Aarburg (noble family)
The barons of Aarburg are a Swiss family that originally lived in Büron and changed their name from Büron to Aarburg in the 12th century for reasons that are still unclear today .
origin
The first written representatives of the family were Chono von Bürron and his son Luitold von Bürron , whose son Lüthold von Aarburg was already mentioned under the new family name in 1190.
In the 12th century the family ruled Büron, and from the 13th century they also held the fief of the Trub monastery in the Emmental. In the 14th century the Austrians entrusted them with the rule of Rued in Aargau and the office of Grüningen . In the first half of the 14th century, Rudolf I of Aarburg was the head of the family, his sons Rudolf and Lütold shared the family rule from 1357. In the course of the 15th century, the von Aarburg family inherited the Simmenegg in the Simmental and Gutenburg in the Oberaargau and Maienfeld Castle . In 1424 Thuringia took over the family inheritance from Aarburg and in 1430 bought the Schenkenberg estate in addition to the already considerable fortune.
The barons of Aarburg were under the Habsburgs until the beginning of the 15th century , before they came under the rule of Bern .
The gender should not be confused with the Aarburg ministerial family .
Description of coat of arms
The coat of arms shows a silver sloping bar in the red shield. On the helmet, with red and silver covers, a red flight with silver sloping beams. Here there is a coat of arms equality with the Vogtland-Upper Franconian-Saxon ministerial families Sack .
In the Zurich coat of arms , on the other hand, it shows three white roses in black on a green stem inclined to the right.