List of Abbots from Altenberg

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The abbots of the Cistercian Abbey Altenberg in the Bergisches Land east of Cologne, founded in 1133 and abolished in 1803, are presented here in a chronological order with particularly significant details of the respective term of office. The list is from Hans Mosler's monograph Das Erzbistum Köln. 1 Taken from the Altenberg Cistercian Abbey , which was published in 1965 in the Germania Sacra series , New Part 2: The Dioceses of the Church Province of Cologne .

One of the main sources is the chronicle A quo tempore fundata sit ecclesia Bergensis et per quos, et qui abbates prefuerunt ibidem of an unnamed monk from 1517 , which was published in 1893 by Friedrich Küch under the title Eine Abtschronik von Altenberg in the journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein ; In 1907 Friedrich Küch published supplements by various editors for the period up to 1739 in the same journal. The Altenberg monk Gaspar Jongelinus had already included the chronicle in 1640 in his Notitiae Abbatiarum Ordinis Cistertiensis per Orbem Universum, Libros X. Complexa as Catalogus abbatum monasterii de Veteri Monte in ducatu Montensi . Further research compared the information, in some cases obviously incorrect, with the epitaphs of the abbot's graves in Altenberg Cathedral and other archive materials.

Surname
Term of office according to the "Abtschronik" 		Documented
verifiable data 		Remarks
Berno 1133-1151 1138-1140 French ( natione Gallus ); 1145 consecration of the choir of the first monastery church; three branches ( Mariental , Łekno , Lond ); † April 12, 1151
Dudelin 1151-1155 1151 French, perhaps prior of the founding convention; † October 4, 1155 (1154?)
Hermann 1155-1162 1157-1170 Spelling mistakes in the abbot's chronicle (17 instead of 7 years)? Then: 1155-1171; Filiation to Zinna ; † April 23
Rixo 1162–1173 (?) not to be proven in a document; possibly not Abbot of Altenberg, but identical to Abbot Ritzo von Zinna, sent by Altenberg in 1170/71, who is said to have been killed in the invasion of Wenden in 1179
Bodo 1173–1181 (?) not to be proven in a document; possibly confused with Abbot Bodo von Mariental
Goswin 1181-1202 1181-1198 Expansion of the compartment property, roots in the Cologne citizenship, acquisition of important relics from companions of St. Ursula ; † November 18
Arnold 1202-1203 † April, 30th
Richolf / Richolt 1203-1216 1203 Deposed by the General Chapter in 1205/07? Date of death unknown.
Hermann 1216–1225 (?) 1208 / 09-1221 Spelling mistakes in the abbot? Obtained from Pope Innocent III. a bull in which the abbey protection and possession were confirmed, and reached with Count Adolf III. von Berg the privilege of tax exemption for the abbey; † 4th of March
Gottfried 1225–1238 (?) 1225-1227 before prior; Administration suffered from his physical weakness; In December 1225 led the body of Archbishop Engelbert with Abbot Heinrich von Heisterbach to Frankfurt and Mainz; Term of office according to the Book of the Dead unlikely due to documentary evidence of successors; Date of death unknown - prematurely resigned?
Philip is missing 1243 † August 22nd; Philip is not listed in the abbot's chronicle, but mentioned posthumously in a document from Abbot Bruno in 1243; Philipp was a simple monk at the time of Abbot Hermann and a waiter at the time of Abbot Gottfried, so he was possibly his successor from 1227.
Heinrich 1335–1338 (?) 1234 before prior; Name is missing in the abbot's chronicle at this point, instead an abbot Heinrich from 1335 is probably incorrectly listed; † April 24th?
Bruno 1238–1242 (?) 1239-1250 Successes in expansion of property; early end date in the Book of the Dead may be a reading error
Everhard? 1242–1250 (?) not to be proven in a document, existence is doubted
Heinrich is missing 1250-1253 † September 19th ?
Bruno is missing 1254 Former abbot, second term after the early death of Abbot Heinrich; † 5th of August
Giselher 1250-1264 1254-1264 previously waiter ( Cellerar ) in Hardehausen ; Laying of the foundation stone for Altenberg Cathedral on March 3, 1259 (1255?); † September 15
Lockpick 1265-1276 1264-1276 Date of death unknown - prematurely resigned?
Otto (from Höningen) 1276-1280 1276 from the knight family von Höningen ; before the election as Abbot Prior and Cellerar (waiter)
Marsilius 1280-1289 1280-1284 Completion of the choir building with chapel wreath of the new church, consecrated in 1287 by Bishop Hermann von Samland ; Date of death unknown - prematurely resigned?
