Wedekind I. of Minden

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Wedekind I. († 1261 ) (also Wittekind ) was bishop of Minden from 1253 to 1261 .

Life

Wedekind came from the House of Hoya and was the brother of Count Heinrich II.

In 1244 he became provost of the Bücken Collegiate Church and in 1252, as a member of the Minden Cathedral Chapter , he assumed this rank at Minden Cathedral. After his election as bishop, he pursued an expansive policy. With confirmation from King Wilhelm of Holland , he also acquired jurisdiction in Stenwede , Haddenhusen and Borden for 800  marks in Bremen from Duke Albrecht of Saxony, who had already given up half of his possessions in the area of ​​the diocese . From the abbot of Fulda Heinrich IV. He acquired the city of Hameln and the fief of the associated umbrella bailiff for 500  silver marks . But the citizens of the city and the Count of Everstein , who owned the bailiwick through the St. Bonifaziusstift, opposed this. Violent clashes broke out. However, the bishop's opponents suffered a heavy defeat in 1259. A year after his victory, the bishop sold half of the city of Hameln to the dukes Albrecht and Johann von Braunschweig-Lüneburg von Braunschweig. He was also in feud with the Counts of Wunstorf . Wedekind also championed the interests of the monastery against his brother Heinrich. This forced him to renounce his claims to parts of the Minden area.

Inside Wedekind tried to limit the strong position of the cathedral chapter somewhat. In 1254 he set up an episcopal vicar as a connection between auxiliary bishop and vicar general . This post was never filled by a member of the cathedral chapter, but mostly by a member of the mendicant orders. He also consecrated the church of the Dominican monastery in Minden .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nathalie Kruppa: Relationship between bishop and cathedral chapter using the example of the diocese of Minden. In: Concilium medii aevi 6/2003 online version (PDF; 146 kB) p. 157

literature

  • Heinrich Leo: Lectures on the history of the German people and empire. Vol. 5. Halle, 1867 pp. 702–704
predecessor Office successor
Johann von Diepholz Bishop of Minden
1253–1261 		Kuno
personal data
SURNAME Wedekind I. of Minden
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wedekind I .; Wittekind I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Minden (1253–1261)
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1261