Neidhardt von Thüngen

Neidhard von Thüngen, copper engraving by Johann Salver

Coat of arms of the von Thüngen family . As a bishop, Neidhardt von Thüngen continued it as an element in a multiple coat of arms.

Neidhart von Thüngen, Michaelsberg Monastery, Bamberg

Neidhardt von Thüngen , also Neithard, Neidhart or Latinized Neidhardus (* May 1, 1545 probably Wüstensachsen (Rhön); † December 26, 1598 in Würzburg ), was Prince-Bishop of the Bamberg Monastery from 1591 until his death in 1598 .

Neidhardt in the family context

Neidhardt von Thüngen came from the Franconian, imperial-free noble family von Thüngen . The eponymous place Thüngen is today a market in the Lower Franconian district of Main-Spessart . His parents were Karl von Thüngen and Elisabeth, born von Steinau called Steinrück .

Neidhardt von Thüngen sat on the Kilianstein Castle, which was built by the family .

Biographical data

Neidhardt is one of the co-founders of the Juliusspital in Würzburg , along with the Würzburg bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn . In his later reform efforts he was in line with the Würzburg bishop. He was Rector Magnificus of the University of Würzburg and Provost of the Cathedral in Würzburg. In the time of Pope Clement XIII. and Emperor Rudolf II , he was elected Bishop of Bamberg in 1591. He was a driving force of the Counter Reformation , whose efforts collapsed under his successor Johann Philipp von Gebsattel . Under his reign, the witch trials began in Bamberg in 1595 .

Grave monument in Michaelsberg Monastery

His grave memorial has been in the left aisle of St. Michael's Church since the style restoration of Bamberg Cathedral .

literature

• Dieter J. Weiß :  Neithard v. Thüngen. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 54 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Hanna Brommer: Recatholization with and without a system. The Hochstifte Würzburg and Bamberg in comparison (approx. 1555–1700). V & R Unipress, Göttingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-8471-0193-2 .

Web links

Commons : Neidhardt von Thüngen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Portrait of Neidhardt in the story of the Klosterbräu
• Increased coat of arms of Neidhardt von Thüngen
• Neidhardt in excerpts from The Exemte Diocese of Bamberg
• Pastors' fates during the Reformation and Counter-Reformation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dieter J. Weiß: New German Biography, Volume 19 . 1999 ( deutsche-biographie.de [accessed December 25, 2018]).

predecessor	Office	successor
Ernst von Mengersdorf	Prince-Bishop of Bamberg 1591–1598	Johann Philipp von Gebsattel