Ludwig I of Wippra

Ludwig I of Wippra († 1173 ) was the 23rd bishop of Münster from 1169 to 1173 .

Early life

He came from the noble lords of Wippra , who were related to the Thuringian landgraves. His father was Ludwig von Wippra , his mother's name was Mechtildis , also called Mathilde . There is no more precise information about Ludwig's early years. It seems certain that he was canon in Magdeburg in 1151 . In 1157 he was treasurer of the cathedral monastery in Magdeburg. He later gave up this post, but remained a canon. He was temporarily provost of the Church of Our Lady in Magdeburg. Ludwig appears as a witness in several documents from Heinrich the Lion . In 1168 he was named as Magdeburg canon and provost of Merseburg . He owed his rise in the church not least to his half-brother Archbishop Wichmann von Seeburg .

After the death of Bishop Friedrich II of Are , Emperor Friedrich I appointed him Bishop of Munster without taking into account the Worms Concordat .

Time as a bishop

As usual, he promoted the monastery through donations. In the city of Münster , Ludwig was significantly involved in the development of the St. Ludgeri Church, among other things by clarifying the land issue, equipping it with a hoof of land and the foundation of an old cross with relics of St. Liudger . The pastor of St. Lamberti , who had to give part of his parish to St. Ludgeri, was compensated financially. The Stiftsvogtei, which had already been acquired by the Counts of Tecklenburg under Bishop Friedrich II , was confirmed by Emperor Friedrich I in 1173 in favor of Ludwig. The construction of the south tower of St. Paulus Cathedral also fell during his time .

In order to eliminate the confusion of the incomes of the cathedral chapter and bishop, he removed eight main courts of Lohn , Haltern , Dülmen , Billerbeck , Warendorf , Beckum , Ahlen and Werne from administration by bailiffs and placed them directly under the bishop again. In the dispute between the cathedral chapter and the citizens of Münster about the limits of cathedral immunity , Ludwig mediated and set the center of the moat as the limit. The cathedral chapter was entitled to a share of the coin profit. Unlike the cathedral chapter in the 17th century, it did not grant it its own right to mint.

Ludwig's term of office coincides with a schism . Ludwig recognized the antipope Calixt III appointed by the emperor . on. He took part in the Imperial Court Day in Frankfurt am Main in 1169/1170 . In the imperial document issued there on January 3, 1170, Ludwig was one of the witnesses. In June of the year he accompanied the emperor, who was a new Italian train against Alexander III. prepared. Like numerous other bishops, he signed an imperial privilege on June 21, 1170.

Bishop Ludwig died of a cough epidemic in December 1173. He was buried under the south tower of the cathedral.

literature

• Wilhelm Kohl: The dioceses of the church province Cologne. The diocese of Münster 7.3: The diocese. Berlin, 2003 Germania Sacra New Series Bd.37,3 ISBN 978-3-11-017592-9 Teildigitalisat
• Wilhelm Kohl: The dioceses of the church province Cologne. The diocese of Münster 7.1: The diocese. Berlin, 1999 Germania Sacra NF Bd.37,1 ISBN 978-3-11-016470-1 Teildigitalisat

predecessor	Office	successor
Frederick II of Are	Bishop of Münster 1169–1173	Hermann II von Katzenelnbogen