Otto I. (Hachberg-Sausenberg)

Grave slab with the coat of arms of Margrave Otto I. von Hachberg-Sausenberg in the church of Sitzenkirch

Otto I. von Hachberg-Sausenberg (* 1302 ; † 1384 ) was Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg.

Life

Otto was the son of Margrave Rudolf I von Hachberg-Sausenberg and the heiress of Otto von Rötteln , Agnes. After his brother Heinrich died in 1318, Otto and his second brother Rudolf II took over the reign of Rötteln and Sausenberg . The residence was moved from Sausenburg to Rötteln Castle . After the death of his brother Rudolf (1352) he initially took over the guardianship of his nephew, Rudolf III. which he then transferred to the Count of Thierstein in 1358 . When Rudolf III. In 1364 he assumed his inheritance, he continued to rule with his uncle until his death in 1384. Otto was married to Katharina von Grandson and Elisabeth von Strassberg († 1352) for the first time and had no descendants.

In autumn 1332 troops of the city of Basel besieged his castle Rötteln, because he (or his brother) had stabbed the mayor of Basel. The conflict was settled after mediation by the nobility of town and country.

The Margraves Hachberg-Sausenberg, Rudolf III. and Otto, donated the altar to the Holy Cross to the church in Sitzenkirch in 1366 . Margrave Otto was buried in the church in Sitzenkirch in 1384 .

Depiction in the historical novel

Alongside his brother Rudolf, Otto is the main character in Käthe Papke's 1928 historical novel , "The Iron Margrave of Sausenberg-Rötteln." In this novel, Papke attributes the murder of Basel mayor Otto, who is portrayed as a choleric . It also interweaves the legend of the "Witch of Binzen" with the two historical figures Rudolf and Otto.

literature

Fritz Schülin : Rötteln-Haagen, contributions to local, landscape and settlement history , Lörrach 1965; P. 65.
Karl Seith : The castle Rötteln in the change of its master families, a contribution to the history and building history of the castle. In: Das Markgräflerland , 3rd year, issue 1, 1931, pp. 6-8 ( digitized version ).
Johann Christian Sachs : Introduction to the history of the Marggravschaft and the Marggravial old princely house of Baden . First part. Lotter, Carlsruhe 1764, p. 488–509 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Thomas Alfried Leger: Hochberg, Hachberg. In: AG Hoffmann: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , Second Section, Part Nine, Leipzig 1832, pp. 118–119 ( digitized version ).
Regesta of the Margraves of Baden and Hachberg 1050–1515 , published by the Baden Historical Commission, edited by Richard Fester , Innsbruck 1892, pp. H63 – h79 ( digitized ).

Web links

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Individual evidence

^ Fritz Schülin: Rötteln-Haagen, contributions to local, landscape and settlement history , Lörrach 1965; P. 65.
↑ s. Sachs p. 498.
^ Fritz Schülin: Rötteln-Haagen, contributions to local, landscape and settlement history , Lörrach 1965; P. 69.
↑ see J. Erhardt: Burg Röteln or the witch of Binzen. In: Franz August Stocker (Ed.): Vom Jura zum Schwarzwald, 2nd volume. Aarau 1885, pp. 49–53 ( digitized version ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Rudolf II.	Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg with Rudolf II until 1352 and with Rudolf III from 1352–1384. 1318-1384	Rudolf III.

personal data
SURNAME	Otto I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Otto I. von Hachberg-Sausenberg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg
DATE OF BIRTH	1302
DATE OF DEATH	1384

[1] Fritz Schülin: Rötteln-Haagen, contributions to local, landscape and settlement history , Lörrach 1965; P. 65.

[2] s. Sachs p. 498.

[3] Fritz Schülin: Rötteln-Haagen, contributions to local, landscape and settlement history , Lörrach 1965; P. 69.

[4] see J. Erhardt: Burg Röteln or the witch of Binzen. In: Franz August Stocker (Ed.): Vom Jura zum Schwarzwald, 2nd volume. Aarau 1885, pp. 49–53 ( digitized version ).