Ulrich I. von Dürrmenz

Ulrich von Dürrmenz (also Ulrich I. von Speyer ) († December 26, 1163 in Maulbronn , buried in Maulbronn Monastery) was Chancellor under Emperor Friedrich I. and elected Bishop of Speyer .

Grave slab of the bishop in Maulbronn monastery

From August 30, 1159 Ulrich appears in documents as Imperial Chancellor Barbarossa. He is the successor of Rainald von Dassel, who was elected Archbishop of Cologne . Until September 7, 1162 he was listed as Chancellor in 38 documents during Frederick I's second Italian campaign. The documents also bear the Latinized forms of the name Oldaricus and Ulricus . In 1162 he was elected Bishop of Speyer. In this choice, Emperor Friedrich I was likely to have exerted considerable influence. Because of the conflict between Emperor and Pope Alexander III. his election was not confirmed by the Holy See, which is why he dubbed himself "elected Bishop of Speiyer". His successor as Chancellor is Christian I von Buch , who later became Archbishop Christianus I of Mainz. Ulrich's tenure was marked by several disputes between the bishopric and the citizens of Speyer. As city lord of Speyer, Ulrich tried to withdraw a tax privilege issued by Emperor Heinrich IV . This conflict could only be resolved by the emperor, to Ulrich's disadvantage.

coat of arms

The prince-bishop's coat of arms is usually quartered . The fields of the coat of arms alternate between the family coat of arms of those of Dürrmenz and the coat of arms of the diocese of Speyer, a silver cross on a blue background. The family coat of arms of the noble lords of Dürrmenz , which is the same as that of the relatives of Enzberg , shows a gold ring set with a red stone. The stone is oriented upwards. The coat of arms is on a blue background.

literature

• Peter Acht: Studies on the document system of the Speyer bishops in the 12th and beginning of the 13th century Speyer in its relationship to the Reich Chancellery ; Berlin 1936.
• Hans Ammerich : The diocese of Speyer and its history , Volume 2: From the Staufer period (1125) to the beginning of the 16th century ; Kehl am Rhein 1999; ISBN 3-927095-44-3 .
• Episcopal Ordinariate Speyer (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Speyer ; Speyer 1961.
• Franz Xaver Remling : History of the Bishops of Speyer , Volume 1; Mainz 1852.
• Hans-Josef Krey: Episcopal rule in the shadow of royalty ; Frankfurt am Main 1996.
• Andre Stuber:  Ulrich I. von Dürrmenz. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 27, Bautz, Nordhausen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88309-393-2 , Sp. 1423-1424.

Web links

• Ulrich I. von Dürrmenz in the Saarland biographies

predecessor	Office	successor
Günther von Henneberg	Bishop of Speyer 1161–1163	Gottfried II.