Heinrich Seemann (Canon)
Heinrich Seemann was († around 1259) in the first half of the 13th century, a member of the cathedral chapter to Regensburg . On April 20, 1255 he donated the Seemannshausen monastery near the Gangkofen market in Lower Bavaria .
Heinrich Seemann as Regensburg Canon
Heinrich Seemann is first documented in 1221 as Regensburg canon (later mentions are made in 1224, 1229 and 1232). From May 1237 he appears as archdeacon and on September 20, 1250 he is named in a document as cathedral custodian . As the successor to Heinrich von Lerchenfeld, Heinrich Seemann became dean of the cathedral and first documented it as such on February 1, 1252. He was last published on November 18, 1256 as the issuer of a certificate for the entire Regensburg cathedral chapter. Heinrich Seemann must have died soon afterwards, because already for the 2nd / 3rd January 1259/60 his anniversary is recorded in the land register of the collegiate monastery St. Johann in Regensburg.
Little more than these dry series of data from his work at Regensburg Cathedral can be found on the person of Heinrich Seemann. His entry into the cathedral chapter before 1221, especially during the time in office of Bishop Konrad IV (1204–1226) from the family of the Lower Bavarian Counts of Frontenhausen -Teisbach, may indicate a connection with this noble family, whose dominance was a few kilometers east of the ancestral seat of the sailors.
Heinrich Seemann seems to have been quite wealthy. As a canon, he donated several well-endowed anniversaries, which also provide an insight into his family circumstances: in 1229, together with his brothers Friedrich Seemann and Wernher Seemann, he transferred a vineyard to "Waibling" (Kirchdorf Waibling, Markt Pilsting , district of Dingolfing-Landau ) ( on the map here: ⊙ ) the Regensburg hospital St. Johann "ultra pontem" (beyond the stone bridge ), the later Katharinenspital in Stadtamhof , for an anniversary for his parents Konrad Seemann and Reilindis Seemann . In 1244 he endowed a soul memory in the Regensburg women's monastery Obermünster with a hat in "Traubling" (parish village Obertraubling , district of Regensburg ). In 1245 he helped the Kastl monastery in Upper Palatinate several times with cash payments and received an annuity from the vineyards of the monastery in Kager (district Kager, city of Regensburg ) (on the map here: ⊙ ) and the so-called Kastlerhaus in Regensburg's Brückstrasse. Seemann gave the latter to the collegiate monastery of St. Johann in 1255 against votive masses and an anniversary for himself and his father Konrad.
The noble family Seemann von Mangern
The noble family of the Seemann von Mangern traces its name back in its own house history to the otherwise unproven origin from the Zeeland area in the Netherlands . From there, after a flood disaster in 1175, in which several villages, castles and 275 hectares of land were devastated, she emigrated to Bavaria , where a Hans Seemann is said to have built the new headquarters in Mangern around 1220 . Much earlier, around 1170/75, a “ Chunradus Seman ” appears as a witness to a donation from Count Heinrich (III.) Von Lechsgemünd in the legal records of the Counts of Falkenstein , the Codex Falkensteinensis from the Weyarn Monastery . This Konrad also appears in early descriptions of the nobility as the oldest top ancestor ( progenitor ).
The main seat of the seamans in Bavaria was the Burgstall Mangern (on the map here: ⊙ ) on the Vils , today a district of the Gerzen market . The seamen will have brought the seamen to Mangern less the flooding in Zealand than the allegiance for the Bavarian dukes. In the first half of the 13th century they seem to have taken a ducal feud to secure the road and crossing over the Vils , which was then the basis of their lower judicial rule . How long the headquarters in Mangern remained in the hands of the seaman is not clear. From the second half of the 14th century onwards, a reorientation of the family can be observed: further into the Lower Bavarian hill country and to the lower Isar east of Dingolfing around the Hofmarken von Gottfrieding ( district of Dingolfing-Landau ) and Hofdorf (municipality of Mengkofen , district of Dingolfing-Landau ) (on the map here: ⊙ ). At the beginning of the 16th century the Bavarian line of sailors died out. Since the sale of the headquarters in 1477 by Daniel Seemann , pastor of Waldzell ( Ried im Innkreis district , Upper Austria ), the Hofmark Mangern is no longer owned by the family. Around 1597 Mangern, together with the much more important neighboring Hofmark Gerzen, came to the Barons von Vieregg , who stayed there until the beginning of the 19th century. In 1833 Mangern was then merged into the extensive court brand conglomerate that the Minister of State Maximilian von Montgelas bought here.
