Nicolaus von Tüngen

Nicholas of Tüngen († February 14, 1489 in Heilenberg ) was Prince-Bishop of Warmia since to 1467.

The name refers to the descent from the place Tüngen at Wormditt in Prussia ( since 1945 Bogatyńskie at Orneta ). He worked at the Curia, was a canon at Breslau and at home in Warmia.

After standing as a result of the Thirteen Years' War, in which Bishop Paul of Place Village (1458-1467) on the Prussian federal side, in 1466 came the Warmia under the patronage of the King of Poland, one has named Nicholas on August 10, 1467 as the successor of Paul of Lengenbach village. After the Pope agreed on 4 November 1468 he was awarded the insignia in Rome.

King Casimir IV, however, wanted the Autonomous Archbishopric impose another candidate, Vincent Kiełbasa, the Bishop of Kulm. This resulted in the investiture controversy, the so-called Pfaff war, the military escalated in 1478 and was first settled in 1479, when Pope Sixtus IV Nicholas temporarily displaced as Bishop of Pomerania into Pomerania developed. Nicholas had the support of the Teutonic Knights and also also won the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus. Thus, the Polish king was forced to compromise, even if his successors often tried to restrict the autonomy of Warmia.

In the following years, Nicholas built the Polish troops partially devastated Warmia again and Lucas Watzenrode nominated as his successor.