in the Innviertel , as well as the episcopal vineyards in Arnsdorf , as well as a Kumpfmühle and a house in Salzburg. He probably acquired the former noble seats in Rohrdorf and Nussdorf as private property. The Kaplanei Reith he converted 1674 to a Vicariate order and 1680 he solved the hitherto to Parish Prien am Chiemsee belonging Aschau and raised it to a self Parish. From 1676 the Herrenchiemsee Cathedral was rebuilt by the master builder Lorenzo Sciasca and consecrated in 1679 by Bishop Johann Franz von Preysing. As early as 1677, he founded a weekly mass in the chapel of Hohenaschau Castle , which was family-owned. He gave the Preysing house chapel in Munich paraments and tools. In the chapel of his Salzburg residence, the Chiemseehof , he built a small place of grace.

After his death, his body was buried in the Salzburg Cathedral and his heart in the Salzburg Franciscan Church.

literature

• Erwin Naimer: Preysing-Hohenaschau, Johann Franz Freiherr (Reichsgraf since 1664) von (1615–1687) . In: Erwin Gatz : The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1648−1803 , ISBN 3-428-06763-0 , pp. 350–351.

Web links

• Entry on Johann Franz von Preysing on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 1, p. 63.

predecessor	Office	successor
Franz Vigil von Spaur and Valör	Bishop of Chiemsee 1670–1687	Sigmund Ignaz von Wolkenstein-Trostburg