Bibra (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those of Bibra
Spread of those from Bibra in the grave field
Bibra Castle
Irmelshausen Castle
Brennhausen Castle
Epitaph for Bernhard von Bibra and Sibylle von Witzleben in Irmelshausen
Epitaph of Wilhelm von Bibra
Book illustration with Bibra Knights and Veste Irmelshausen
Epitaph for Friedrich Kaspar von Bibra (1681–1750)
Place name sign for Bibra Lake in Western Australia

Bibra is the name of a Frankish nobility family . The headquarters of the same name Bibra an der Bibra is today a district of the Grabfeld municipality in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district in the Free State of Thuringia .

history

In a document from Bishop Otto I of Bamberg from 1119, "Rupertus de Bibra" was named as a witness. "Pertholdus (Berthold) de Bibra" and his sons "Pertholdus (Berthold)" and "Tagino" were mentioned in documents from 1151 onwards. Another "Degenhart de Bibra" witnessed an act by Bishop Hermann von Würzburg in 1234 . In the Würzburg diocese , the family was also given the office of hereditary marshal and in 1375 the knight Hermann von Bibra became hereditary burgomaster of Fulda Abbey at Salzungen Castle .

Emperor Friedrich III. sent Wilhelm von Bibra , whom he had appointed Eques auratus ( knight of the golden spur ), in 1486 and 1490 as envoy to the Vatican . Wilhelm died in Verona in 1490 and was buried in the church of St. Anastasia. His son later erected a monument there in his honor. Lorenz von Bibra was Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1495 to 1519 and Konrad von Bibra from 1540 to 1544 . Heinrich von Bibra was prince abbot or bishop of Fulda from 1759 to 1788 .

From the 16th to the 18th century, the Lords of Bibra belonged to the imperial knighthood in the knightly canton of Rhön-Werra of the Franconian knightly circle because of the possession of Gleimershausen (today a district of the Rhönblick community ), Irmelshausen (today a district of the Höchheim community ) and Aubstadt . With the acquisition of Schwebheim and Adelsdorf from the beginning of the 17th century, they were also members of the knight cantons of Steigerwald , Gebürg , Altmühl and Baunach .

The brothers Johann Ernst, Christian Erhard, Georg Friedrich and Heinrich Karl obtained the baron status from Emperor Leopold I through a diploma dated August 3, 1698. Johann Ernst von Bibra died in 1705 as an Imperial General Feldzeugmeister and Lieutenant Field Marshal of the Franconian Empire . The various lines of the sex were entered in the baron class of the Bavarian aristocratic registers in 1815 and in the following years .

distribution

The family property included Bibra near Meiningen . The family was closely associated with the Rohr monastery during the 13th century and with the Veßra monastery in the 14th century . The castles in Bibra , Irmelshausen and Brennhausen are still owned by the family. Irmelshausen and firing Hausen are two of the remarkable surge tanks in Swiss francs and are often shown on calendars and photo books. Burg Bibra is the castle in Thuringia with the longest continuous possession of a family since records began. Many members of the family now live in Australia and the United States.

Family property

Previous ownership

Picture gallery

Structure of the family

  • Valentinian tribe (Lutheran), progenitor: Valentin von Bibra († 1595)
    • 1st line: Adelsdorf (formerly Euerheim), progenitor: Christoph Erhard (1656–1706)
    • 2nd line: Equally designated, (Evangelical-Anglican); Ancestor: Georg Friedrich von Bibra (1659–1718). The Equally Identified line has lived in Australia since the early 19th century. Is Ausgewandert Franz Ludwig von Bibra (* 1783 in Bamberg, † 1823 in Van Diemen's Land, Tasmania / Australia). Bibra Lake, a suburb of Perth in Western Australia , is named after Benedict von Bibra (* July 8, 1809 in Messina, † February 2, 1884 in Howrah / India), who bought land there in the summer of 1843.
    • 3rd line Schwebheim, expired with Ernst (1871–1952) and Hans von Bibra (1873–1955)
  • Bernardine tribe, progenitor: Bernhard von Bibra (1562–1609)
    • 1st line Brennhausen (Catholic and Evangelical- Presbyterian )
    • 2nd line from and to Bibra, (Lutheran); Ancestor: Karl Friedrich von Bibra (1739–1807)
    • 3rd line Irmelshausen, (Lutheran); Ancestor: Hanns Christoph von Bibra (1602–1636)
      • 3rd line, 1st older branch, 1st branch
      • 3rd line, 1st older branch, 2nd branch, progenitor: August Wilhelm (1775–1844). Extinguished with Berthold von Bibra (1902–1944), fallen
      • 3rd line, 2nd younger branch, progenitor: Ludwig Friedrich von Bibra (1748–1806)

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows a soaring black beaver with a red tongue and a silver-scaled tail in gold. On the (crowned) helmet are two wings repeating the shield symbol with beavers facing inwards. The helmet cover is black and gold.

Historical coats of arms

Coat of arms associated with the von Bibra family

Several municipal coats of arms in Thuringia and Lower Franconia remind of the gender. Due to the controversy over the inclusion of the beaver from the Bibra coat of arms, the acceptance of a municipal coat of arms for Schwebheim failed in 1983 .

Name bearer

Ernst von Bibra (* 1806; † 1878), natural scientist and writer

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See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schwebheimer Amtsbote 1983, pp. 39–41, 43–45, 50, 92, 101–102, 114, 174
  2. ↑ https://www.mainpost.de/regional/schweinfurt/Adelsgeschlecht-Biber-Heraldik-Stadtraete-und-Gemeinderaete;art763,8000932
  3. ↑ cf. List of regiments of the Frankish Reichskreis

Web links

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