Bidembach (family)

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The Bidembach family (also Bidenbach ) was a German family of scholars . The origins of the family can be found in Hesse in the 16th century, but from the second generation onwards they lived in Württemberg . On June 6, 1654, the family was appointed to the lower nobility and from then on called themselves Bidembach von Treuenfels . It became extinct in the 18th century.

The first representatives of the family belonged to theology , but in the 17th century the family changed to a family of lawyers and later also produced diplomats .

history

According to Julian Kümmerle, the history of the Bidembach family is closely linked to that of the Duchy of Württemberg. It leads from the theologians through the jurists to the family of the imperial knighthood lower nobility.

origin

The first name bearer of the Bidembach family, Johann Bidembach , lived in Grünberg ( Upper Hesse ). His father is unknown, but Johann's first son remembered that his grandparents and previous generations came from Württemberg. Johann's mother is Margarete Wirtemberger. Their family tree can be traced back to Konrad I (11th / 12th century) via Württemberg rulers . Johann Bidembach, who died in 1553, married Elisabeth von Petershain. The marriage produced three children, of whom the first two ( Eberhard Bidembach and Balthasar Bidembach ) were born in Grünberg. After Ulrich von Württemberg had recaptured the duchy, Johann Bidembach was transferred from Hesse to Württemberg and moved back there with his family. His third son, Wilhelm Bidembach , was born there.

2nd generation (16th century)

Balthasar Bidembach
Eberhard Bidembach, excerpt from the epitaph

Eberhard Bidembach himself wrote that it was only through the high offices of his ancestors - his father Johann worked in public administration - that his ascent and that of his brothers into higher offices was made possible. The training of the three sons at the Stuttgart Pedagogy and at the University of Tübingen was only made possible through the father's contact with Erhard Schnepf . He noticed the talent of the sons he wanted to promote. After completing their studies, the three brothers entered into spiritual service as deacons, pastors and preachers; Eberhard Bidembach also became abbot, while Wilhelm Bidembach was a brief professor in Tübingen. Furthermore, this generation was affected by melancholy , for example Wilhelm Bidembach had committed suicide by jumping from a tower. His death sparked controversy as it was interpreted differently. These family representatives can be counted on the strictly Lutheran side, they were hated by the Calvinists . They claimed that Wilhelm defended a false doctrine and that his death was a punishment from God. Eberhard Bidembach is also said to have suffered melancholy at the end of his life and had suicidal intentions.

3rd generation (16th / 17th century)

Felix Bidembach

In the third generation of the family, Wilhelm's son Felix Bidembach held clerical offices, he was also abbot. Eberhard Bidembach the Younger was also a theologian, while Christoph Bidembach became an archivist. In this generation the change from a theologian to a legal family began. Johannes Bidembach was the family's first lawyer to suggest the transition. Less is known about other Bidembachs from this generation; They were active as clergymen, which means that clergymen appear in leadership classes, but also in ordinary pastors and non-theologians.

4th generation (16th / 17th century) and ennobling

In the fourth generation of the Bidembach family, the transition to the legal family finally took place. The only theologian to emerge from this generation was Felix Bidembach the Younger , who among other things acted as abbot. Beyond that, however, he was involved in conflicts that damage the family's reputation. He tried to resolve personal conflicts with regard to his famous ancestors. Nothing further is known about the other generation representatives - all of them sons of Felix Bidembach the Elder - with the exception of the lawyer Wilhelm Bidembach von Treuenfels . He was on June 6, 1654 by Emperor Ferdinand III. Appointed to the lower nobility, from then on the Bidembach family called themselves von Treuenfels . The now ennobled family, which was assigned to the knightly canton of Kocher , also changed their social behavior with the ennoblement. Wilhelm Bidembach was subject to the “conditions of admission” that were met by his status as a scholar, diplomat and Reichshofrat and his interactions. He also owned the castle in Oßweil since 1646 . Through him, the transition to the legal family was finally completed.

Before and after the ennoblement, the Bidembach family was one of the leading representatives of the territorial state of Württemberg. After the ennoblement, however, the family members worked as diplomats, in state administration and also in the military. But simply belonging to the imperial knighthood did not seal any financial security; in the fourth generation, it was Wilhelm Bidembach who fundamentally secured the family's livelihood through his respected position.

5th generation (17th century)

Georg Wilhelm Bidembach von Treuenfels

Georg Wilhelm Bidembach von Treuenfels , a son of Wilhelm, is to be emphasized in the fifth generation of the family. He was offered a position as Reichshofrat, which was very common among Imperial Knights of the canton of Kocher. However, he did not accept the position. His brothers and sisters exercised comparable qualities that are also typical of the nobility of the imperial knighthood, such as the forester Hercules and Felix (1617 - around 1680), who held high military functions.

