Kraft Weiffenbach
Kraft Weiffenbach (also Krafft Weiffenbach, Krato II., Crato II .; Born 1526 in Niederaula ; died September 13, 1595 in Rotenburg an der Fulda ) was abbot of the Imperial Abbey of Hersfeld from 1588 to 1592 .
Life
Kraft Weiffenbach was born in Niederaula in 1526 as the son of Johannes Weiffenbach and his wife Anna Molitor. At the age of 18 he entered the Hersfeld Abbey as a novice in 1544 . In 1556 he became provost of Göllingen Monastery , which was a priory of the Hersfeld Imperial Abbey. In 1572 he became dean and provost of the Benedictine convent in Kreuzberg , also a Hersfeld priory. Probably in 1575 he was also dean in Hersfeld. The Convention of the imperial abbey was at that time only of a few people, which also partially Evangelical were disposed. Kraft Weiffenbach was one of the latter. The population of the city of Hersfeld and the rest of the monastery area had already become almost completely Protestant by the time Kraft Weiffenbach joined the abbey.
Due to Weiffenbach's good relations with Landgrave Wilhelm IV of Hessen-Kassel , the bailiff of the imperial abbey, Abbot Ludwig V appointed him to his coadjutor with the right of successor in 1588, despite his evangelical sentiments . This arrangement received neither the approval of Pope Sixtus V nor of Emperor Rudolf II. Nevertheless, after the death of Ludwig V on September 9, 1588, the collegiate chapter elected Weiffenbach as abbot. On September 12 and 13, the Hersfelds soon paid homage Citizenship and the rural population. However, he received neither the investiture from the Pope nor the Emperor , despite various efforts by his patron, Landgrave Wilhelm IV, especially since his later successor Joachim Roell, the last remaining Catholic in the collegiate chapter, had also refused to approve. After the death of William IV., His son, Landgraf was Moritz of Hesse-Kassel Weiffenbach in autumn 1592 to the resignation persuaded after Pope Clement VIII. A new Abtwahl had demanded. Weiffenbach resigned on October 26, 1592, but retained his previous benefices for his retirement and remained provost of the Göllingen and Kreuzberg priories and the Frauensee monastery until his death . He died in Rotenburg an der Fulda in 1595 .
Footnotes
- ^ Konrad Lipphardt: Contributions to the history of Bad Hersfeld and the surrounding area, stations and waymarks. P. 32
literature
- Elisabeth Ziegler: With miter and crook - the abbots of the Reichskloster (the Reichsabtei) Hersfeld , in: Bad Hersfelder Jahresheft, Volume 16, Bad Hersfeld 1970, pp. 6–22
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ludwig V. |
Abbot of Hersfeld 1588 - 1592 |
Joachim Roell |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weiffenbach, Kraft |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weiffenbach, Krafft; Krato II .; Crato II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of Hersfeld |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1526 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niederaula |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1595 |
| Place of death | Rotenburg on the Fulda |