Philipp von Henneberg

Depiction of Philip in the window of the Bishop of Bamberg in St. Sebald in Nuremberg

The diocese patrons Heinrich II and Kunigunde with the Bamberg Cathedral, on the right the coat of arms of Bishop Philipp von Henneberg, woodcut from 1484

The old court in Bamberg

Coat of arms according to Scheibler's book of arms

Philipp von Henneberg , also in detail Philipp Graf von Henneberg-Aschach-Römhild (* 1430 - 26 January 1487 in Bamberg ), was Prince-Bishop of the Bamberg Monastery from 1475 until his death in 1487 .

Philipp von Henneberg in the family context

Philipp von Henneberg came from the once powerful family of the Counts of Henneberg . The main seat of its name was Henneberg Castle near Henneberg , today a municipality in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district in Thuringia (see also Henneberg County ). Philipp came from the Count's line of Henneberg-Aschach-Römhild and appears in the literature under different name variants.

His parents were Georg Graf von Henneberg-Aschach-Römhild and Johanna von Nassau-Saarbrücken. He had five sisters and six brothers, one of whom was the Archbishop of Mainz, Berthold von Henneberg .

Regency

Conflict with the cathedral chapter

Philipp von Henneberg had to pass a test of strength with the cathedral chapter during his reign . The conflict consisted in the decision-making authority of the cathedral chapter over the government of the bishopric. The chapter's influence was weakened and allowed the Prince-Bishop and his successors to maintain a strong position.

Conflict with the Margrave Albrecht Achilles

Another battle of strength took place with the Margrave Albrecht Achilles . The margrave refused to pay the so-called Turkish tax to the bishop and, in addition, introduced a priest tax for his area along with other measures that were supposed to make the clergy in his sphere of influence more dependent on him. The Würzburg and Bamberg bishops pronounced the church ban and the interdict against him. In the Bavarian War , the two bishops took the side of Ludwig the Rich of Bavaria-Landshut in an alliance of convenience against Albrecht Achilles.

Construction activities

Under Prince Bishop Philipp von Henneberg, the south-eastern and eastern wings of the old court were built.

In 1476/79 he made extensive extensions to Veldenstein Castle and built the outer castle and the battlements. He made the castle the bishop's residence for the first time; As a result, every bishop came to Veldenstein at least once to receive the hereditary homage from his subjects. The Rosenberg fortress in Kronach was also expanded considerably .

Other development

In 1478 all Jews are expelled from the diocese. On 28 March 1476 Philipp von Henneberg gave Ludwigschorgast the market law .

coat of arms

The Prince-Bishop's coat of arms is quartered. One field contains the family coat of arms, a hen on a mountain of three. Other fields show the black lion for Bamberg, covered with a silver sloping bar on a gold background.

The rear entrance gate of the old court in Bamberg bears the coat of arms of the prince-bishop.

Web links

Commons : Philipp von Henneberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Coat of arms with description

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Erwin Gatz (Ed.): The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire. A biographical lexicon. 1448 to 1648. With the assistance of Clemens Brodkorb. Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-428-08422-5 , p. 282.
2. ↑ Bernhard Fabian (Ed.): Handbook of the historical book inventory in Germany. Volume 19: Thuringia. AG. Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim et al. 1998, ISBN 3-487-10776-7 , p. 26 ( online ).
3. ↑ The castle complex on burg-veldenstein.de
4. ^ History of the Rosenberg festivals in Kronach on burgen.de
5. ^ History of Bamberg – 15. Century ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

predecessor	Office	successor
George I of Schaumberg	Prince-Bishop of Bamberg 1475 - 1487	Henry III. Great from Trockau