Treaty of Hitzkirchen
In the Treaty of Hitzkirchen , closed on June 14, 1528 Hitzkirchen , a modern suburb of Kefenrod in Wetteraukreis , renounced the particular by his indulgences known Mainzer Archbishop Albrecht of Brandenburg against the Landgrave Philipp of Hesse finally to the spiritual jurisdiction in Hesse. This ended the centuries-long struggle for supremacy in Hesse, and the way was clear for Philip to introduce an independent regional church in Hesse.
The Hitzkirchen Treaty ended the crisis surrounding the so-called "Pack'schen Handel". Otto von Pack had incited the Landgrave into a diplomatic and military offensive against the Catholic estates, and Philipp then concentrated his troops on the borders with the dioceses of Bamberg and Würzburg . In order to avoid a warlike escalation, the dioceses of Bamberg and Würzburg as well as Kurmainz took over the Hessian set-up costs. Mainz undertook to pay 40,000 guilders and pledged the city of Gernsheim to Hesse as security .
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann-Josef Braun: Albrecht von Brandenburg (1490–1545) Archbishop and Elector in an Era of Change on regionalgeschichte.net
literature
- Gerhard Müller (ed.): Theologische Realenzyklopädie, Vol. 15, de Gruyter, 1986 (p. 265) ISBN 3-11-008585-2
- New German Biography ; Vol .: 19, Nauwach - Pagel, Berlin, 1999; Page 767 online