Volkmar I. (Corvey)

Volkmar I. , also Folkmar , lat. Volkmarus , († 942 ) was abbot of Corvey from 916 to 942 .

After the destruction caused by the Hungarian invasions , Volkmar I. contributed significantly to the reconstruction of the monastery. He had the destroyed buildings renewed and the church expanded. In return, he benefited from the close ties to the imperial family. New damage occurred with the Hungarian invasion of 919. At Easter 922 Volkmar traveled to Quedlinburg to have Heinrich I confirm the right to freely elect an abbot. The name Quedlinburg was first mentioned in the corresponding document. During his time, the property of Count Siegfried von Merseburg and his wife Jutta were donated to the monastery. This property was in the Halberstadt diocese . There Volkmar had the Gröningen monastery founded at the request of the donors . In 940, Otto I gave Volkmar the king's spell over all workers and craftsmen who settled in and around the town of Corvey. During his tenure, the historian Widukind von Corvey joined the monastery.

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Ebeling: The German bishops up to the end of the sixteenth century, Vol. 1 . Weigand Verlag, Leipzig 1858, p. 342.

predecessor	Office	successor
Bovo II.	Abbot of Corvey 916-942	Bovo III.