Johann Gottfried von Guttenberg
Johann Gottfried Freiherr von Guttenberg (born November 6, 1645 at Marloffstein Castle ; † December 14, 1698 in Würzburg ) was Prince-Bishop of the Würzburg Monastery from 1684 until his death .
Johann Gottfried von Guttenberg in the family context
The von Guttenberg family is a richly wealthy Franconian noble family (see also list of Franconian knight families ). The head office that gives the company its name is Guttenberg , today a municipality in the district of Kulmbach in Upper Franconia . Between 1454 and 1847 the Guttenbergers provided 26 canons in Würzburg alone (see also the list of Würzburg canons ).
Biographical data
At the time of Johann Gottfried von Guttenberg's appointment as Prince-Bishop, Innocent XI. Pope and Leopold I. Kaiser.
In the Palatinate War (1688–1697) the bishop left the military association of the Franconian Empire and entered into an alliance with the emperor, to which he also subordinated troops.
Like his predecessors, Johann Gottfried had the seat of government in the Marienberg fortress in Würzburg , but had decided to build a new court in the city. However, this project was not implemented until 1700 by his successor with a predecessor building for the Würzburg Residence, which was then built from 1720 to 1744 .
In 1688 he founded the brotherhood " Maria Hilf " in Würzburg. In 1689 Johann Gottfried began to build the new moated castle in Kirchlauter . Around 1691 he was also the owner of the Kleinbardorf moated castle . From 1683 to 1697 he had the current Augustinian monastery in Fährbrück built as the client . As early as 1680 he had entrusted the Augustinians with the management of the Münnerstadt high school . In 1686 he appeared with construction work on the Frauenroth monastery . From 1686 to 1693 he had the Ursuline monastery in Kitzingen built according to plans by Antonio Petrini . In 1691 he donated an altar to the Church of St. Vitus in Veitshöchheim . In the period from 1692 to 1701 he was the builder of the pilgrimage church Mariabuchen near Lohr am Main .
In 1691 the bishop protected Jewish families from Bibergau and Schernau , who were accused of ritual murder of a child, from attacks by the angry Christian population.
Guttenberg died in 1698 and was buried in Würzburg.
There is a portrait of the bishop made by the engraver Johann Salver .
coat of arms
The Prince-Bishop's coat of arms is quartered . Fields two and three take up the family coat of arms of the von Guttenberg family. The Guttenbergers wear a golden rose on a blue background as their coat of arms . The crest shows a tournament hat equipped with five moss pistons. The first field contains the Franconian rake for the Duchy of Franconia and the fourth field a racing flag in red and silver for the Diocese of Würzburg .
literature
- Johann Daniel Sommer: The cabinet of the Würzburg Prince-Bishop Johann Gottfried von Guttenberg . 2004.
- Alfred Wendehorst: Johann Gottfried. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 352 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Würzburg - a heraldic delicacy from Bernhard Peter
- Coats of arms of the Würzburg prince-bishops
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b http://www.lebendige-seelsorge.de/bwo/dcms/sites/bistum/extern/veitshoechheim/stvitusvhh/vituskirche.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically defective marked. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: pp. 632 f.
- ^ Renaissance castle in Sulzfeld-Kleinbardorf. Retrieved November 21, 2015 .
- ↑ Fährbrück in a new splendor. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007 ; accessed on November 21, 2015 .
- ^ History of the grammar school. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 22, 2015 ; accessed on November 21, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.burkardroth.de/frau.htm
- ↑ see NDB, data according to the Handbuch der Bayerischen Geschichte ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.bnmsp.de/home/e.huber/lohr2/mbuchen.htm
- ↑ http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/bibergau_synagoge.htm
- ↑ on the funeral sermon and burial of the bishop see Birgit Boge, Ralf Georg Bogner (eds.): Oratio funebris. The Catholic funeral sermon of the early modern period . Rodopi, Amsterdam et al. 1999, ISBN 9042007486 , p. 24f. ( Google Books )
gallery
Coat of arms of the von Guttenberg family
Schilling from 1692 with the increased coat of arms of Johann Gottfried
Coat of arms of Johann Gottfried von Guttenberg on the portal of the parish church of St. Vitus (Veitshöchheim)
Kirchlauter moated castle
Kleinbardorf moated castle
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Konrad Wilhelm von Wernau |
Prince-Bishop of Würzburg 1684–1698 |
Johann Philipp von Greiffenclau zu Vollraths |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guttenberg, Johann Gottfried von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guttenberg, Johann Gottfried Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince-Bishop of Würzburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1645 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | at Marloffstein Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1698 |
| Place of death | Wurzburg |