Johann Molner

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Johann Molner , sometimes also Moller († January 1, 1540 in Speyer ) was a Cistercian and the last ruling abbot of Neuenkamp Monastery in what is now Franzburg , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .

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Neuenkamp monastery church
Kampischer Hof Stralsund, 1535 the domicile of Abbot Johann Molner

Molner was a Catholic priest and belonged to the Cistercian order. From 1533 he was abbot of the important Neuenkamp monastery. Since then he has called himself Johann IV von Neuenkamp.

The sovereign, Duke Philip I of Pomerania-Wolgast , introduced the Reformation in his territory in 1534 and also had the monasteries closed. Molner was a staunch advocate of the ancient belief. On May 8, 1535, he was forced to sign a contract in which he handed over the monastery for dissolution, but secured certain rights for himself and his confreres. According to the contract, he then went to the monastery-owned Kampischer Hof in Stralsund , where he was to reside from then on.

It soon became apparent that essential contractual agreements were being disregarded by the government. She also took hold of liturgical objects such as precious vestments and church implements. From Stralsund, Molner raised in October 1535 a. a. Complaint to the Pomeranian Knighthood and finally revoked the contract, supported by King Ferdinand I. He turned to the Imperial Court of Justice in Speyer and obtained a complaint there on November 23 of that year. Stralsund expelled Johann Molner and he was threatened with arrest. Thereupon he left the city at the turn of the year 1535/36 and went into exile in Speyer, where he personally conducted the negotiations before the Imperial Court of Justice.

The lawsuit to restore Neuenkamp Abbey ultimately came to nothing. However, in order to protect itself against the threat of imperial intervention, Pomerania joined the Schmalkaldic League because of this matter .

death

In the course of his efforts and during the pending proceedings, Johann Molner died on January 1, 1540 in Speyer. He was buried in the Speyer Cathedral (probably in the cloister, near the still preserved Mount of Olives). The date of death and the place of burial are recorded in the cathedral's younger Seelbuch , where it is also noted that he had donated a memorial for himself there.

literature

  • Andreas Niemeck: The Cistercian monasteries Neuenkamp and Hiddensee in the Middle Ages , Volume 37 of: Publications of the historical commission for Pomerania , Böhlau Verlag, 2002, pp. 281–287, ISBN 341214701X (digital scan )
  • Konrad von Busch and Franz Xaver Glasschröder : Choir Rule and Younger Sea Book of the old Speier Cathedral Chapter. Historical Museum of the Palatinate, Speyer 1923, p. 34 u. 35

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sources for Pomeranian History , Volume 1 a. 2 of: Publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania , Böhlau Verlag, 1961, p. 57, footnote 2; (Detail scan)
  2. ↑ Hans Branig et al. Werner Buchholz: History of Pomerania , Volume 22, Part 1, Volume 22 of: Publications of the historical commission for Pomerania , Böhlau Verlag, 1997, p. 105, ISBN 3412071897 ; (Detail scan)
  3. ^ Andreas Niemeck: The Cistercian monasteries Neuenkamp and Hiddensee in the Middle Ages , Volume 37 of: Publications of the historical commission for Pomerania , Böhlau Verlag, 2002, pp. 281-287, ISBN 341214701X
  4. ↑ Friedrich L. von Medem: History of the introduction of Protestant teaching in the Duchy of Pomerania , Greifswald, 1837, pp. 229-231 (digital scan of the complaint)
  5. ^ Hans Branig: History of Pomerania Part I; From the emergence of the modern state to the loss of state independence 1300-1648 . Pp. 105/106. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne Weimar Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-412-07189-7
personal data
SURNAME Molner, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moller, Johann; Johann IV of Neuenkamp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Cistercian abbot
DATE OF BIRTH before 1533
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1540
Place of death Speyer