6th and 7th generation (17th / 18th century)

This trend continued into the sixth generation. Wilhelm Friedrich Bidembach von Treuenfels was a lawyer, Georg Philipp was a forester. In the seventh, last generation, military functions appeared again: Philipp Eberhard Franciscus was a lieutenant and died in the war, Wilhelm Ludwig held the same function. Hercules Felix was also active in these services as President of the War Council, War Commissioner and Colonel.

After the death of the last man in the family, Hercules Felix, Philippina Louisa von Cachedenier (née Bidembach von Treuenfels) remained the last person in the family. She died in 1749. The seventh generation was the last generation of the Bidembach family.

Possessions

In general, the family's manors were important as a meeting place for family celebrations as well as "objects of representation of imperial knighthood rule".

In 1646 Georg Wilhelm Bidembach von Treuenfels had the castle of Oßweil and thus the rule there, later Wilhelm Friedrich ruled. When he died in 1693, his brother Georg Philipp took over the family . He ruled in Oßweil, among others, until he died in 1722. Hercules Felix, the last man in the family, died in 1747, so that control of the castle and Oßweil was passed on to his sister Phillippina Louisa. But the following year she had to sell the noble estate to Duke Carl Eugen due to financial problems . From then on, the castle and thus Oßweil belonged to Württemberg and the material end of the Bidembach family had come. The estate still stands today and consists of a stone house with an adjoining tower; the spiral staircase dates from 1566. The castle house, which is right next to it and contains living rooms and kitchens, was built in 1584. In addition, several family members were buried in the Oßweiler Church, according to Wilhelm.

Another manor was the so-called Lower Castle in Ehningen . The castle was given to the family as a fief in 1652. Wilhelm Bidembach reported to Duke Eberhard that the castle, the fields and the surrounding buildings were in poor condition. Renovating the castle would have cost a lot, which is why Bidembach asked to be relieved of duties. He also justifies himself on the basis of his merits. Bidembach also wanted 100 acres of forest, but it is unclear whether he could use this. The duke answered the requests concerning the manor, for which Bidembach thanked him in a letter. The castle needed Bidembach in order to be able to guarantee the material continued existence of its family and in order to preserve the spiritual and material legacy of the family of the coming generations. In 1711, Duke Eberhard Ludwig wanted to clarify matters of fiefdom by asking Georg Philipp Bidembach von Treuenfels which family members were still alive and where they were staying. The Ehningen estate was sold again in 1681.

In addition, Felix Bidembach von Treuenfels acquired a manor in Klein -zimmer in 1661 , which, however, was of little importance to the family. The estate, which belonged to several noble families from 1247, was sold to Bidembach by Johann Ludwig von Bettendorf . In 1665 an exchange of the fiefdom was planned for the property in Umstadt , which belonged to the Wambolt von Umstadt . However, the exchange did not occur. A feudal lapel with Count Johann Ludwig concerning the property dates to March 16, 1681.

In addition, Wilhelm Bidembach, the founder of the nobility and property of the family, had provided for a feudal wine that the family was entitled to and should remember. Hercules Felix told the duke that the quality of the wine should not be lower, but rather mediocre.

In terms of family culture, the Oßweil estate was of greater importance.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the Bidembach family

The coat of arms of the Bidembach family, which they received when they were ennobled in 1654, is described as follows: Two crossed, diagonal white waterfalls divide the shield into four parts, the lower part is blue. Inside there is a yellow or gold-colored lion with an open mouth and red tongue, outstretched paws and a twisted tail. The upper part of the coat of arms is yellow, in it there is a spread, black simple eagle with its beak open and its red tongue peeking out. The left and right parts of the coat of arms are red or ruby ​​in color. In each of them there are three yellow three-leaf clovers. In addition, a royal crown and a tournament helmet are shown rotated to each other. The right ornament of the coat of arms is red, the left blue. The basic color of the helmet cover, however, is yellow. On the helmet there is again the eagle with its beak open and red tongue and the yellow lion.

Family graves

Eberhard Bidembach, some of his children, Wilhelm Bidembach and Felix Bidembach are buried in Bebenhausen Monastery. The gravestones of Margaretha Bidembach († June 25, 1568) and David Bidembach († August 17, 1568) are presented first in Die Grabdenkmale im Kloster Bebenhausen . Eberhard's two children died in childhood. The sandstone stone measures 191 × 68 centimeters. It is mentioned in 1744 that it is in the south aisle, since 1987 it has been in the south wing. The inscription is in a recessed bar, the inscription in a field surrounded by a frame. The tombstone is slightly damaged, peeled off in places and cracked in the lower left.

