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Johann Loesel (c. 1390–1460) was a knight of the
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*Cécile Sommer-Ramer: ''Rheinfelden.'' In: Bernard Andenmatten, Petra Zimmer und Patrick Braun (eds.): ''Helvetia Sacra, 4. Abteilung, Band 7, Teil 1 Die Johanniter'' (2006), 434f. *Veronika Feller-Vest: ''Wädenswil.'' In: Bernard Andenmatten, Petra Zimmer und Patrick Braun (eds.): ''Helvetia Sacra, 4. Abteilung, Band 7, Teil 1 Die Johanniter'' (2006), 514–536. {{DEFAULTSORT:Loesel, Johann 1390s births 1460 deaths Knights Hospitaller Year of birth uncertain
Johann Loesel (c. 1390–1460) was a knight of the Order of Saint John
The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order. It was headq ...
, during 1440–1444 grand bailiff from and 1445–1460 grand prior of the grand priory
A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or nuns (such as the Dominicans, Augustinians, Franciscans, and Carmelites), or monasteries of monk ...
of Alemannia (Upper Germany), a division of the order within the langue of Germany.
A native of Strasbourg
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, Loesel joined the order at Eichen (Eichhof) near Weißenburg. In 1426, he was given the commandery
In the Middle Ages, a commandery (rarely commandry) was the smallest administrative division of the European landed properties of a military order. It was also the name of the house where the knights of the commandery lived.Anthony Luttrell and G ...
of Mainz
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. He acted as commander at Mainz during 1429–1439.
In 1434, he also received command of Rheinfelden. In 1440, he was given the rank of great bailiff at Rhodes
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, an office created for the German tongue of the order in 1428. The grand bailiff of the German tongue was responsible for the fortifications of Rhodes.
In 1444, Loesel was made grand prior of Germany, resigning from the office of grand bailiff and returning to Europe.
He was responsible for the commanderies of Basel
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, Bubikon
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History
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, Leuggern
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History
The remains of a Roman era Rhine fortifications watchtower have been discovered in Felsenau. The modern municipality of Leuggern is first ment ...
and Wädenswil
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, mostly residing in Wädenswil.
In February 1446 he acted as mediator between Zürich
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and the Swiss Confederacy
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in the Old Zürich War
The Old Zurich War (german: Alter Zürichkrieg), 1440–46, was a conflict between the canton of Zurich and the other seven cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy over the succession to the Count of Toggenburg.
In 1436, Count Friedrich VII of ...
.
The delegates met on boats on Lake Zürich
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, with Loesel mediating peace talks rom his own boat.
The mediation did not result in a peace treaty, and the war continued for another four years, until the treaty of Kappel of 8 April 1450.
The commandery at Rheinfelden was destroyed in an attack by Hans von Rechberg
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in 1449.
In 1455, Loesel was in Vienna
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at the court of Archduke Albert to ask for permission to rebuild the destroyed commandery.
In the following year, he was present at the building site in Rheinfelden, designating the site for the new chapel.
In 1456, he sponsored the rebuilding of the church at Wädenswil.
He died on 8 April 1460 and was buried in the order's church there. The church has been destroyed and his epitaph is not extant except in a drawing.
References
* Walter Gerd Rödel: ''Die deutschen (Groß-)Prioren.'' In: Bernard Andenmatten, Petra Zimmer und Patrick Braun (eds.), ''Helvetia Sacra, 4. Abteilung, Band 7, Teil 1 Die Johanniter'', Basel (2006), p. 60. *A. Bernoulli: ''Hans und Peter Rots Pilgerreisen, 1440 und 1453.'' Beiträge zur Geschichte Basels, 11: 329–408, Basel, 1882, p. 388. *Gerold Edlibach, Meyer and Zeller (eds.), ''Züricher Chronik'' (1847)p. 48
*Cécile Sommer-Ramer: ''Rheinfelden.'' In: Bernard Andenmatten, Petra Zimmer und Patrick Braun (eds.): ''Helvetia Sacra, 4. Abteilung, Band 7, Teil 1 Die Johanniter'' (2006), 434f. *Veronika Feller-Vest: ''Wädenswil.'' In: Bernard Andenmatten, Petra Zimmer und Patrick Braun (eds.): ''Helvetia Sacra, 4. Abteilung, Band 7, Teil 1 Die Johanniter'' (2006), 514–536. {{DEFAULTSORT:Loesel, Johann 1390s births 1460 deaths Knights Hospitaller Year of birth uncertain