Johannes von Hohenlohe

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Johannes von Hohenlohe,
epitaph in the Buckow village church

Johannes von Hohenlohe-Uffenheim - also Johann von Hohenlohe (-Speckfeld) - (* around 1370 in Franconia ; † October 24, 1412 near Kremmen ) was a German knight .

Life

He came from the Hohenlohe family and was the son of Gottfried III. von Hohenlohe and Anna von Henneberg , daughter of Count Johann I von Henneberg-Schleusingen . He named himself “von Speckfeld” after his Speckfeld Castle .

At first Johann could not contribute anything to his own livelihood. Therefore, on January 5, 1398, he sold the city of Lauda from the family property to Count Palatine Ruprecht the Younger . Then he joined the burgrave Friedrich IV of Nuremberg as a knight , who in turn performed administrative tasks in foreign services in north-east German lands. In order to settle disputes with the Pomeranian dukes Otto and Casimir , the burgrave (later Margrave and Elector Friedrich I of Brandenburg) finally took to the field near the Brandenburg Kremmen . Here was Johann von Hohenlohe in the Battle of the Kremmer dam . Since he was childless, his possessions came to his brothers-in-law Leonhard zu Castell and Friedrich III through his sisters Anna and Elisabeth . Gift of Limpurg .

Commemoration

The cross on Kremmer Damm

At the point of his death there was initially a simple wooden cross. More than 400 years later, however, Friedrich Wilhelm (later King of Prussia ) had a large stone memorial cross built in its place, which an attentive observer can still see on the roadside of the L  19.

For the Berlin Siegesallee designed Ludwig Manzel the Monument Group 15 with a still image I. Frederick in the center, flanked by the side pieces (busts) of Johannes von Hohenlohe (left) and Governor Wend of Ileburg . The unveiling of the group took place on August 28, 1900.

His epitaph , originally in the Franciscan Church in Berlin , is now in the Buckow village church . Then Johannes von Hohenlohe appears as a young man in black dress, armor and white cloak, kneeling before the gentleman who is holding the whip and rod in his hands; above the eagle of the Zollern and the coat of arms of Hohenlohe. The inscription reads: After the birth of Christ, ten hundred jar and in the czwelfth jar on sant columbanus days, the high-born count, lord Johans von Hohenlohe, passed away. That was fine.

literature

  • Gustav Bossert:  Johann zu Hohenlohe . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 691 f.
  • Gerd Kley: Johann von Hohenlohe-Speckfeld. A nobleman from the Steigerwald dies in 1412 for the entry of the Hohenzollern into German history . In: Württembergisch Franken 99 (2015), pp. 27–46

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bossert .:  Johann zu Hohenlohe . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 691 f.
  2. ^ Max Döllner : History of the development of the city of Neustadt an der Aisch up to 1933. Ph. C. W. Schmidt, Neustadt a. d. Aisch 1950, OCLC 42823280 ; New edition to mark the 150th anniversary of the Ph. C. W. Schmidt publishing house, Neustadt an der Aisch 1828–1978. Ibid 1978, ISBN 3-87707-013-2 , p. 127.
  3. ↑ a b City fires of yore - a stroke of luck for today . In: Christa and Johannes Jankowiak: Brandenburg. Not just sand and heather. Stapp Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-87776-573-9 , p. 15ff.
personal data
SURNAME Johannes von Hohenlohe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johannes von Hohenlohe-Uffenheim; Johann von Hohenlohe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mr. von Hohenlohe-Uffenheim
DATE OF BIRTH around 1370
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1412
Place of death at Kremmen