Bubenberg (noble family)

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Bubenberg coat of arms (Bern Minster)

The von Bubenberg family was a ministerial and Bernese patrician family .

history

The origin of the sex of Bubenberg is not known. It is with the Zähringers the Bern region have arrived. A descent from the Lords of Jegenstorf is suspected. A Cuno von Bubenberg appears in the chronicle of Konrad Justinger in 1191 when the city of Bern was founded: afterwards, Duke Berchtold V von Zähringen is said to have commissioned him to build a city. Bubenberg is said to have felled the oak forest on the peninsula and built houses and a first city gate ( Zytglogge ). From the 1230s, von Bubenberg's appear in the sources.

The castles "Alt-Bubenberg" ( Frauenkappelen ) and "Neu-Bubenberg" ( Schliern near Köniz) are ascribed to the family as the oldest possessions. Furthermore, houses on the farm on Junkerngasse in Bern and various imperial fiefs such as the Stadtbach , the mills and the Aare thresholds in Bern are said to have belonged to the Bubenberg family. These were sold to the city of Bern in 1360. In 1250, the von Bubenbergs acquired Wartenfels Castle together with the Lords of Tengen and the Lords of Rosenegg from Hegau .

By 1282 property and rulership rights were added in Schüpfen , on the Schüpberg, in Oberbalm , alpine rights in Hasli and Diemtigtal and church sentences (e.g. Oberbalm). In 1293 the Bubenberg Schüpfen acquired. In 1327 Johann the Younger von Bubenberg becomes co-lord of Gerzensee . In 1338 Johann II von Bubenberg acquired the Spiez estate . The purchase cost 5600 pounds (around 6 million Swiss francs today). In addition to Spiez Castle , they also acquired the villages of Spiez, Faulensee , Hondrich , Spiezwiler and Einigen . Johann von Bubenberg was mayor of the city of Bern , but he made the purchase in his own name. The castle was therefore not owned by Bern and therefore not the seat of a Bernese governor . In 1348 Mannenberg and Schadau were bought. In 1350 Margaretha von Scharnachthal married, the widow of the last Kramburger, Schultheiss Ulrich von Bubenberg, and the Gerzensee estate fell to the Bubenberg. In 1379 Hartmannus and Johannes II von Bubenberg are mentioned as students in Bologna . In 1391 Ringgenberg was bought. 1411 the family acquired vines in Tüscherz , 1456 Wartenfels, 1465 sold Adrian von Bubenberg the Wartenfels castle to the city Solothurn to travel from the proceeds to the Holy Land. In 1466 the family Strättligen , Reutigen , Thierachern , Wattenwil and Radelfingen acquired .

In the second half of the 15th century, the von Bubenbergs got into financial difficulties and were forced to sell parts of their property, mainly because the services for the city of Bern required great expenditures and at that time it was too economic and social reallocations came. The last legitimate heir of the family, Adrian II von Bubenberg, is said to have died in 1506. With him the sex died out. In 1516 Ludwig von Diesbach bought the majority of the remaining possessions, whereby they came into the possession of the Erlach .

Family policy

When the territory of the city ​​of Bern was consolidated, most of the aristocratic families near the city of Bern fell away and supported the Habsburgs or Kyburgers. The Bubenberg were on the side of Bern and gained a dominant position during the 14th century. Almost all of the male von Bubenbergs were knights, citizens and councilors from Bern. Eleven Bubenberg were mayors of the city of Bern. Many of you were in contact with religious knightly orders . For some, knight rides are occupied. Daughters entered monasteries in Bern, B. 1356 Margret von Bubenberg in the monastery Fraubrunnen , around 1360 Agnes von Bubenberg in the monastery Frauenkappelen , 1370 Johanna and Elisabeth von Bubenberg and 1401 Anna von Bubenberg in the monastery Fraubrunnen. Family seasons were held in the monasteries of Fraubrunnen and Frauenkappelen and in the Bernese Abbey of St. Vinzenz. Although the Bubenbergs were closely connected with the city of Bern, there were always efforts to seek marriage connections outside the city. Noble or count families were preferred, such as von Buchegg, von Neuenburg, von Weissenburg, von Ringgenberg, von Grünenberg , von Strättligen, von Ligerz, von Rosenegg and de La Sarraz.

people

Cuno von Bubenberg (picture from 1692)
  • Cuno von Bubenberg
  • Peter I. von Bubenberg, Schultheiss from 1235 to 1241
  • Heinrich I. von Bubenberg, Schultheiss 1257 to 1263
  • Kuno I. von Bubenberg, Schultheiss from 1269 to 1271
  • Ulrich I. von Bubenberg, mayor from 1284 to 1293, canon in Moutier-Grandval and churchman in Schüpfen in 1267, as a layman in 1282
  • Peter III von Bubenberg, Kirchherr in Schüpfen and Balm 1292 and 1331
  • Johann I von Bubenberg the Elder, Schultheiss from 1323 to 1324 and 1326 to 1327
  • Johann II. Von Bubenberg , Schultheiss 7 times between 1319 and 1324 and continuously 1338 and 1350
  • Johann III. von Bubenberg (before 1332–1367), Schultheiss from 1364 to 1367
  • Vinzenz von Bubenberg, Commander of the Teutonic Order in Köniz in 1365 and Commander of the Alsace-Burgundy Ballei in 1379
  • Ulrich II von Bubenberg, Schultheiss from 1367 to 1381.
  • Hartmann von Bubenberg (1367–1421)
  • Markwart von Bubenberg, brother of Johann III.
  • Otto von Bubenberg , Schultheiss from 1383 to 1393.
  • Johann VI. von Bubenberg, Kirchherr in Gerzensee and Spiez and 1420 Canon in Solothurn
  • Adrian I. von Bubenberg (1434–1479), mayor of Bern and knight of the Holy Sepulcher
  • Heinrich IV. Von Bubenberg (1407–1464), mayor of the city of Bern
  • Adrian II of Bubenberg (around 1458–1501) last of his line

Family coat of arms

Blazon : Divided by blue with a silver star and silver.

literature

  • Robert Oehler: On the Bubenberg genealogy . In: Bern journal for history. - Bern. - Volume 38 (1976).
  • Urs Martin Zahnd : Heinrich IV. Von Bubenberg and the peace treaty after the Old Zurich War . In: Bern journal for history. - Bern. - Vol. 74, H. 2 (2012), pp. 29-56.

See also

Web links

Commons : Bubenberg family  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Martin Zahnd: von Bubenberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 26, 2004 , accessed February 13, 2018 .
  2. ^ Hans Braun: von Erlach. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 7, 2006 , accessed February 13, 2018 .