Maximilian Christoph von Rodt

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Maximilian Christoph von Rodt, portrait of Stephan Bildstein (c. 1775/1780) in the New Castle in Meersburg
Coat of arms of Maximilian Christoph von Rodt at the rectory in Schleitheim , 1778

Maximilian Augustinus Christoph von Rodt , also Maximilian Christian August Maria von Rodt (born December 10, 1717 in Kehl , † January 17, 1800 in Meersburg ) was Prince-Bishop of Konstanz .

family

Maximilian Augustinus Christoph Reichsfreiherr von Rodt, like his brothers Franz Konrad von Rodt ( Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Constance 1750–1775) and Christian von Rodt (General), came from the knightly nobility. Her father was the general and Breisach fortress commander Franz Christoph von Rodt (1671–1743), her mother Maria Theresia von Sickingen (1682–1756). With Maximilian Christof von Rodt, his line died out in the male line. His daughter Maria Katharina Maximiliana von Dort died on March 16, 1821 as choirwoman M. Crescentia in the Wald monastery .

Life

Maximilian Christoph became a knight of the Order of Malta before 1727, then canon in Konstanz, Augsburg and Würzburg and studied from 1727 in Freiburg and Siena. In 1760 he became archdeacon at the Konstanz cathedral monastery, in 1766 cathedral cantor and in 1773 cathedral provost. From 1770 to 1775 he was dean of the cathedral in Augsburg.

Maximilian Christoph von Rodt was appointed Prince-Bishop of Constance on December 14, 1775, succeeding his brother Cardinal Franz Konrad von Rodt , the confirmation by the Pope took place on April 15, 1776, the episcopal ordination on August 12, 1776. Maximilian's term of office - how that of his brother Franz Konrad - was shaped by the conflicts with the Lucerne nunciature and the large abbeys of St. Gallen , Einsiedeln and the Swabian monastery of Kempten located in the diocese of Constance . The church policy of Emperor Joseph II aggravated the financial position of the bishopric and endangered the continued existence of the diocese. Ultimately, Maximilian was replaced by the Prince-Primate Karl Theodor von Dalberg , coadjutor and last Prince-Bishop of the Diocese of Constance.

Maximilian Christoph had his bishopric in the New Castle in Meersburg , which was inaugurated in 1710 by one of his predecessors, Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg . He furnished the castle with a new, modern interior and decoration. His collection of natural objects, especially the shell collection, was known nationwide.

Maximilian was the last owner of the Bußmannshausen fiefdom with Orsenhausen Monastery, which was acquired in 1534 by Hans von Rodt. After the death of his brother General Christian von Rodt in 1768 the fief was withdrawn from Austria. After his brother, the then Cardinal and Prince-Bishop Franz Konrad von Rodt, the family got the fief back. Maximilian Christoph transferred the rule to his nephew, Bernhard von Hornstein-Göffingen.

Maximilian Christoph was Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Lord of Reichenau and Öhningen, and bearer of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. John of Malta and its protector.

Maximilian Christoph von Rodt died in the episcopal residence in Meersburg and was buried in the choir of the Catholic parish church of Meersburg. The subsequent parish church was built from 1827 to 1829 and the remains of Maximilian Christoph von Rodt as well as Christoph Metzler and Franz Konrad von Rodt such as Hugo von Hohenlandenberg and Johann Georg von Hallwyl were reburied in the vaulted crypt near the entrance.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Reinhardt:  Maximilian Christoph v. Rodt. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 506 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ↑ German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE), p. 469
  3. ^ Antoine Godeau , Bernhard Hyper, Johann L. von Groote, Arnaldo Speroni degli Alvarotti: General Church History. Volume 23: Church history from the year of Christ 814 to 844. Rieger, Augsburg 1785, p. 234 f.
  4. ↑ Joseph Bergmann: "Die Reichsgrafen von und zu Hohenembs in Vorarlberg", Volume 11 of Memoranda / Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Philosophical-Historical Class, 1861
predecessor Office successor
Franz Konrad von Rodt Bishop of Constance
1775–1799 		Karl Theodor von Dalberg
personal data
SURNAME Rodt, Maximilian Christoph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rodt, Maximilian Augustinus Christoph von (full name); Rodt, Maximilian Christian August Maria von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Constance (1775–1799)
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1717
PLACE OF BIRTH Throat
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 1800
Place of death Meersburg