Auer zu Brennberg

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Coat of arms of the Auer family from Brennberg from Scheibler's book of arms
Brennberg Castle

Auer zu Brennberg is the name of an old Bavarian noble family who played an important role as patricians in Regensburg in the Middle Ages . The Auer family died out in 1483. Brennberg Castle , the ancestral seat of the Auer zu Brennberg family, is now in the village of Brennberg in the Regensburg district in the Upper Palatinate .

history

The Auer were originally ministerials to the Bishop of Regensburg and from the Niedermünster monastery . Since 1268 the Auer have provided mayors , canons and councilors in Regensburg and were one of the most influential patrician families in the city. Friedrich Auer the Elder Ä. was mayor and chamberlain of Regensburg and from 1302 to 1319 also provost of Obermünster .

The Emperor Louis IV. Eponymous son supported Friedrich Auer († 1356) - also known as Frederick I Auer to Auburg - had initially with the guilds allied of Regensburg and became mayor 1330/31. He had previously married Agnes von Brennberg , who came from an old family in the northern Gauss. Her father was Reimar IV, who founded the Frauenzell monastery and died without a male heir. Thus the Auer gained control of Brennberg. and called the family from 1327 the Auer de Prenberg , the Auer zu Brennberg . At the same time, Friedrich I was also the commander of Wörth Castle on the Danube and mayor of Regensburg.

In 1334, after Friedrich I was expelled from his home town of Regensburg , he expanded Brennberg Castle into his new headquarters. Supported by his brother Heinrich von Auburg, a tower was added to the western castle hill. In 1343 the reconciliation with the city of Regensburg took place and Friedrich († 1356) became a citizen again for six years. On December 28, 1368, the Auer also received the pledge for the Donaustauf Castle from the Roman Emperor Karl .

Ober- and Unterbrennberg: Engraving by Michael Wening

The two sons of Friedrich I, Friedrich II and Hans, divided the property in Brennberg in 1379. Friedrich II got the tower and the Münchstein (fountain) in the west, Hans the tower in the east. Since this division, the rule has been divided into Oberbrennberg and Unterbrennberg. In 1466 Wilhelm von Auer died on Oberbrennberg. His sister Anna (married to Achatz I. von Nussberg near Viechtach ) became the mistress of Oberbrennberg.

In 1483 the line of the Auer on Unterbrennberg ended with Christoph II. His sister Anna Beatrix Auer on Unterbrennberg married Albrecht von Murach in 1483 and he became master of Unterbrennberg.

coat of arms

The family coat of arms of the Auer zu Brennberg was adopted by the von Brennberg family and shows three fire-breathing green mountains side by side. It is also the current coat of arms of the community of Brennberg .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Chrobak: The Thon Dittmer-Palais . In: City of Regensburg, Kulturreferat (Hrsg.): Kulturführer . tape 25 . City of Regensburg, Regensburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-943222-55-5 , p. 24 f .
  2. ^ A b Friedrich Auer in Hans-Michael Körner: Great Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia , p. 74.
  3. ^ Emil Fuchs: Die Herrschaft Brennberg , Regensburg 1979, pp. 14-15.
  4. ^ Emil Fuchs: Die Herrschaft Brennberg , Regensburg 1979, pp. 38–42.

literature

  • Emil Fuchs: The rule of Brennberg , Regensburg 1979
  • Peter Morsbach, Martin Weindl: The Auer uprising. In Peter Brielmaier, Uwe Moosburger (Ed. Peter Morsbach): Regensburg. Metropolis in the Middle Ages. Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7917-2055-5