Heinrich (de Libra?) 1289-1302 1290-1302 from Cologne?; Efforts for the monastery library, increase of the owner; obtained indulgences from 45 bishops in Rome for the construction of the cathedral; 1302 resigned; † 26th of August
Hermann of Paderborn is missing 1302-1303 from Cologne?; before porter; † 5th October
Jacob 1303-1312 Spelling mistakes in the abbot's chronicle (4 instead of 9 years in office)? A successor is already mentioned in a document in 1307.
John 1312-1314 1307-1310 prematurely resigned?
Lockpick 1314-1320 1310-1314 Date of death unknown
Reinhard (from Höningen?) 1320-1330 1324 identical to Reynardus, son of the knight Everhard von Hoeningen ?; severe flooding of the Dhünntal on May 23, 1324; † April 30, 1325
Philipp vom Spiegel ( de Speculo ) 1330-1335 1325-1339 Spelling mistakes in the abbot's chronicle (15 instead of 5 years in office)? Palm Sunday 1326: Consecration of the three kings altar in the cathedral and two bells (in honor of the apostle Philip and St. Barbara ) by Bishop Kuno of Megara - signs of completion of the roof turret of the cathedral? † May 17, 1339
Heinrich 1335-1338 1234! Error in the abbreviation; What is meant is evidently Abbot Heinrich, who can be proven in 1234.
Hermann von Horchheim 1338-1346 1339 from the lower nobility of Horchheim ; † 23rd of December
Ludwig (from Esch?) 1346-1362 1349-1359 † 25. November
Pilgrim from Syberg 1362-1367 1359-1369 from the Cologne patrician family von Syberg; 1363 Acquisition of the Solingen Fronhof with church patronage and fishing rights on the Wupper; first abbot who kept its own seal , which then became the rule: + S (igillum) fratris Pelegrymi Abbatis Bergensis ; † May 9
Wilhelm 1366-1370 not to be proven in a document; † 21 July
Johann von Schalverenberg 1370-1380 1370-1382 Descent from Hof ​​Schalverenberg (= Scharrenberg) near Odenthal ; extensive expenses, acquisition of three nearby farms; Bishop Wikbold , expelled from the diocese of Kulm , received accommodation in the Altenberger Hof in Cologne and made possible the completion of the Altenberg Cathedral in 1379 and later the west window and several side chapels of the cathedral († July 3, 1394, buried in the choir of the Altenberg Cathedral); † 3rd of April
Andreas von Monheim 1380–1382 (?) 1384-1387 from Cologne; † December 5, 1388
Johann von Hanenberg 1382-1321 1389-1419 born in the Hainbergsgut (Klein-Grimberg) in the immediate vicinity of the abbey; multiple exchanges of remote properties for more favorably located properties; Introduction of the papal costume ( Eucharistic procession ) on the Friday before Pentecost with the participation of the population from the surrounding parishes and from Cologne; † March 28 (?) 1420
Heinrich von (Imperial) Value ( van Werde ) 1420-1430 1421-1425 from Kaiserswerth ; † 26th of August
John's pension 1430-1440 1430-1440 probably from Gevelsdorf ; previously bursary and procurator of the monastery: the chronicle praises his providencia et ingeniosa in temporalibus experiencia , “provision and excellent experience in the field of worldly goods”; he let u. a. build a stone bridge over the Dhünn and a protective dike and install an organ and a clock in the church; significant expansion of the property in the north of Cologne (Mauenheim, Merkenich, Langel, Riehl); Resigned at the end of 1440, named "Altabt" in 1441; † January 5, 1447
Johann von Küdinghoven 1440-1462 1440-1458 docile, concerned about the library, arranged for the bronze gospel desk to be cast for the cathedral
Johannes Schlebusch 1462-1467 1463-1467 born as Johannes Engelskirchen in Cologne; Studied in the religious seminary in Heidelberg; As an abbot, he was under the influence of his bursar Wilhelm von Körrenzig and, despite the general chapter's ban, took part in reliquary trade with the Netherlands; In the abbot's chronicle Plus fuit seculo deditus quam religioni , “He was more inclined to the world than to religion”; Relieved of office on August 6, 1467 by the Abbot of Morimund ; To reform the sunk monastery discipline, two monks were transferred from Kamp monastery to Altenberg. After protest, Father Johannes received an annual pension of 50 gulden and went to the Cistercian convent in Fröndenberg as a confessor for 30 years .
