Johannes II. Nix von Hoheneck

Coat of arms of the noble family Nix von Hoheneck

Johannes II. Nix von Hoheneck († September 8, 1467 , in Pforzheim ) was Bishop of Speyer from 1459 to 1464.

Life

Johannes II. Nix von Hoheneck, who also had the suffix called Enzenberger , came from the von Hoheneck family (Pforzheim) . The Speyer historian Franz Xaver Remling claims that his family branch came from Enzberg Castle.

He is characterized as a man of "excellent erudition, impeccable way of life and lively activity" and appears in a document on December 22, 1441 as the Speyer canon . On December 16, 1443, he began his studies at the University of Heidelberg as “Canon in Mainz and Speyer” . From 1454 Nix von Hoheneck is also known as the Worms Canon, and around 1457 he became provost there . In 1455 he rose to the dean of Mainz Cathedral .

On September 17th, 1459 Johannes Nix von Hoheneck was elected Bishop of Speyer. In the Mainz collegiate feud , not least because of family interests, he sided with Baden and the Brandenburg coalition. This made him the opponent of Frederick I of the Palatinate . He had to submit to him after the battle of Seckenheim and was forced to abdicate on July 4th, 1464, which Pope Pius II accepted on August 8th of that year. When choosing the successor, Friedrich I campaigned for the appointment of his chancellor Matthias von Rammung .

At the time of the abdication, Nix von Hoheneck Castle Obergrombach was left for lifelong use as an emeritus. There he retired and in 1467, shortly before his death, moved to Pforzheim, where he was buried in the choir of the Franciscan Church in Pforzheim (now called Barfüßerkirche ). In Obergrombach, the bishop apparently had the castle chapel painted, as indicated by the coat of arms that has been preserved there.

Also at the cath. Parish church St. Ulrich in Deidesheim , a large coat of arms of the bishop is embedded in the ground floor of the west tower.

Coat of arms stone of the bishop (family coat of arms as a heart shield placed on the Speyer diocese coat of arms); Exterior of the parish church of St. Ulrich, Deidesheim

coat of arms

The prince-bishop's coat of arms is usually quartered . The fields of the coat of arms alternate with the family coat of arms of the Hoheneck and the coat of arms of the diocese of Speyer, a silver cross on a blue background. The family coat of arms of the Hoheneck is quartered with alternating black and silver fields. The two silver fields are covered with a red crossbar .

literature

• Hans Ammerich : The diocese of Speyer and its history , Volume 2: From the Staufer period (1125) to the beginning of the 16th century ; Kehl am Rhein 1999; ISBN 3-927095-44-3 ; Pp. 28-29.
• Konrad von Busch and Franz Xaver Glasschröder : Choir Rule and Younger Sea Book of the Old Speyer Cathedral Chapter , Speyer, Historischer Verein der Pfalz, 1923, pages 547 and 548 (with biographical information on the person)
• Siegmund F. Gehres: Johann Reuchlin's life and the memorabilia of his hometown: a contribution to the customer of German customs , Karlsruhe, 1815, p. 72; (Digital scan of the year of death and place of burial)

Web links

• Digital scan of a document from the bishop for the consecration of the altar in Lomersheim, 1462  in the German Digital Library
• Gravestone with coat of arms of the Nix von Hoheneck (1st picture, bottom left)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Franz Xaver Remling : History of the Bishops of Speyer , Volume 2, Mainz, 1854, p. 110; (Digital scan)
2. ↑ ibid
3. ↑ ibid, p. 137; (Digital scan)
4. ^ Website of the former Franciscan monastery in Pforzheim
5. ^ Website of the Franciscan Church in Pforzheim
6. ↑ Journal for the History of the Upper Rhine , Volume 6, 1891, p. 83; (Detail scan)

predecessor	Office	successor
Siegfried III. from Venningen	Bishop of Speyer 1459–1464	Matthias von Rammung