Georg Schenk von Limpurg

George III. Schenk von Limpurg († May 31, 1522 at Altenburg ) was from 1505 until his death in 1522 Prince-Bishop of Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg.

George III. Schenk von Limpurg within the family context

George III. Schenk von Limpurg comes from the Swabian- Franconian noble family of the Schenk von Limpurg. The eponymous castle Limpurg now belongs to the city of Schwäbisch Hall in Stuttgart Region. The noble title of gift-giving has been integrated as an original court office in the name. Name variants can also be found as " Erbschenk " or " Limburg ".

Biographical information

At the time of appointment of George III. Schenk von Limpurg the prince bishop Julius II Pope and Emperor Maximilian I..

The name of this bishop 39 is connected to the Bamberger Halsgerichtsordnung ( Constitutio Criminalis Bambergensis ), which was crucial for the further development of German law. His tutor Johann von Schwarzenberg was commissioned by him with the constitution of the legal work. It was published in 1507 by Hans arrow. It contains humanistic ideas of Italian law schools. She gave the ecclesiastical and civil jurisdiction of binding rules, such as the awkward interview ( = torture) should be performed of the accused. Since it was thus possible to punish the arbitrariness of the judicial bodies, the Halsgerichtsordnung a major achievement of continued torture intolerable procedural law.

George III. Schenk von Limpurg was also confidential adviser of the Emperor Maximilian I, particularly in 1518 at the Diet of Augsburg, corresponded with famous scholars and even with Martin Luther and banned the publication of the papal bull against the latter.

His grave statue is made by Loy Hering.

In the drama Götz von Berlichingen by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, he is the contemporary figure of the Bishop of Bamberg.