The Abbots of Kloster Eberbach
The dates given below can only be approximated for the 12th century and parts of the 13th century.
12th Century
1136-1157 | Ruthard |
1158-1165 | Eberhard |
1171-1178 | |
& 1192-1196 | Gerhard |
1178-1191 | Arnold |
1196-1203 | Merfried |
13th Century
1203-1206 | Albero |
1206-1221 | Theobald |
1221 | Konrad I. |
1222-1227 | Erkenbert |
1228-1247 | Rimund |
1248-1258 | Walter |
1258-1261 | Werner |
1262-1263 | Heinrich I. |
1263-1271 | Ebelin |
1272-1285 | Richolf |
1285-1290 | Heinrich II. |
1290-1298 | Siegfried |
1298-1306 | Johann I. |
14th Century
1306-1310 | Peter |
1310-1346 | Wilhelm |
1346-1352 | Nikolaus I. |
1352-1369 | Heinrich II., von Köln |
1369-1371 | Konrad II. |
1372-1392 | Jakob, von Eltville |
1392-1407 | Nikolaus II., von Boppard |
15th Century
1407-1436 | Arnold II., von Heimbach |
1436-1442 | Nikolaus III., von Kaub |
1346-1352 | Nikolaus I. |
1442-1456 | Tillmann, von Johannisberg |
1456-1471 | Richwin, von Lorch |
1471-1475 | Johann II., von Germersheim |
1475-1485 | Johann III. Bode, von Boppard |
1485-1498 | Johann IV. Edelknecht, von Rüdesheim |
1498-1506 | Martin Ryfflinck, von Boppard |
16th Century
1506-1527 | Nikolaus IV., von Eltville |
1527-1535 | Lorenz, von Dornberg |
1535 | Wendelin, von Boppard |
1535-1539 | Karl Pfeffer, von Mainz |
1539-1541 | Johann V. Bertram, von Boppard |
1541-1553 | Andreas Bopparder, von Koblenz |
1553-1554 | Pallas Brender, von Speyer |
1554-1565 | Daniel, von Bingen |
1565-1571 | Johann VI. Monderal, von Boppard |
1571-1600 | Philipp Sommer, von Kiedrich |
17th Century
1600-1618 | Valentin Molitor, von Rauenthal |
1618-1632 | Leonhard I. Klunckard, von Rüdesheim |
1633-1642 | Nikolaus V. Weinbach, von Oberlahnstein |
1642-1648 | Johann VII. Rumpel, von Ballenberg |
1648 | Johann VIII. Hofmann, von Miltenberg |
1648-1651 | Christoph Hahn |
1651-1653 | Bathasar Bund, von Aschaffenburg |
Only slow recovery from the damage of the Thirty Years' War.
1653-1665 | Vinzenz Reichmann, von Eltville |
1665-1666 | Eugen Greber, von Mainz |
1667-1702 | Alberich Kraus, von Boxberg |
18. Century
1702-1727 | Michael Schnock, von Kiedrich |
1727-1737 | Adolph I. Dreimü(h)len, von Eltville |
1737-1750 | Hermann Hungrichhausen, von Mengerskirchen |
1750-1795 | Adolph II. Werner, von Salmünster |
1795-1803 | Leonhard II. Müller, von Rüdesheim |
Secularisation – Dissolution of the Monastery
On 18 September 1803, the abbey of Kloster Eberbach was dissolved through a decree by the new sovereign, Prince Friedrich August von Nassau-Usingen. Since then, no monks have lived here in Eberbach.