Büches (noble family)

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The lords of Büches (also lords of Buches ) were a knightly aristocratic family in today's Hesse , which was especially wealthy in the east of the Wetterau .

Coat of arms of the Lords of Büches zu Lindheim at the Lindheim Church (part of the former Lindheim Castle ).

history

For the first time in 1173 a Richardus de Buches was mentioned in a document delimiting the ownership of the monasteries Langenselbold (today Langenselbold Castle ) and Meerholz (today Meerholz Castle ). The certificate is also the first mention of the place name Büches , today a district of Büdingen . A headquarters in the village can be assumed, but not secured.

The gentlemen von Büches were especially wealthy in the eastern Wetterau. The following nicknames have been used:

They had proven in several castles of these places Ganerbenanteile . Among them were the Höchst and Lindheim castles that were used for raids in the late Middle Ages . In 1268 the Lords of Büches and the Friedberg Burgrave Rupert von Carben participated in the foundation of Engelthal Monastery . The founder Konrad von Büches lived in the monastery until his death in 1294, his grave slab has been preserved. In 1310, Wigand von Büches, a member of the family, held the burgrave office in Friedberg, where several family members are occupied as castle men. Various relatives can also be included in the Isenburg or Hanau services. In 1435, Guda von Büches was the last prioress of the Cistercian convent Kirschgarten near Worms .

Around 1600 the male line died out. The last bearers of the name were Werner Philipp and Johann Caspar von Büches from the Staden line with a share in the castle and the estate of Staden .

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the gentlemen von Büches shows a four-legged fireborn , sometimes also referred to as a forked, inclined cross. The color scheme varies in the different lines, and is covered with silver in red, silver in black, black in silver and red in silver. At the Stadener Linie the fork cross stands upright. A pot or quiver with a cock bush is usually used as a helmet ornament. The current coat of arms of Büches shows a silver fire goat on a red background.

literature

  • Heinrich Bingemer: The Frankfurt coat of arms booklet. 2nd edition, Kramer, Frankfurt 1987, ISBN 3-7829-0348-X , p. 13 plate 7.
  • Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility Lexicon , Volume 2, 1860; Reprint 1996, ISBN 3-89557-020-6 , p. 120.
  • Dieter Krieger: Hessisches Wappenbuch, 3rd part. Family coat of arms, Volume 1. Starke, Limburg 1999, ISBN 3-7980-0002-6 , p. 45.
  • Hans Philippi : Territorial history of the county of Büdingen. Elwert, Marburg 1954 ( Writings of the Hessian Office for Historical Regional Studies 23 ), pp. 85–89.
  • Martin Schäfer: Burgmannen of Büdingen Castle. In: Büdinger Geschichtsblätter 6, 1966, pp. 94–116, here: p. 97.

Web links

Commons : Büches (noble family)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Reimer : Hessisches Urkundenbuch. Section 2, document book on the history of the Lords of Hanau and the former province of Hanau. Vol. 1. 767-1300. Publications from the royal Prussian state archives, Hirzel, Leipzig 1891, No. 106.
  2. ^ "Konrad von Buches 1294, Engelthal". Grave monuments in Hesse until 1650 (as of February 12, 2006). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. ^ Martin Schäfer: Burgmannen of the castle Büdingen. In: Büdinger Geschichtsblätter 6, 1966, pp. 94–116, here: p. 97.
  4. ^ Joachim Kemper: Monastery reforms in the diocese of Worms in the late Middle Ages. Ges. Für Mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte, Mainz 2006 ( Sources and treatises on Middle Rhine church history 115), ISBN 3-929135-49-3 , p. 223 ( online (PDF; 2.63 MB) ).