Barmen (noble family)
The Barmen family had their seat at the Kellenberg fortress in what is now the Jülich district of Barmen . Before 1597 this castle was called Barmen. The festivals Kellenberger is the successor to a castle in 1352 by the Marquis William V had been destroyed. This was located on the site of today's Eschenhof. Despite intensive efforts, the Knights of Barmen had to surrender to the superior strength of the Jülich Count. They had to accept the cremation of their ancestral home.
The von Barmen family were considered both contentious and rich. Their coat of arms, a silver shield, which is divided by a black crossbar and has a red, double-tailed lion jumping to the right in the head of the shield , corresponds to the coat of arms of those of Engelsdorf.
Emund of Barmen
Emund von Barmen († 1390) was a knight and first sealed in 1351. He was married to Elisabeth von Goer and had three children, of whom only the son Heinrich is named.
From February 2, 1364 there is a document in which Emund von Barmen takes over the management of Stolberg Castle from Johann IV von Reifferscheid . He is supposed to "protect and protect the house in Stolberg for seven years with taxes, pensions, leases and interest for his own use". Emund was ordered to act as if it were his property. The deed provides for two restrictions: Income from the Bleiberg and Setterich remain with Johann IV von Reifferscheid.
As a further requirement, Emund has to invest 400 guilders (equivalent of 22 oxen or 47 cattle) annually in Stolberg Castle . In return, Johann IV assured that he would repay the invested amount after 7 years. Should this not be possible for him, Emund would receive Stolberg Castle. Emund's brother Heinrich is a witness to this contract.
Emund was executed in Aachen in 1390 for breaking the peace . Emund, like probably his father, had not been able to adapt his possessions to new economic challenges. Accordingly, he was forced to counteract his financial ruin by robbery. The sovereign of Jülich therefore had him captured and executed in Aachen. The robber baron Emunt has survived in the folk tale "The Sunken Knight" in Barmen.
Children of Edmund von Barmen are:
- Heinrich von Barmen: He is the son of Emund von Barmen and his wife Elisabeth von Goer. There are documents that identify him as a squire in 1393 and 1396 . In the years 1402 to 1410 he pledged parts of his parents' inheritance, on May 10, 1410 "House and apartment in Barmen with farmstead, ditches and dams" to Wilhelm von Vlatten . Heinrich dies without heirs.
- Daughter Emund von Barmens: She was married to Gerhard Myullaert von Hülhoven . The daughter Johanna emerged from this marriage and was first married to the knight Wilhelm von Vlatten. In 1428 she married Wilhelm von Wevelingen-After. Documents prove both to be the owner of the Kellenberg fortress.
Heinrich von Barmen
Heinrich von Barmen is the brother of Edmund von Barmen. He is a knight and documents identify him in 1354 alongside knight Heinrich von Overbach. Documents from 1361 show him as the bailiff of Monschau. In 1390 he declares that his brother Emund von Barmen was arrested and executed for crimes on the orders of the Duke of Jülich of Aachen.
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literature
- Helmut Schreiber (Ed.): Stolberger Burgherren and Burgfrauen 1118–1909. In: Contributions to the history of Stolberg. Volume 25, Burg Verlag Gastinger, Stolberg 2001, ISBN 3-926830-16-6 .
- Holz, Alexander / Muckenheim, Thomas: He drowned in the Rur in 1681 by reversing his Carosse ... The investigation of the historical and literary background of the story of the "Sunken Knight" by Kellenberg in Jülich Barmen. Alsdorf: AWD 2016