Spitzberg Castle (BE)
| Spitzberg Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | probably 12th century | |
| Standing position : | Barons | |
| Place: | Langnau in the Emmental | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 57 '22 " N , 7 ° 48' 41.8" E | |
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Spitzberg Castle is the ruin of a medieval castle in the Swiss municipality of Langnau in the Emmental in the canton of Bern .
history
The castle was the ancestral seat of the barons von Spitzenberg. The family died out around 1240. In 1241, the complex became dependent on Trub Abbey . Spitzberg Castle gave this to a branch of the Lords of Aarburg, which named itself after the castle. Before 1274, the castle and rulership - including 26 courts - came into the possession of the Habsburgs , who set up an office with high and low courts before 1306 and pledged this to aristocratic families.
Baron Rudolf II von Balm , who was expropriated by Habsburg in 1309 after participating in the murder attempt against King Albrecht I, was one of these pledges . Later, the Dukes Albrecht II and Otto the Merry of Austria pledged the office of Spitzenberg to the knight Johann von Aarwangen , who inherited it as heir to his granddaughter Margaretha von Kien and her husband Petermann I von Grünenberg in 1339 when he suddenly transferred to St. Urban monastery transmitted. From these two the pledge came in 1375/1384 to the eldest son Hemmann I von Grünenberg .
In 1386, after the Battle of Sempach , the castle was destroyed by Wolfhart IV von Brandis , who was on Bern's side. The former Habsburg office was annexed by Bern and given to the Trachselwald bailiwick, the lower court came to Langnau.
literature
Max Jufer: The barons of Langenstein-Grünenberg . In: Yearbook of the Oberaargau . tape 37 . Merkur Druck AG, Langenthal, p. 109–214, especially pp. 162–163, 177–178 ( digibern.ch [PDF; accessed on October 28, 2010]).
Web links
- Anne-Marie Dubler : Spitzenberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Anne-Marie Dubler: Langnau in the Emmental. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Judith Bangerter: Langnau, Spitzberg. A medieval castle site - investigation as part of the castle inventory project. In: Archeology Bern. Archaeological Service of the Canton of Bern, 2009, pp. 90–94 (4 pages) , accessed on March 23, 2019 .