Karl Philipp von Greiffenclau on Vollrads

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Karl Philipp von Greiffenclau-Vollrads; Ceiling painting portrait by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in the Würzburg Residence .
Grave slab in the Marienkirche of the Marienberg Fortress in Würzburg

Carl Philipp Imperial Baron von Greiffenclau zu Vollraths (* December 1, 1690 at Vollrads Castle in the Rheingau; † November 25, 1754 in Würzburg ) was Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1749 to 1754 .

Life

Carl Philipp's parents were Johann Erwein von Greiffenclau-Vollrads (1663-1727) and his first wife Anna Lioba von Sickingen-Sickingen . His uncle was Johann Philipp von Greiffenclau-Vollraths , who was Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1699 to 1719. His name is also given as Karl Philipp Heinrich Freiherr von Greiffenclau zu Vollraths .

Already domiciliary in Würzburg since 1705 , Carl Philipp was ordained a priest in 1715 after studying at the University of Mainz . Although he had been a member of the cathedral chapter in Würzburg since 1728 , he continued to have close ties to the ore monastery of Mainz , where he was rector of the university from 1739 to 1749.

After the death of Würzburg prince-bishop Anselm Franz von Ingelheim , the cathedral chapter elected him on April 14, 1749 as his successor. The papal confirmation of the election took place on July 21 of the same year. The episcopal ordination donated to him on October 5, 1749 Daniel Johann Anton von Gebsattel , auxiliary bishop in Wurzburg, co-consecrators were Johann Adam hump , auxiliary bishop of Speyer , and Heinrich Joseph von Nitschke , Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg .

Carl Philipp introduced a general hymn book for the entire Bishopric of Würzburg , reorganized the administration of parish property and reformed the pharmacists and doctors in the year of his election. In addition, the prince-bishop was an avid supporter of the Würzburg University . In 1749, for example, he introduced new study regulations and, in addition to increasing the professors' salaries, initiated the establishment of a chair for experimental physics.

The last burning of witches in the Würzburg monastery in 1749 casts a shadow on Carl Philip's tenure. The victim was the nun Maria Renata Singer von Mossau from the Unterzell monastery .

Carl Philipp von Greiffenclau continued Schönborn's patronage in Würzburg and immediately appointed Balthasar Neumann as senior building director of the Würzburg residence after he took office . During the expansion of the residence, the art-loving sovereign employed important artists such as the court blacksmith Johann Georg Oegg , the fresco painter Johann Zick , and the plasterer Antonio Giuseppe Bossi . Carl Philipp earned lasting fame as a client of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo , who, with his two sons, furnished the imperial hall and the stairwell of the Würzburg residence with the world-famous frescoes from 1749 to 1753.

Not long after Tiepolo's work on the residence was over, the prince-bishop died on November 25, 1754 of the consequences of pulmonary tuberculosis and was buried in the Würzburg Cathedral . In the last years of his life, the Jesuit Adam Huth was his confessor.

literature

  • Erich Bachmann u. a .: Würzburg Residence and Court Garden. Official leader . 13th, newly designed edition. Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-932982-41-X .
  • Erwin Gatz (ed.), With the assistance of Stephan M. Janker: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1648 to 1803. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-06763-0 .
  • Edith Schmidmaier-Kathke: Prince-Bishop Carl Philipp von Greiffenclau. Tiepolo's client . In: Peter O. Krückmann (Ed.): Tiepolo in Würzburg (Heaven on Earth; Vol. 1). Prestel, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7913-1639-7 , pp. 58-63.
  • Herbert Schott: Princely absolutism and the baroque city . In: Ulrich Wagner (Ed.): From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814 (History of the City of Würzburg; Vol. 2). Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 130-202.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mainzer Altertumsverein (ed.): Mainzer Zeitschrift. Volume 105, Von Zabern, Mainz 2010, p. 176
predecessor Office successor
Anselm Franz von Ingelheim Prince-Bishop of Würzburg
1749–1754 		Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim
personal data
SURNAME Greiffenclau zu Vollrads, Karl Philipp von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Greiffenclau-Vollraths, Carl Philipp von; Greiffenclau zu Vollraths, Carl Philipp Reichsfreiherr von; Greiffenclau zu Vollraths, Karl Philipp Heinrich Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince-Bishop of Würzburg
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1690
PLACE OF BIRTH Vollrads Castle , Rheingau
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1754
Place of death Wurzburg