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Around 1200 |
Birth |
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1240 |
first documentary mentioned as a vicar in the retinue of Passau`s Bishop Rüdiger |
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around 1240 |
probably priest at Linz (mentioned as "Pfarrer Otto von Linz") |
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1242 |
Otto receives canory at the "Domkirche" in Passau |
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after 1244 |
archideacon of the bishopric of Passau |
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1254 |
Otto von Lonsdorf becomes Bishop of Passau |
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1257 |
pact of Linz with Ottokar II., King of Bohemia (anti-bavarian alliance) |
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1260 |
reform of coins: introduces an " ewigen Pfennig" (eternal-penny) |
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1262 |
compensation with Bavaria; Passau secures its independency and self-reliance; with this union it creates a counterbalance towards the Bohemian |
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1256 |
"placitum generale" in Ilzstadt (so-called "Ilzstadtweistum"); creation of clarity and unity of justice within the bishopric of Passau |
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1265 |
Otto von Lonsdorf dies in Passau and is burried in the "Stefansdom" (Cathedral of Stephan) |
Valuation: Otto von Lonsdorf is one of the most prominent personalities of the bishops of Passau in the Middle Ages. In a politically difficult time, due to the descent of the "Staufers", he enlarged the position of Passau and tried to secure consisting claims. Otto von Lonsdorf is especially known for the "codex Lonsdorfianus", a collection of certificates and documents concerning right and estate of Passau`s bishopric, which were put together under his direction. Contemplating his ecclesiastical policy, he tried to embank the spreading heresies in the bishopric, but without giving to much room to the inquisition.
worked out by: Florian Taitsch
translation by: Jenny Frühauf
(18.8.2004/19.8.2005)