Konrad II. Hartmann

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The epitaph of Konrad Hartmann in the monastery church

Konrad II. Hartmann (* in Schweinfurt ; † January 9, 1551 in Ebrach ) was abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach from 1540 to 1551 .

Life

Konrad II. Hartmann was probably born at the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century in the Free Imperial City of Schweinfurt. Nothing is known about the parents of the future abbot, nor is Konrad's schooling mentioned in the sources. He entered the Ebrach monastery around 1511, as he had already been a monk for 29 years when he was to be ordained abbot in 1540 . Konrad Hartmann held some monastery offices, so he was bursarius of the abbey.

After the death of his predecessor John III. Wolf in the second half of 1540, Hartmann was elected on October 21, 1540 as the thirty-second abbot of Ebrach. He had stayed in the monastery during the Peasants' War and now quickly set about completing the reconstruction, which was still not fully completed. Above all, the destroyed buildings of the monastery were rebuilt by the prelate .

At the same time, however, the continually fermenting conflict with the Würzburg prince-bishops began to break out again. Bishop Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt disrupted the rebuilding of the abbey. Thereupon the abbot filed a complaint with Emperor Charles V , who warned the prince-bishop in 1544. Nevertheless, the Würzburger did not adhere to it and continued to interrupt the construction work. Konrad Hartmann has now initiated a process before the Reich Chamber of Commerce . He died on January 9, 1551.

coat of arms

The personal coat of arms of Abbot Konrad II. Hartmann has been preserved on his epitaph in the monastery church. Description : A man turned left with a drinking vessel raised to his mouth in his left hand. The timing is not known.

literature

  • Adelhard Kaspar: Chronicle of the Ebrach Abbey . Münsterschwarzach 1971.
  • Josef Wirth: The Ebrach Abbey. To commemorate eight hundred years. 1127-1927 . Gerolzhofen 1928.

Web links

Commons : Konrad II. Hartmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kaspar, Adelhard: Chronicle of the Ebrach Abbey . P. 143.
  2. ↑ Wirth, Josef: The Ebrach Abbey . P. 24.
predecessor Office successor
John III wolf Abbot of Ebrach
1540–1551 		John IV Beck
personal data
SURNAME Hartmann, Konrad II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Cistercian abbot
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century or 16th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Schweinfurt
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1551
Place of death Ebrach