"ANNO D [OMI] NI. MDLXVIII ./ DEN XXV IVNY. DIE ZV̈CHTIG VND TVGENDSAM IVNCKFRAV / MARGRE / TA BIDENBACHIN DEREN / GOT [M] IT [ALL] N GLAVBIGEN AIN HAPPY VRSTEND GRANT WAVE. AMEN.
THE . XVII AV / GVSTI GEMELTS / IARS S [TARB] DAVID / BIDENBACH / WAS ALT. 2. IAR "

- Margaretha and David Bidembach's gravestone :

Wilhelm Bidembach, who threw himself from a tower because of melancholy, was also buried in the monastery. His grave slab was near the pulpit, later his brother Eberhard was buried next to him. The grave slab is no longer preserved.

"D [eo] O [ptimo] M [aximo] S [acrum] / Sub hoc saxo optatum Christi Adventum expectat, / Reverendus, et Clarissim [us] Vir, eximia pietate, doctrina, / insigni, facundia singulari p [rae] ditus, Wilhelmus Bidem = / Bachius, Theologiae Doctor, Concionator Stuttgardiae / praestantissim [us] qui cum anno MDLXXI. the / VI. April [is] Aetatis autem suae XXXII. Im [m] atura mor = / te abriperetur tristis, o [mn] ib [us] sui bonis desiderium reliq [ui] t. "

“Dedicated to the best and highest God. Under this stone waits for the desired arrival of Christ a venerable and highly famous man, Wilhelm Bidembach, doctor of theology, excellent (collegiate) preacher of Stuttgart, who is endowed with special piety, excellent education and a unique gift for speech. When he was torn away by an untimely death in 1571, on April 6th, in his 32nd year of life, the sad one, he left longing behind on all those who were well disposed to him. "

- Wilhelm Bidembach's gravestone :

Another tombstone is dedicated to Elisabetha Bidembach († January 23, 1591), who, according to Brand, is a daughter of Eberhard, and Eberhard's grandson, son of his daughter Anastasia, Eberhard Ramminger († May 17, 1592). In 1744 it is mentioned that the tombstone was on the west or south side of the south transept. The stone is now on the west wall of the central nave. The inscription of the grave slab is framed by lines, there is an inscription at the top. In the lower field a coat of arms is shown, which is overwritten with B and dated 1594 . The 193 × 81 centimeter stone was made from Lettenkeuper sandstone, but has since broken into two parts. In addition, parts of the right transcription are badly damaged.

"ANNO. D [OMI] NI. MDLXXXXI / DEN. XXIII. IENER. DIE TV [GENDSAM IVNGFRAV.ELI] SABETHA ./ BIDENBACHIN.IHRES.AL/TERS.XXXI.DEREN.GO[T] GNEDIG. VND. MERCY. AME [N]. "

- Gravestone of Elisabetha Bidembach and Eberhard Ramminger :

Inscription of the upper field:

"ANNO.XCII.DEN.XVII./MAY.STARB.EBERHARD./RAM[M]INGER.VIII.TAG.ALT."

- Gravestone of Elisabetha Bidembach and Eberhard Ramminger :

After Abbot Eberhard Bidembach's death, a tombstone and an epitaph were made. The tombstone is no longer preserved, but is mentioned in the church in 1741. Presumably he was in the middle aisle.

“ANNO D [OMINI] 1597. DIE 24. / APRI [LIS] OBIIT REVEREND [VS] / ET CLARISS [IMVS] VIR. D [OMINVS] EBERHAR = / DVS BIDEMBACHI [VS] S [ANCTIS] S [IMAE] THEOL [OGIAE] / D. ILLVSTRIS [IMORUM] PRINCIPVM./DVCTAT[VS] WIRTEMBERG [ENSIS] CON = / SILIARI [US] HVI [VS] MONASTERII / 27. AUGVSTANAE. V [EL] CONFESS [IONIS] / I. ABBRAS. A [NNO] AETATIS SVAE 68./POSTQVAM ECCLESIAE DEI / A [NNOS] 45. ET REIPVB [LICAE] TV [M] HVIVS MO = / NASTERII IN DVCAT [V] WIRT [EM] B [ERGENSI] / A [NNOS ] 36. FIDELITER VTILITER [QVE] / INSERVISSET CVI DEVS BEATA [M] / RESVRRECTIONEM LARGI = / ATVR. "

"In the year of the Lord 1597, on April 24th, the venerable and highly famous man, Mr. Eberhard Bidembach, doctor of the most sacred theology, councilor of the most illustrious rulers of the Duchy of Württemberg, this monastery 27th, or after the Confessio Augustana 1st abbot, died, at the age of 68 after serving the Church of God for 45 years and the community of this monastery in the Duchy of Württemberg for 36 years faithfully and beneficially. May God give him a blissful resurrection. "

- Eberhard Bidembach's gravestone :

Bidembach's epitaph is in the south aisle. The structure consists of three zones. The middle and the narrower upper part are surrounded by marble columns, and there is an inscription at the bottom of the base. The epitaph is surrounded by ornamental boards. The approximately 310 × 160 cm large wooden epitaph is partially gilded. It is signed JZ , which stands for Jakob Züberlin , who made it in 1598. Above the deceased Bidembach is depicted with a book, in the middle a crucifixion, with Jerusalem in the background . The children and Eberhard's widow stand next to the cross.

