Dugel of carbene

Coat of arms of the Dugel von Carbene

The Dugel von Carben (also: von Carben called Dugel , more rarely Dugil or Tugil ) were a knightly noble family who were particularly wealthy in the Wetterau and today's city of Karben .

history

The first officially named bearer of the name is Conrad Tugil in the years 1225 and 1226. The focus of the possessions seems to have been in the places of today's city of Karben. A relationship to the gentlemen of Carbene , who were wealthy in the same places, cannot be proven with certainty. Individual branches of the Dugel von Carben family are known to have been named after their seats from Kaichen or von Bergen .

A reference to an ancestral home of the family emerges from maps from the 18th century. The castle forest is located northeast of Okarben in a loop of the Nidda . The old maps show several rectangles with the name Dögelburg - possibly a reference to an earlier moated castle of the Dugel von Karben.

Another castle seat of the family was probably located in Klein-Karben . It was destroyed in February 1405 under King Ruprecht together with other castles in the region such as Hüttelngesäß , Rückingen , Höchst an der Nidder or Mömbris by troops from the imperial city of Frankfurt . In the following years members of the family participated in several feuds against the city. It was not until 1470 that Jorge Dugel issued a waiver letter to the city because of the destruction of the castle.

The last male representatives of the family were the brothers Jörg, Conrad and Erwin (Erban) Dugel. Erwin Dugel was a bailiff in Erlenbach and was the last to die in 1525.

coat of arms

Under the head of a golden shield, three sheaves of silver grain on a blue field. It is a talking coat of arms (Carben = sheaves). As Helmzier one is flight proven. The same coat of arms with a different crest is used by another noble family, the Lords of Dehren or von Dhern , who were also wealthy in the Wetterau. It can therefore be assumed that they are closely related.

possession

Allodial possession

The allodial ownership of the Dugel von Carben family can only be partially determined from donations and purchase deeds. This includes the places Praunheim , Kaichen , Bruchköbel , Griedel , Gambach , Melbach , Okarben , Bergen , Friedberg , Wisselsheim , Affolterbach , Groß- and Klein-Karben. Towards the end of the 14th century they appeared as heirs of the castles Lindheim , Höchst an der Nidder and Reifenberg .

Fiefdom

• Castle loan in the Reichsburg Friedberg
• From the Counts of Hanau , the Dugel von Carben had owned a hereditary castle fief for the Windecken Castle in Groß-Karben , called the "house in the stone shells", from at least 1329 . The name suggests a permanent house . It cannot be located in the present day townscape, perhaps it was on the site of today's Degenfeld Castle .
• In 1275 they donated fiefs of the lords of Falkenstein zu Niedernhausen to the Marienborn monastery with the consent of the lord .
• A castle loan of 100  florins from the Lords of Eppstein in Steinheim Castle .
• Half of the tithe of the lords of Isenburg in Kilianstädten (went to the lords of Rückingen in 1329 ).
• A property in Hochstadt as a katzenelnbogisches fiefdom (1330 as a dowry to the Lords of Rüdigheim ).
• From the Limburg Monastery a tenant, etch and meadows in Groß-Karben, Klein-Karben and Kaichen, which also included the right of presentation for the parishes of these places.
• Fiefdoms from the Fulda Abbey in Rüdigheim , which they sold to the Johanniter there in 1284 and were given fiefs in Bergen in return.

Significant family members

• Heinrich Dugel the Younger, 1275 mayor in Frankfurt am Main
• Herrmann Dugel, dean in Aschaffenburg around 1282
• Friedrich Dugel von Carben, Burgrave of Friedberg , around 1300
• Jörg Dugel, around 1475 Obergrefe in the Kaichen Free Court

literature

• Carl Carben: The knightly families of Carben. In: Friedberger Geschichtsblätter 2, 1910, pp. 15-25, especially pp. 17f.
• Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility Lexicon , Volume 2, 1860; Reprint 1996, ISBN 3-89557-020-6 , p. 603.
• Karl Hermann May : On the history of Nassau vassals. The Nassau vassals - clan of the Frei von Dehrn - Linne - Buchenau - Dugel von Karben , in: Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research: Nassau Annals. Volume 67.Wiesbaden 1956.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Friedrich Böhmer , Friedrich Lau: Codex diplomaticus Moenofrancofurtanus = document book of the imperial city of Frankfurt, vol. 1. 794-1314. Frankfurt 1901, p. 43.
2. ^ Johann Friedrich Böhmer, Friedrich Lau: Codex diplomaticus Moenofrancofurtanus = document book of the imperial city of Frankfurt, vol. 1. 794-1314. Frankfurt 1901, p. 46.
3. ↑ Carl Carben: The knightly families of Carben. In: Friedberger Geschichtsblätter 2, 1910, p. 16.
4. ^ Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , pp. 334f.
5. ↑ Dieter Wolf : Castles, permanent houses and palaces in the Karben area. In: Magistrat der Stadt Karben (ed.): Karben. History and present. Lilienwald, Karben 1973, ISBN 3-88004-000-1 , p. 251.
6. ↑ Carl Carben: The knightly families of Carben. In: Friedberger Geschichtsblätter 2, 1910, p. 15.
7. ↑ Carl Carben: The knightly families of Carben. In: Friedberger Geschichtsblätter 2, 1910, p. 17f.
8. ↑ Dieter Wolf: Castles, permanent houses and palaces in the Karben area. In: Magistrat der Stadt Karben (ed.): Karben. History and present. Lilienwald, Karben 1973, ISBN 3-88004-000-1 , p. 250.