Hartmann of Dillingen

Hartmann von Dillingen (d. 4 or 5 July 1286) was Bishop of Augsburg from 1248 until his death. Background Hartmann was a member of the Swabian noble von Dillingen family, who held territory in the Upper Danube area and the office of Vogt over the city of Ulm. The family provided several bishops, among them Walter I of Augsburg, Eberhard I of Constance, and Ulrich I of Constance. Hartmann was the youngest son of Count Hartmann IV of Dillingen (d. 1258) and Willibirgis (d. before 1248). Life He was involved in the establishment of the hospital in Dillingen in 1237. In 1241, Hartmann and his father, the Count, donated to the Community of Ladies in Dillingen a house near the parish church with one lot of land, a cabbage patch and a meadow. In 1246 or 1247, Hartmann was appointed canon in Augsburg. In 1248, Siboto of Seefeld was deposed as Bishop of Augsburg by Pope Innocent IV and Hartmann was appointed as his successor.