Johann von Falkenstein

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Johann (es) von Falkenstein was between 1138 and 1145 (1141?) (Counter-?) Abbot of the St. Georgen monastery in the Black Forest .

The St. Georgen Annals, written in the High Middle Ages, mention the appointment and removal of Johann as St. Georgen Abbot in 1138 and 1145. The early modern tradition of the St. Georgen Monastery saw (rightly?) The abbot named in the annals as a noble lord of Falkenstein , at least a member of the von Kappel-Falkenstein family. In 1138 John was appointed by Pope Innocent II (1130–1143) as abbot of St. George, the "beloved son John" received on April 14, 1139 the papal confirmation of the libertas Romana ("Roman freedom") as well as the property and the Rights of the Black Forest Monastery. According to monastery tradition from the 18th century, he is said to have transferred the monastery bailiwick to his family. In 1145 (1141?) He resigned, and his predecessor Friedrich (1134–1138, 1145–1154) was reinstated in St. Georgen “with the permission of the Pope”. Johann is said to have retired to the St. Georgen Priory in Rippoldsau . In summary, the events surrounding Abbots Friedrich and Johann reveal massive disputes within the St. Georgen Reform Convention, which was still so few under Abbot Theoger (1088–1119).

literature

  • Annales Sancti Georgii in Nigra Silva , ed. v. Georg Heinrich Pertz, in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Scriptores in Folio, Vol. 17, 1861, Ndr Stuttgart-New York 1963, pp. 295-298, here: p. 296
  • Michael Buhlmann: The St. Georgen Monastery in the Black Forest and the Lords of Falkenstein (= Vertex Alemanniae, H. 26), St. Georgen 2007, p. 30
  • Hans Harter: Nobility and castles in the upper Kinzig area. Studies on settlement and high medieval rulership in the medieval Black Forest (= research on the history of the Upper Rhine region, vol. 37), Freiburg i.Br.-Munich 1992, p. 182
  • Klaus Schreiner: Studies of social and class history on the Benedictine convents in the eastern Black Forest (= publications of the Commission for historical regional studies in Baden-Württemberg, series B, vol. 31), Stuttgart 1964, p. 223
personal data
SURNAME Johann von Falkenstein
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johannes von Falkenstein
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of the St. Georgen Monastery in the Black Forest
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century or 12th century
DATE OF DEATH 12th Century