High master

of the high masters (1530 to 1929: High and German master) is the highest office in the German medal (religious title). It corresponds to that of a Generalsuperiors and is present only in the German medal. In the other knight medals it calls itself large masters. Until 1923 hadthis office always a medal knight. Only with the change into a Klerikerorden the office arrived at the priest brothers. Today the high master is Generalsuperior of the German medal sisters and family ones at the same time. He is an abbott, carries bishop staff and Mitra, and possesses the right to carry bischöfliche clothes. Besideit carries at the same time the knightly high master cross at the Koulanten and this for the bishop cross also on the medal coat.

high master cross

The high master cross consists of a black cross on white reason, as the medal cross. In it lie, into all four directions, a marshal staff with lily and in the center a coat of arms sign with a black eagle on golden reason.

effective range

of the high masters was andis highest upper of the German medal. It, that was original in the holy country highest lay and religious authority of the medal, was represented in Europe by the land masters. When he came then to Europe, he had to succeed only once against its land masters. Above all thoseAgency outward, he became after the removal to Prussia above all there national gentleman. Within the medal however sank its authority, which numerous general chapters demonstrate, which forced different high masters to the resignation. After the reformation its office was above all a symbolic, which in rank more highlystood, as the actual absolute power. Nevertheless this was not to be underestimated. Most knights stood with stranger gentlemen in the service, so that it could exert concerning this a certain influence on their politics. This particularly shows Caspar Anton of Belderbusch, prime minister in cure Cologne. Itinstructed it in the medal obedience on his coming back, which extracted this thereby actually from all activity. Only the personal request Cologne cure prince archbishop could hold these on its post. Within the medal the high master, over the discipline, had thus still another certain influence. Outside was ithowever no more than a probably-sounding title, since it had no important territory.

After the secularization the influence of the office was only still certain since it was always occupied by a prince of the Austrian emperor house. The medal, now never more than about 20noble comprehensively, was particularly in the military of the K and K monarchy represented, few also in diplomacy and science. It concerned thus with the high master a special dignitary of Austria, which come of to the imperial family managed and one “quasi” house medals. He particularly drewby its proximity to the governing emperor from Austria, which it and its Mitbrüder in the service held.

The end of the 1. World war brought an end to the “shade existence” of the medal. The line, and thus the office for high master, came now to the clerics of the medal. Was firstKleriker Hochmeister a bishop, Norbert small, then threatens to disappear the medal after it in sinking. Over this against to work the Pope lent and in the clothes the privileges of a bishop to the high master. Its reputation today is also so high, inIt stands for Austria in the rank of an Ambassador, within the medal is it of special symbolic importance. Actually however guest of the Priors of the province Austria, dependent on which deliveries of the provinces, whose full professor is not it, but the respective Prior.

The high master is at the same time thatGeneral-upper of the German medal sisters, who are inkorporiert the German medal, and which family ones German medals.

residence of the high master

the residence of the Hochmeristers of the German medal was originally Akkon. Here the medal was justified, here had it its most important task range. After thatCase of Akkon (1291) it shifted the seat after Venice. This was on the one hand because of the fact that one believed still in it to the holy country to return, in addition, at the good relations with the Republic of Venice. Only 1304 became the seat on the Marienburg in Prussia shifts. Apart from a shifting of the attention to this region, surely also a safety device of the independent own inventory was connected with it. Because both the church state, therefore the Pope, like also the Republic of Venice, were not in times of paging a safe lodging. Came at the same timebut a strong current of the medal in addition, which saw their future in the Baltic. In June 1457 the seat was then transferred after king mountain, since the Marienburg the medal entglitten was. After the reformation and the loss of the German medal country, the head office of the medal became in Mergentheim settled. Even if the high masters did not reside here necessarily, then it was the head office of the medal nevertheless. Only the secularization brought a new shifting of the head office with itself. After Mergentheim had arrived 1804 at the Kingdom of Württemberg, the new seat of the high master became in Vienna settled, where it is until today.

clothes of the high masters

to 1923 were always the high masters knights of the medal. When such carried it at the collar of a uniform, which consisted of white upper section, black trousers and black boots, the high master cross at the Coulant.Over the shoulders lay the white coat, which something was enough over the knee and, from the carrier seen, with the high master cross was occupied. At the right hand it carried a ring.

