Konrad II of Hildesheim

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Konrad as the 29th Bishop of Hildesheim on a painting with medallions depicting all Hildesheim bishops up to the end of the 18th century; Latin inscription: "He founded a well-equipped Franciscan settlement and the two monasteries of Wülfinghausen and Frankenberg "

Konrad II (late 12th century; † December 18, 1249 Schönau Monastery ) was Bishop of Hildesheim from 1221 to 1246 . At the beginning of the 13th century he led the diocese of Hildesheim through a period of prosperity, which was particularly crowned by the granting of political independence by Emperor Friedrich II .

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Conrad II, who did not belong to any order , served after studying theology in Paris in various places in the Holy Roman Empire . He was Domscholaster in Mainz and when he moved to Speyer was dean . In Speyer he was also papal chaplain and penitentiary at the Speyer Cathedral .

Episcopate

He took over the office of bishop of Hildesheim in 1221. During his tenure, Konrad II was drawn into various struggles between rebellious peasants and heretical groups and supported the Fifth Crusade . It was he who successfully ended the stalled process for the canonization of Elisabeth of Thuringia ; Canonization took place on May 27, 1235, and the entire process took less than four years.

In economic terms, he consolidated the diocese's independence, especially vis-à-vis the Guelphs , by buying back land and building castles . For example, Bishop Konrad expanded the Poppenburg as a fortification during his time in office and gave it to Count Hermann von Wohldenberg as a fief in 1226 . Bishop Konrad II also had a new residential wing built in the Poppenburg.

The cultivation of the areas was secured by the settlement of various orders. In 1223, for example, Conrad II. B. the main and baptismal church of St. Martin in Sottrum to the provost of the Augustinian monastery in Derneburg .

The granting of full political independence to the Diocese of Hildesheim by Emperor Friedrich II was on the one hand a sign of Konrad's political successes, but it also led to the secularization of the episcopate. This had to take care of more and more political tasks.

In 1240 Konrad II had the castle and town of Rosenthal built.

In 1246 Konrad II renounced the office of bishop and died three years later in Schönau Monastery, of which only sparse remains exist. His grave slab has been preserved in Schönau (Odenwald) , but its design is likely to be a second production from the 16th century.

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  1. ↑ Johannes Madey:  Konrad II of Hildesheim. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 392-393.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  2. ↑ From the history of the city of Schönau near Heidelberg http://members.tripod.com/schoenau/public_html/history-1.html on September 3, 2006
  3. ^ Website of the Diocese of Hildesheim about the role of Bishop Konrad in the canonization
  4. ↑ Castles and Palaces in Hildesheimer Land , Margret Zimmermann / Hans Kensche: Burgen und Schlösser im Hildesheimer Land, 1st edition Hildesheim: Lax, 1998, p. 127 ISBN 3-8269-6280-X
  5. ^ History of St. Andreas in Sottrum ( Memento from January 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Heidelberger Jahrbücher , Volume X, p. 127, Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 3642460410 ; (Digital view)
predecessor Office successor
Siegfried I of Lichtenberg Bishop of Hildesheim
1221–1246 		Heinrich I of Wernigerode
personal data
SURNAME Konrad II of Hildesheim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Hildesheim (1221–1246)
DATE OF BIRTH before 1200
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1249
Place of death Schönau Monastery (Odenwald)