Worms Synodal
The Worms synod of 1496 is a visitation report of the parishes in the diocese of Worms .
On behalf of Bishop Johann III. von Dalberg a commission toured the diocese. Jakob Stoll, member of the commission and pastor in Alsheim , summarized the 1496 visitations in the Synodale in Latin. It is an important source for regional and local church history, the patronage of many churches is mentioned here for the first time in documents.
The synodal is geographically divided into the deaneries Dirmstein , Guntersblum , Westhofen , Neuleiningen , Freinsheim , Landstuhl , Weinheim , Waibstadt , Schwaigern and Heidelberg . In the deaneries, the places with churches are described with the same scheme, including legal status, church patron, collature , altars and benefactors , duties to be paid and those responsible for building loads and furnishings.
A total of 263 parish churches, branch churches and chapels in the rural communities are described. Cities were not visited, including Worms , Weinheim, Ladenburg and Heidelberg. In addition, there are no places where secular lords resisted, such as the Duke of Württemberg .
Friedrich von Weech edited the Worms Synodal in 1875 in the journal for the history of the Upper Rhine . It was based on a copy from 1607 in the possession of the Darmstadt State Archives . He also had another copy from the General State Archives in Karlsruhe . The Heidelberg University Library has a third copy . Franz Falk pointed out further copies in 1886. Apparently the original has not survived.
literature
- Burkhard Keilmann: Johann von Dalberg and the Diocese of Worms , in: The Bishop of Worms Johann von Dalberg (1482–1503) and his time (PDF; 6.3 MB) . Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-929135-51-5 , pp. 27-36.
- Friedrich von Weech : The Worms Synodal from 1496 , in: Journal for the history of the Upper Rhine . Volume 27, Karlsruhe 1875, pp. 227-326, 385-454; (Digital view of the fair copy)
- Franz Falk : The Worms Synod of 1496 . In: Archives for Catholic Canon Law 55 (= NF 49) (1886) pp. 436–442.
- Hildegard Eberhardt: The Diocese of Worms at the end of the 15th century: according to the survey lists of the "common penny" and the Worms synod of 1496 . Munster 1919.
Web links
- Worms Synodal . Heath. Hs. 131 , Heidelberg (?) 16. – 18. Century