After the first Kleriker Hochmeister was bishop, the second Kleriker Hochmeister was raised into abbott rank.A violet Soutane was entitled to it at the same time, how they carried also the bishops. On the vertex it carries a violet Pileolus (Scheitelkäppchen) and as head coverage a violet or also white Birett. At the neck it carries the high master cross at a black Coulanten and on the chesta Pektorale (bishop cross). Over the shoulders it carries a white coat, which reaches up to the soil and on which the high master cross to be likewise seen is. At the right hand it carries a ring. With the fair bishop staff and Mitra come to it.

List of the high masters

in the time of the German medal as hospital brother shank (1190-1198):

1. Master edge of filter (1190)
2. Gerhard (1192)
3. Heinrich (Prior = priest) (1193 /94)
4. Ulrich
5. Heinrich, praeceptor (probably identically to Heinrich whale poet, 1196)

in the time of the German medal asreligious knight medal (1198-1929) and klerikaler medal (since 1929):

1. Heinrich whale poet (1198 - 1200)
2. Otto von Kerpen (1200 - 1208)
3. Heinrich of Tunna towards. Beard (1208 - 1209)
4. Hermann of Salza (1209 - 1239)
5. Konrad of Thuringia (1239 - 1240)
6. Gerhard of mark mountain (1240 - 1244)
7. Heinrich of Hohenlohe (1244 - 1249)
8. Gunther of Wüllersleben (1249 - 1252)
9. Poppo of Osterna (1252 - 1256)
10. anno of singer living (1256 - 1273)
11. Hartmannfrom hero run gene (1273 - 1282)
12. Burchard of shrank (1283 - 1290)
13. Konrad von Feuchtwangen (1291 - 1296)
14. Gottfried of Hohenlohe (1297 - 1303)
15. Siegfried of damp cheeks (1303 - 1311)
16. Karl von Trier (1311 -1324)
17. Werner von Orseln (1324 - 1330)
18. Luther von Braunschweig (1331 - 1335)
19. Dietrich von Altenburg (1335 - 1341)
20. Ludolf king (1342 - 1345)
21. Heinrich Dusemer (1345 - 1351)
22. Vienna-smell from Kniprode (1352- 1382)
23. Konrad Zöllner of red stone (1382 - 1390)
24. Konrad von Wallenrode (1391 - 1393)
25. Konrad von Jungingen (1393 - 1407)
26. Ulrich of June-gone (1407 - 1410)
27. Heinrich of Plauen (1410 - 1413)
28. MichaelKüchmeister of star mountain (1414 - 1422)
29. Paul von Rusdorf (1422 - 1441)
30. Konrad von Erlichshausen (1441 - 1449)
31. Ludwig von Erlichshausen (1450 - 1467)
32. Heinrich Reuss of Plauen (1467 - 1470)
33. Heinrich Reffle of arranging mountain (1470 - 1477)
34. Martin Truchsess of sharpening living (1477 - 1489)
35. Johann of depths (1489 - 1497)
36. Friedrich of Saxonia (1498 - 1510)
37. Albrecht of Brandenburg to brook (1510 - 1525)
38. roll ago of Cronberg (1527 - 1543)
39. Wolfgang protection bar towards. Milchling (1543 - 1566)
40. George dog of Wenckheim (1566 - 1572)
41. Heinrich of Bobenhausen (1572 - 1590 /95)
42. Maximilian of Austria (1590 /95 - 1618)
43. Karl of Austria (1618 - 1624)
44. Johann Eustachof Westernach (1625 - 1627)
45. Johann Kaspar of stadium (1627 - 1641)
46. Leopold William of Austria (1641 - 1662)
47. Karl Joseph of Austria (1662 - 1664)
48. Johann Caspar of Ampringen (1664 - 1684)
49. Ludwig Antonof Pfalz Neuburg (1684 - 1694)
50. Franz Ludwig von Pfalz Neuburg (1694 - 1732)
51. Clemens August von Bayern (1732 - 1761)
52. Karl Alexander of Lorraine (1761 - 1780)
53. Maximilian Franz of Austria (1780 - 1801)
54. Karl Ludwigof Austria (1801 - 1804)
55. Anton Victor of Austria (1804 - 1835)
56. Maximilian Joseph of Austria Este (1835 - 1863)
57. William of Austria (1863 - 1894)
58. Eugen of Austria (1894 - 1923)
59. bishop Dr. Norbert small (1923 - 1933)
60. abbott Paul Heider (1933 - 1936)
61. abbott Robert Schälzky (1936 - 1948)
62. abbott Dr. Marian Tumler (1948 - 1970)
63. abbott Ildefons Pauler (1970 - 1988)
64. abbott Dr. Arnold Othmar how/as country (1988- 2000)
65. Abbott Dr. Bruno of flat (since 2000)

for the list of the land masters of live country see also: Live country

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