Arnold von Monnickendam 1467-1490 1467-1490 from Monnickendam in the Netherlands ; Entry into Neuenkamp Monastery (Pomerania), studies in Rostock and Cologne, there doctorate as Dr. theol .; from 1451 professor at the Ordenskolleg St. Jakob in Heidelberg and at the university there; 1456–1467 abbot in Lehnin , where he fell out with the convent; elected abbot in Altenberg on August 6, 1467; he had the sacrament house in the cathedral and a heated winter refectory built; many years commissioner of the order for all of Germany, numerous visitations in other abbeys - defensor et propugnator totius ordinis , “defender and champion of the whole order”; † March 7, 1490 and buried as the first abbot in Altenberg Cathedral.
Bartholomäus Frinck 1490-1496 1490-1494 / 95 from Kaster ; previously a long bursary , construction of a hospital next to the dormitory with a bathing room for the sick; Praised by the abbot as vir peritus ac magne prudencie, restorer diligentissimus substancie temporalis "a knowledgeable and very understanding man, very careful maintainer of worldly goods"
Heinrich Rouffer from Brauweiler 1496-1517 1496-1517 from Brauweiler or Cologne; successful in paying off his debts, he completed the renovation of the cloister, decorated the church and ensured that the relics were properly stored; General Commissioner of the Order for Low Germany; † August 25, 1517
Gerhard von Nuwenburg ( de novo castro ) 1517-1524 from Cologne; Dr. theol., 1521 dean of the theological faculty in Cologne; prior to the election of the abbot prior in Haina and Altenberg, there also Bursar; General Commissioner of the Order for Low Germany; † April 2, 1524
Andreas Boelgen 1524-1536 from Cologne; pastor in Solingen for 27 years before the abbot election; Creation of the Marienleuchter ("Madonna von Altenberg") for the choir; † 2nd / 3rd February 1536
Matthias Gleen 1536-1538 from Cologne; previously Cellerar (waiter); † June 11 (?) 1538
Wilhelm Stoploch von Hittorf 1538-1560 from Hitdorf ; previously court manager in Horchheim, kitchen master and prior; shortly before his death protested to the duke against his order to serve the Lord's Supper in both forms in the Solingen parish church as part of the Reformation ; † June 11, 1560
Winand Dutzmann 1560-1568 comes from Rommerskirchen , joined Haina and was taken over to Altenberg in 1533 after the abbey was closed; there cantor ; † beginning of 1568
Gottfried (Schnavel) from Sundorf 1568-1581 from Cologne; was in high regard with the duke; † July 6, 1581
Peter Neuenar (Neuwenhar) 1581-1591 from Cologne; because of changes made in the monastery and its severity, lived in strife with the convent ( Regimen turbulentum fuit ) and stayed permanently in the Altenberger Hof in Cologne; † April 23, 1591 in Altenbergerhof in Cologne
Bartholomäus (von) Anstel 1591-1614 of rural origin from Anstel , vir bonus et pacificus , "a good and peace-loving man", previously prior; he was yielding to the Reformed in Solingen and thus got into conflict there; in Altenberg he built a new infirmary, improved the dormitory and obtained a letter of protection from Duke Johann Wilhelm in 1599 against migrating soldiers; † April 26, 1614
Peter Rodenkirchen 1614-1627 from Cologne; vir admodum bonus et singularis prudentiae et affabilitatis , "an extremely good man of unique wisdom and sociability", previously pastor in Solingen, prior from 1600; he personally distributed alms and was more adamant on the Solingen denominational question; † June 10, 1627
Melchior of Mondorf 1627-1643 previously cellar (waiter) and chef; Melchior was the first abbot of Altenberg by Pope Urban VIII. The pontifical ; During his tenure, the abbey was severely affected by the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War ; † April 20, 1643 in Altenberger Hof: nullum post se luctum relinquens , "He did not leave grief ," writes the chronicler, as the abbot was apparently not very popular in the monks' convent.
Johannes Blanckenberg 1643-1662 * 1605 in Cologne, studied in Paris and Cologne, Dr. theol .; Postulated as abbot of Amelungsborn in 1641 and consecrated as pontifical, from 1643 abbot in Altenberg; Vicar General for Lower Germany, 1654 and 1656 rector of the University of Cologne, highly respected by the diocese and duchy, friends with the papal legate Fabius Chigi, who later became Pope Alexander VII ; he ran the Filiation in Derneburg . † July 8, 1662 on a visitation trip to the Derneburg monastery.
