Joseph Christian Franz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein
Joseph Christian Franz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein or Joseph (Christian Franz Karl Ignaz) Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartensein (born November 6, 1740 in Bartenstein in Württemberg ; † January 21, 1817 ) was Prince-Bishop of Breslau .
Life
Joseph came from the old noble family von Hohenlohe , line Waldenburg- Bartenstein and was born as the son of the Wetzlar Reich Chamberlain and ruling Prince Carl Philipp Franz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein and his wife Sophia Maria Friderica Charlotte von Hessen-Homburg . One of his brothers was Prince Ludwig Carl Franz Leopold zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein (1731–1799).
He was canon in Cologne , Strasbourg and Salzburg . On the recommendation of the Prussian King Friedrich II. He became canon of Breslau in 1781 , where he rose to coadjutor on November 12, 1787 and to provost of the cathedral in 1789 . On August 3, 1789 he was appointed titular bishop of Lerus appointed and on 27 September 1789 the auxiliary bishop in Strasbourg Jean Jacques Lantz (Johann Jacob Lantz) ordained .
After the death of Wroclaw Bishop Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch , Joseph Christian Franz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein was elected as his successor on January 5, 1795.
During his tenure, the prince-bishop's residence was rebuilt in a classicist style after a fire . In 1801 he founded the school commission as the supervisory authority.
As a result of the second and third partition of Poland , the Archdiocese of Breslau was enlarged in 1801 to include the Archipresbyterate of Czestochowa . After Prussia lost this area again in the Napoleonic Wars , it was finally spun off from the Breslau diocese in 1818.
Secularization fell in Prussia in 1810 during Joseph's reign . Subsequently, all goods located on Prussian territory, that is about 90%, and the property of the archbishop and his cathedral chapter were confiscated. The only exceptions were the monasteries and monasteries, which were used for nursing or education for young people. The goods in the Austrian diocese remained in the possession of the prince-bishop. That is probably why Joseph was buried in a crypt in the cemetery in Jauernig after his death .
In 1776, Joseph was a member of a Freemason Lodge of the Strict Observance in Bonn .
literature
- Karl Kastner: Wroclaw Bishops . East German publishing company, Breslau 1895.
- Schematism of the diocese of Breslau and the delegation district annexed by it for the year 1859. G. Ph. Aderholz, Breslau 1859. p. 4.
- Michael Sachs: 'Prince-Bishop and Vagabond'. The story of a friendship between the Prince-Bishop of Breslau Heinrich Förster (1799–1881) and the writer and actor Karl von Holtei (1798–1880). Edited textually based on the original Holteis manuscript. In: Medical historical messages. Journal for the history of science and specialist prose research. Volume 35, 2016 (2018), pp. 223–291, here: p. 273 ( The Prince-Bishops of the Diocese of Breslau in the 19th Century ).
- Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner, Dieter A. Binder: International Freemason Lexicon . Revised and expanded new edition (as of February 2000) of the 1932 edition. Herbig, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-7766-2161-3 , p. 398.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch |
Prince Bishop of Breslau 1795 - 1817 |
Emanuel von Schimonsky |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein, Joseph Christian Franz zu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince-Bishop of Wroclaw |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1740 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bartenstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1817 |