Bischopinck

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Bischopinck coat of arms since 1406

Bischopink (Bischopinck, Bisschopinck, Bischoping) is the name of a Westphalian noble family ( Ministeriale ) from Münster . The Bischopincks belonged as descendants of the administrators of the episcopal curia appointed by the bishop to the hereditary men of the city of Munster and were of great political importance; its members held numerous high offices (mayor, city ​​judge , wine lord, auxiliary bishop, etc.). Later, Bischopincks became feudal takers in the Münsterland (from the 14th century) and Sauerland (from the 17th century) and patricians in Dortmund (from the 14th century).

Surname

The name can be traced back to the episcopal court in Münster (" Bispinghof "). The Bispinghof, originally Bischopinkshof, is one of the four courtyards on whose territory the city of Münster later emerged. The Bispinghof served to supply the Domburg, but was also the seat of several castle men. He was headed by an administrator appointed by the bishop, the so-called villicus. This was Ministeriale , i. H. Servant of the Prince-Bishops of Münster. The ending -ing and similar spellings express an affiliation, a dependency. The name Bischopinck therefore means "man of the bishop". The villicus was also the leader of the castle team and exercised jurisdiction over the Bispinghof. The office was hereditary. Around 1245 the office of villicus was abolished. Today the university's criminal law seminar is located on the site of the Bispinghof.

history

The heirmen Bischopinck in Munster

The oldest member of the family, Godescalus de Biscopinghove, is mentioned as early as 1092. Between 1190 and 1234 a "Godefridus de curia episcopi vilicus sculterus" was mentioned, which can be translated as "Gottfried, administrator and mayor of the episcopal court". In 1213 he was also called "Godescalcus de Biscopinchof".

Godeco Biscop followed in 1259.

Godefridus or Gottfried Biscop (II.) Was mentioned from 1267 to 1282.

Egbert Biscop , his son, was married to a woman from Bockholte.

Johann and Everhardt Biscop were mentioned as their sons in 1301.

Bertold Biscopine († 1347) was mentioned as a witness in 1307. He appears in a document on November 24, 1310 as mayor of the city of Münster. His wife was called Elisabeth.

Bertholdus Biscopinck (II.), Their son, was mentioned 1379-1388 and was councilor in Münster.

Borghard von Bischopink, husband of Jutta von Hamm, was in 1352 lord of House Kaldenhof east of Münster. In 1392 the family was enfeoffed with Haus Vögeding west of Münster. Before that, the Bischopink are said to have owned Haus Dyckburg .

Evert Bischopinck , Berthold's son, was mentioned as a lay judge from 1379–1403. He married Elisabeth von Bock. The von Bock were also hereditary men of ministerial origin. In the Middle Ages, the hereditary men only married members of other Münster hereditary families or members of the non-hereditary landed gentry.

Arndt (Arnold) Bischopinck was the prince-bishop's city judge on both sides of the Aa from 1408–1416. He lived on the Salzstrasse . His wife was named Christine.

Evert Biscopinck (II.), Their son, was mentioned 1440–1469 as councilor of Münster. His wife was called Elisabeth.

Johann Biscopinck (II.), Her son, studied in Erfurt in 1440. With his first wife, Gertrud von Clevorn, from a hereditary family, he had a son, Johann and a daughter who, at the request of Bishop Heinrich von Moers, became a member of the Cistercian convent of St. Aegidii in Münster. In 1479 he was the master of Haus Geist in front of Münster. Through his second wife, Regula von Ahlen, he became Burgmann zu Ahlen .

Johann Biscopinck (III.), His son from his first marriage, married Aleke von Drolshagen from the Lütkenbeck family . In 1466 he was lord of the Dahl house. His wife came from a family of the Hessian knighthood, which became hereditary.

Johann Biscopinck (IV.) († 1510), their son, married Elisbath Richmodis von Warendorf , heiress to Getter from the Groß-Getter house from a hereditary family. He was enfeoffed with Ueding in Handorf in 1472 and also owned the farms Varwick, Dieckhoff ( Westbevern ), Allharding, Haus Grolle, Grentrup and a house in Münster. In 1483, 1484, 1488 and 1491 he was a judge in Münster. In 1495 he bought the Große-Rumphorst estate from Otto von Grotehaus.

Berthold Bischopinck (III.) († 1534), their son, married Anna von Aspelkamp . His wife came from a Ravensberg knight family. He was mentioned 1500–1526 as Burgmann zu Telgte and Herr auf Rumphorst, Dieckhoff and Allharding as well. An epitaph with the scene "Ecce homo" in the church of St. Mauritz, created in 1534 by Johann Brabender , still reminds of him.

