Johann Windlock

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Johann Windlock (* in Konstanz ; † January 21, 1356 ibid) was as Johann III. from 1352 to 1356 Bishop of Constance .

Life

Johann Windlock, son of a bourgeois family from Constance, was official of the episcopal court and magister since 1337 and protonotary of Duke Albrecht II of Austria , a Habsburg and most powerful sovereign in the large area of ​​the Constance diocese and canon in Constance, since 1341 . In 1349 he was appointed chancellor by Duke Albrecht. Duke Albrecht had given Johann Windlock the officium cancellarie as chancellor , the management of the dukes' chancellery business. An installation of Johann Windlock as Bishop of Aquileia , forced by Duke Albrecht, failed due to the veto of Pope Clemens VI.

With the support of Duke Albrecht Windlock was first elected canon of Constance and on November 29, 1351 Bishop of Constance and on July 9, 1352 by Pope Clemens VI. approved.

As a reform bishop, Johann Windlock was very committed to stabilizing the ruinous conditions in the diocese of Constance. He reacted decisively and not to the delight of the council and the city lords of Constance. Johann Windlock did not shy away from interdicting or arresting reluctant people, including the most powerful and influential clergy and even the provost of the cathedral .

On January 21, 1356 he was the victim of an assassination attempt in his residence near the Konstanz Minster . Emperor Charles IV then publicly denounced the life of the Constance prelates and called on them to abandon the curial benefice policy and return to their church duties.

literature

  • Andreas Bihrer : Tyrant or Martyr? The murder of Bishop Johann Windlock (1351–1356), his client and the aftermath. In: Protocols of the Constance Working Group for Medieval History No. 375, 1999.
  • Andreas Bihrer: The murder of the Bishop of Constance Johann Windlock (1351-1356) in the perception of contemporaries and posterity. In: Natalie Fryde, Dirk Reitz (Ed.): Bischofsmord im Mittelalter (= publications of the Max Planck Institute for History 191). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-525-35189-5 , pp. 335-392.
  • Veronika Feller-Vest: Johann Windlock. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  • Alfred A. Strnad: On the biography of Johannes Windlock, Bishop of Constance. In: Freiburger Diözesan-Archiv, 84th year 1964, pp. 116-141 ( online ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Andreas Bihrer: Murder at the table. A criminal case from medieval Constance. ( Memento of November 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Accessed September 8, 2015
  2. ^ Christian Lackner : Dukes in Austria. Residences Commission of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, accessed on September 29, 2010
  3. ↑ Emil Werunsky: History of Emperor Charles IV and his time.. Volume 3. New York 1961, p. 377
  4. ^ Helmut Maurer: Constance (Diocese). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 13, 2016 , accessed July 7, 2019 .
  5. ^ Evamaria Engel: Karl IV. Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Central Institute for History, Böhlau, 1982
  6. ↑ Barbara Fleith, René Wetzel: Cultural topography of the German-speaking Southwest in the later Middle Ages. Walter de Gruyter, 2009, p. 225
  7. ^ Review of Ralf Lützelschwab, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Free University of Berlin.
predecessor Office successor
Ulrich Pfefferhard Bishop of Constance
1352–1356 		Albert II of Hohenberg
personal data
SURNAME Windlock, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Constance
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH Constancy
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1356
Place of death Constancy