Johann Konrad von Roggenbach

Johann Konrad von Roggenbach (* December 15 1618 in Schopfheim, † July 13, 1693 in Pruntrut ) was from 1656 to 1693 Prince-Bishop of Basel.

Life

In 1652 he was elected to the provost of the Basel Freiburg cathedral chapter and on 22 December 1656 in Delsberg Bishop of Basel. Due to formal objections of the Roman Curia refused his choice from first. Nevertheless, in 1658 the diocese, he was awarded. The solemn inauguration and consecration, but was only on 3 March 1659th Johann Konrad was also choir master of the Knights pin Comburg since 1656.

Johann Konrad tried to lean politically to the old Confederation his Bishopric. First, he was able to extend the 1657 with her Defensionale completed by two years. After the cantons of Lucerne, Schwyz, Obwalden and Nidwalden and train against a further approximation of the prince-bishopric locked, Johann Konrad graduated in 1664 at the Rhenish Confederation. However, this broke up in 1668 and the Prince-Bishopric suffered in the French - Dutch War ( 1672-1679 ) under the passage and the occupation by troops of both Austria and France. Johann Konrad now again sought protection in the Catholic cantons of the Swiss Confederation with whose support the warring parties accepted the neutrality of the prince-bishopric. An application for membership of the Confederation rejected this, however, from 1691.

With the city of Basel, the dispute was revived as Johann Konrad again claims the prince-bishopric of Basel Münster and its possessions arose as the church treasury. The sought the French king support failed to materialize and the city rejected the suggestion outright from 1675. Then Johann Konrad ran the laying of the cathedral chapter of Freiburg im Breisgau to Arlesheim. The delicate political situation of the small state necessitated a careful coordination of the plan with Austria and France, which was in 1678 in possession of Freiburg. Both powers agreed initially to 1678 and the move was made in December of the same year. On March 25, 1680 Johann Conrad then laid the foundation for the new cathedral in Arlesheim and on October 26, 1681 he was inaugurated. Also the construction of the residence and the chapter houses he supported with funds from his private fortune.

1671 Johann Conrad tried in the reformed Munster again to introduce Catholicism. However, the resistance of the city of Bern with the threat of military intervention prevented this plan quickly.

Johann Konrad 1693 buried in the crypt of the cathedral Arlesheimer. His epitaph was destroyed during the French occupation of Arlesheim during the revolutionary years.

Origin

Johann Konrad dates back to ancient Ministerialengeschlecht those of Roggenbach and was born as the son of Hans Hartmann of Roggenbach and Maria Susanna to the Rhine. He had 14 siblings, including Johann Hartmann of Roggenbach, the Landkomtur Deutschordensballei the Swabian Alsace - Burgundy.