List of the abbots and bishops of Fulda
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Coat of arms of the monastery and diocese of Fulda according to Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1605
Abbots and prince abbots of the Fulda monastery or bishops and prince-bishops of the Fulda diocese :
Abbots
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Prince Abbot Adolf von Dalberg (1678–1737) over a view of the city of Fulda (copper engraving by Johann Salver )
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Prince Abbot Placidus von Droste , 1688
Prince Abbot Adalbert von Schleifras around 1700
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Prince-Bishop Henry VIII of Bibra ( Johann Andreas Herrlein )
# | Dept | Term of office | Remarks |
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1. | Sturmius | 744-779 | |
2. | Baugulf of Fulda | 779-802 | |
3. | Ratgar | 802-817 | |
4th | Eigil from Fulda | 818-822 | |
5. | Rabanus Maurus | 822-842 | |
6th | Hatto I of Fulda | 842-856 | |
7th | Thioto | 856-869 | |
8th. | Sigihart | 869-891 | |
9. | Huoggi | 891-915 | |
10. | Helmfried | 915-916 | |
11. | Haicho | 917-923 | |
12. | Hildebert of Mainz | 923-927 | |
13. | Hadamar | 927-956 | |
14th | Hatto II. | 956-968 | |
15th | Werinheri | 968-982 | † October 30, 982 in Lucca , on the way back to Germany after the lost battle at Cape Colonna ; buried in Borgo San Donnino (today Fidenza ) near Parma. |
16. | Branthoh I. | 982-991 | |
17th | Hatto III. | 991-997 | |
18th | Erkanbald | 997-1011 | |
19th | Branthoh II. | 1011-1013 | |
20th | Poppo | 1013-1018 | also abbot of Lorsch Abbey |
21st | Richard of Fulda | 1018-1039 | from 1012 to 1039 abbot Richard I of the Amorbach monastery in the Odenwald, from 1018 also abbot of the Fulda monastery. Died in 1039 and buried in the Neuenberg monastery. |
22nd | Sigiwart | 1039-1043 | |
23. | Rohing | 1043-1047 | |
24. | Egbert von Münsterschwarzach | 1047-1058 | |
25th | Siegfried I. | 1058-1060 | |
26th | Widerad from Eppenstein | 1060-1075 | |
27. | Ruothart | 1075-1096 | |
28. | Godefrid | 1096-1109 | |
29 | Wolf helmet | 1109-1114 | |
30th | Erlolf von Bergholz | 1114-1122 | |
31. | Ulrich von Kemnaten | 1122-1126 | |
32. | Heinrich I of Kemnaten | 1126-1132 | |
33. | Bertho I. von Schlitz | 1132-1134 | |
34. | Konrad I. | 1134-1140 | |
35. | Aleholf | 1140-1148 | |
36. | Rugger I. | 1148 | |
37. | Heinrich II of Bingarten | 1148-1149 | |
38. | Markward | 1150-1165 | |
39. | Gernot of Fulda | 1165 | |
40. | Hermann | 1165-1168 | |
41. | Burchard Count of Nürings | 1168-1176 | |
42. | Rugger II. | 1176-1177 | |
43. | Konrad II. | 1177-1192 | |
44. | Henry III. from Kronberg | 1192-1216 | |
45. | Hartmann I. | 1216-1217 | |
46. | Kuno of Fulda | 1217-1221 |
Prince abbots
Prince-bishops
# | bishop | Term of office | Remarks |
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1. | Amand von Buseck | 1737-1756 | Prince-Bishop from 1752 |
2. | Adalbert II von Walderdorff | 1757-1759 | |
3. | Henry VIII of Bibra | 1759-1788 | |
4th | Adalbert III. from Harstall | 1789-1814 | Prince-Bishop until 1802 |
Bishops
# | bishop | Term of office | Remarks |
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Heinrich von Warnsdorf | 1814-1817 | Apostolic Vicar | |
Sedis vacancy | 1817-1828 | ||
5. | Johann Adam Rieger | 1828-1831 | |
6th | Johann Leonhard Pfaff | 1832-1848 | |
7th | Christoph Florentius Kött | 1848-1873 | |
Sedis vacancy | 1873-1881 | ||
8th. | Georg von Kopp | 1881-1887 | |
9. | Joseph Weyland | 1888-1894 | |
10. | Georg Ignaz Comp | 1894-1898 | |
11. | Adalbert Endert | 1898-1906 | |
12. | Joseph Damian Schmitt | 1907-1939 | |
13. | Johann Baptist Dietz | 1939-1958 | |
14th | Adolf Bolte | 1959-1974 | |
15th | Eduard Schick | 1975-1982 | |
16. | Johannes Dyba | 1983-2000 | personal title archbishop |
17th | Heinz Josef Algermissen | 2001-2018 | |
18th | Michael Gerber | from 2019 |
literature
- Josef Leinweber: The Fulda Abbots and Bishops , Frankfurt am Main, 1989, ISBN 3-7820-0585-6
- Konrad Lübeck: The Fulda abbots and prince abbots of the Middle Ages , 31st publication of the Fulda History Association, Fulda, 1952
See also
Web links
Commons : Bishops of Fulda - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Mott : Abbot Werinheri and the unfortunate campaign of 982; With 60 armored riders at Otto II's side in southern Italy , in: Buchenblätter ( Fuldaer Zeitung ), 89th volume, No. 12, June 13, 2016, pp. 45–46.
- ↑ Inauguration in the New Year Information on bistum-fulda.de, accessed on December 13, 2018