“That Christ / his son blossoms makes / / us the Rhine of all sin. 1. Johan 1.
Anno 1597. April 24th is the venerable and highly educated Mr. Eberhard / Bidembach D. Fürst. Würtem. Rhat, vnd this Closter the 27th of the Augspurg. CON / FESS. but the 1st abbot, his age in the 68th year. al that he of the churches of god 45 years and dem and the congregation use in this abbey, also a desert landscape of the highly praiseworthy Hertzogthumbß / Würtemb. 36. jar Trewlich and served usefully, in the Lord fell asleep in peace and was buried here: to whom the Almechtige wanted to bestow a happy resurrection Amen. "

- Epitaph Eberhard Bidembach :

Felix Bidembach's grave was in the central nave near the pulpit. Whether it was a tombstone or an epitaph is uncertain. The inscription after fire:

"Memoriae pernnanti. Felicis Bidenbachii Theologiae Doctoris. Illustrium Prin = / cipium, patriae suae a Consiliis, priorum duorum p [rae] terea / a Concionibus Aucilis. Tum Abbas Adelbergensis, idem / Maulbrunnensis, Ecclesiarumque Superintendens Generalis, / ut Deo ac Reipub [licae] XXVI. impenderet annos. Ecce dum / de publicis Necessitatibus, cum provinciae Collegis Selectis / serio consultat. Apoplexia ipso in Concilio correptus, / triduo post animam Deo pie redicit. Vir gratus prin = / cipibus, charus patriae, accept [us] om [ni] b [us]. Heicqu [e] medius / inter patrem Ghilhelmum, atque patruum Eberhardu [m], / etiam Ecclesiae Reiqu [e] publicae columnae sepelitur, prose = / quentibus eum, non magis Coniugis liberorumq [ue], quam omnium bonorum, omnium doctorum lacryum lacryum. Vixit annos XXXXVII. M [enses] IIII. D [ies] I. Obiit 3. Id [us] Ian [uarii] / Anno MLCXII. Gulel [mus] Fil [ius] Maest [us] patri. B [eati] M [onumentum] F [ecit]. "

“In permanent memory of Felix Bidembach, doctor of theology, councilor of the illustrious princes of his country, also court preacher of two former [princes], then abbot in Adelberg, also in Maulbronn and general superintendent of the churches, so that he spent 26 years for God and the state expended. You see, when he was giving serious advice to the elected representatives of the countryside on public affairs, he was struck in the middle of the meeting and after three days gave God his soul piously back. The man was welcome to his prince, dear to his fatherland, and pleasant to all; He is buried here in the middle between his father Wilhelm and his uncle Eberhard, who were also pillars of the church and the state, and he is accompanied by the tears of all good people and all learned people as well as those of his wife and children. He lived 47 years, 4 months and 1 day. He died on the 3rd day before the Ides of January in 1612. The grieving son Wilhelm erected [this] grave monument for his blessed father. "

- Felix Bidembach's tombstone or epitaph :

reception

Works about the family

The historian Julian Kümmerle presented his dissertation on the Bidembach family to the Faculty of Philosophy and History at the University of Tübingen in 2006 . It bears the title of Lutheranism, humanistic education and the Württemberg territorial state. The family of scholars Bidembach from the 16th to the 18th century and was published in Stuttgart in 2008 by Kohlhammer Verlag . The study deals specifically with politics, denomination and education in Württemberg from the 16th to the 18th century; this is represented by the Bidembach family. In part A of the thesis the research methodology is explained. Part B deals with the history, the educational and social profile, the establishment in the duchy, with offices and services as well as the ennoblement and marriage strategies of the family. Part C explains in detail the “family profiling levels and establishment spaces” . It is about the scholarly and confessional culture of Lutheranism, the growing importance of legal education, the political structures of the duchy and scientific conditions under the sign of the Bidembach family. In addition, comparisons are made between the Bidembach family and other important scholarly families at the level of the duchy, but also at the level of the empire. In the last chapter, chapter D, the portrait of the Bidembach family is summarized from the theologian to the jurist to the knightly family. The study asks questions about social and cultural-historical aspects and answers them, namely it is not about setting individual biographies. The dissertation makes an important contribution to the history of the denomination, education, science and social conditions in the early modern period.

