Manegold of Berg

Manegold of Berg ( 1140/50er-Jahre *, † June 9, 1215 in Vienna) was abbot of the monastery of St. Georgen, Kremsmuenster, Tegernsee and Bishop of Passau.

Manegold, the youngest son of the Upper Swabian counts Diepoldsberg II Count of Berg and Gisela of Andechs, was destined for a spiritual career. At a young age he became a monk, then abbot of the monastery of St. Georgen in the Black Forest, where he defended the ownership of the Black Forest Monastery in Tennenbacher property dispute ( 1180-1187 ). In addition, Manegold received the leadership of the Austrian monastery Kremsmuenster (1183-1206), but he was not without controversy here. He became the abbot of the Bavarian Tegernsee Abbey (1190-1206) and gave in 1193/94, the St. Georgen abbatial office on. In 1197 he participated in the crusade to the Holy Land, 1206, he was appointed Bishop of Passau selected ( 1206-1215 ). Against the background of staufer friendly attitude of the Counts of Berg Manegold unfolded repeatedly rich political activities and met with the kings Henry VI. (1190-1197), Philip of Swabia (1198-1208), Otto IV ( 1198-1215/1218 ) and Frederick II ( 1212/1215-1250 ) together. As a bishop he was interested in the territorial expansion of his diocese; also the city of Passau in 1209 he had new fix. Manegold of Berg died on June 9, 1215 in Vienna.