Otto VI. from Andechs

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Otto von Andechs (* before 1132; † May 2, 1196 in Bamberg ) was as Otto II. From 1177 to 1196 Bishop of Bamberg . In the Andechs-Meranier family line he is found as Otto VI. from Andechs again.

Life

The Dompropst and son of Berthold II. Von Andechs and Sophie von Istrien was initially probably from 1156, secured from 1164 provost of the Bamberg subsidiary convent St. Stephan , from 1164 to 1166 provost at the Aachener Marienstift and became 1165 - in the context of the Alexandrian schism, to strengthen the Hohenstaufen influence on the Brenner route, which is important for imperial politics, and to further isolate the Salzburg Archbishop Konrad II, who was loyal to the Pope - elected Bishop of Brixen (Elekt), but not consecrated for reasons unknown In 1170 he resigned from this office. Between 1174 and 1177 he again took up the post of provost in Aachen. In August 1177 he was elected to succeed the late Bamberg Bishop Hermann II . He was the first bishop from the Andechs-Meranien family . He maintained the good relations of his house throughout his reign and received after the peace between Pope Alexander III. and the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa handed over the episcopal ordination and certainly also the pallium on request by the Pope in Rome on March 18, 1179 . In 1185 the Bamberg Cathedral burned down for the second time. More recently, Otto II has also been seen as the initiator of the new building that followed.

Bishop Otto II. Operational tungsten II., The abbot of the monastery Michael Berg , since the early 1180s, the canonization of Bishop I. Otto called apostle of Pomerania . It was proclaimed on November 10, 1189 on the court day of Würzburg by the papal commissioner, whereupon the solemn elevation of his bones took place in Bamberg on September 30, 1189 .

In 1190 Otto II founded the Spital am Pyhrn , located in the Bamberg possessions in what is now Upper Austria . On April 15, 1191 he was at the imperial coronation of Henry VI. present in Rome . In 1192 he arranged for the cathedral choir to be built . The parishes of Marienweiher and Teuschnitz were established under his aegis, also to cultivate the Franconian Forest . The founding of the parish of Röbersdorf (later merged into the parish of Schlüsselau ) also fell during his reign.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ To the biography in detail Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal. Volume 2: 1140-1200 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7030-0485-8 , p. 177-178, No. 614 (Remarks) .
  2. ↑ Achim Hubel : Considerations on the dating of the eastern parts of Bamberg Cathedral. In: Olaf Struck (Hrsg.): International conference of cathedral master builders, cathedral master builders and smelter Bamberg 1996. Documentation. Staatliches Hochbauamt Bamberg, Bamberg 1997, pp. 39–52.
  3. ↑ Johannes Kist: Prince and Archdiocese of Bamberg. Guide through their history from 1007 to 1960. 3rd, completely redesigned and significantly increased edition. Historischer Verein Bamberg, Bamberg 1962, p. 26.

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predecessor Office successor
Hartmann Bishop of Brixen
1165–1170 		Heinrich von Fügen
Hermann II. Bishop of Bamberg
1177–1196 		Timo
personal data
SURNAME Otto VI. from Andechs
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Otto II of Bamberg; Otto von Brixen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Bamberg and Brixen
DATE OF BIRTH before 1132
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1196
Place of death Bamberg