Philipp Schenk from Erbach

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Grave slab in the cloister of the Abbey Church of St. Peter and Paul, Wissembourg (Alsace)

Philipp Schenk von Erbach († 13. December 1467 ) was a Benedictine and abbot of the monastery White Castle (Wissembourg) in Alsace.

Origin and family

Philipp was a son of Eberhard X. Erbschenk v. Erbach († 1415) and his wife Maria von Bickenbach . The parents, especially the father, are traditionally considered to be pious. Both had the castle chapel built at their place of residence, Reichenberg Castle in the Odenwald . Their children grew up there too.

To Philip brothers belonged Dietrich Schenk von Erbach (1390-1459), Archbishop and Elector of Mainz , Dieter Schenk von Erbach († 1437), Würzburg canon from which a crest keystone in the cathedral cloister Würzburg is received, and Otto Schenk von Erbach († 1468 ), Kurmainzer Burggraf in Miltenberg , whose artistic grave slab is in the Evangelical City Church in Michelstadt . Another brother who died young was Johannes Schenk von Erbach († 1404). His tombstone is now in the chapel of Erbach Castle , where he was brought from the Einhards basilica in Steinbach (Steinbach Monastery).

Life

Philipp Schenk von Erbach entered the clergy and became a Benedictine. In 1434 he was elected as the successor to Johann von Veldenz , who died on July 10th, as abbot of the Alsatian monastery in Weißenburg. On July 6th of that year his brother Dietrich was elected Archbishop of Mainz. In 1440 Philipp Schenk von Erbach took part in the ceremonial entry of his archbishop brother into Erfurt and they lived in the Benedictine Abbey of Petersberg . On August 15, 1451, both brothers visited the Elector I. Friedrich convened Princes to Speyer .

Philipp Schenk von Erbach was involved in the so-called Hessian inheritance dispute over Grünstadt , as he gave his relative Count Emich VIII von Leiningen-Hardenburg the documentary assurance in 1464 that he would hand over the Weißenburg fief there, if the owner, Landgrave Hesso von Leiningen-Dagsburg should die without heirs. A violent dispute arose over this in 1467 with the Leiningen-Westerburg line, which the latter was able to decide for itself with the help of the Palatinate Elector.

According to the monastery chronicle by Kaspar Brusch (1551), the abbot ruled “wisely” for 33½ years . The contemporary Weissenburg chronicler Eikhart Artzt, however, characterized him as a woman with many children who also owed the monastery with more than 30,000 guilders.

He died on December 13, 1467 and was buried in the cloister of the Weissenburg Abbey Church of St. Peter and Paul , where his grave slab can still be found. Jakob von Bruck became his successor.

A local legend tells that Philip's ghost hangs around the Paulinerschloss north of Weißenburg. There on the former castle of the abbey there is also a console stone with his abbot's coat of arms.

literature

  • Michael Frey : Attempt of a geographical-historical-statistical description of the royal Bavarian Rhine district , Volume 1, Speyer, 1836, p. 471; (Digital scan)
  • Friedrich Cast: South German noble hero , 1st section, 1st volume, p. 8, Stuttgart, 1839; (Digital scan)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Family genealogical website
  2. ↑ Website for the Reichenberg Castle Chapel
  3. ↑ Website on the coats of arms in the Würzburg cathedral cloister
  4. ↑ Otto Schenk von Erbach 1468., Michelstadt. Grave monuments in Hesse until 1650. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  5. ^ Website on Johannes von Erbach and his tombstone
  6. ^ Daniel Schneider, Georg Melchior von Ludolf: Hochgräflich Erbachische Historie , Frankfurt am Main, 1736, p. 73 u. 74; (Digital scan)
  7. ^ Gustav Simon: The history of the dynasts and counts of Erbach and their country , Frankfurt am Main, 1858, p. 333, footnote 2; (Digital scan)
  8. ^ Johann Georg Lehmann : Historical paintings from the Rhine district of Bavaria , Volume 1, p. 160, Heidelberg, 1832; (Digital scan)
  9. ^ Jürgen Julier: Studies on late Gothic architecture on the Upper Rhine , Volume 13 of: Heidelberger Kunstgeschichtliche Abhandlungen , 1978, p. 207, ISBN 3533027155 ; (Detail scan)
  10. ^ Adam Walther Strobel: Patriotic history of Alsace from the earliest time to the revolution in 1789 , Volume II, Strasbourg 1851, p. 264
  11. ↑ French website for the Paulinerschloss, with a mention of the legend ( memento of the original from October 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fr.topic-topos.com
  12. ↑ Château fort Saint-Paul ( Memento of October 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Philipp Schenk from Erbach
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Philip I of Weissenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of the Weissenburg Abbey (Alsace)
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1467