Hermann of Wied

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The Most Reverend Hermann of Wied
Archbishop-Elector of Cologne
Church	Lutheran (from 1542) Roman Catholic (until 1542)
Archdiocese	Cologne
See	Cologne
Appointed	14 March 1515
Term ended	16 April 1546
Predecessor	Philip II of Daun-Oberstein
Successor	Adolf III of Schauenburg
Personal details
Born	14 January 1477
Died	15 August 1552 (aged 75)

Hermann of Wied (German: Hermann von Wied) (14 January 1477 – 15 August 1552) was the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne from 1515 to 1546.

In 1521, he supported a punishment for German reformer Martin Luther, but later opened up one of the Holy Roman Empire's most important archbishoprics to the Protestant Reformation.