Ulrich von Pottenstein

Handwriting illustration of Ulrich von Pottenstein around 1453

Ulrich von Pottenstein (* approx. 1360; † approx. 1417) was an Austrian clerical prose writer and an important representative of the so-called Vienna School around 1400.

Ulrich von Pottenstein was the pastor of Duchess Beatrix (wife of Albrecht III of Austria ) and court chaplain to Duke Albrecht IV of Austria. From at least 1395 he worked as pastor of Pottenstein in Lower Austria. From 1403 to at least 1410 he was pastor of Mödling , from 1412 to his death pastor and dean of Enns . He wrote the German translation of the 95 so-called Cyrillus fables and a huge catechetical compendium in German.

literature

Fritz Peter Knapp: Ulrich von Pottenstein. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 12, Bautz, Herzberg 1997, ISBN 3-88309-068-9 , Sp. 897-898. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Web links

Commons : Ulrich von Pottenstein - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on Ulrich von Pottenstein in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
http://www.handschriftencensus.de/werke#U

Individual evidence

^ Norbert Haslhofer: Politics with Enns History 1419-1421. Church policy in Passau and Jewish policy in Vienna. Background of the Viennese Geserah. Research on the history of the city of Enns in the Middle Ages 2. Norderstedt 2019, ISBN 978-3-7528-6701-5 , p. 106-151 .
↑ Ulrike Bodemann: The Cyrillus Fables and their German translation by Ulrich von Pottenstein. Investigations and edition sample . Munich / Zurich 1988, ISBN 978-3-7608-3393-4 .
^ Gabriele Baptist-Hlawatsch: The catechetical work of Ulrichs von Pottenstein. Linguistic and historical reception studies . Tübingen 1980.
↑ Gabriele Baptist-Hlawatsch: Decalogue interpretation: The first commandment: text and sources . Tübingen 1995.

personal data
SURNAME	Ulrich von Pottenstein
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	spiritual prose writer
DATE OF BIRTH	14th Century
DATE OF DEATH	1416 or 1417

[1] Norbert Haslhofer: Politics with Enns History 1419-1421. Church policy in Passau and Jewish policy in Vienna. Background of the Viennese Geserah. Research on the history of the city of Enns in the Middle Ages 2. Norderstedt 2019, ISBN 978-3-7528-6701-5 , p. 106-151 .

[2] Ulrike Bodemann: The Cyrillus Fables and their German translation by Ulrich von Pottenstein. Investigations and edition sample . Munich / Zurich 1988, ISBN 978-3-7608-3393-4 .

[3] Gabriele Baptist-Hlawatsch: The catechetical work of Ulrichs von Pottenstein. Linguistic and historical reception studies . Tübingen 1980.

[4] Gabriele Baptist-Hlawatsch: Decalogue interpretation: The first commandment: text and sources . Tübingen 1995.