List of the bishops of Merseburg
The list of the bishops of Merseburg presents the bishops of the diocese of Merseburg .
Boso was elected the first Merseburg bishop in 968. From 981 to 1004 the diocese was abolished. Merseburg Cathedral was the religious center . The coat of arms of the diocese shows a black cross on a gold background. In late bishops coats of arms this coat of arms merges with that of the family coat of arms of the respective bishop to form a crossing . The family coats of arms shown in the list are taken from Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1605.
As a result of the Reformation , the diocese broke up, the pen area came in 1565 in the Electorate of Saxony and later was part of the short-lived Duchy of Saxe-Merseburg . Saxon elector from the House of Albertine and Sekundogenitur whose sons came from as locum tenens or administrators on. The former diocesan areas can be recognized in the structure of Electoral Saxony into districts and offices . The later successors can be found in the list of electors, dukes and kings of Saxony .
List of the bishops of Merseburg
No. | Surname | Term of office | annotation | presentation | coat of arms |
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1 | Boso | 968- 970 | first bishop of Merseburg | ||
2 | Giselher | 971- 981 | Giselher was then Archbishop of Magdeburg (981-1004). | ||
Abolition of the diocese | 981-1004 | ||||
3 | Wigbert | 1004-1009 | |||
4th | Thietmar | 1009-1019 | Walbeck | ||
5 | Bruno | 1020-1036 | |||
6th | Hunold | 1036-1050 | |||
7th | Alberich | 1050-1053 | |||
8th | Winther | 1053 | |||
9 | Ezzelin I. | 1053-1055 | |||
10 | Woffo | 1057-1062 | also Uffo, Onuphrius | ||
11 | Wynither | 1063 | only six weeks, also Günther | ||
12 | Werner | 1063-1085 | Imprisoned by King Henry IV in 1075 | ||
Eppo | 1085-? | used by Henry IV | |||
Werner | ? -1093 | reinstated, in 1080 Rudolf von Rheinfelden was buried in Merseburg, in 1091 Peterskloster Merseburg was consecrated | |||
13 | Albuin | 1097-1112 | Pegau Monastery consecrated | ||
14th | Gerhard | 1112-1120 | |||
15th | Arnold | 1120-1126 | |||
16 | Megingoz | 1126-1140 | also Meingod | ||
17th | Heinrich I. | 1140-1140 | |||
18th | Ezzelin II | 1140-1143 | also Eckhelm | ||
19th | Reinhard von Querfurt | 1143-1151 |
Family coat of arms |
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20th | Johann I. | 1151-1170 | |||
21st | Eberhard von Seeburg | 1171-1201 | Count of Seeburg | ||
22nd | Dietrich von Meissen | 1201-1215 | |||
23 | Ekkehard Rabil | 1215-1240 | also Engelhard | ||
24 | Rudolf von Webau | 1240-1244 | |||
25th | Henry II of goods | 1244-1265 | |||
26th | Albrecht I of Borna | 1265 | |||
27 | Friedrich I of Torgau | 1265-1283 | |||
28 | Henry III. from Ammendorf | 1283-1300 |
Family coat of arms |
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29 | Heinrich IV. Kindt | 1300-1319 | |||
30th | Gebhard von Schrapelau | 1320-1340 | younger brother of Archbishop Burchard III. (Magdeburg) | ||
31 | Heinrich V. zu Stolberg | 1341-1357 | Heinrich V came from the count family of Stolberg . |
Family coat of arms |
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32 | Frederick II of Hoym | 1357-1382 |
Family coat of arms |
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33 | Burkhard von Querfurt | 1382-1384 | Burkhard came from the von Querfurt family . |
Family coat of arms |
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Andreas Dauba | 1382-1385 | from the family of Dauba , counter-bishop |
Family coat of arms |
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34 | Henry VI. to Stolberg | 1384-1393 | Henry VI. came from the count family zu Stolberg . |
Family coat of arms |
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35 | Heinrich VII Schütz of Orlamünde | 1393-1403 |
Family coat of arms |
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36 | Otto von Honstein | 1403-1406 | Otto came from the von Hohnstein family of counts . |
Family coat of arms |
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37 | Heinrich (VIII.) Zu Stolberg | 1406 | Heinrich came from the family of counts zu Stolberg , coadjutor , elected by the cathedral chapter |
Family coat of arms |
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38 | Walther von Köckritz | 1407-1411 |
Family coat of arms |
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39 | Nikolaus Lubich | 1411-1431 | |||
40 | Johann II. Bose of Ammendorf and Ermlitz | 1431-1463 |
Epitaph in Merseburg Cathedral |
Family coat of arms |
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41 | Johann III. from Werder | 1464-1466 |
Epitaph in Merseburg Cathedral |
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42 | Thilo von Trotha | 1466-1514 |
Supraporte in Merseburg Castle |
Family coat of arms, depicting brother Hans von Trotha |
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43 | Adolf of Anhalt-Zerbst | 1514-1526 | Adolf was already employed as a steward from 1507 to 1514. | ||
44 | Vincent von Schleinitz | 1526-1535 | Vinzenz came from the von Schleinitz family . |
Tomb in Naumburg Cathedral |
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45 | Sigismund von Lindenau | 1535-1544 | |||
August of Saxony | 1544-1548 | possibly administrator |
August von Sachsen , painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder J. |
Electoral coat of arms in Siebmacher's coat of arms book |
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George III from Anhalt | 1545-1549 | possibly coadjutor |
Contemporary woodcut |
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46 | Michael Helding | 1549-1561 | Last Catholic bishop | ||
Alexander of Saxony | 1561-1565 | Diocese administrator |
Contemporary painting |
Remarks
- ↑ Offo was initially Eichstätter cathedral treasurer, see z. B. Anonymous von Herrieden
- ^ Heinrich appoints Eppo against Werner as bishop of Merseburg. Retrieved July 20, 2018 .
literature
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- Ernst Friedrich Mooyer: registers of the German bishops since the year 800 after Chr. Im Selbstverlag, Minden 1854, p. 66 f.
literature
- Max Wilberg: Regent tables. A compilation of the rulers of countries all over the world up to the beginning of the 20th century. Transpress Verlag, Berlin 1987 (unchanged photomechanical reprint of the Frankfurt / Oder 1906 edition), ISBN 3-344-00094-2