List of people related to Münstermaifeld

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The list of people related to Münstermaifeld gives an overview of people who are connected to Münstermaifeld by origin or work and about whom there is (for most) an article in the German-language Wikipedia.

Surname Lifetime Remarks
Modoald (* before 584 or 590; † May 12, 645 or 648) was Bishop of Trier and is a saint of the Catholic Church, consecrated the then St. Martin's Church in 640
Ruotbert of Trier († May 19, 956 in Cologne) was Archbishop of Trier from 931 to 956, probably had the relics of St. Severus brought to Münstermaifeld in 956
Bruno von Lauffen (* around 1045 in Bretten; † April 25, 1124 in Trier) was Archbishop of Trier, consecrated the predecessor of the collegiate church in 1103, probably began with the city fortifications (Lauffenburg)
Arnold II of Isenburg (* around 1190 at Braunsberg Castle; † November 5, 1259 in Montabaur) was Archbishop and Elector of Trier from 1242 to 1259, built city fortifications in the middle of the 13th century
Heinrich II of Finstingen († April 26, 1286 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) was from 1260 to 1286 as Heinrich II. Archbishop and Elector of Trier, gave the place jurisdiction on December 17, 1277 and completed the city wall around 1280
Baldwin of Luxembourg (* 1285 in Luxembourg; † January 21, 1354 in Trier) was Archbishop and Elector of Trier from 1307 to 1354, expanded the city fortifications in connection with the driving back of the Counts of Virneburg, who became an important, lordly competitor on the Maifeld
Elias von Eltz (1331-1347) Provost of Münstermaifeld
Nikolaus von Prüm (1395-1439) Canon in the Münstermaifeld Abbey (1438)
Nikolaus von Kues (1401–1464) Cardinal and polymath, 1435–1445 provost of Münstermaifeld
Giuliano della Rovere (* December 5, 1443 † February 21, 1513) Penultimate provost in Münstermaifeld (1471 to 1477 or 1484) and later Pope Julius II.
Richard von Greiffenklau zu Vollrads (* 1467 † March 13, 1531) 1515 appointed provost in Münstermaifeld by Pope Julius II. He was thus archbishop in personal union in 1512.
Johann III. from Metzenhausen (1492-1540) was the builder of the Marstall, which burned down in 1914, in 1535
Otto Gereon von Gutmann zu Sobernheim (* 1571 / 1572–1638) Auxiliary bishop, before 1600 canon in the Münstermaifeld monastery
Louis-François de Boufflers (1644-1711) French marshal, destroyed Münstermaifeld on September 26, 1691 because it was mistaken for Münstereifel
Franz Peter Canaris (~~ January 30, 1724 in Bernkastel, † March 14, 1792 in Münstermaifeld) was great-great-grandfather of Wilhelm Canaris , was city and history writer in 1759, in 1767 as an electorate chamber councilor, in 1764, 1776 and in 1777 as mayor
Johann Büchel V. (* 1754 † 1842) was a cloth maker, guild master, councilor, high court judge, chronicler and last electoral Trier mayor of the city
Franz Georg Severus Weckbecker (July 2, 1775 † March 6, 1862) Landowner and merchant
Johann Claudius of Lassaulx (* March 27, 1781 - † October 14, 1848) Architect of the St. Joseph Hospital (1832 ff.)
Hermann Nebel (* July 31, 1816 in Koblenz; † July 23, 1893 ibid) presumably the architect of the former synagogue
Heinrich Zilliken (1841-1900) was a goldsmith and watchmaker , founder of the Münstermaifelder tower clock factory
Mathias Zilliken (* 1869; † 1918) ran the tower clock factory from 1900 until bankruptcy in 1912