Volkmar von Fürstenfeld
Volkmar von Fürstenfeld (also Volckmer ) († 1314 ) was a Cistercian monk and historian. From 1284 he was abbot of the Fürstenfeld monastery .
Volkmar was the confessor of the Bavarian duke and founder of the monastery, Ludwig II. He wrote important historical writings, such as the Chronicle of the Dukes of Bavaria , the life of Emperor Ludwig IV and the Bavarian continuation of the Saxon World Chronicle .
literature
- Anton Maria Kobolt : Baierisches learned lexicon. Volume 1. Hagen, Landshut 1795, p. 720 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Anton Johann Lipowsky : Historical-critical treatise on whether the Abbot Volkmar zu Fürstenfeld was the author of the Chronick de Gestis Principum. (Treatises of the Electoral Baier Academy of Sciences, Volume 10) 1776.
- Ottokar Lorenz : Germany's historical sources in the Middle Ages. Hertz, 1886 (Reprint: Europäische Geschichtsverlag, Paderborn 2011, ISBN 978-3-86382-261-3 ), p. 199 ff. ( Limited preview in the Google book search).
- Kurt Malisch: Vol (c) kmer, Abbot of Fürstenfeld. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 811 ( digitized version ).
- Max Spindler , Andreas Kraus (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Bavarian Geschichte, Volume 2. CH Beck, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-406-32320-0 , p. 846 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Volkmar von Fürstenfeld |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Volckmer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cistercian monk and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1314 |