Johannes Knuss
Johannes Knuß or Johannes Knaus OSB (* in Biberach ; † August 27, 1476 in Ochsenhausen ) was the 4th abbot of the later Imperial Abbey of Ochsenhausen in what is now the Biberach district in Upper Swabia .
Life
John joined with twelve years in the monastery of the Congregation of Benedictine one. He came from a respected family in Biberach. Under Abbot Michael Ryssel at the age of sixteen he asked for admission to the order. He held several offices within the monastery, such as that of cellar master and monastery economist. In 1468 he was elected abbot by the convent . A major challenge in his reign was the first time in Swabia occurring plague . In the area of what is now Germany , the epidemic first appeared in 1349, and the plague did not reach Upper Swabia until 1470. Whole hamlets and villages and not just individual houses were then uninhabited. Johannes Knuß proved himself in this situation. He had remedies from the monastery pharmacy distributed free of charge to the population and set up a feeding system for the poor in the monastery kitchen .
Bellamont
As a result of the plague in 1470, not a single person lived in the village of Bellamont . As a result, the village was re- parished in neighboring Ellwangen . Abbot Johannes encouraged the resettlement of residents in the village. After the settlement of new residents, he received from the Bishop of Constance Hermann III. von Breitenlandenberg granted permission to incorporate Bellamont into the parish association of the Ochsenhausen monastery. Despite his efforts and services to Bellamont, however, the pastor of Ellwangen steadfastly, but in vain, refused this integration.
literature
- Georg Geisenhof : Brief history of the former Reichsstift Ochsenhausen in Swabia. Ganser, Ottobeuren 1829, pp. 56–59 ( digitized version ).
- Volker Himmelein (ed.): Old monasteries, new masters. The secularization in the German southwest 1803. Large state exhibition Baden-Württemberg 2003. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7995-0212-2 (exhibition catalog and essay volume).
- Volker Himmelein, Franz Quarthal (Ed.): Vorderösterreich, Only the tail feather of the imperial eagle? The Habsburgs in the German southwest. Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Ulm 1999, ISBN 3-88294-277-0 (catalog of the state exhibition).
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Michael Ryssel OSB |
Abbot of Ochsenhausen 1468–1476 |
Jodoku's brother OSB |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kiss, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knauß, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | fourth abbot of the later imperial abbey of Ochsenhausen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Biberach an der Riss |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1476 |
| Place of death | Ochsenhausen |