Rudiger from Langheim

Rudiger von Langheim († February 24, 1274 ) was abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Münsterschwarzach . Since the term of office of his predecessor Hermann is unclear, the assumption of office of Abbot Rudiger is not known either. Abbot Rudiger was in office until 1273, whereby he had his successor appointed during his abbatical.

Münsterschwarzach before Rudiger

The abbots who headed the monastery in Münsterschwarzach before Rudiger took office continued the principle of nobility, so that the convent only consisted of second-born noblemen from the area. Actually, the reforms introduced in Hirsau at the beginning of the 12th century should have remedied this, for which even monks from the Black Forest monastery had been brought to the Main. Under Abbot Dietrich I , the reforms also began to take effect in Schwarzach.

The successors of Dietrich also tried to renovate the exterior of the monastery buildings: In 1151 a sarcophagus was built for the most important monastery rulers who had previously headed the Main Abbey. Under Abbot Gozwin , new altars were brought into the monastery church, and construction of the cloister began at the same time. The following 13th century is only mentioned in a few sources: It begins with the partial destruction of the abbey in 1228.

Life

Little is known about the origin of Abbot Rudiger von Langheim. What is certain is that he was part of the Langheim ministerial family, who came from today's Großlangheim in the Kitzingen area and were subordinate to the Kitzingen women's monastery as servants. Rudiger was already mentioned under Abbot Simon . He is recorded as a monk "Rudigerus de Lancheim" on an abbot's document. It can therefore be assumed that Rudiger was a monk in Münsterschwarzach for several years.

The assumption of office after the death of his controversial predecessor Abbot Hermann was not mentioned in the sources, so that there is no date for this event. Rudiger did not appear for the first time until 1254 in a document dealing with a donation from the Counts of Castell to a Würzburg monastery. Several documents followed in which Rudiger was noted as a witness in the years 1258, 1260, 1261, 1268 and 1270.

In 1266, the monastery was again affected when a feud between the Würzburg bishops and the Henneberg and Casteller counts resulted in fighting near the monastery. On December 20, 1272, the monastery sold its goods in Lülsfeld to the Haug monastery . Abbot Rudiger appeared in the sources for the last time on June 29, 1273. He died on February 24, 1274, after he had already appointed his successor during his tenure.

literature

• Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . Münsterschwarzach 2002.
• Leo Trunk: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach. A comparative overview . In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach abbey church 1938–1988 . Münsterschwarzach 1992.
• Heinrich Wagner: The abbots of Megingaudshausen and Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . In: Pirmin Hugger (Ed.): Magna Gratia. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the Münsterschwarzach abbey church 1938–1988 . Münsterschwarzach 1992.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See: Leo Trunk: The Abbots of Münsterschwarzach . P. 154 f. However, some representations are based on the year 1248, since they completely exclude Hermann.
2. ↑ Other representations mention 1271.
3. ^ Johannes Mahr: Münsterschwarzach. 1200 years of a Franconian abbey . P. 19.
4. ^ Heinrich Wagner: The abbots of Münsterschwarzach in the Middle Ages . P. 130.

predecessor	Office	successor
Hermann	Abbot of Münsterschwarzach ? –1273	Arnold