Burgmannshof

A Burgmannshof or Burgmannenhof or Burgmannenhaus was created by the respective lord of the castle or sovereign in cities with a fortress character on or next to larger castles of the high nobility or royal castles as the residence of a low-nobility Burgmann or a Burgmann family. The courtyards were often in a baileyor in the city near the city fortifications. Sometimes they were used for defense purposes themselves. Often several Burgmannenhöfe of different families were settled in a separate city quarter for the castle people - with special jurisdiction. In some places only local names that have been handed down to us are reminiscent of the Burgmannensitz, so in Glauchau the name "Wehrdigt" (with the Wehrstraße) for the area under the former Glauchau Castle has been preserved to this day.

description

The Burgmannen were among the ministerials , that is, they were subject to court keeping and administration, and they were drawn to defense and war services. In part, they were also responsible for holding the “ court days ” in the city. The lower nobility emerged from the ministerials . For their achievements and services in the property management of their masters as well as in their knight armies , they received a service property or fief , which they could then freely dispose of and bequeath over time. The Burgmannshöfe retained their aristocratic freedom from all urban burdens into the 19th century , even if they had already come into the possession of bourgeois families. The buildings that are still called Burgmannshöfe today are, however, often only successor buildings from the period after the Middle Ages, to which, however, these rights were attached.

Examples

Castles with remains of Burgmann's seats are:

• Salzburg Castle , Bad Neustadt an der Saale, 13th century, Bavaria
• Bernstein Castle (Alsace) , Dambach-la-Ville, France
• Girbaden Castle , Mollkirch, around 1220, France

Burgmannenhäuser are among others:

• Burgmannenhaus (Aremberg) , Aremberg, Ahrweiler District, Rhineland-Palatinate
• "Gothic House" in Burgheßler , Thuringia
• Burgmannenhaus Pavey , Erbach in the Odenwald
• Burgmannenhaus of the von Habern family , Erbach in the Odenwald
• Issumer Tower , Krefeld, OT. Linn
• Castle estates of the city of Kulmbach , Kulmbach

Places with Burgmannshöfen are in particular:

• Bad Salzungen , u. a. Haunscher Hof
• Erbach (Odenwald)
• Gieboldehausen (with several Burgmann seats, including Gieboldehausen Castle )
• Haselünne (originally 22 Burgmannshöfe)
• Horstmar
• Kamen (including Galenhof)
• Kelbra (Kyffhäuser) , at least one courtyard preserved
• Lübbecke (once 16 Burgmannshöfe, 2 of which have been preserved, including Burgmannshof von der Recke )
• Nienborg
• Quakenbrück (once 10 Burgmannshöfe, 3 of which have been preserved)
• Rauschenberg
• Wandering life , parts of the Burgmannenhof with restored residential tower , Thuringia
• Westerburg (once 20 Burgmannen houses)

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  The Burgmannshof in Iserlohn has retained its high medieval character from the 13th century

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  The Templar House in Erbach (Odenwald) is a late medieval example from around 1370/80

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  Westerholt'scher Burgmannshof in Haselünne (end of the 14th century)

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  Burgmannenhaus Pavey in Erbach (Odenwald) (around 1430)

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  Habermannsburg in Erbach (Odenwald) (15th / 16th century)

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  Merveldter Hof in Horstmar (1561)

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  Burgmannenhaus in Westerburg (1607)

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  Burgmannenhaus Rauschenberg (around 1600, rebuilt after being destroyed in 1646)

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  2. Burgmannshof of Hardeg Castle in Hardegsen (approx. 1560, essentially medieval)

See also

• Castle estate
• Care yard
• Zehnthof
• Burgmannshofen (place)

literature

• Thomas Biller: Burgmann seats in castles in Germany . In: Ettel, Peter (ed.): La Basse-cour: actes du colloque international de Maynooth (Irlande), 23-30 août 2002 (Château Gaillard; 21). Caen 2004, pp. 7-16. Full text online on Art-Doc