Nikolaus Rotenfels

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Nikolaus Rotenfels (* probably 1404 in Naumburg an der Saale ; † 1475 ) was a canon in Meißen and Naumburg.

Life

Presumably Nikolaus Rotenfels came from the same noble family as the Naumburg bishop Ulrich II of Radefeld (1394-1409). In 1422 he studied at the University of Leipzig and in 1443 was eligible for a minor canon position in Meißen.

At the same time he is also mentioned as pastor (lat. Plebanus) of the then famous pilgrimage church Ebersdorf near Chemnitz , which he had structurally expanded into a large hall church and richly furnished, which was followed by the elevation to the collegiate church in 1469.

Rotenfels obtained further benefices from his position as vicar at the Jakobikirche in Chemnitz and as canon of Naumburg with full voting rights , where in 1458 he donated a richly endowed vicariate for the deputy of the dean in the cathedral .

According to the oldest anniversaries of the Meissen Cathedral , he died in 1475 and was buried in the northwest corner of the cathedral church.

literature

  • Gert Petersen: Older history of the collegiate church Chemnitz-Ebersdorf . Chemnitz 2002
  • Richard Steche : Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 6th booklet: Amtshauptmannschaft Flöha . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1886, p. 48 ( online ).