Hartwig (archbishop of Salzburg)

Hartwig ( Hartwig, Count of Ortenbourg ) ( † December 5, 1023 in Salzburg) was on 8 December 991 until his death on December 5, 1023 Archbishop of Salzburg.

Life

Hartwig came from the local Bavarian nobility. His father was the Carinthian Gewaltbote and later Bavarian Palatinate Count Hartwig I, his mother weighting castle was the daughter of Duke Eberhard of Bavaria from the noble Luitpoldinger. The late Archbishop Hartwig was in Salzburg on 23 December 970 subdeacon, deacon on 19 September 973, on September 18, 985 priests, received on November 8, 991 episcopal ordination and received by Pope John XV. the pallium.

Hartwig was taken as many of his contemporaries from the idea of ​​renewal of a Christian Holy Roman Empire ( Renovatio imperii ). On behalf of the Empire, he participated in two synods in Ingelheim ( 993, 996 ) and at the coronation of Emperor Otto III. part in Rome. Here, Otto granted in addition to Freising and Salzburg city the right to hold a daily market with Regensburger coin, the yield should be given to the archbishopric. This ceremony was not only a significant increase in the powers of the archbishop, but also a significant step towards further development of the city. Hartwig has done to its own advantage of his right ample use.

1002 gave the highly revered in Salzburg in the Middle Ages Holy King Henry ( the future Emperor Henry II ) to the Archbishop the Lungau. As a guest of Archbishop Henry resided at Christmas 1009 in Salzburg. He supported here the new building, called Heinrich Basilica, who had previously spent Nonnberg church with considerable means. Also Hartwig received possessions in the Enns Valley with Sudpfannen, brew houses and all the accessories that after the death of Hartwig should become the property of the monastery of St. Peter by the desire of the ruler.

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