Borch (Lower Saxon noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Borch

The von Borch family (Latin also: de urbe ) was a ministerial family in Bremen . In the older literature, the name is also often written by Borgh .

They were not related to the Westphalian noble family von der Borch on Gut Holzhausen in the Höxter district .

origin

Statue of the " Isern Hinnerks " in Horneburg.

The von Borch have been documented since January 18, 1181 and originally come from Burg on the left bank of the Lesum (today Burg-Grambke ). So they didn't get their name from Horneburg Castle . Originally they were Ministeriale of the County of Stade . After the county fell to the Archdiocese of Bremen , they became ministeriales of Bremen in 1227. After marrying into the noble von Bliedersdorf family , they were also based around Horneburg. There they received part of the Horneburg castle fief in 1255 . After the von Bliedersdorf family died out, the von Borch family inherited their goods and since then have been one of the most important ministerial families in the ore monastery of Bremen.

Goods and offices

The von Borch were judges with high and low jurisdiction on the Delm and in Gyhum . You were part of the Horneburg castle team and held one of the five castle mansions there. Presumably through their activity as locators , they owned extensive property in the Altes Land . They did not appear there as fief takers , but as liege lords . They also owned the ferry in Cranz and presided over various courts, for example in Jork and Francop .

The von Borch hereditary possessed the Puttikamt (the court office of the cupbearer ), but you can also find them in other offices and as bailiffs in the entire archbishopric.

Daniel von Borch was appointed bailiff and bailiff over the Archbishopric of Bremen in 1368 by Albert II of Braunschweig-Lüneburg after it was pledged to Lüneburg by Archbishop Albert .

Those of Borch were also to be found in church offices ; the family provided Luder von Borch, a bishop of Verden .

From 1420 to 1426 Otto von Borch was the bailiff of Bederkesa in Bremen . Otto and Johann von Borch gave the city council of Bremen all rights to the Vogtei and the castle of Blumenthal .

The Borch inheritance

As the last male representative of the von Borch family , Iwan von Borch died in 1502 without male descendants. The only male relative, a brother of Johann, Gise von Borch , was abbot of the Harsefeld monastery and also childless. That is why the husband of Ivan and Gises's sister, Otto von Düring , inherited the extensive property. However, this inheritance was not without problems; the von der Hude , von Zesterfleth and von der Lieth families also made claims through other female relatives. In addition, the Archbishop Johann Rode asserted rights as a feudal giver of part of the Borch property. In 1504 Otto was able to settle these objections with two comparisons.

This inheritance formed the basis for the wealth of those von Düring , whose ancestor Otto von Düring was.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of those of Borch is a red shield with vertical silver, sometimes gold bars. The number of bars varies from 3 to 8, but mostly there are four.

Name bearer

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ C. Sattler, H. Sudendorf: Document book on the history of the dukes of Braunschweig and Lüneburg and their lands. 3rd volume, Hannover 1862. S. CXLIV & No. 386 & No. 387
  2. ^ Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X , p. 90.