GSN 010-00537-001
Gottfried Gummersbach 1662-1679 from Cologne; previously Cellerar (waiter), abducted by Dutch soldiers in 1650; Pro-General of the Order for Lower Germany; † October 30, 1679 in Altenberger Hof
GSN 066-02207-001
Aegidius Siepen 1679-1686 from Cologne; before prior; Vicar General of the Order for Lower Germany; † December 17, 1686
Johann Jakob Lohe 1686-1707 from Mülheim ; extensive building activity on the monastery complex, oriented towards the baroque style ; 1699 received it and the successors through the purchase of the Electoral Cologne Ritter seat Dirmerzheim the title of Hernn to Dirmerzheim and sit and vote at the Cologne state parliament; † March 25, 1707 in Altenberger Hof
Johannes Henning 1707-1729 from Cologne; since 1699 prior and archivist who rearranged the archive † August 18, 1720 in Altenberg
Paul Eiskirchen 1720-1723 from Cologne; suffering throughout the term of office; † March 5, 1723 in Altenberger Hof
Johann Gottfried Engels 1723-1789 from Cologne; previously prefect of the Altenberger Hof and cellarer (waiter); ran the abbey with a fortunate hand in economic terms; † 8./9. September 1739 at the detached yard Kapellenmeer
Johannes Hoerdt 1739-1779 * December 20, 1704 in Cologne (Johann Matthias Hürt); economically a happy time for the abbey, brisk construction activity in the monastery area and in the departmental courtyards; † February 6, 1779 in Altenberger Hof
Franz Cramer 1779-1796 from castle ; he tended to be ostentatious and resided in the Altenberger Hof with seventeen horses, seven carriages and eight lackeys, while he did not care for the sick in the abbey or the studies of the young monks; the convention rebelled against him, so that Pope Pius VI. 1795 dispensed from the management until he abdicated in 1796 and received a pension of 1500 Rtl. was resigned; † July 1, 1799 at Haus Feldbrücken near Neuss
Joseph Greef 1796-1803 * November 30, 1744 in Cologne; concerned with thrift, but not up to the conflicts in the abbey and the challenges of economic management as a result of the overexploitation of his predecessor and the French occupation of the left bank of the Rhine; he left the abbey after its dissolution on December 1, 1803; † March 26, 1814 in Cologne

literature

  • Hans Mosler: The Archdiocese of Cologne. 1 The Altenberg Cistercian Abbey. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1965 ( Germania Sacra , New Part 2: The Dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Cologne. ) ( Digitized version )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1965 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Volume 29/1893, pp. 171–191, digitized
  3. ↑ Continuation of Altenberger Abtschronik , ZBergGV 40/1907, pp. 81–125.
  4. ↑ Henning, Coloniae Agrippinae 1640, lib. II, p. 15ff.
  5. ↑ A quo tempore fundata sit ecclesia Bergensis et per quos, et qui abbates prefuerunt ibidem , written in 1571, author by an unnamed monk; published in 1893 by Friedrich Küch under the title Eine Abtschronik von Altenberg in the journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein , year 29/1893, pp. 171–191, digitized . The abbreviation gives the year of the beginning of the term of office and a duration from which the given year numbers are calculated.
  6. ↑ In the documentary evidence, the first and the last year of a documentary mention of the abbot are given; The years mentioned here are therefore not the start and end of the term of office. Source: Hans Mosler: The Archdiocese of Cologne. 1 The Altenberg Cistercian Abbey. Section 33. Catalog of Abbots Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1965 ( Germania Sacra , New Part 2: The Dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Cologne. ) P. 137–188 ( digitized version ).
  7. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; new episode 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 138 with reference to Germania Sacra 1,3 Diocese of Brandenburg No. 2, p. 207.
  8. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 138f.
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  10. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, pp. 140f.
  11. ↑ gsn / 066-04666-001
  12. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 141f.
  13. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 142.
  14. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 142.
  15. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 143.
  16. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 145.
  17. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 147.
  18. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 149.
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  20. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 150.
  21. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 152.
  22. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 153f.
  23. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Part 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 154:
  24. ↑ Petra Janke: Specificatio Reliquiarium: The Altenberger Reliquienverzeichnis from 1528. Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2012, p. 24.
  25. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 155f.
  26. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 15f.
  27. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 157f.
  28. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, pp. 158–161.
  29. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 166.
  30. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 169f.
  31. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 172.
  32. ^ Nicolaus Strube: The Cistercians in Derneburg (1651-1803). A late filiation of Altenberg. In: Altenberger Blätter 60 (November 2014), pp. 29–36, here p. 29f.
  33. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 173ff.
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  35. ↑ gsn / 066-02207-001 , accessed on December 27, 2014.
  36. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 178f.
  37. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 183.
  38. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, p. 184ff.
  39. ^ Altenberger Domverein: History.
  40. ^ Hans Mosler: The Cistercian Abbey Altenberg. (= Germania Sacra; New Series 2. ) Berlin 1965, pp. 184–188.