Family benefits

Balthasar and Wilhelm wrote short writings on the occasion of the death of Johannes Brenz , a reformer who was important for the Bidembach family, which were published in a compilation of 30 works. Kümmerle sees a connection between court and church in the works of Balthasar and Wilhelm. However, it is not known why Eberhard did not write anything about it. All the epices in the compilation were written in Greek or Latin and express, among other things, through metrics and metaphors that Brenz was an important learned theologian. Furthermore, the sorting of the individual contributions could express the social status of the author; Balthasar and Wilhelm's works are right at the beginning, which could indicate their importance as high-ranking church representatives. The brothers themselves name Brenz in their poems as the church father and renewer in the context of theological controversies of the time, Balthasar describes him as a patriarch, apostle and prophet. In this work by Balthasar, as in most of his other writings, the defense of Lutheranism against papacy and enthusiasm emerges. The third generation also wrote important funeral sermons, namely about Duke Christoph .

The central task of the third generation was to preserve and spread the legacy of the second generation, while the fourth generation "[...] acted under the sign of increasing politicization, juridification and secularization". The family's educational path was mainly managed through monasteries and the University of Tübingen. In addition, for three generations family representatives held leading monastic properties.

The theologians of the family shaped the Duchy of Württemberg in terms of denominations. They also justified their actions theologically and took part in state politics with a view to maintaining the Reformation state, for example in the Stuttgart state parliament. In addition, other family representatives were in contact with the Dukes of Württemberg. Overall, the family was a denominational, but also an official support for the newly formed duchy, shaped and consolidated it in these points. She was loyal to her homeland.

Education in the duchy was also clearly shaped by the Bidembach family. Eberhard Bidembach established his monastery school and shaped the Württemberg monastery school system in general.

Family meaning

The history of the family and herself represents the science, education, denomination and culture of her time. Its most important factors were humanistic education, Lutheranism and the Württemberg territorial state. At the end of the 17th century, the principle of the lower nobility of the imperial knighthood replaced that of the scholarly family, which is also reflected in the history of the Bidembach. In addition, the family is an example of the “de-theologization” and “de-denominationalization” of the 17th century.

According to Kümmerle, Eberhard Bidembach was the most important theologian in the family, his generation also gained importance as a student, relative, successor and keeper of the memory of the reformer Johannes Brenz.

The family of scholars was not a family of professors. There was no question of the formation of such a family, because the family devoted itself to theological and political offices and was close to the princes. Only Wilhelm Bidembach the Elder was a brief professor in Tübingen and should also be appointed to the Strasbourg Academy, and the family also pursued the plan to appoint Eberhard the Younger as a theology professor, but he died before completing his studies.

In the course of its history, the family was harassed several times with conflicts, for example around 1600 because of the change in political structures. The life and work of Felix Bidembach the Elder also triggered problems. The family's reputation was granted through marriage to other important families and through family loyalty. In the last two generations of the family, denomination, theology and humanistic and legal education had lost value.

The transition from the theologian to the legal family can be explained by “increasing politicization, juridification and secularization of religious concerns” : This means that religious and denominational action has been replaced by the takeover of the church and its property by the authorities. Furthermore, from then on a theological training was no longer sufficient to enter political-state offices, but a legal one was required.

Furthermore, according to Julian Kümmerle, a family biographical study regarding the individual members must first be carried out so that the “versatile, cross-generational contribution” of the family in religious education can be determined.

Overall, according to Kümmerle, the family claims a “prominent place” in the “Gallery of Protestant Scholarly Families”.

Marriage strategies

The members of the Bidembach family often married other important scholarly / noble families. In this way, the reputation of one's own family could be preserved even during conflicts. In addition, family networks were to be created through the wedding in order to ensure permanent occupation of higher offices in the duchy. The wedding itself counted as a long-term planning event.

For the second generation, the Brenz family was important in connubial terms. Eberhard Bidembach married Sophia Brenz, a daughter of the reformer Johannes Brenz. According to Julian Kümmerle, Bidembach created a "socio-strategic [e], but also theological-denominational [e]" connection with this wedding , which "was to shape the profile of the Bidembach family" . Felix Bidembach the Elder also married the Brenz family, with Barbara Brenz he married a daughter of the theology professor Johannes Brenz the Younger . The connection between Bidembach and Brenz was not only important in terms of family. Balthasar Bidembach succeeded Johannes Brenz, Eberhard Bidembach published some works by Brenz, who was his father-in-law, and Wilhelm Bidembach published Brenz's will. Thus, the two families were not only socially but also spiritually close.

Balthasar and Wilhelm Bidembach connected with urban elites through their wedding. Balthasar's wife Rosina Kraus was the daughter of the Leonberger Vogtes, Wilhelm's wife Katharina Schenk came from Stuttgart.