Berthold Bischopinck (IV.) († 1611) was mentioned in 1559–1598. He married Elisabeth von Kerckerinck zur Borg and inherited his father as Burgmann zu Telgte and Herr auf Rumphorst, Dieckhoff and Alharding. The barons of Kerckerinck zur Borg are a thriving Ebmann family who owned the Bispinghof after the Bischopink.

Johann Bischopinck (V.) († 1609), her son, was a canon at St. Martini in Münster. He was married to Margarethe Smedes (Schmeding). This is incorrectly referred to as his concubine in older publications. However, he was not a celibate cleric, but only drew the benefice. He was therefore able to legally marry, which is documented.

Johann VI. Bischopinck (VI.) (1585–1659), one of the sons, was a licenciate of both rights and member of the council of the city of Münster. His family owned the old fish market, on Herren-Straße and on Alten Steinweg in Münster. In 1612 he married Elisabeth von Bock from the hereditary family and had five sons with her, u. a. Johann (* 1613) and Albrecht Gerhard.

Johann was first vicar general and official in the Prince Diocese of Osnabrück . During the negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia in Osnabrück he was the right hand of his Prince-Bishop Count Franz von Wartenberg. Since he often stayed in his second prince-bishopric of Regensburg, Johann had to report regularly in writing about the negotiations. The correspondence between von Wartenberg and Johann is an important historical source. Johann also represented the Prince Diocese of Osnabrück and four other spiritual territories in the negotiations. In 1657 Johann became titular bishop of Aureliopolis and auxiliary bishop of Osnabrück. He was also the first Metropolitan Vicar of Osnabrück. As such, he performed the duties of Catholic bishop during the reign of an evangelical prince-bishop. He died on September 19, 1667 and was buried in the St. Johann church in Osnabrück.

The von Bisschopinck hereditary family also took part in the so-called hereditary trial . The cathedral chapter and the knighthood of Münster no longer wanted to accept the hereditary men as members in the late 14th century, as they also held municipal offices in the Middle Ages and had become rich through long-distance trade under the Hanseatic League. During the process a period of nearly 160 years, the family of Bischopink and the other Erbmännerfamilien by several judgments of the Roman Rota, the Imperial Chamber and ultimately by Emperor Joseph II. Her pen capable and ritterbürtiger nobility confirmed.

Official administrator and manor owner in the Sauerland since 1651

Albrecht Gerhard (Albert) Bischopinck (1620–1680), second son of Johann VI. Bischopinck from Münster, studied in Cologne in 1648 and became a lawyer and notary for Bernhard von Plettenberg zu Lenhausen in 1651 . From 1662 to 1680 he was the Churköln rent master and administrator in Bilstein and since 1675 he was also gographer of the Fredeburg office . It seals with the coat of arms of the Münster hereditary family: three lilies on the shield, two wings on the helmet. In 1676 he seals with a different but similar coat of arms, also with three lilies. He died in Bilstein on October 20, 1680. His first marriage was to Elisabeth von Stockhausen , daughter of the Count Friedrich von Stockhausen, and his second marriage to Anna Margarete von Dücker in Kirchveischede .

Johann Friedrich (von) Biscopinck (1656–1729), his eldest son from his marriage to Elisabeth von Stockhausen, was a student in Paderborn in 1675 and a student in Marburg in 1676 . 1681 he married in Eslohe Susanna Catharina of Schledorn , daughter of Ernst Jobst von Schledorn and wife Theodora Guida von Neuhoff on house Niedermarpe in Eslohe and went to her house. In 1684 they leased the Fredebeil farm near Reiste to the married couple Jost Nieder and Anna Willcke. Mr. Fredebeil confirmed to the clerk that they paid tithe to Bischopincks. 1691 enfeoffed Count Sebastian von Hatzfeld zu Wildenburg and Crottorf Johann Friedrich Bischopinck with the manor Cobbenrode (castrum Cobbenrathense) and the associated Kottengut "unterm Papeloh". The Bischopinck family now took up residence in Cobbenrode and called themselves von Bischopinck zu Cobbenrode ever since . Even the name of Bischopink, Freiherr zu Cobbenrode was used without objection under customary law. In 1700 they inherited the Schledornsche Gut in Niedermarpe, which was owed ad gradus to the Archbishop of Cologne and the Chapter Beatae Mariae Virginia . According to the specification, it consisted of “32 Malter Acker over Schulten Land, up to the forest and up to the Schwarzesiepen, 23 Fuder meadows and 27 Malter Berge and Hagen”. In 1717 the head treasure register says that the father Joan Friedrich Bischopinck has been bedridden for over 12 years, the eldest son is studying in Prague, the second is in the Münster military service, the third is at home and the fourth is studying. The register mentions three more daughters. Johann Friedrich died in 1729 and was buried in Eslohe. His wife Susanna Catharina von Schledorn died in 1737.

Johann Adolf von Bischopinck (1685–1770), the eldest son of Johann Friedrich's eight children, was enfeoffed in 1724 with the Schledorn fief in Niedermarpe. He died childless in 1770.

