| Abbey of Kaisersheim Abtei Kaisersheim | |
| 1133 - 1802 | |
| Capital Circle Bench |
Kaisheim Bavarian Swabian Prelates |
| Established | 1133 |
| Immediate | 1135 |
| Secularised to Bavaria | 1802 |
The Abbey of Kaisheim (also: Kaisersheim) was a monastery located in Kaisheim in western Bavaria, Germany. The abbey was an immediate state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1135 until 1802.
Kaisheim abbey was founded by Count Henry II of Lechsgemünd in 1133 as a daughter abbey of Lützel in Alsace. The charter dates from 1135, and it granted the new abbey complete independence from secular rulers, effectively making it an immediate state of the Holy Roman Empire. The church of the monastery was consecrated by Bishop Hartwig I of Lierheim of Augsburg in 1183. The church was damaged by fire in 1286, and was rebuilt in its entirety from 1352 until 1387. Although the founding charter granted the abbey complete independence, after the counts of Lechsgemünd became extinct in 1327 and they were succeeded by the Counts of Graibach of the House of Wittelsbach, the Graibachs were disinclined to honour the agreement. Graibach passed through several lines until coming to Palatinate-Neuburg, and when the ruler of that territory Otto Henry converted to Protestantism it looked as though Kaisheim would be secularised.
The dissolution did not occur. In 1656 the abbey finally reached agreement with Palatinate-Neuburg; Kaisheim was recognised as independent and in exchange the abbey supported 80 soldiers for the Neuburg army. In the 1720s the abbey was rebuilt in the baroque style. In 1802 Kaisheim was secularised by Bavaria, the monks forced to leave, and its assets were seized by the Bavarian state. The buildings were used first for military purposes, then used to house displaced Franciscans, before being converted into a prison 1816. Nowadays the abbey buildings form the Justizvollzugsanstalt Kaisheim.
Abbots of Kaisheim[]
|
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ulrich I (Udalrich) | 1133 - 1155 | Immediate from 1135 |
| Conrad I | 1155 - 1165 | |
| Diethelm | 1165 - 1174 | |
| Albert | 1174 - 1194 | |
| Ebbo | 1194 - 1210 | |
| Conrad II | 1210 - 1228 | |
| Henry I | 1228 - 1239 | |
| Richard | 1239 - 1251 | |
| Wolvich | 1251 - 1262 | |
| Henry II | 1262 - 1266 | |
| Trutwin | 1266 - 1287 | |
| Henry III | 1287 - 1302 | |
| John I Chonold | 1302 - 1320 | |
| Ulrich II Zoller | 1320 - 1339 | |
| Ulrich III Mubling | 1339 - 1360 | |
| John II Zauer | 1360 - 1379 | |
| John III Molitor | 1379 - 1400 | |
| John IV Scherb | 1400 - 1422 | |
| Kraft von Hochstadt | 1422 - 1427 | |
| Leonard Weinmayer | 1427 - 1440 | |
| Nicholas Kolb | 1440 - 1458 | |
| George I Schmidlin | 1458 - 1479 | |
| John V Vister | 1479 - 1490 | |
| George II Kastner | 1490 - 1509 | |
| Conrad III Reuter | 1509 - 1540 | |
| John VI Zauer | 1540 - 1575 | |
| Ulrich IV Köllin | 1575 - 1586 | |
| George III | 1586 - 1589 | |
| Dominicus Steichele | 1589 - 1594 | |
| Sebastian Faber | 1594 - 1608 | |
| John VII Beck | 1608 - 1626 | |
| Jacob Mosbach | 1626 - 1637 | |
| George IV Müller | 1637 - 1667 | |
| Benedict Hein | 1667 - 1674 | |
| Hieronymus Winter | 1675 - 1681 | |
| Elias Götz | 1681 - 1696 | |
| Judas Thaddaeus Mayr | 1696 - 1698 | |
| Roger I von Röltz | 1698 - 1723 | |
| Roger II Friesel | 1723 - 1739 | |
| Cölestin I Meermols | 1739 - 1771 | |
| Cölestin II Angelsbrucker | 1771 - 1783 | |
| Francis Xavier Müller | 1783 - 1802 |
| Bavarian Circle |
|---|
| Ecclesiastical Bench Berchtesgaden | Freising | Niedermünster | Obermünster | Passau Regensburg (bishopric) | St. Emmeram | Salzburg Secular Bench Bavaria | Breiteneck | Ehrenfels | Haag | Hohenwaldeck | Leuchtenberg | Neuburg Ortenburg | Regensburg (city) | Sternstein | Sulzbach | Sulzbürg and Pyrbaum |
| Earlier Members |
| Chiemsee | Degenberg | Kaisheim | Mönchröden | Waldsassen |