Johann von Heppenheim called from the hall

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Family coat of arms called Heppenheim from the hall

Johann von Heppenheim called vom Saal (* 1609 ; † February 3, 1672 ; in Mainz ) was a noble canon in the Archdiocese of Mainz , in the Principality of Worms and in the Principality of Würzburg , as well as Chancellor of the University of Heidelberg .

Origin and family

He came from the ancient noble family of the Lords of Heppenheim called vom Saal and was the son of Gottfried von Heppenheim called vom Saal and his wife Agatha Lerch von Dirmstein (sister of Caspar IV. Lerch and the abbess Anna Lerch von Dirmstein , who in 1632 presented the Hildegardis relics before the Annihilation preserved). The family lived mainly in their castle in Gau-Heppenheim . With his brother Georg Anton von Heppenheim called vom Saal († 1684), officer and bailiff from the Würzburg prince-bishop , the male line died out. He was married to Anna Franziska Faust von Stromberg († 1668), sister of the Würzburg cathedral provost Franz Ludwig Faust von Stromberg (1605–1673).

Both great aunt, Anna von Heppenheim called from the hall. had married Philipp Erwein von der Leyen († 1593); their daughter Maria Barbara von der Leyen († 1631) married Georg von Schönborn († 1613). The latter are the parents of the Elector of Mainz Johann Philipp von Schönborn , the grandparents of Elector Lothar Franz von Schönborn , and the great-grandparents of the four Prince Bishops Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn (Würzburg), Friedrich Karl von Schönborn (Würzburg and Bamberg), Franz Georg von Schönborn (Trier and Worms) and Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn-Buchheim (Speyer). Through them, the coat of arms of the Heppenheim called from the hall passed into the Schönborn family coat of arms and therefore also adorns the many churches and castles built by these bishops.

Life

Johann embarked on a spiritual career. He appears in the cathedral chapter minutes of Worms from 1617, 1619–1626 he was released for study, he is named as canon from 1641, in 1654 he was elected provost of the cathedral there . In Würzburg , Johann von Heppenheim, named vom Saal, became domicellar in 1622 and cathedral capitular in 1627 , and finally in 1653 he was elected provost of the Neumünster monastery in Würzburg . In Mainz he joined the cathedral chapter in 1636, became governor in 1648, cathedral dean in 1653 and provost in 1668; here he stayed mostly. Study visits to Freiburg (1630) and Perugia (1634) are also documented for Georg Anton and his brother Johann von Heppenheim, named vom Saal .

Wappenstein, Mainz Cathedral (today's Sacrament Chapel)
Epitaph plate in the cloister of the Mainz Cathedral

As Provost of Worms, he was also Chancellor of Heidelberg University. At Heidelberg University he defended the traditional rights of the Provost of Worms as university chancellor, against the Reformation-influenced Electoral Palatinate .

Johann von Heppenheim called vom Saal and his great cousin Elector Johann Philipp von Schönborn were the founders of the Catholic seminary in Mainz in 1660 and his book holdings formed the basis of the Martinus Library there . In 1665 he acquired the Mainzer Hof zum Homberg and founded the city's first orphanage and the archbishopric there. In Erfurt and Würzburg he was also one of the co-founders of the orphanages.

In Würzburg and Mainz, Johann von Heppenheim supported the clergy reformer Bartholomäus Holzhauser and his community of Bartholomites .

He was also very interested in science, owned laboratories in Frankfurt and Würzburg and was co-owner of a mine in the Taunus. In 1666, the year of the plague, the dean of the cathedral remained in Mainz as one of the very few dignitaries and as a representative of the elector who fled to Würzburg, took up the fight against the epidemic and fought it with targeted measures.

Johann von Heppenheim called vom Saal suffered badly from Podagra (gout) and died in 1672. He was buried in the former Barbara Chapel (today's Sacrament Chapel) of Mainz Cathedral . There is his coat of arms stone next to the altar he donated in 1657. In the cloister of the cathedral there is also a simple stone slab with a memorial inscription to his death. Another coat of arms stone, similar to the one in Mainz Cathedral, is preserved in the building of the former Capuchin monastery in Bensheim .

The local historian Rolf Konrad Becker from Gau-Heppenheim has done extensive research on the person of the cathedral dean, has a large collection of material and gave a lecture on him in 2014 in Mainz.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogical website about the couple ( Memento from December 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Genealogical website about the couple ( Memento from December 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Biography of the venerable servant of God Bartholomäus Holzhauser, renewer of the community life of the secular priests , 1st part, Augsburg, 1813, pp. 103 and 104; (Digital scan)
  4. ↑ Historical website about the Mainz cathedral chapter, with its own section on the work of the cathedral dean Johann von Heppenheim called vom Saal
  5. ^ Udo Kindermann: Art monuments between Antwerp and Trient: Descriptions and evaluations of the Jesuit Daniel Papebroch from 1660 , Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, 2002, ISBN 3-412-16701-0 , p. 66; (Digital scan)
  6. ↑ Website of the diocese of Mainz on the redesign of the cathedral sacraments chapel (the coat of arms of the cathedral dean of Heppenheim is visible under the window on a photo)
  7. ↑ Website with reference to the Bensheimer coat of arms and a photo of it
  8. ↑ Website of the diocese of Mainz for the lecture about cathedral dean Johann von Heppenheim called from the hall
personal data
SURNAME Heppenheim called vom Saal, Johann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heppenheim vom Saal, Johann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nobleman, provost in Worms and Mainz, dean of the cathedral in Mainz, chancellor of Heidelberg University
DATE OF BIRTH 1609
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1672
Place of death Mainz