Degenberg
The Lords of Degenberg were an important noble family in the Bavarian Forest .
history
The ancestral castle ( Degenberg Castle ) of the Degenberger stood on the Degenberg near Schwarzach in the Straubing-Bogen district . Today only small remains of the castle are preserved.
A Hugo de Tegernberch is documented for the first time in 1186. The Degenbergs were originally ministerials to the Counts of Bogen . After their extinction, they took over a large part of their property as a fief or pledge . As ministerials to the Duke of Bavaria , they gradually expanded their property with goods from other ministerial families.
Hartwig's daughter married Stephan Schönsteiner, and their sons Hans, Hartwig and Eberwein inherited the property under the name Degenberg after their grandfather's death in 1352. Hartwig's son Hans became a knight to Weißenstein in 1394 , was hereditary steward in Bavaria and Vicedom zu Amberg .
In 1421 Hans (II.) Von Degenberg acquired the so-called Propsthof bei Regen , founded a hospital and had the associated Holy Spirit Church built by 1425 . In 1438 Hans divided his property between his two sons Jakob and Hans the Younger. Jakob received the area around the Degenberg, Hans the area around Weißenstein including the city of Regen and Zwiesel . Hans died around 1440.
His son Hans (III.), Who had no sons himself, left the rule of Degenberg to his nephew Hans, the son of Jacob, in exchange for an annual pension in 1454. On March 21, 1465 he was by Emperor Friedrich III. raised to the imperial baronage. He died around 1480.
In 1466, Jacob's son Hans (IV.) Founded the Böcklerbund, which was directed against the Bavarian Duke Albrecht IV . In the so-called Böckler War , the ancestral castle Degenberg was initially lost, which the Duke had razed to the ground. On December 5, 1468, the duke captured Weissenstein Castle and devastated it, as did Altnussberg Castle , which also belonged to the Degenberger . In 1473 there was a reconciliation, but Hans had to undertake never to rebuild Degenberg Castle. He restored Weißenstein Castle and built a new castle in Oberschwarzach near the ancestral castle. The Saldenburg , which he had acquired in 1468, remained in the possession of the Degenbergs until 1587. Hans died in 1487.
His son Hans (V.) was on August 2, 1487 by Emperor Friedrich III. the fiefdom for Degenberg, Zwiesel and Weißenstein given and the high criminal jurisdiction awarded. On July 14, 1489, Hans von Degenberg on Weißenstein in Cham played a key role in founding a new alliance directed against the Duke, the so-called Löwlerbund . In 1492 he occupied the Rinchnach monastery and some surrounding villages. In 1493/94 there was a reconciliation with the duke. Hans was granted the office of external court master as well as accompanying the transport of wine to the Tegernsee monastery as an inheritance. Hans died in 1495.
In 1511 his son Hans (VI.) Inherited the county of Hals with the associated castle Hals . Since Ulrich II von Ortenburg also claimed the inheritance, the parties to the dispute sold the county to the Bavarian dukes by mutual agreement in 1517. Hans became Landhofmeister in Munich in 1514 and Vicedom in Landshut in 1545. On December 22, 1539, Duke Ludwig left Hans VII († 1559) the administration of the Regen regional court for 1000 guilders. In 1548, Hans received the privilege of brewing wheat beer north of the Danube for himself and his descendants . In the rest of Bavaria, the brewing of wheat beer was forbidden. Hans exercised this right in Oberschwarzach.
His son Sigmund died in 1558, his son Hans Sigmund was hereditary steward in Bavaria, princely councilor in Straubing and was raised to the rank of baron. On June 10, 1602, the last Degenberger died with him. He was buried in the hereditary crypt in the parish church of Schwarzach. His widow Sidonia Katharina, whom he married in 1581, placed herself under the protection of the Duke of Bavaria. On February 26, 1607, after negotiations in Prague with the emperor, the Degenberg property was awarded to the Bavarian Duke Maximilian .
Castles owned by the Degenberger
literature
- Bernhard Grueber, Adalbert Müller: Der Bavarian Forest (Böhmerwald) , 1846, reprint 1993, Grafenau, Morsak Verlag, ISBN 3-87553-415-8
- Joseph Klämpfl: The former Schweinach and Quinzingau. A historical-topographical description , 1855, reprint 1993, Neue Presse Verlags-GmbH, Passau, ISBN 3-924484-73-2