Nikolaus von Kesselhut

Nikolaus von Kesselhut

Nikolaus von Kesselhut (* unknown; † February 11, 1331 ) was Bishop of Verden from 1312 to 1331 .

biography

Seal of Bishop Nikolaus von Ketelhodt in Verden

He came from the Westphalian Mecklenburg noble family Ketelhodt and was a nephew of his predecessor Friedrich von Boizenburg . This initially provided him with a canonical at Verden Cathedral , and from 1305 he was provost of St. Andreä. On January 9, 1312 he was elected bishop.

Nikolaus devoted himself mainly to the consolidation of his pen. For this he was the first Verden bishop to have a property register drawn up. However, like many other Verden bishops, he could not prevent the Lüneburg Princely House from taking possession of the monastic estates with which they were enfeoffed.

Since 1324 Nicolaus represented the Archbishop of Bremen Jens Grand, who was at the curia , as vicar general . The raging unrest in the Archdiocese of Bremen threatened to encroach on the Verden monastery, but in May 1325 Nikolaus managed to conclude a land peace with the parties involved .

He died on February 11, 1331 and was buried in Verden Cathedral. With the death of Nicholas, the era with bishops from the regional nobility came to an end. He was followed by papally provident bishops.

literature

• Christoph Gottlieb Pfannkuche: The recent history of the former Diocese of Verden . Bauer, Verden 1830, pp. 168–175. ( Digitized in Google Book Search - USA )
• Karl Ernst Hermann Krause:  Nicolaus (Bishop of Verden) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, pp. 618-672.
• Eckhard Danneberg, Heinz-Joachim Schulze (ed.): History of the country between the Elbe and Weser . Volume II: Middle Ages. Landscape Association of the Former Duchies of Bremen and Verden, Stade 1995, ISBN 3-9801919-8-2 , p. 297.

predecessor	Office	successor
Friedrich von Boizenburg	Bishop of Verden 1312–1331	John II Hake