Balthasar's children also had their own marriage strategy. The daughters were primarily married to high Württemberg officials and clergy, such as the daughter Rosina with Johann Schopf. His father, Johann Schopf the Elder, was court preacher and later abbot in Blaubeuren . The Schopf, thus belonging to the Bidembach family, was later described by Eberhard Bidembach as one of the most successful graduates of his monastery school. Four years after the wedding, Schopf died and Rosina married Georg Vitus, a theologian. After his marriage to Rosina Bidembach, he also rose to higher offices, including in Eberhard's monastery school. This career was only made possible through the connection with the Bidembach family. Vitus also published a work by his father-in-law Balthasar Bidembach. Also note is Anna Maria Bidembach's spouse, another daughter of Balthasar. In 1587 she married the eminent theologian Johannes Osiander . His father Lukas Osiander had cooperated several times with Balthasar before his son got married, for example with the Maulbronn formula. With this marriage, another important connection had succeeded, the Bidembach-Osiander connection. Jakob Bidembach married Anna Maria Reihing, a court registrar daughter, in 1580, with which he married into a civil servant family. Rosina Reihing, another daughter from this family of civil servants, married Christoph Bidembach in 1587, who later also experienced a civil servant career through this connection.

Wilhelm Bidembach's daughter Barbara married the deacon Johann Naschold, Johann Moritz Bidembach married a daughter of a mayor from Stuttgart. This shows in concrete terms the double wedding strategy of connecting high clergy as well as urban elites through the wedding with the family. A higher mortality rate is noticeable in Eberhard's offspring, which could have threatened the continued existence of the family and made all marriage strategies ineffective. A theology professorship should be sought with Eberhard the Younger, but he died before completing his studies, so that a wedding could not take place either. Margaretha and David, two other children of Eberhard, did not get beyond childhood. It is not known whether Johannes Bidembach married. The only child Eberhard who married was Anastasia Bidembach, she married the monastery steward Burkhard Ramminger. The son Eberhard from this marriage died at the age of eight.

In the fourth generation, less precise marriage intentions appear, which, according to Julian Kümmerle, could possibly point to the change in the family, that theology was becoming less important for the family and that weddings with high clergy were no longer the highest priority. Wilhelm Bidembach the Younger married Regina Besserer, Barbara Bidembach married the medical professor Matthäus Müller and Felix Bidembach the Younger 1634 Maria Salome Seypel. This came from Strasbourg, which represents the relationship between the Württemberg duchy and the imperial city of Strasbourg.

The marriage ties of the family after their nobility can also be interpreted separately. The daughters usually married other members of the knightly canton of Kocher. The Imhoff zu Kirchentellinsfurt and von Gaisberg families appear in particular. Different weddings were those of Sophia Eleonora and Maria Susanna Bidembach von Treuenfels. Sophia Aleonora was married to Jan Philipp von Beck, whose family belonged to the knightly canton of Baunach, Maria Susanna married Bogislaus Normann von Dubnitz, who came from a family in Rügen and was a baron. Hercules Bidembach married Euphrosina Elisabeth Harnister, a woman from Strasbourg, like his uncle Felix. His wedding to Susanna Varnbühler von Hemmingen was also helpful for the career of Georg Wilhelm Bidembach von Treuenfels. The daughter of a secret council was the widow of a man who also worked as a secret council.

Julian Kümmerle concludes that the family's marriage strategies helped their members, but also married family members in their résumés. Marrying the most respected Württemberg families ensured that the family and its members would “stay on top” .

Family table

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Johann Bidembach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Eberhard Balthazar Wilhelm
 
 Elisabeth Bidembach (?)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eberhard the Elder J. John Marga. David Anastasia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Christoph
 
 Paul Felix Johann Moritz
 
 Barbara Elisabeth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Christina Anna Maria Jacob Daniel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 John Barbara Catherine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balthasar the Elder J. Rosina Rosina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wilhelm Bidembach von Treuenfels Felicitas Felix Catherine Moriz Felix
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hercules Georg Wilhelm Barbara
 
 
 Christian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Felix Eva Christina Sebastian Michel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Regina Elisabeth Wilhelm Friedrich Johanna Regina Benedicta Euphrosina Anna Elisabeth Felicitas Christina Magdalena Georg Philipp Ludovica Regina Maria Susanna Sophia Eleonora
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Philipp Eberhard Franciscus Louisa Sidonia Fridericus Maximilian Wilhelm Ludwig Hercules Felix Charlotta Regina Phillippina Ludovica Maria Euphrosina Maria Cleopha Johanna Juliana
 
 
 
 
 
 

