Konrad V. Ayrenschmalz
Konrad V. Ayrenschmalz (also Ayrinschmalz * 1424 / 26 in Weilheim in Upper Bavaria ; † 24. January 1492 in Tegernsee Abbey ) was a German Benedictine and 1461-1492 Abbot of the monastery Tegernsee .
Life
After studying in Vienna , he received the title of Baccalaureus in 1445 . In 1461, after Kaspar Ayndorffer's death, he was elected Abbot of Tegernsee, whose work he continued in his thirty-year reign. He completed the late Gothic expansion of the church and monastery in Tegernsee, which began during Ayndorffer's official activity, a new choir with a two-story sacristy and the church's three-aisled nave were completed under his direction. He had a fortification belt with defensive towers put on around the monastery. He also expanded the library of the monastery to become the largest library in southern Germany at the time. He was unable to realize the merger of all German Benedictine abbeys into one congregation with uniform disciplinary powers that he had planned . He died on January 24, 1492 in the Tegernsee Monastery .
literature
- Romuald Bauerreiß OSB: Ayrinschmalz, Konrad. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , pp. 474-472 ( digitized version ).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Kaspar Ayndorffer |
Abbot of Tegernsee 1461–1492 |
Quirin I. Regulator |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Konrad V. Ayrenschmalz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ayrinschmalz, Konrad; Ayrnschmalz, Konrad; Ayrimschmalz, Konrad (wrong name form) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Benedictine and abbot of Tegernsee |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1424 and 1426 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weilheim in Upper Bavaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1492 |
| Place of death | Tegernsee Monastery |