Conrad Grünenberg

Conrad Grünenberg (also Konrad Grünemberg d. c. 1494) was a mayor of Constance known for his armorial (Österreichische Wappenchronik, 1483) and for the illustrated travelogue of his pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1486 (manuscript Cod. St. Peter pap. 32 in Baden State Library).

Grünenberg was probably born in the 1420s, as the son of the mayor of Constance. He is first mentioned in 1442 as a master builder in Constance. He was a member of the city council during 1454–1462 and held the office of mayor several times. From 1465, he was also in the service of emperor Frederick III, and from 1485 held the rank of Ritter. In Jerusalem, he was also made a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre. He was furthermore a member of the Order of the Jar and of the Austrian Order of Saint George.

His pilgrimage to the Holy Land lasted 33 weeks, from April to early December 1486. Starting out in Constance on 22 April, he travelled to Venice via Rheineck, Sterzing in Tyrol and Trento, and (31 May) from Venice by galley via Poreč, Zadar, Šibenik, Lesina, Korčula, Ragusa, Corfu, Modon in Morea, Candia in Crete, Rhodes, Famagusta in Cyprus, arriving in Jaffa on 24 July. Travelling by donkey he visited Lydda, Ramla, Emmaus (i.e. Imwas), Jerusalem and Bethlehem, and took a ship back from Jaffa on 1 September, reaching Venice on 16 November (Saint Othmar's day), returning home in early December. The illustrated manuscript describing the pilgrimage was completed in 1487.

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