Burchard von Bartensleben

The coat of arms of the von Bartensleben family

Burchard von Bartensleben (* before 1291; † around 1321) was, together with his brothers Günzel, Günther and Werner, founder of the Wolfsburg rule and builder of the Wolfsburg of the same name .

Life

Burchard and his siblings came from the noble family of those von Bartensleben , who named themselves after the town of Groß Bartensleben north-east of Helmstedt . The Knights of Bartensleben were in the service of the Margraves of Brandenburg . Around the year 1300 they had a castle built which was first mentioned on June 17, 1302 in a document in connection with the names of the four brothers as "Wluesborch". The name of Wolfsburg is related to the coat of arms of the noble family, on which a wolf leaps over two sheaves. From this location the knights were able to secure and control the trade routes between the cities of Braunschweig and Salzwedel as well as between Helmstedt and Gifhorn. From 1301 until his death von Bartensleben was a vassal of the Margraves of Altmark and from 1301 to 1315 Vogt in Salzwedel. Their lands stretched on both sides of the Aller into the Altmark. Her possessions included the Lüneburg Boldecker Land and the Braunschweig Vorsfelder Werder .

family

Von Bartensleben was the son of Günzel III (1265-1348) and his wife Mechtild, born von Wenden . His brothers were Günzel IV., Günther II., Werner and Hildebrand (monk), he also had a sister Elisabeth (monastery maiden). The brothers Günzel and Werner founded the Bartensleben Chapel in Marienthal in 1321, where their brother Hildebrand lived as a monk. This served the family as a burial place until the 15th century. Werner von Bartensleben died on August 10, 1336. Günzel was Vogt and Captain of the Mark, his wife's name was Mechtild. Günther was married to Kunigunde, who had been given the Rothehof tower hill castle by Konrad von Warberg in 1304 , where they resided. The Bartensleben-Rothhof family branch, which went out in 1534, was derived from them.

literature

• Konrad Barthold Behrens: Genealogical and partly historical presentation of the origin ... of some ancient ... noble houses. Hanover around 1703, OCLC 165963723 , p. 57 ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
• Peter Steckhan: Origin and Rise of the Lords of Bartensleben. In: Ortwin Reichold, Klaus-Jörg Siegfried, Peter Steckhan: Wolfsburg Castle. History and culture. Appelhans Verlag , Braunschweig 2002, ISBN 3-930292-62-9 , p. 84 ff.
• Peter Steckhan: Burchard von Bartensleben (and brothers). In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 123-124 .

Web links

• Certificate on heimatpfleger.bsl-ag.de (PDF, p. 1.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Wolfsburg: From history. on robert.cyty.com
2. ^ Adolph Friedrich Johann Riedel: The Mark Brandenburg in 1250 or historical description of the Brandenburg Lands and their political and ecclesiastical conditions around this time. Volume 2: Description of the political and ecclesiastical conditions in the Mark Brandenburg. Dümmler, Berlin 1832, OCLC 312821229 p. 441.
3. ↑ Family tree on reader.digitale-sammlungen.de
4. ↑ Konrad Barthold Behrens: Genealogical and partly historical presentation of the origin ... of some ancient ... noble houses. P. 57.
5. ↑ Mariental Monastery - Werner von Bartensleben grave slab on inschriften.net
6. ↑ Peter Steckhan: Burchard von Bartensleben (and brothers). In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 123-124 .