List of Abbots of the Ellwangen Monastery
There is an apparently complete list of abbots for the Ellwangen Monastery , which was drawn up around the year 1500, but it is considered unconfirmed. The following list is based on an attempt to reconstruct the chronological sequence from the sources obtained.
Surname | from | to | Remarks, documentary mention |
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Hariolf | 764 | Bishop of Langres , legend has it that he founded the monastery together with his brother Erlolf | |
Wikterp | 781? | ||
Sindolt | 823, 829 | ||
Erfmann | |||
Grimald | † 872 | ||
Ermenrich | from 866 Bishop of Passau , † 874 | ||
Otbald | also abbot of Niederaltaich monastery | ||
Adalger? | |||
Berno | |||
Solomon? | |||
Ascherich | 868 | ||
Liutbert of Mainz | 887 | ||
Hatto | 887, 894 | ||
Tanner? | |||
Hartpert from Chur | 961, also Bishop of Chur | ||
Milo | before 973? | ||
Sand wheel | |||
Winithar | 979, 978 | ||
Gebhard | from 996 Bishop of Augsburg | ||
Hartmann | 1003 | ||
Adalger? | |||
Ruadhoc | 1020 | ||
Berengar | 1024, † 1028? | ||
Otbert | † 1035 | ||
Richard | 1035 | ? | |
Arn | 1046 | 1052 (1061?) | |
Reginger | 1061 | 1076? | |
Udo | 1076 | 1082? (1090?) | |
Isambert | 1090? | ||
Adalger | 1100 | ||
Ebo | † 1113 | ||
Richardus rufus? | |||
Helmerich | 1124 | ||
Adalbert I. von Ronsberg | 1136? | 1173 | |
Adalbert II von Künsberg? | 1173 | 1188 | |
Kuno | 1188 | 1221 | later also abbot of the Fulda monastery |
Adalbert III. | Resigned in 1225, 1240 | ||
Siegfried | 1240 | 1242? | |
Rugger | 1242? | 1245 (1247?) | |
Gotbald from Neresheim | 1247 | 1249? | |
Rudolf | 1249 | 1255? | |
Otto von Wülzburg | 1255 | 1269 | |
Konrad | 1269 | 1278 | possibly from the Schwabsberg ministerial family, is said to have resigned in 1278 |
Ekkehard von Schwabsberg | 1278 | 1309 | concluded prayer fraternity in 1286 with the Regensburg monastery of Sankt Emmeram , † September 13, 1309 |
Erenfrid von Vellberg | 1309 | 1311 | † May 11, 1311 |
Rudolf von Pfahlheim | 1311 | 1332 | came from a ministerial family in today's suburb of Pfahlheim, traveled to the Council of Vienne in 1311 , † August 5, 1332 |
Kuno from Gundelfingen | 1332 | 1367 | had the first land register over the property of the abbey and the first Ellwang fief book created |
Albrecht Hack von Wöllstein | 1367 | 1400 | Counts of Württemberg became patrons of the monastery, Abbot Albrecht had to resign from his office in 1400, † January 3, 1404 |
Siegfried Gerlacher | 1401 | 1427 | only abbot of bourgeois origin ?, † Tuesday after All Saints' Day 1427 |
Johann von Holzingen | 1427 | 1452 | † January 14, 1452 |
Albrecht Schenk von Schenkenstein | elected abbot by the Ellwang convent on January 18, 1452, but not recognized by the curia , thereupon resigned | ||
Johann von Hürnheim | 1452 | 1460 | converted the monastery into a prince provost in 1460 , was first prince provost for a short time, † June 20, 1480 |
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Karl Fik: On the history of the management of the Ellwangen Abbey , in Ellwangen 764–1964 , Schwabenverlag Ellwangen, 1964, pp. 107–152.
Web links
- http://www.geschichte-ellwangen.eu/Ellwangen%20im%20Mittelalter/ellwangenimmittelalter.html Ellwangen in the Middle Ages