Ludwig von Bischopinck (1731–1800), nephew of Johann Adolf, was enfeoffed in 1763 with Gut Niedermarpe. In 1799 he did not transfer Niedermarpe to his son Mathias, but to his daughter Maria and her husband, which, however, was not recognized by the fief.

Mathias von Bischopinck (1771–1850) was therefore able to successfully regain Gut Niedermarpe by judicial means. In 1841 he sold the property , which had meanwhile become allod property , to the tenants.

The von Bischopink zu Cobbenrode family still exists today.

Other lines

There were other lines of the family, of which those of Bischopinck zur Getter are still in bloom. In addition, the emigration of Thomas von Bischopink zu Nünning in the 16th century resulted in a line in Lithuania and Poland, which is still known today under the name Bisping (also Bisping von Gallen and Bisping von Galen ) in several European countries, in the USA and in Canada have numerous members.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Bischopinck until 1406
  • The older coat of arms shows two bishop's crooks in the form of a St. Andrew's cross, which are covered by a crossbar. In the town hall of Münster the coat of arms is shown in the colors of the city of Münster: gold-red-silver. Gold-red-gold, like the diocese, are also possible. The exact color is not known, as the coat of arms is only preserved in a wax seal from 1322.
  • Since the beginning of the 15th century, the Bischopincks took over the coat of arms of the Munster city noble family (heirmen) Ryke (de Rike): three (2: 1) golden lilies in the gold-rimmed blue shields. On the helmet with blue and gold covers, two black wings, each of which is covered with 10 silver diamonds.

More name bearers

  • Gottfried Biscopinck, Mayor of Münster 1324, 1333, 1336 and 1342
  • Gottfried Biscopinck, Mayor of Münster 1362 and 1375
  • Arndt Bischopinck, Mayor of Münster 1388, 1395 and 1400
  • Johannes Bischopinck, Mayor of Münster, 1421 and 1433
  • Bertholdus Bischopinck, student in Erfurt 1434, prince-bishop city judge in Münster 1437–1438 and 1460–1473, mayor of Münster 1448–1450
  • Eberhard Bischopinck zur Geist, student in Erfurt 1463, mayor of Münster 1490, master of Haus Geist , after whom the Geistviertel in Münster was named
  • Lubbert Bischopink, Landkomtur and governor of the Teutonic Order in Westphalia, Komtur zu St. Georgen on the Bispinghof, in the 15th century.
  • Hinricus Bischopinck, prince-bishop city judge of Münster 1514
  • Johannes Bischopinck, canon in the collegiate monastery of St. Martini in Münster in 1524, titular bishop of Conen (episcopus conensis), auxiliary bishop of Münster, Osnabrück and Minden 1537–1543, deputy of his prince-bishop Franz v. Waldeck in all spiritual matters. After the Anabaptist riots, he rededicated the cathedral and most of the churches in Münster. His epitaph in the Marienkapelle at the cathedral with the year 1540, which shows the three wise men, was made during his lifetime.
  • Everhardus Bischopinck, wine lord of Münster 1503–1512
  • Johannes Bischopinck, prince-bishop city judge 1508–1525, treasurer 1529–1531 and mayor of Münster
  • Hermann von Bischopink zu Nünning, d. 1616, prince-bishop's keeper of the seal (until 1616), vicar general (until 1612) and official of Münster, dean at the Old Cathedral
  • Henrich Bischopinck, doctorate counselor and assessor of the secular court in Münster 1650
  • Bernhard Bischopinck , (born January 31, 1690/92 in Borken / Westphalia, † approx. 1746 in Mangalore, India), theologian, Jesuit and missionary in India.
  • Johann Bischopink, titular bishop of Aureliopolis, auxiliary bishop and 1st Metropolitan Vicar of Osnabrück, licentiate of both rights, apostolic protonotary (1613–1667)
  • Simon von Bischopink zu Telgte, 1727–1728 Prince Abbot of Werden and Helmstedt .
  • Adam Bisping zu Strubnica, 1782–1858, Lord of Strubnica near Grodno, Honorary Colonel of the 20th Lithuanian Fusilier Regiment.
  • Kazimierz Bisping zu Strubnica, b. February 24, 1887, died in a Soviet prison camp on April 21, 1941, Herr auf Strubnica, Senator of the Republic of Poland.
  • Jan Bisping zu Massalany, b. January 30, 1880, d. 1940, Majorate of Massalany, Papal Chamberlain (Camerriere di Sua Santita). He had 14 children with his second wife, Countess Maria Zamoyska , widowed Princess Radziwill .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Parish archives St. Martini to Münster and Fürstl. Bentheim Archive in Burgsteinfurt - printed in Westphalia. Document book, Vol. VIII, Münster 1908, No. 418 and 592.

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