Abenberg (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the Counts of Abenberg

The von Abenberg family was an old Frankish counts.

They are not to be confused with the Bavarian Counts of Abensberg and the Austrian Counts of Abensperg and Traun .

From the origin to the county of Abenberg

The county of Abenberg arose under the Ottonians between 1002 and 1024; the place Abenberg was founded around 1040 by Wolfram von Abenberg . Within the next 150 years, the Abenbergers, as counts in Radenzgau and Rangau , provided bailiffs of Bamberg, bailiffs of various monasteries (including Banz ), a bishop of Würzburg, an abbess of Kitzingen and other high dignitaries. Stilla von Abenberg († around 1140) was beatified in 1927.

The Abenberg family was first mentioned around 1040. It was named after Abenberg Castle in Abenberg . Under Count Adalbert II (before 1040 until after 1059) the first castle, largely made of wood, was built. Under Count Rapoto (1122–1172) this was replaced between 1130 and 1140 by one of the most imposing stone castles in Bavaria (40 × 40 m). An Abenberger, Count Friedrich I, was miserably killed on July 26, 1184 when the Erfurt latrine fell. The Abenberg noble family, whose last male offspring, Friedrich II., Was praised by Tannhäuser in the 13th century for promoting poetry, died out around 1200.

Today's view of the Abenberg family castle

Some of the property of the family fell to the Bamberg Monastery in 1189 . In 1236, the town and castle were married to the Hohenzollern , the then burgraves of Nuremberg (see also Conrad IV. ), After the male line of the Abenbergs had expired with Friedrich II. In 1230–1250 the people of Nuremberg replaced the Salier building with a partially new building, which they hardly ever used. For this purpose, the curtain wall was demolished and the main castle was expanded to double its size. The front was reinforced and the fortified castle gate was built on the southeast corner. The ring wall that was built is the oldest preserved part of the castle.

Abenberg later passed (partially?) To the diocese of Eichstätt .

Heilsbronn Monastery

Foundation of Heilsbronn Monastery by Rapoto von Abenberg

The Münster Heilsbronn is a former Cistercian monastery . It was founded in 1132 by the Counts of Abenberg and was their burial place, then also Hohenzollern burial place from 1297 to 1625.

Marienburg Monastery

The St. Peter and Paul monastery in Marienburg of the Augustinian Choir Women was founded in 1142 by Wolfram von Abenberg; it was dissolved in 1806 in the course of secularization . The citizens of Abenberg acquired the church in 1826, which became a subsidiary church. The monastery buildings were auctioned and most of them demolished in 1830.

Personalities

coat of arms

A crowned silver lion on a blue background.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Abenberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jörg von Forster: Famous thanks to Parzival - part of the Eschenbach epic written at Abenberg Castle . In: Trutziges Franken , Fürther Nachrichten of March 24, 2007, p. 22.
  2. ↑ Friedrich's young widow Gertrud married Count Ludwig I von Ziegenhain and had five children known by name with him, including two Counts von Ziegenhain and an Archbishop of Salzburg. ( Ziegenhainer Regesten online No. 188. Regests of the Counts of Ziegenhain. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).)
  3. ↑ countries . koeblergerhard.de
  4. ↑ Abenberg, from . ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Coat of arms for Francs on the Internet @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fraenkische-wappenrolle.kleeberg.biz