Burkhard Werner von Ramstein

Burkhard Werner von Ramstein (* unknown; † 1332 ) was the mayor of Basel .

Life

Burkhard Werner von Ramstein was born as the son of the knight Rudolf Wernher von Ramstein and his wife Margaretha.

In 1303, Ramstein Castle was destroyed by the Baslers because the von Ramstein believed King Albrecht I of Habsburg and had captured a Basel citizen; a common means at the time to enforce legal claims or to participate in the business success of others. After the castle was destroyed, Thuringia was captured by Ramstein and taken to Basel. After the reconstruction, the main Ramstein lines lived on Ramstein, Gilgenberg and in Zwingen .

From 1313 to 1314 Burkhard Werner von Ramstein Vogt was in Pruntrut and between 1314 and 1332 he was multiple mayor of the city of Basel. He was the first known owner of the Ramsteinerhof in Basel, which he sold in 1327.

Burkhard Werner von Ramstein was married to Katharina von Ramstein.

In 1332 he was stabbed to death by Margrave Rudolf II von Hachberg-Sausenberg . The background to the manslaughter remains unclear, but the Margraves of Hachberg-Sausenberg were associated with the Basel noble society of Psitticher , while the von Ramstein were among the rival Sternern (see also feud between Psitticher and Sterner ).

Trivia

The historical novel by Käthe Papke, The Iron Margrave of Sausenberg-Rötteln , published in 1928 deals with the murder of Burkhard Werner von Ramstein. However, there the murder is attributed to the brother ( Otto I. von Hachberg-Sausenberg ) of Rudolf II, who is portrayed as a choleric in the novel.

Fonts (selection)

leo-bw.de: Letter from Burkhard Werner von Ramstein as chairman in the dispute between Hug von Üsenberg and Günther von Schönau on the one hand with Jakob von Neuenfels, Schultheißen zu Neuenburg, on the other hand around half of the village and court of Schliengen , from 1331 .

Web links

Benno Notter: Ramstein, Burkhard Werner von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ The small Solothurn general Schaw-Platz historical spirit, also secular, foremost stories and deals from the beginning of the world bit to the present time (etc.) . Bernhardt, 1666, p. 434 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Werner Meyer-Hofmann: Psitticher and Sterner: a contribution to the history of unstate warfare (pdf; 9.3 MB; 18 pages). In: Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde, Volume 67, 1967. P. 10. Retrieved on March 8, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Ramstein, Burkhard Werner von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss Vogt and Mayor
DATE OF BIRTH	13th Century
DATE OF DEATH	1332

[1] The small Solothurn general Schaw-Platz historical spirit, also secular, foremost stories and deals from the beginning of the world bit to the present time (etc.) . Bernhardt, 1666, p. 434 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[2] Werner Meyer-Hofmann: Psitticher and Sterner: a contribution to the history of unstate warfare (pdf; 9.3 MB; 18 pages). In: Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde, Volume 67, 1967. P. 10. Retrieved on March 8, 2019 .