List of the bishops and archbishops of Bremen
| from | to | Surname |
|---|---|---|
| 787 | 789 | Willehad |
| 789 | 805 | ( Sedis vacancy ) |
| 805 | 838 | Willerich (also: Wilrich ) |
| 838 | 845 | Leuderich (also: Leutrich ) |
Since 848 the archbishops of Hamburg were also bishops of Bremen.
| from | to | Surname |
|---|---|---|
| 848 | 865 | Ansgar , Archbishop of Hamburg since 831, Bishop of Bremen since 845 |
| 865 | 888 | Rimbert , also called himself the Archbishop of Bremen |
| 888 | 909 | Adalgar |
Pope Sergius III confirmed in 905 the amalgamation of the archdioceses of Hamburg and Bremen into "one church".
| from | to | Surname |
|---|---|---|
| 909 | 915 | Hoger (also: Huggar ) |
| 916 | 916 | Reginwart |
| 916 | 936 | Unni |
| 936 | 988 | Adaldag |
| 988 | 1013 | Libentius I. (also: Libizo , Liawizo ) |
| 1013 | 1029 | Unwan |
| 1029 | 1032 | Libentius II. (Also: Liawizo ) |
| 1032 | 1035 | Hermann (Bremen) |
| 1035 | 1043 | Adalbrand (also: Bezelin , Alebrand ) |
| 1043 | 1072 | Adalbert I , Count Palatine of Saxony |
| 1072 | 1101 | Liemar |
| 1101 | 1104 | Humbert |
| 1104 | 1123 | Friedrich I. |
| 1123 | 1148 | Adalbero (also: Adalbert II. ) |
| 1148 | 1168 | Hartwig I. , (also: Hartwig von Stade ) |
| 1168 | 1178 | Balduin I (also: Baldwin ), appointed by Emperor Friedrich I after a double election between Siegfried I and Dompropst Otbert. |
| 1178 | 1179 | Bertold (also: Bertram ). Not confirmed by the pope, then Bishop of Metz |
| (1168) 1179 |
1184 | Siegfried of Anhalt . After the installation of Baldwin I, he called himself "Elected from Bremen". Installed by Emperor Friedrich I after the death of Baldwin I. |
| 1184 | 1207 | Hartwig II. (Also: Hartwig von Utlede , Hartwig von Uthlede , Wilrich ). 1190 by King Henry VI. deposed, but remained in office because Waldemar was imprisoned in Denmark. |
| (1192) 1207 |
1212 | Waldemar Prince of Denmark (also Bishop of Schleswig ). Elected in Bremen in 1192 and 1207 without papal approval. Finally expelled in 1217. |
| 1208 | 1210 | Burchard von Stumpenhausen . Elected in Hamburg without papal recognition. 1210 resigned. |
| 1210 | 1219 | Gerhard I. From 1192 to 1216 also bishop in the Diocese of Osnabrück , from the House of Oldenburg. |
| 1219 | 1258 | Gerhard II. (Gerhard zur Lippe). |
Pope Honorius III. confirmed Christmas 1223 Bremen as the only (arch) bishopric seat. The cathedral chapter of Hamburg remained, however, endowed with special rights.
