Ulrich II (bishop of Passau)

Ulrich II (died October 31, 1221) was the 34th Bishop of Passau from 1215 and the first prince-bishop from 1217. The Bischof-Ulrich-Straße in Passau is named after him.

Ulrich was the priest of the parish of Falkenstein before serving in the chancellery of Leopold V of Austria from 1193. He then became a skilled protonotary in 1214 to Bishop Manegold of Passau.^[1]

On January 21, 1217 Ulrich was given Ilzgau by the Emperor Frederick II to hold as a banner-fief. Thus, the Emperor made him the first Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Passau. Ulrich II and his successors were thus henceforth rich princes ex officio. At the end of June 1217, Bishop Ulrich inaugurated in a large feast day the first four altars of Lilienfeld Abbey.^[1] In 1219, Ulrich II erected on Georgsberg a castle, the Veste Oberhaus. He also founded several monasteries in the eastern part of the diocese.

Ulrich died on October 31, 1221 on the Fifth Crusade in Damietta, Egypt.