Konrad von Gundelfingen

Konrad von Gundelfingen (* before 1266; † 1302) was from 1284 to 1302 prince abbot of the then Princely Monastery of Kempten as Konrad III. von Gundelfingen and from 1288 to 1291 as the counter-abbot appointed by King Rudolf I in the prince abbey of St. Gallen .

biography

Rudolf was from the Gundelfinger family , who had their headquarters in Hohen-Gundelfingen in what is now the Württemberg office of Münsingen .

He is not to be confused with Konrad von Gundelfingen , who lived at almost the same time and who later became German master of the Teutonic Order (see list of German masters ), but who came from the non-tribal, noble family Gundelfingen-Hellenstein .

Rudolf has been documented as Kempten Abbot since 1284.

Between October 10 and 15, 1288, Rudolf von Habsburg appointed Konrad in St. Gallen as counter-abbot when Wilhelm von Montfort was ostracized because of his politics . A bitter struggle raged between the parties for power in the abbey and its territories. Konrad, together with Ulrich von Ramschwag , who was also loyal to the king , waged a bitter war against Wilhelm. He gained sovereignty over various important castles of the abbey, including the Clanx near Appenzell, Wildberg, Burg Iberg and Alt-Toggenburg . Otherwise Konrad was rarely in St. Gallen, but very often in the king's entourage.

Due to the disputes over St. Gallen, but also due to the financial problems in Kempten, which St. Gallen were burdened with, he brought the abbey financially to the brink of ruin. Properties of the monastery were sold to continue the war. When King Rudolf died on July 15, 1291, the situation quickly changed and Konrad was chased away by the citizens together with the Vogt von Ramswag . Wilhelm von Montfort was able to return, which he credited the citizens in a hand-held celebration on July 31, 1291. Konrad joined the Habsburg League under the knight Jakob von Frauenfeld and tried to conquer Wil from Schwarzenbach Castle in December 1291 , but failed. In 1292 he retired to Kempten . An amicable settlement must have come about with Wilhelm von Montfort, because a compensation payment of 100 silver marks to the Kempter abbot was made on October 26, 1298 .

Rudolf died as abbot in Kempten in 1302.

See also

• History of the city of St. Gallen

literature

• Johannes Duft , The Abbey of St. Gallen , St. Gallen 1986
• Gerold Meyer von Knonau :  Wilhelm von Montfort . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 218.
• Anton Gössi: Konrad von Gundelfingen , in: Helvetia Sacra . Dept. III: The Orders with the Benedictine Rule , Volume I: Early Monasteries, the Benedictines in Switzerland , Part 2. Bern 1986, ISBN 3-317-01533-0 , p. 1307 f.

Web links

• Konrad von Gundelfingen in the St. Gallen Abbey Archives, accessed March 17, 2016
• Abbot Konrad von Gundelfingen Stadtlexikon Wil

Remarks

1. ^ According to another reading, not until 1286 after a brief administration by an abbot Guido Ritzner 1284-86, but this is not documented
2. ^ Karl H. Lampe:  Gundelfingen, Konrad von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 314 f. ( Digitized version ).
3. ↑ Christof Paulus: Gundelfingen-Hellenstein, noble family. In: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria . November 12, 2015, accessed March 17, 2016 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Helvetica Sacra , p. 1307 f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Rudolf III. von Hohenegg (1270–1284) (unclear: Guido Ritzner (1284–1286))	Prince Abbot of Kempten 1284 (1286) - 1302	Hartmann IV of Rauns (1302-1315)

predecessor	Office	successor
Wilhelm of Montfort	Abbot of St. Gallen 1288–1291 (simultaneously with Wilhelm von Montfort )	Wilhelm of Montfort