| from | to | Surname |
|---|---|---|
| 1258 | 1273 | Hildebold von Wunstorf (also: Hildbold ). |
| 1273 | 1306 | Giselbert von Brunkhorst (also: Giselbert von Bronkhorst ) |
| 1306 | 1307 | Heinrich I. (also: Heinrich von Goltern or von Golthorn ) |
| 1307 | 1310 | Sedis vacancy . Double election, Florence von Bronkhorst , from the family of the Lords von Bronkhorst , and Bernhard von Wölpe were elected . Florence died in 1308, Bernhard gave up. |
| 1310 | 1327 | Jens Grand (also: Johann , Jonas Fursat Grand ). Previously Archbishop of Lund since 1289 . In 1316 an attempt was made to declare him insane. |
| 1316 | 1327 | Johann I. ( administrator ) |
| 1327 | 1344 | Burchard Grelle |
| 1344 | 1348 | Otto I. from the Oldenburg Count's House |
| 1348 | 1359 | Gottfried von Arnsberg (previously Bishop of Osnabrück) |
| 1348 | 1359 | Moritz von Oldenburg , without papal confirmation |
| 1359 | 1395 | Albert II. (Albert of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel ) |
| 1395 | 1406 | Otto II. |
| 1406 | 1421 | Johannes II. , (Johannes von Schlamstorf or von Slamsdorp ) |
| 1422 | 1435 | Nikolaus von Oldenburg-Delmenhorst , resigned |
| 1435 | 1441 | Baldwin II von Wenden (also: Balduin ) |
| 1442 | 1463 | Gerhard III. |
| 1463 | 1496 | Heinrich II. ( Heinrich XXVII. Von Schwarzburg , from 1466 also as Heinrich III. Bishop of Münster ) |
| 1497 | 1511 | Johann III. Rode of whales |
| 1511 | 1558 | Christoph von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (since 1503 also Bishop of Verden ) |
| 1558 | 1566 | Georg von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (also Bishop of Verden and Minden ) |
From 1540, the cathedral chapters carried out the Reformation with the benevolent tolerance of the archbishop .
From 1566, Lutheran archbishops, also known as administrators, were elected by the Bremen cathedral chapter .
| from | to | Surname |
|---|---|---|
| 1567 | 1585 | Heinrich von Sachsen-Lauenburg (also Bishop of Osnabrück , Paderborn and Verden ) |
| 1585 | 1596 | Johann Adolf von Holstein-Gottorf |
| 1596 | 1634 | Johann Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf |
| 1634 | 1648 | Frederick II (Prince of Denmark) |
In 1648 the Archbishopric of Bremen was secularized and passed to Sweden as the Duchy of Bremen .
literature
swell
- Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: Onomastikon chronographikon hierarchiae Germanicae. Lists of the German bishops since the year 800 AD, including an appendix, containing the dignitaries of some abbeys and orders of knights. Self-published, Minden 1854, pp. 15-16 .
- Friedrich W. Ebeling: The German bishops until the end of the sixteenth century. Presented biographically, literarily, historically and in terms of church statistics. 1st volume. Wigand, Leipzig 1858, pp. 58–111 .
- Hermann Grote : Family Tables. With annex Calendarium Medii Aevi. Hahn, Leipzig 1877, p. 506 (reprint. Reprint-Verlag Leipzig, Holzminden 1998, ISBN 3-8262-0710-6 ).
See also
List of auxiliary bishops in Bremen
literature
- Eckhard Danneberg, Heinz-Joachim Schulze (ed.): History of the country between the Elbe and Weser. Volume 2: Middle Ages (= series of publications by the Regional Association of the Former Duchies of Bremen and Verden. Volume 8). Landscape Association of the Former Duchies of Bremen and Verden, Stade 1995, ISBN 3-9801919-8-2 , pp. 524-527.
- Dieter Hägermann, Ulrich Weidinger and Konrad Elmshäuser: Bremische Kirchengeschichte im Mittelalter , Bremen 2012, passim , with lists also of the heads of spiritual institutes: pp. 509-521.
- Günter Glaeske: The archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen as imperial princes (937–1258). Hildesheim 1962.
Individual evidence
- ^ University of Zurich (PL 131 0974D): IV. EPISTOLA SERGII III AD ADALGARIUM HAMBURGENSEM. (Anno 905.) "Bremensem Ecclesiam, et ipsam Hamburgensem Ecclesiam non duas, sed unam esse Ecclesiam"
- ↑ Bremen chroniclers also referred to the Protestant church princes as archbishops, e. B. Roller Chronicle, Vol. 2, p. 146, "the last or 49th Archbishop, the Royal Danish Prince Friderich"
- ↑ Eike Wolgast: Hochstift and Reformation. Studies on the history of the imperial church between 1517 and 1648 , Stuttgart 1995