Manegold from Mammern

Manegold von Mammern (also Manegold von Böttstein-Mammern ; † May 1, 1133 ) was abbot of the St. Gallen monastery from 1121 to 1133 . He came from a noble family from the Untersee area . It is documented for the years 1125 and 1126.

Act

After Heinrich von Twiel, who was loyal to the emperor, was elected abbot in 1121, his opponents challenged the legality of the election and appointed Manegold von Mammern as abbot. The official inauguration took place in September 1122. He directed his activities as abbot to restore the abbey's former property. This had become necessary because in the struggle for the abbot's staff, both he himself and his opponent Heinrich von Twiel had tried to build a loyal following by awarding fiefs. He succeeded in re-incorporating the St. Gallen monastery estates north of Lake Constance into the abbey. To secure the recovered goods, he built Praßberg Castle near Wangen . He also worked as a client in St. Gallen. He had the ceiling above the nave of the Gallus Church adorned with a family tree of Christ and the school tower with a painting of the Last Judgment .

Web links

Manegold von Mammern on the website of the St. Gallen Abbey Archives .
Manegold von Mammern in the city lexicon Wil; According to Johannes Duft : The Abbey of St. Gallen .
Werner Vogler: Mammern, Manegold from. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

^ Rainer Jensch: City Chronicle Wangen im Allgäu. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg im Allgäu 2015, p. 55.
↑ ^a ^b Werner Vogler: St. Gallen - Abbots: Manegold von Mammern, 1121–1133. In: Helvetia Sacra. Dept. III: The orders with Benedictine rule. 2/1: Early monasteries, the Benedictines in Switzerland. Francke Verlag, Bern 1986, p. 1293 f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ulrich von Eppenstein	Abbot of St. Gallen 1121–1133	Werinher

personal data
SURNAME	Manegold from Mammern
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Manegold from Böttstein-Mammern
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Abbot of St. Gallen
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century or 12th century
DATE OF DEATH	May 1, 1133

[1] Rainer Jensch: City Chronicle Wangen im Allgäu. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg im Allgäu 2015, p. 55.

[:0-2] Werner Vogler: St. Gallen - Abbots: Manegold von Mammern, 1121–1133. In: Helvetia Sacra. Dept. III: The orders with Benedictine rule. 2/1: Early monasteries, the Benedictines in Switzerland. Francke Verlag, Bern 1986, p. 1293 f.