List of the bishops of Ratzeburg
Bishops
The following people were bishops of the Ratzeburg diocese :
| Name and dates of life | Term of office | Special features and comments | Illustration |
| Aristo | around 1051 | The monastery church of the Benedictine monastery of St. Georg auf dem Berge in Ratzeburg, which was established in 1044, was destroyed in 1066 during the Wende uprising in connection with the stoning of the abbot and martyr Ansverus and his 18 friars . | |
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Evermod (around 1100–1178) |
1154-1178 | Heinrich the Lion appointed Evermod as the first bishop of his new diocese of Ratzeburg in 1154 due to his investiture right. | |
| Sedis vacancy | 1178-1180 | ||
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Isfried († 1204) |
1180-1204 | Before that, from 1159 provost of Jerichow Monastery . In 1194, in the Isfried partition contract, agreed with the cathedral chapter on the division of the monastery lands. | |
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Philip († 1215) |
1204-1215 | ||
| Heinrich I. | 1215-1228 | ||
| Lambert II of Barmstede | 1228 | He died six months after the papal appointment (November 6, 1228). He was not elected by the cathedral chapter in accordance with the statutes. His grave slab is in the Ratzeburg Cathedral . Special feature: the inscription "lambertus quintus epus" and his crosier are reversed. | |
| Gottschalk | 1229-1235 | The Ratzeburg tithe register was created during his tenure . | |
| Peter | 1236 | ||
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Ludolf I († 1250) |
1236-1250 | ||
| Friedrich | 1250-1257 | ||
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Ulrich von Blücher († January 16, 1284) |
1257-1284 | Grave slab in the north part of the transept of the Ratzeburg Cathedral |
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| Konrad | 1284-1291 | ||
| Hermann von Blücher († February 8, 1309) |
1291-1309 | Grave slab in Ratzeburg Cathedral no longer verifiable but described. | |
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Markward von Jesowe († April 4, 1335) |
1309-1335 | His seal on panel 35 of the Mecklenburg seal from the first half of the 14th century in Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch Vol. 10. Grave plate in the tower hall of the Ratzeburg Cathedral. | |
| Volrad von dem Dorne († October 23, 1355) |
1335-1355 | His seal on panel 35 of the Mecklenburg seal from the first half of the 14th century in Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch vol. 10. Grave plate in the Ratzeburg Cathedral on the north wall. |
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| Otto von Gronow († November 13, 1356) |
1355-1356 | His seal as canon and pastor in Ratzeburg (1335) is documented on panel 36 of the Mecklenburg seal from the first half of the 14th century in Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch vol. 10. Gravestone as "smashed for the high stairs at the choir". | |
| Wipert von Blücher († September 15, 1367) |
1356-1367 | Gravestone in the north part of the transept of the Ratzeburg Cathedral. |
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| Heinrich II. Von Wittorf († November 15, 1388) |
1367-1388 | Grave slab on the south wall of the Ratzeburg Cathedral, originally in the south side chapel next to the Lauenburg choir (demolished in 1880). | |
| Gerhard Holtorp († July 20, 1395) |
1388-1395 | Gravestone on the south wall next to the entrance. | |
| Detlef von Berkentin († January 14, 1419) |
1395-1419 | Grave slab (broken diagonally) on the west wall next to the entrance. | |
| John I of Trempe († October 18, 1431) |
1419-1431 | Grave slab in the Ratzeburg Cathedral in the west of the north wall. |
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| Pardam von dem Knesebeck († October 6, 1440) |
1431-1440 | Grave slab on the north wall of the chapel in the southeast of the Ratzeburg Cathedral. | |
| John II Prohl († March 17, 1454) |
1440-1454 | Gravestone in the north part of the transept of the Ratzeburg Cathedral on the east side. | |
| Johann III. by Preen | 1454-1461 | Grave slab in Ratzeburg Cathedral documented as a fragment, but no longer verifiable. |
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| Ludolf II from Ratzeburg († January 2, 1466) |
1461-1466 | Also Ludolf Roseborch, grave slab on the south wall of the Ratzeburg Cathedral. | |
| John IV Stalkoper († January 21, 1479) |
1466-1479 | Grave slab in the Ratzeburg Cathedral in the west of the south wall. |
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| John V of Berkentin | 1479-1511 | Acquisition of the bishop's hostel in Lübeck (1491). Tombstone documented as missing; possibly processed into choir steps. | |
| Henry III. Bergmeier | 1511-1524 | ||
| Georg von Blumenthal | 1524-1550 |
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| Christoph I. von der Schulenburg | 1550-1554 | 1554 Introduction of the Reformation in the diocese. |
Administrators of the Ratzeburg Diocese (1554–1648)
List of the evangelical administrators of the diocese between Reformation and secularization .
| Name and dates of life | Term of office | Special features and comments | Illustration |
| Christoph II , Duke of Mecklenburg | 1554-1592 | Tomb in the Schwerin Cathedral . |
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| Karl , Duke of Mecklenburg | 1592-1610 |
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| August , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | 1610-1636 |
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| Gustav Adolf , Duke of Mecklenburg | 1636-1648 |
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The Hochstift Ratzeburg with the Domhof Ratzeburg came to the Duchy of Mecklenburg in 1648 as the secularized Principality of Ratzeburg .
literature
- Gottlieb Matthias Carl Masch : History of the diocese Ratzeburg . F. Aschenfeldt, Lübeck 1835, 780 pages, ( digitized ).
- Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch , Volume X (1877): No. 6603–7399 (1346–1350), supplements to IX, seal (Plate 35–70) online with Google Book Search
- Georg Krüger (edit.): Art and history monuments of the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Volume II: The Land of Ratzeburg. Neubrandenburg 1934; Reprint Stock & Stein, Schwerin 1994, ISBN 3-910179-28-2
- Klaus Krüger: Corpus of medieval grave monuments in Lübeck, Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg 1100-1600 , Jan Thorbeke Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, pp. 1056-1078 ISBN 3-7995-5940-X
Web links
Commons : Bishops of the Bishopric of Ratzeburg - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to Masch, History of the Diocese ... , with good reasons given there during Gottschalk's time in office, Gottschalk died in 1233.