Reiner von Bocholtz

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Reiner von Bocholtz (as Abbot Reiner II ) (also Reinhard von Buchholz ) († March 25, 1585 ) was abbot of the Corvey Monastery from 1555 to 1585 .

Life

He came from the noble Bocholtz family of the Hove line. He was the nephew of the abbot of Mönchengladbach Aegidius von Bocholtz. Reiner entered the Mönchengladbach monastery in 1548. Because he did not receive any financial support from the family, the monastery paid for his studies in Cologne. In 1555 he was elected Abbot of Corvey. Older research described him as pious, peaceable, hardworking and economical, but who was not up to the challenges of his time.

As part of the Bursfeld Congregation , he took part in the chapter meeting almost every year. Between 1556 and 1582 he was a total of seven times co-president of the congregation and six times definitor. However, he is said to have at least sympathized with the teachings of Martin Luther .

He signed a contract for the Corvey provost of Gröningen and the city of the same name to clarify the relationship between the monastery and the commune that had already gone over to the Reformation . Possibly on his initiative the last monks from Gröningen moved to Corvey. You could take the liturgical equipment, the library, the archive and various works of art with you.

The Reformation had also established itself in the town of Höxter. The local Minorites were forced to leave the city in 1555. Eleven years later there was a dispute between the town of Höxter and the Corvey monastery over the monastery building of the Minorites. Abbot Reiner left the church and the monastery de facto to the city, which immediately demolished the monastery buildings. After the abbot's death, the Order of the Minorites protested against Rudolf II.

Abbot Reiner tried to push back the Reformation in Corveyer's domain. In contrast, an alliance was formed in 1566 (heirs to the Principality of Corvey) from the noble families Amelunxen , Stockhausen , Kannen and the city of Höxter.

literature

  • Theo Optdendrenk: Pipe in the wind or rock in the surf? Reiner von Bocholtz, Prince Abbot von Corvey 1555-1585 . In: Lobberich, a parish on the Nette, pp. 105–113.
  • Leo Peters : A prince from Lobberich , in: Rheinische Post July 4, 2015, under:.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gottfried Eckertz, EJ Kour: The Benedictine Abbey M. Gladbach. Cologne, 1853 p. 118
  2. ^ The documents in the archives of the parish St. Sebastianus in Nettetal - Lobberich up to the year 1600.
  3. ^ Friedrich W. Ebeling: The German bishops up to the end of the sixteenth century. Vol. 1. Leipzig, 1858 p. 353
  4. ↑ Elke-Ursel Hammer: Substructures, centers and regions in the Bursfeld Congregation. In: Enno Bünz (among others): Religious Movements in the Middle Ages. Festschrift for Matthias Werner on his 65th birthday. Cologne et al., 2007 p. 421
  5. ↑ Christof Römer: The Benedictines in Gröningen. Epochs of a Corveyer Propstei in the Diocese of Halberstadt. In: Harz-Zeitschrift 60th Jg./2008 p. 30
  6. ^ Konrad Eubel: History of the Cologne Minorite Order Province. Cologne, 1906 p. 272
  7. ^ Georg Winter: Lower Germany. In: Annual reports of historical science, 6th year / 1888 p. 97
  8. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/kempen/ein-reichsfuerst-aus-lobberich-aid-1.5212118
predecessor Office successor
Kaspar I of Hörsel Abbot of Corvey
1555–1585 		Dietrich IV of Beringhausen
personal data
SURNAME Bocholtz, Reiner von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reinhard von Bocholtz, Reinhard von Buchholz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of Corvey
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1585