Konrad von Zimmer
Konrad von Zimmer was the 44th abbot in Reichenau Monastery from around 1234 to 1255.
Life
The Zimmerische Chronik reports on Konrad's birth that it was very difficult and that Konrad's father, Count Werner, promised in a vow that his little son would later become a priest if mother and child were saved.
- Because he was brought up in the empty [religious doctrine] , and all other good morals and exercises until he grew and the yes [h] he to be ready and sent was priest came reindeer.
In 1206 he is mentioned as monachus et scholasticus . Even before he was elected abbot of the monastery, his parents turned to their son Konrad, who had a seat in his rehearsal unit [...] with ainer capelles, caplon and all herrligkait . When Werner and Adelheid had a good old age, they wanted to end their lives with him on the Reichenau. They were later buried in St. Peter in Niederzell .
The chronicler of the Zimmerische Chronik reports that Konrad was the 44th abbot of the monastery - this number is still valid today. The year of his election as abbot, however, is stated contradictingly: The Zimmerische Chronik dates it to 1235, Beyerle mentions 1234 and Schönhuth 1237. Whether a year earlier or later, it was a year of more or less mental suffering for Konrad, because his entire term of office leaves To sum up in the words “ Planctus Augiae”, the “Lament of Reichenau”: Convent fires laid the buildings, with the exception of the minster, in rubble and ashes.
Conflict between Pope and Emperor
In terms of imperial politics, it became extremely complicated. Emperor Frederick II came into conflict with the Pope when Frederick defeated the cities in Northern Italy that supported the Guelphs in 1237. The Pope saw this as his area of interest. Abbot Konrad was loyal to the Pope and the Emperor, who had been supported by the Pope until then. However, when the pope had fallen out with the emperor, Conrad was supposed to turn away from Friedrich II and support the papal opposing kings, which he initially did not obey. Therefore, he was banned from the papal church in 1244. In April the Pope had him quoted by an envoy to Lyon, where he was staying for a council, but Konrad did not appear, but had meanwhile moved and fell from the sinking ship of Frederick II.
Conflict with the neighborhood
There was also further trouble in the immediate vicinity. Most of the towns and villages around the lake still loyal to Emperor Frederick II, so that neither abbot nor monks could leave the island without endangering life and limb after they were "moved".
The papal decree that Reichenau has been subordinated to the Holy See alone with regard to jurisdiction is to be seen as an oversized sign of appreciation.
Conflict with the Bishop of Constance
This annoyed the Bishop of Constance : In front of his doorstep someone who is not supposed to be subject to his episcopal jurisdiction! He protested to the Pope. However, he wisely withdrew from the affair: He let the Constance know that he, the Pope, did not want to withdraw any monasteries from Constance's jurisdiction, which should mean that the privilege granted to Konrad a week earlier has allegedly always been and has been had existed in unthinkable times and was only confirmed again and the (simple-minded) Konstanzer just didn't know this.
A short time later, Konrad received further papal privileges that enabled him to materially rebuild the monastery. On July 8, 1249 he was allowed to incorporate the church of St. Peter zu Niederzell, the burial place of his parents, into the monastery property.
Conflict within the monastery
Fronts ran within the monastic community. The Zimmerische Chronik reports on how the parties between the emperor and the pope were crushed.
Heinrich Ruckgaber sums up this conflict quite coolly :
- “The basic evil was [...] in the immorality of the monasteries. [...] The possessions [of the monastery] were so extensive that the legend tells that the abbot of Reichenau would have had lunch and overnight on his territory every time he traveled to Rome during the whole trip. "
Konrad had headed Reichenau for around twenty years, and the chroniclers disagree again about his death. Beyerle writes that on March 31, 1254, Konrad was still involved in the issuing of a certificate as a witness with an abbot's seal.
- He is said to have died in 1255 [...] Uncle calls June 22nd as the day of his death.
Schönhuth also gives this date, referring again to the "Annalis Augiae" p. 218, but also allowing the reading 22 July.
Heinrich Ruckgaber is very sure:
- Conrad administered the abbey for 18 years and two months, namely from the year 1237 to 1255, in which year he died on June 22nd as the 44th abbot.
The Zimmerische Chronik names June 22nd, 1253 differently.
According to Ruckgaber, the Latin poem " Planctus Augiae " - "The lament of the (rich) Au" comes from the pen of Konrad. To this end, he provides conclusive evidence of the archives. Schönhuth writes, citing other sources, that Abbot Konrad
- "... in the presence of many people coming to court, complaining with weeping and sighing about the ruinous state and accident of the house of God [Reichen-] Au."
literature
- Konrad Beyerle : From the foundation to the end of the baronial monastery (724-1427) . In: Konrad Beyerle (ed.): The culture of the Reichenau Abbey. Commemorative pamphlet for the twelve hundredth anniversary of the founding year of the island monastery 724–1924 . 1st subband. Verlag der Münchner Drucke, Munich 1925, pp. 155–158.
- Paul Herrmann (Hrsg.): The Zimmerische Chronik . Documented by Count Froben Christof von Zimmer d. 1567 and his scribe Johannes Müller d. 1600 . Hendel, Meersburg 1932. 4 vol.
- Frank Hoffmann, Wolfgang Erdmann, Alfred Czarnetzki, Rolf Rottländer: The grave of Bishop Egino of Verona in St. Peter and Paul zu Reichenau-Niederzell. In: Helmut Maurer (Ed.): The Reichenau Abbey. New contributions to the history and culture of the island monastery ( Bodensee library ; vol. 20). Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1974, ISBN 3-7995-6709-7 , pp. 545-575.
- Heinrich Ruckgaber: History of the counts of rooms. A contribution to the history of the German nobility, edited from the best sources and resources . Herder, Rottweil 1840, pp. 50-53. ( Digitized version )
- Ottmar Friedrich Heinrich Schönhuth: Chronicle of the former Reichenau monastery, the first nursery school for education, science and art in southern Germany. A contribution to Swabian history from handwritten sources . Publishing house Ludwig Waizenegger, Freiburg i. Br. 1836, pp. 177-184.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Froben Christoph von Zimmer: Zimmerische Chronik. Vol. I. Ed .: Karl August Barack. Freiburg, Tübingen 1881, page 145. Line 5
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Heinrich von Karpfen |
Abbot of Reichenau 1234–1253? |
Burkhard von Hewen |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Konrad von Zimmer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot in Reichenau Monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th century or 13th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1255 |