Thietlach

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Thietlach (also Dietlach and Theotelach , Latin Theodolachus ; * in the 9th century; † 914 ) was Bishop of Worms from before 891 to 914 .

Thietlach is said to have held the diocese of Worms for 41 years, according to the Worms chronicler Friedrich Zorn (1538–1610), ie to have assumed office in 873, but this information is considered outdated; his predecessor Adalhelm can be traced back to 888.

Bishop Thietlach, who presumably emerged from the Lorsch monastery , “had close ties to Emperor Arnulf ”. After Arnulf's death in 899, Thietlach supported the reign of King Ludwig the child and stood at the side of the Konradines, who were related by marriage to Arnulf , in the Babenberg feud . After the East Franconian Carolingians died out , Thietlach was likely to have been involved in the election of the Konradin Konrad I as king in 911 .

During Thietlach's tenure, the diocese of Worms and the Cyriakus monastery in Neuhausen were provided with goods in the city and its surroundings through several donations from Emperor Arnulf and King Ludwig the child. In addition, Thietlach succeeded in expanding the ownership of the diocese and the monastery through further donations from the local nobility. With the transfer of a substantial part of the royal estate in the city to the diocese, the bishop actually developed into the city lord. This position was also reflected in the enactment of a wall building regulation , with which the bishop regulated responsibility for the defense of the city. Thietlach presumably had the city wall renewed and partially rebuilt as a reaction to the Norman invasion of 882 , in which Trier was destroyed.

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Individual evidence

  1. Manfred Stimming, Peter Acht: Mainzer Urkundenbuch: The documents up to the death of Archbishop Adalbert I (1137) , vol. 1, Hessische Historische Kommission, Darmstadt 1972, p. 554.
  2. a b c Thomas Kohl, Franz J. Velten: Worms - City and Region in the Early Middle Ages 600–1000. In: Gerold Bönnen (Ed.): History of the city of Worms. Konrad Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1679-7 , p. 117 and p. 130 ff.
  3. a b c d Andreas Urban Friedmann: The diocese from Roman times to the high Middle Ages . In: Friedhelm Jürgensmeier (Ed.): The Diocese of Worms. From Roman times to the dissolution in 1801 . Würzburg 1997, ISBN 3-429-01876-5 , p. 13–43, therein p. 21 f .
  4. ^ Friedrich Zorn: Wormser Chronik (= library of the Litterarian Society in Stuttgart. 43). With the additions of Franz Berthold von Flersheim, edited by Wilhelm Arnold . Literary Association, Stuttgart 1857, p. 31 f. .
  5. Meinrad Schaab: The Diocese of Worms in the Middle Ages . In: Freiburg Diocesan Archive . tape 86 , 1966, pp. 94-219, citation p. 201 .
  6. Ernst Dümmler: History of the East Franconian Empire . 2nd Edition. tape 3 . Leipzig 1888, p. 541 ( archive.org ).
  7. ^ Ingrid Heidrich: The noble family of the Konradines before and during the reign of Konrad I. In: Hans-Werner Goetz (Hrsg.): Konrad I. - On the way to the "German Empire"? Bochum 2006, ISBN 978-3-89911-065-4 , pp. 59–75, therein p. 68 .
predecessor Office successor
Adalhelm Bishop of Worms
before 891–914
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