Johann Philipp von Gebsattel

Johann Philipp von Gebsattel, copper engraving by Johann Salver

Coat of arms of the von Gebsattel family . As bishop, Johann Philipp von Gebsattel continued it as an element in a multiple coat of arms.

Archway on the Giechburg with the multiple coat of arms of the prince-bishop

Johann Philipp von Gebsattel (born May 13, 1555 ; † June 26, 1609 ) was Prince-Bishop of the Bamberg Monastery from 1599 until his death in 1609 .

Johann Philipp von Gebsattel came from the Frankish, imperial-free noble family of the von Gebsattel . The eponymous place Gebsattel is today a municipality in the Central Franconian district of Ansbach .

He was elected bishop in 1599 during the reign of Pope Clement VIII and Emperor Rudolf II . He expanded the Giechburg around 1600 to its considerable size. A late hilltop castle was thus created from a ruined castle, which no longer met the defensive requirements of a contemporary castle and could better be described as a renaissance castle . He began further monumental building activities with the later New Residence in Bamberg.

It was already considered controversial in its day. He is said to have a certain decadent lifestyle, such as cohabitation , and a related neglect of his duties as a bishop. At least he did not follow in the footsteps of his predecessors, who were staunch advocates of the Counter-Reformation .

Grave monument of Johann Philipp von Gebsattels in the Michaelskirche

Since the style restoration of Bamberg Cathedral, his grave monument has been in the Michaelskirche in the left aisle (see also Michelsberg Monastery ).

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp von Gebsattel is square. It includes the von Gebsattel family coat of arms in fields two and three. It shows a silver goat neck with black horns in red. In the first and fourth fields the symbols of sovereignty of the diocese of Bamberg are recorded, a black lion covered by a silver diagonal right-hand bar on a gold background.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.donjon.de/burgen/deutschland/giechburg.htm
2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ http://www.kath-info.de/rippertschwand.html
4. ↑ http://www.mgl-obermaingeschichte.de/Regionalgeschichte/Beilage2000/dip1600.htm

Web links

Commons : Johann Philipp von Gebsattel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Portrait of Johann Philipp in the mug series "Bamberger-Bischöfe" of the brewery Kloster-Brauerei
• Increased coat of arms of Johann Philipp
• Expansion of the Giechburg at burgenwelt.de

predecessor	Office	successor
Neidhardt von Thüngen	Prince-Bishop of Bamberg 1599–1609	Johann Gottfried I of Aschhausen