Known family members

Sources and further information

literature

  • Christian Palmer:  Bidenbach . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 616 f.
  • Julian Kümmerle: Lutheranism, humanistic education and the Württemberg territorial state: The Bidembach family of scholars from the 16th to the 18th century . Kohlhammer, 2008, ISBN 978-3-17-019953-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogy File: Johann Bidenbach, Abbot 1500 - 1553 ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2016 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. on: royalblood.co.uk @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.royalblood.co.uk
  2. ^ Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger: The Reformation: its inner development and its effects in the scope of the Lutheran Confession. Volume 2, Georg Joseph Manz, Regensburg 1848, OCLC 717752154 , p. 370.
  3. ^ Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger: The Reformation: its inner development and its effects in the scope of the Lutheran Confession. Volume 2, Georg Joseph Manz, Regensburg 1848, p. 692.
  4. ↑ a b c d e J. Kümmerle: Lutheranism, humanistic education and the Württemberg territorial state , reviewed by Sabine Holtz
  5. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Chronological sequence of important events. on: ossweiler.de , accessed on September 3, 2009 (pdf)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ossweiler.de
  6. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Important Oßweiler families. at: ossweiler.de , accessed on September 3, 2010.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ossweiler.de
  7. ^ Austrian State Archives, General Administrative Archives: File RA 944: Nobilitierung Wilhelm Bydenbach von Treuenfels
  8. ^ A b c d Hans Gerhard Brand, Hubert Krins: The grave monuments in the monastery Bebenhausen. Theiss, 1989, ISBN 3-8062-0581-7 , p. 62.
  9. ↑ a b c Brand, Krins: The grave monuments in the Bebenhausen monastery. 1989, p. 66.
  10. ^ Brand, Krins: The grave monuments in the Bebenhausen monastery. 1989, p. 68.
  11. ↑ a b Brand, Krins: The grave monuments in the Bebenhausen monastery. 1989, p. 70.
  12. ↑ a b Brand, Krins: The grave monuments in the Bebenhausen monastery. 1989, p. 78.
  13. ↑ Quotation from: Sabine Holtz: Julian Kümmerle, Luthertum, humanistic education and the Württemberg territorial state. The Bidembach family of scholars from the 16th to the 18th century. Review on: perspectivia.net
  14. ^ HJ Selderhuis, Markus Wriedt: Education and denomination: Theological training in the age of denominationalization. Mohr Siebeck, 2006, ISBN 3-16-148931-4 , p. 203.
  15. ^ Julian Kümmerle: Protestant theological training under the sign of the family from the 16th to the 18th century. In: HJ Selderhuis, Markus Wriedt: Education and Denomination: Theological training in the age of denominationalization. Mohr Siebeck, 2006, ISBN 3-16-148931-4 , p. 207.
  16. ^ Quote from Kümmerle, p. 47.
  17. ^ Quote from Kümmerle, p. 66.
  18. ↑ According to the abridged family table printed and abbreviated in the literature mentioned
(K) Julian Kümmerle
Lutheranism, humanistic education and the Württemberg territorial state: the Bidembach family of scholars from the 16th to the 18th century . Kohlhammer, 2008, ISBN 978-3-17-019953-8 .
  1. ↑ p. 35.
  2. ↑ p. 36. There it is quoted from the files of the main state archives in Stuttgart : whether I am pored in the state of Hesse, so be my ahna or alltmuetter, and others like my dear forefathers soulful, outside of this principality, and all contemporary well-pored Württempergische been leuth and dying.
  3. ↑ pp. 37-38.
  4. ↑ pp. 51-45.
  5. ↑ pp. 45-46.
  6. ↑ p. 52.
  7. ↑ pp. 56-57.
  8. ↑ pp. 58-59.
  9. ↑ p. 59.
  10. ↑ p. 59.
  11. ↑ pp. 60-62.
  12. ↑ pp. 63-64.
  13. ↑ p. 62.
  14. ↑ p. 159f.
  15. ↑ p. 152.
  16. ↑ p. 371.
  17. ↑ p. 370.
  18. ↑ p. 165.
  19. ↑ p. 169.
  20. ↑ p. 363.
  21. ↑ a b c d p. 372.
  22. ↑ p. 366.
  23. ↑ p. 388.
  24. ↑ p. 368 f.
  25. ↑ p. 371.
  26. ↑ p. 368 f.
  27. ↑ p. 47.
  28. ↑ pp. 47-49.
  29. ↑ p. 49 f.
  30. ↑ p. 51 f.
  31. ↑ p. 51.
  32. ↑ pp. 64-66.
  33. ↑ p. 66.

