Noblemen of Kirchberg

The noblemen of Kirchberg were a noble family who lived in Kirchberg near Dingelstädt in Eichsfeld in the Middle Ages .

history

The first mention of a nobleman from Kirchberg is recorded for the year 1134. They lived on a small hill west of Dingelstädt, the Kerbschen Berg , in a fortified manor or part of a castle (Kirchberg Castle), which was built until 9/11. Century could be enough. They were wealthy themselves in the village of Kirchberg and the surrounding area, or they owned fiefs from other feudal lords. For several generations they owned castle fiefdoms at Gleichenstein Castle , first under the Counts of Gleichenstein and later under the Mainz electors .

Representative of the noble family

Seal of Hartung von Kirchberg (1288)

• Ditmar von Kirchberg is documented in 1134. He presented the Peter monastery with hooves in Wachstedt . His sons were Hermann von Kirchberg, Folrat von Kirchberg and Hertac von Kirchberg. They are notarized in 1146.
• the brothers Hermann, Folrad and Hertag von Kirchberg own the chapel in Escherigrode (Ascherode near Martinfeld?) and donated it to the Peterskloster Erfurt in 1146 because of when Folrad and Hertag entered the monastery
• Henrich von Kirchberg is documented in 1162. He was a knight.
• Henrich and Werner von Kirchberg were brothers and are recorded in 1191.
• Henrich von Kirchberg is documented in 1288. He was the castle man of Albrecht von Gleichen at Gleichenstein Castle.
• Hartung von Kirchberg is documented in 1288.
• Otto von Kirchberg is documented several times between 1312 and 1339. The castle men Hartmann von Kirchberg and Eckard von Kirchberg were his brothers. Otto's sons were Eckard von Kirchberg and Conrad von Kirchberg. Conrad called himself Conrad von Fromederode and was Vogt of Burg Gleichenstein.
• Jan von Kirchberg is documented in 1365. Eckard von Kirchberg was his son.
• Henrich von Kirchberg was provost in the monastery cell in 1394.
• Kirchberg's legacy is documented in 1429.
• Henrich von Kirchberg is documented in 1444. With him, the family died out in 1464. The Mainz bishop Adolf II of Nassau transferred the feudal rights of those of Kirchberg to Henrich von Bodungen .

literature

• Johann Wolf: Memories of the market town of Dingelstädt in the Harz department, District Heiligenstadt, Göttingen 1812, pp. 23–26
• Levin von Wintzingeroda-Knorr : Kerbsche Berg In: The desertions of the Eichsfeld: Directory of the desertions, prehistoric ramparts, mines, courts of law and waiting areas within the districts of Duderstadt, Heiligenstadt, Mühlhausen and Worbis. O. Hendel, Göttingen 1903, pp. 175-183

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paul Grimm and Wolfgang Timpel: The prehistoric and early historical fortifications of the Worbis district. In: Eichsfelder Heimathefte special edition, Worbis 1966, page 15
2. ↑ RIplus Regg. EB Mainz 1 [after 1821], in: Regesta Imperii Online, URI: [1] (Accessed June 27, 2017)
3. ^ Johann Wolf: Eichsfeldisches Urkundenbuch together with the treatise of the Eichsfeldischen nobility. Göttingen 1819 ( Treatise on the Eichsfeld nobility, as a contribution to their history. Page 74)
4. ^ Westphalen, Gerlinde Countess of: The Lords of Bodungen. On the history of an old noble family from Eichsfeld. Eichsfeld-Jahrbuch 7 (1999), pp. 222-236

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