Burgistein (noble family)

The lords of Burgistein were a noble family that had emerged after 1260 from a sideline of the Kyburg ministerials from Thun . They named themselves after their ancestral castle in the village of Burgistein .

history

The noble family von Burgistein was a side branch of the ministerial family von Thun. Jordan I von Thun bought property in Burgistein in 1260 in an exchange of goods with the Interlaken Monastery and began to build a castle there. His son Jordan II called himself from 1266 after this new complex of Burgistein . Half of the church set from Gurzelen and large estates in Seftigen were also owned by the family together with Burgistein . The family also owned a permanent house on the castle hill in Thun .

coat of arms

Blazon : oblique left divided by silver and black, in the silver field a growing red stag. The growing red deer is also used as a crest. The helmet covers are silver on the outside and red on the inside.

The coat of arms is still used today by the municipality of Burgistein.

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  Coat of arms of the municipality of Burgistein.

Tribe list from Burgistein

Descendants of the knight Jordan I von Thun (exp. 1236–1271), around 1260 mayor of the city of Thun and ministerial of the counts of Kyburg :

1. Jordan II of Burgistein (adult 1266; † before 1309), knight, lord of Burgistein and Strättligen
   1. Jordan III. (adult 1308; † between 1336 and 1344), knight, lord of Burgistein ⚭ 1. Catharina von Billens , 2. Jonata von Billens (children cannot be safely assigned)
      1. Konrad II. (Adult 1319–1358), Lord of Burgistein ⚭ 1. Margaretha von Englisberg, 2. Elisabetha von Schweinsberg (adult 1361)
         1. (1.) Margaretha (ext. 1361–1377), mistress of Burgistein ⚭ before 1361 Werner V. Münzer (ext. 1348–1391), councilor of the city of Bern
         2. (2.) Diethelm (died young)
      2. Jordan IV. (Exp. 1319–1352) ⚭ Verena von Messen
         1. Cuno (exp. 1367–1388), member of the Grand Council of Bern, knight
      3. Petermann (exp. 1346; † before 1360) ⚭ 1. Catharina von Ried († before 1346), 2. 1346 Klara Münzer (exp. 1338–1360)
      4. Amalia ⚭ Johann von Mattstetten (ext. 1336), Junker
      5. Agnes ⚭ Petermann von Wichtrach (adult 1350–1362)
      6. Adelheid
   2. Konrad I (ext. 1302–1349), knight, lord of Strättligen ⚭? from Resti
      1. Hartmann († before 1388), Junker, Burger von Thun, Herr zu Strättligen ⚭ 1. Catharina von Rormoos, 2. Margaretha von Rudenz (children cannot be safely assigned)
         1. Kraft (exp. 1382-1383)
         2. Agnes ⚭ Wölfelin Münch von Münchenstein ( adult 1397; † before 1400)
         3. Anna ⚭ Hartmann from Spin
         4. Daughter ⚭? from Hunwyl
      2. Wilhelm
      3. Anastasia (adult 1383; † 1409)
   3. Adelheid (ext. 1322–1322) ⚭ Rudolf I. von Hallwyl († before 1322)
   4. Daughter ⚭ Heinrich von Raron , knight

Petermann von Burgistein, mentioned in 1269 as a co-founder of the preacher's monastery in Bern, cannot be classified. He is said to have waged war with Bern in 1289. Johann von Burgistein, also one of the non-assignable representatives of the family, is a council member in Bern in 1377, Ludwig in 1391 and Peter in 1417.

literature

• Christian Burgener: 14. Burgistein (Bern) . In: Gustav Schwab (Ed.): Switzerland in its knight castles and mountain castles historically represented by writers from the country (with a historical introduction by Professor Johann Jakob Hottinger in Zurich) . tape 3 . Johann Felix Jacob Dalp, Bern, Chur & Leipzig 1839, p. 99–112 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
• Roland Gerber: Münzer versus Bubenberg. Relationships and factions in the Bern Council at the beginning of the 14th century . In: Bern journal for history . Issue 4/2006, 68th year. Bern 2006, p. 179–234 ( digitized version of the BZGH [PDF; accessed on January 13, 2020]).
• Ludwig Samuel Moritz Albert von Tscharner : Burgistein . In: Swiss Heraldic Society (ed.): Genealogical manual for Swiss history . tape 3 : Lower nobility and patriciate . Printed and published by Schulthess & Co., Zurich 1908, p. 159-177 .

Web links

• Urs Martin Zahnd: Burgistein, from. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tscharner 1908: p. 160.
2. ↑ Burgistein family coat of arms (knight family) ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at chgh.net based on the Bernese Wappenbuch from 1932 (accessed on September 14, 2012). 
3. ↑ According to Burgener 1839.