The sailors as founders and sponsors of the Seemannshausen monastery
The history of the Seemannshausen monastery near the Gangkofen market in Lower Bavaria is preceded by the Seemann as founders and sponsors. The family first came into contact with the location of the later settlement when the sister of the monastery founder Siguna Seemann married into the neighboring landed gentry. She married Otto Pölnkofer in the second quarter of the 13th century. His ancestral seat in Pölnkofen (later Seemannshausen) was located a few kilometers southeast of the Seemann's seat in Mangern and was a fief of the Counts of Leonsberg, who were wealthy in this area (on the map here: ⊙ ) (Markt Pilsting , district of Dingolfing-Landau ). With Otto's death, Siguna's brother Heinrich Seemann must have taken over the guardianship of his nephew Sighard, the underage son Sigunas with Otto Pölnkofer. Already at this time the founding of a monastery at the headquarters in Pölnkofen must have been planned, possibly also by the Pölnkofern. But was it the power of disposal over the seat of Pölnkofen associated with the guardianship or a formal purchase of the goods, as it appears in the foundation letter ( "quam ab ipsa [sorore] et a filio eius libere absolvi" ), in any case Heinrich Seemann used the property for the foundation of a Wilhelmitenkloster in April 1255, in which he found his last resting place around 1259.
Even after the monastery was built and transformed into a convent of the Augustinian hermits in 1263, the members of the Seemann family continued to support their ancestor's foundation. But it wasn't until almost a hundred years after the company was founded that a seaman appears again in the documents. On November 30, 1349, Peter Seemann , his wife Adelheid and their sons Dietrich Seemann and Hans Seemann donated an anniversary to the convent. Peter Seemann zu Mangern was the care judge at Rosenheim (1340–63), later became the care judge for Marquartstein (1360–78) and appears in documents from 1378 to 1380 as court master of Duke Friedrichs von Bayern-Landshut (1375–93) and his Mrs. Anna von Neuffen. On April 23, 1400, a Hans Seemann zu Mangern and his wife Anna donated an anniversary. Stephan Seemann's support must have been particularly important for the Seemannshausen convent in the 15th century . This foundation is inscribed in the Seemannshausener Kopialbuch on April 19, 1437: Stephan Seemann zu Mangern, currently the care judge zu Cham , his wife Anna and son Christoph Seemann donate a sea device from a daily mass on the Magdalen Altar and an elaborate one under Prior Georg Kastl Anniversary with eight priests on the feast day of St. Mary Magdalene . In addition to the founder, Siegler was his brothers Georg Seemann auf Mangern and Wilhelm Seemann , hunter master duke Heinrich XVI. (1393–1469) from Bavaria-Landshut. The founder and "old fundator" (second founder) Seemannshausen's Stephan Seemann was buried a little later in 1443 in the church.
The last seaman to appear in the Seemannshausen Konventsarchiv is Daniel Seeman , pastor of Waldzell ( Ried im Innkreis district , Upper Austria ). His successor in office, Georg Appinger, and the drinkers of the Liebfrauenkirche there confirmed in 1511 to the Seemann family or the “ caretaker of the Seemannshausen cloister in their stead” that after Daniel's death his cousin Konrad Seemann had donated two anniversaries for him in the parish church. Should these be missed in Waldzell, they should be transferred to the Seemannshausen convent.
literature
- Martin Weindl: A "city order" in the country. The Augustinian Hermit Convent Seemannshausen in the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period . Dissertation, University of Regensburg 2007. pp. 41–46 ( full text ).
- Martin Weindl: Seemannshausen Monastery. A "city order" in the country. The Augustinian Hermit Convent Seemannshausen in the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period (contributions to the history of the diocese of Regensburg. Supplement 18), Regensburg 2008. pp. 24–28.
- Hanns von Walther: Heinrich Seemann von Mangern. A contribution to his view of life from the Regensburg perspective , in: Familienblatt der Manger 7, No. 1/2, 1934, pp. 1–6.
- Matthäus Zimmermann OSA: Seemann in Monumenta boica , in: Familienblatt der Manger 4, No. 4/5, 1931, p. 43.
- Friedrich von Manger: The Manger family, Seemann zu Mangern, Seemann von Mangern zu Seemannshausen and their monastery founding Seemannshausen , in: Familienblatt der Manger 2, No. 1/2, 1929, pp. 5-9; 2, No. 3/4, 1929, pp. 4-10.
- Bartholomäus Manger: Familienblatt der Manger , ed. v. Manger family association, Regensburg 1928–1938.
Individual evidence
- ^ Online map of Regensburg Monument profile: Regensburg, Brückstraße 4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sailor, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canon of Regensburg, founder of the Seemannshausen monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1221 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1259 |
| Place of death | regensburg |