John III from Elbogen
John III von Elbogen (* before 1300 in Elbogen ) was abbot of the Waldsassen monastery from 1310 to 1323.
Johannes came from an old noble family from Egerland , which had numerous possessions in the Egerer and Elbogen districts and has been known since 1163. He was the first Egerlander as abbot in the Waldsassen monastery .
His tenure ranged from 1310 to 1323 and was very difficult. Johannes was friends with Abbot Peter von Zittau , Abbot of the Königsaal . He himself is a chronicler of the Waldsassen monastery and also wrote the work of deeds and examples of famous Waldsassen monks . He is considered to be a supporter of Johann von Böhmen from Luxembourg when he ascended the throne as King of Bohemia .
Members of the Vogtland noble family von Haslau were in a feud with the monastery in 1311 , which broke out when subjects of the monastery had killed the Bärnau judge Konrad von Haslau. In 1317 Heinrich Rorer was killed by the monastery 's submissive farmers. His family had previously made claims in Altalbenreuth in the Frais , which were claimed against the monastery with the acquisition of Hardeck Castle . On April 22, 1317 there was a settlement.
After the Nuremberg burgrave Friedrich IV had devastated the monastery, abbot Johannes III brought a lawsuit. with the Roman-German Emperor Ludwig IV. for the transfer of the parish of Berngau in the diocese of Eichstätt as compensation. The village of Schönbach was made a town on January 9, 1319, combined with the privilege of holding a weekly market. He resigned his office prematurely in 1323, spent his twilight years at Hardeck Castle near Neualbenreuth and died in 1329.
Many important men belonged to his ancestors and descendants. B. Berengar von Elbogen, who was named as a Teutonic Knight in 1228. Johann Ellbogner (* around 1350, died in Waldsassen in 1404), monk in Waldsassen, 1380 and later as Johann II. Bishop of Regensburg and another Johann Elbogner (* around 1380, died after 1433), who was Bishop of Agram in 1423, successor of Passau Bishop Georg Hohenlohe and was Chancellor of Emperor Sigismund for 10 years.
literature
- Rudolf Langhammer : Waldsassen - monastery and town . Waldsassen 1936, p. 46f.
- Josef Weinmann: Egerländer Biographical Lexicon with selected people from the former Reg.Bez. Eger, Volume 1. Männedorf / ZH 1985. ISBN 3-922808-12-3 , p. 127 and p. 246.
- Josef Weinmann: Egerländer as abbots of the Waldsassen monastery, in: Yearbook of the Egerländer, 1978.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Langhammer, p. 149.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Udalrich |
Abbot of Waldsassen 1310-1323 |
John IV. Grübel |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | John III from Elbogen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of the Waldsassen Monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1300 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elbow |
| DATE OF DEATH | 14th Century |