Johann Wilhelm Wolff von Metternich to the canal

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Coat of arms and inscription on the portal of the Matthias Chapel in Paderborn Cathedral

Johann Wilhelm Wolff von Metternich zur Gracht (born November 13, 1624 - † December 15, 1694 ) was a noble canon from the dynasty of the Barons Wolff von Metternich zur Gracht .

origin

He was one of 16 children of the married couple Johann Adolf Wolff Metternich zur Gracht (1592–1669) and Maria Catharina geb. from Hall . His father acted as Privy Councilor and confidante of Duke Wolfgang Wilhelm von Jülich-Berg , Archbishop of Cologne Ferdinand of Bavaria and the Bavarian Electors Maximilian I and Ferdinand Maria . The father was in turn raised by his uncles, cathedral dean Adolph Wolff von Metternich zur Gracht (1553-1619) and Jesuit priest Wilhelm Wolff von Metternich zur Gracht (1563-1636). Both are considered outstanding Tridentine reformers in what was then the Principality of Speyer .

Life

The Wolff-Metternich-Hof (right) on Neubrunnenplatz in Mainz, around 1845
Coat of arms cope in the Speyer Cathedral Treasure , Palatinate History Museum , Speyer
Epitaph in Mainz Cathedral

Johann Wilhelm Wolff von Metternich zur Gracht entered the clergy. He became canon of Paderborn , in 1649 cathedral capitular in Mainz . There he was promoted in 1675 to Domscholaster , 1679 to Domdekan and 1685 the provost , a post which he held until his death. According to his funerary inscription, he was also provost of the cathedral in Münster and Paderborn as well as the secret council of Elector Anselm Franz von Ingelheim .

In Mainz the clergyman had the Wolff-Metternich-Hof built on Neubrunnenplatz in the Bleichenviertel from 1685 , which had to give way to the new building of the Mainzer Volksbank in 1901 .

In Paderborn, his brother Hermann Werner Wolff von Metternich zur Gracht (1625–1704) had been Prince-Bishop since 1684 . The Paderborn Cathedral had been devastated since the Thirty Years War and was gradually being restored. The brother financed the construction and furnishing of the Elisabeth chapel , Johann Wilhelm Wolff von Metternich took over the same task for the Matthias chapel of the cathedral .

His sister Anna Adriana Wolff von Metternich zur Gracht (1621–1698), was abbess to St. Maria im Kapitol , Cologne , from 1693 .

In the east choir of Mainz Cathedral , Wolff von Metternich donated the Maria-Himmelfahrts- Altar in 1683, a work by Arnold Harnisch , with a depiction of Mary by the painter Johann Baptist Ruel . In front of this he was buried as requested. The grave slab is preserved in the cathedral, but it has been moved to another place. The high quality marble altar was acquired in 1868 when the cathedral was redesigned by the Mainz leather dealer Johann Kappes, who donated it to the St. Michaels Church in his home town of Lörzweiler . It is still there today as a high altar and bears the coat of arms of the canon.

In the Speyer cathedral treasure , which is exhibited in the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Speyer , there is a magnificent red coat of arms cope of the provost Johann Wilhelm Wolff von Metternich on the canal. It was a foundation for the Mainz Cathedral and came to Speyer around 1820, along with other sacred objects, apparently from Aschaffenburg . When Aschaffenburg fell to the Kingdom of Bavaria , part of the Mainz church treasures were stored there, which King Maximilian I Joseph mostly gave away to the diocese of Speyer , which was then just rebuilt in his country , especially since its first bishop, Matthäus Georg von Chandelle, came from there and here so far (formerly Mainz) had headed the Vicariate General.

literature

  • Manfred Becker-Huberti: The Tridentine Reform in the Diocese of Münster under Prince Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen: 1650 to 1678 , Volume 6, from: Westfalia sacra , Verlag Aschendorff, 1978, p. 410, (detail scan)
  • Johann Peter Schunk: Additions to the history of Mainz, with documents, Volume 2, Mainz , 1789, pp. 67–69; (Digital scan with epitaph)
  • Anton Fahne: The dynasts, barons and current counts of Bocholtz , Volume 1, 2nd section, p. 128, Cologne, 1859; (Digital scan with family tree)

Web links

Commons : Johann Wilhelm Wolff von Metternich zur Gracht  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ KA Schaab: History of the City of Mainz , Volume 2, p. 300, Mainz, 1844; (Digital scan)
  2. ↑ Newspaper article in the Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz, January 10, 2015
  3. ↑ Hanna Stommel: Short biography about their father (PDF document)
  4. ^ Karl Josef Schmitz: Basics and beginnings of baroque church architecture in Westphalia , Volume 10 of: Studies and sources on Westphalian history , Association for History and Antiquity of Westphalia, 1969, p. 98; (Detail scan)
  5. ^ Website of the altar in Lörzweiler
  6. ^ Archives for Hessian History and Archeology , Volume 13, Historischer Verein für Hessen, 1874, p. 373 u. 374; (Digital scan)
  7. ↑ Sabine Kaufmann: Imperial Cathedral and Cathedral Treasure , Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, 2001, p. 110, (detail scan)
personal data
SURNAME Wolff von Metternich to the canal, Johann Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann Wilhelm Wolff-Metternich to the canal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baron, Canon in Mainz and Paderborn
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1624
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1694