Siegfried von Truhendingen

Siegfried von Truhendingen († September 16, 1150 in Würzburg ) was Bishop of Würzburg from 1146 to 1150 .

Siegfried came from the Swabian - Franconian family of those von Truhendingen . He was first canon of the Würzburg Cathedral and, as provost of Neumünster Abbey, he had the sympathy of Konrad III. acquired. He took part in the preparations for the crusade in the spring of 1147. He died of the plague. As a new custom, his heart was buried separately in the Ebrach monastery .

In February 1147 there were riots against the Jews in Würzburg. The riots, which spread particularly in the lower classes, were triggered by swarms of returning crusaders after the mutilated corpse of a man was found on the Main and the suspicion arose that he had been murdered by Jews. As a result, there was a pogrom that killed 20 Jews. When the bishop refused to canonize the found dead, the mob threatened the bishop's life and he only escaped by fleeing. As the bunch of crusaders moved on, the riots dissolved again.

literature

• Peter Kolb, Ernst-Günther Krenig (Ed.): Lower Franconian history . Volume 1: From the Germanic conquest to the high Middle Ages . Echter, Würzburg 1989, ISBN 3-429-01263-5 , pp. 338-339.
• Scientific Association for the German Order e. V. and Historical Teutonic Order Compaigne zu Mergentheim 1760 e. V. (Ed.): Pictures and seals of the bishops of Würzburg. 1300 years of Würzburg. Signs of history. Sigillum herbipolensis . Self-published by the Historisches Teutonic Order Compagnie, Bad Mergentheim 2004, ( series of publications by the Historischen Teutonic Order Compagnie Bad Mergentheim 23, ZDB -ID 2529028-9 ).

Web links

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predecessor	Office	successor
Embricho	Bishop of Würzburg 1146–1150	Gebhard von Henneberg