Wolfgang von Grünenstein

Wolfgang von Grünenstein (* 15th or 16th century ; † 1557 ) was from 1535 to 1557 Prince Abbot of the Prince Abbey of Kempten and successor to Sebastian von Breitenstein . The work of Grünenstein in this office is often described with a certain cleverness and efficiency; he tried to find a “balance” with the neighboring imperial city of Kempten in order to stabilize the relationship between the two rival parts of the twin city.

Life

Wolfgang von Grünenstein was against Lutheranism , but took a balanced approach against it, but forbade the new faith in the entire Abbey Kemptic area. King Ferdinand recognized his abilities and made him governor of the Austrian territories in Swabia and Tyrol in 1549. This forced the prince Abbot Grünenstein to move his long-term stay to Innsbruck .

During his absence in Kempten, he was represented by his future successor, the convent Georg von Gravenegg . Shortly before his death, Wolfgang von Grünenstein resigned from his position as governor in Innsbruck and returned to the Allgäu.

After the collegiate church of St. Maria , in which his grave was located, was destroyed in 1632, his remains were transferred to the crypt of the new collegiate and parish church of St. Lorenz .

Act

As a sponsor of the sciences, he supported the Swabian Benedictine Academy of the Ottobeuren monastery, founded in 1543, and the newly founded university for the Upper Austrian provinces in Freiburg im Breisgau .

His increase in ownership for the prince monastery was also important. In 1537 he acquired the hamlet Eichelschwang, one year later the property of the Kempten hospital in Kimratshofen and in 1539 the rule of Kipfenberg. Apparently the churches in Kimratshofen and Waltenhofen were also important to Grünenstein ; here he acquired the municipal rights to the churches in order to be able to prevent Protestant influences there.

A decade later, Grünenstein brought the lower court , the married couples, goods and people from Huttenwang, Algis and Wolfholz to the monastery. In 1551 Simprecht von Benzenau ceded Kemnat Castle with Klein-Kemnat, Friesenried and Blöcktach, the Irsee Bailiwick with high jurisdiction in the monastery area. In the same year, Baldenstein Castle reverted to the prince monastery; In addition, the dominion of Waldegg was acquired through an exchange .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wolfgang Petz: Twice Kempten. History of a twin city (1694–1836) 1st edition, Ernst Vögel Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-89650-027-9 , p. 26.
2. ^ Michael Petzet: City and district of Kempten . 1st edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, p. 17 .
3. ↑ Rolf Kießling: Monastery, town and region in the 'Old Reich' - Kempten as a 'suburb' of the Allgäu. In: Birgit Kata u. a. (Ed.): More than 1000 years: The Kempten Abbey between founding and closing in 752 - 1802 . Allgäu research on archeology and history , No. 1. Likias, Kempten 2006, ISBN 3-9807628-6-6 , p. 29.

literature

• Friedrich Zollhoefer (Hrsg.): In Eduard Zimmermann, Friedrich Zollhoefer: Kempter coat of arms and symbols including the city and district of Kempten and the adjacent areas of the upper Allgäu. In: Heimatverein Kempten (Ed.): Allgäuer Geschichtsfreund. 1. Delivery, No. 60/61, Kempten 1960/61, pp. 140f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Sebastian von Breitenstein	Prince Abbot of Kempten 1535 - 1557	Georg von Gravenegg