List of abbots of Heiligenkreuz Abbey

The following people were abbots of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey :

Epitaph for Abbot Konrad Faber in the collegiate church

	Dept	from	to
1	Gottschalk	1134/35	1147
2	Conrad I.	1148
3	Heinrich I.	1148	1185
4th	Marquard	1186	1203
5	Wernher	1203	1228
6th	Egilolf	1227	1242
7th	Pilgrim I.	1243	1249 (from Baumgartenberg post.)
8th	Berthold I.	1249	1252
9	Henry II	1252	1259
10	Sifrid	1259	1261
11	Pilgrim II.	1261	1262
12	Henry III. Note	1262	1284
13	Sieghard	1284	1289
14th	Berthold II.	1290	1292
15th	Benzo	1292	1294
16	Berthold III.	1294	1297
17th	Ulrich	1297	1304
18th	George I.	1304	1308
19th	Johann I.	1309	1317
20th	Otto	1317	1328
21st	Pilgrim III.	1328	1329
22nd	Jacob	1329	1332
23	Wulfing	1333	1342
24	Leopold	1342	1347 (from Lilienfeld post.)
25th	Conrad II. Chietzlo	1347	1357
26th	Coloman I.	1358	1377
27	Coloman II.	1377	1392
28	Nicholas I.	1392	1402
29	Albert	1402	1414
30th	Petrus Ferreus	1415	1417
31	Johann II. Spanberg	1417	1435
32	Henry IV.	1435	1442
33	George II	1442	1447
34	Johann III. Altzheim	1447	1451
35	John IV Poley	1451	1459
36	Laurentius	1459	1461
37	George III	1462	1470
38	George IV	1470	1478
39	Matthäus Kronberger (also: Kramperger)	1478	1492
40	Michael Aigner	1493	1516
41	Bernhard Medrizer	1516	1519
42	Wilhelm	1519	1528
43	Johann V. Hartmann	1528	1536
44	Hieronymus Feigl	1536	1543
45	Sigismund	1543	1544
46	Simon Demius (Them)	1544	1547
47	Conrad III. Schmid (Faber)	1547	1558
48	Ulrich II. Müller (Molitor)	1558	1584
49	Johann Rueff	1585	1599
50	Paul Schönebner	1601	1613 (between 1599 and 1601: administrator)
51	Christoph Schäfer	1615	1637
52	Michael Schnabel	1637	1658
53	Clemens Schäffer	1658	1693
54	Marian I. Schirmer	1693	1705
55	Gerhard Weixelberger	1705	1728
56	Robert Leeb	1728	1755
	Alberik Fritz	1756	1787
57	Maximilian Mayla (Commendatary Abbot)
58	Marian II Reutter	1790/1802	1805
59	Nikolaus Kasche	1806	1824
60	Xaver Seidemann	1824	1841
61	Edmund Komáromy	1841	1877
	vacancy	1877	1879
62	Heinrich V. Grünbeck	1879	1902
63	Gregor I. Poeck	1902	1945
64	Karl Braunstorfer	1945	1969
65	Franz Gaumannmüller	1969	1983
66	Gerhard Hradil	1983	1999
67	Gregor II. Henckel-Donnersmarck	1999	2011
68	Maximilian II home	since 2011

Individual evidence

↑ According to the laws of the Hungarian state, Heiligenkreuz had to part with the St. Gotthard Monastery before a new abbot was elected. This separation, which the Hungarian government has repeatedly called for since the beginning of the 19th century, lasted two years. (Schachenmayr, formative professors, 2004)

Web links

List of Abbots from Heiligenkreuz in the Cistercian Lexicon

[1] According to the laws of the Hungarian state, Heiligenkreuz had to part with the St. Gotthard Monastery before a new abbot was elected. This separation, which the Hungarian government has repeatedly called for since the beginning of the 19th century, lasted two years. (Schachenmayr, formative professors, 2004)