Remarks

  1. ^ Translation according to Hans Gerhard Brand, Hubert Krins: Die Grabdenkmale im Kloster Bebenhausen. P. 62.
  2. ^ Brand, in turn, quoted from Wilhelm Gmelin: Collectana Bebenhusana .
  3. ↑ The gravestone text was added there according to J. Höslin: Monumenta Bebenhusana .
  4. ↑ The gravestone text was added there according to J. Höslin: Monumenta Bebenhusana .
  5. ↑ The gravestone text in Brand's work was quoted from J. Höslin: Monumenta Bebenhusana .
  6. ↑ There the inscription from Wilhelm Gmelin: Collectana Bebenhusana was quoted.
  7. ↑ Elisabeth does not appear on Kümmerle's family tree, and she is also missing from other sources. She is said to have been born around 1538 and married a Johannes Artz around 1560 in Grünberg. In terms of time, she must have been born in Brackenheim before moving to Grünberg for the wedding. Henrich Artz († 1632) is said to come from this marriage. Elisabeth is said to have died in 1577. It has been proven that Johannes Artz had a wife named Elisabeth. (Source for the existence of Elisabeth and her descendants on: worldroots.com) ( Memento from July 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Anastasia was married to Burkhard Ramminger.
  9. ↑ Barbara Bidembach was married to Johann Nachold.
  10. ↑ Anna Maria Bidembach was married to Johann Osiander.
  11. ↑ Barbara Bidembach was married to Matthäus Müller.
  12. ↑ Rosina Bidembach was born around 1590 (source) ; she had her first marriage since August 1584 with Johann Schopf, the second with Georg Vitus.
  13. ↑ Rosina Bidembach was married to Hans Heinrich Beihel.
  14. ↑ Hercules Bidembach von Treuenfels lived from 1613 to 1678. He acted as forester in Freudenstadt from 1643 to 1646, from then to 1656 he worked in Neuenstadt . His first marriage was with Euphrosina Harnister, the second with Dorothea von Karpfen.
  15. ↑ Felix Bidembach von Treuenfels lived from 1617 to around 1680. Initially, he acted as a lieutenant colonel and later as a colonel.
  16. ^ Eva Christina Bidembach von Treuenfels lived from 1619 to 1668; she had married Johann Philipp Pfaudt von Kürnburg.
  17. ↑ Wilhelm Friedrich Bidembach von Treuenfels lived from 1644 to 1693. He worked as court cavalier and court judge in Tübingen. He was married to Ludovica Bidembach von Treuenfels.
  18. ^ Johanna Regina Bidembach von Treuenfels was born in 1646.
  19. ↑ Benedicta Euphrosina Bidembach von Treuenfels lived from 1649 to 1729. Her husband was Johann Jakob Friedrich Imhoff von Kirchentellinsfurt.
  20. ↑ Felicitas Bidembach von Treuenfels was born in 1651.
  21. ↑ Christina Magdalena Bidembach von Treuenfels was born in 1653.
  22. ↑ Georg Philipp Bidembach von Treuenfels lived from 1656 to 1722. He worked as a forester in Schiltach , Hornberg and Heidenheim and was first married to Maria von Kirchentellinsfurt, then to Maria von Cannstatt.
  23. ^ Ludovica Regina Bidembach von Treuenfels was married to her cousin Wilhelm Friedrich Bidembach.
  24. ^ Maria Susanna Bidembach von Treuenfels, who lived from 1657 to 1700, was married to Bogislaus Normann von Dubnitz.
  25. ^ Sophia Eleonora Bidembach von Treuenfels had married Jan Philipp von Beck.
  26. ↑ Philipp Eberhard Franciscus Bidembach von Treuenfels lived from 1679 to 1704. He worked as a lieutenant and fell in the war.
  27. ^ Louisa Sidonia Bidembach von Treuenfels was born in 1682.
  28. ^ Fridericus Maximilian Bidembach von Treuenfels was born in 1683.
  29. ^ Wilhelm Ludwig Bidembach von Treuenfels lived from 1685 to 1712. He was a lieutenant.
  30. ↑ Hercules Felix Bidembach von Treuenfels, born in 1686, was appointed Obervogt zu Neuenstadt, Möckmühl and Weinsberg in 1737 , after which he worked as a war commissioner, president of the war council and finally as a colonel. He died in 1747.
  31. ^ Charlotta Regina Bidembach von Treuenfels lived from 1688 to 1740 and was married to Friedrich Sebastian von Gaisberg.
  32. ↑ Phillippina Ludovica Bidembach von Treuenfels was born in 1690, married Wolfgang von Berga, after his death Friedrich von Cacheonier and died in 1749.
  33. ^ Maria Euphrosina Bidembach von Treuenfels lived from 1687 to 1761 and had married Ernst Friedrich von Gaisberg.
  34. ^ Maria Cleopha Bidembach von Treuenfels, who died in 1738, married Friedrich Heinrich von Gaisberg.
  35. ^ Johanna Juliana Bidembach von Treuenfels lived from 1688 to 1755.

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