Effinger (patrician family)
The Effinger family is a family of notables who came from Brugg and probably immigrated from Effingen . There were branches in Bern and Zurich .
history
Hans Friedrich von Effingen is considered to be the progenitor of the Effingen family. His son Johannes Effinger (I.) is mentioned as Burger von Brugg from 1361 to 1382.
In 1483/84 Kaspar Effinger bought the Wildegg estate, including the goods and rights that belonged to it, and at the same time acquired the citizenship rights of the city of Bern . With that he became the founder of the Wildegger line of the sex. The Effinger inherited this property eleven generations. In 1552 the castle burned down almost completely as a result of lightning strike, only the masonry remained. The Effinger did not give up the ruin, but made it habitable again over the years; from 1684 they converted it into a baroque residential palace. Wildegg Castle and its associated goods became the property of the Effinger family box in 1830 . The castle was supplemented by outbuildings in the 19th century.
From the 17th century, the Effingers belonged to the Bernese patriciate . Members of the family-owned temporarily also lock gravels , Castle Wildenstein (Veltheim) that Wegmühle that Rebgut Wingreis and Campagne Rörswil .
With the death of Pauline Adelheid Julia von Effinger (1837-1912), who laid the foundation stone for the Effingerhort on the Kernenberg , the family died out in 1912. The family's burial place is in the Holderbank church . Julia bequeathed the castle with almost all of its furnishings and the associated domain to the Swiss Confederation .
The branch in Zurich expired in 1590.
people
- Friedrich Effinger (1383–1413), mayor of Brugg, lord of Urgiz
- Ludwig Effinger (1408–1452), mayor of Brugg
Bernese branch (from Wildegg and Wildenstein)
- Kaspar Effinger (1442–1513), founder of the Wildegger line
- Christoph Effinger (around 1487–1551)
- Franz Christoph Effinger (1657–1712), politician, Herr zu Wildenstein
- Franz Victor Effinger (1734–1815), politician and historian
- Rudolf Emanuel Effinger (1771–1847), colonel, politician and agronomist
- Friedrich Ludwig Effinger (1795–1867), mayor of Bern
- Pauline Adelheid Julia von Effinger (1837–1912), ultima, owner of Wildegg Castle
Zurich branch
- Johannes Effinger, 1404 citizen of Zurich
- Heinrich Effinger (I.), councilor, guild master, bailiff
- Heinrich Effinger (II.), Knight, councilor, bailiff
- Peter Effinger, receives from Emperor Friedrich III. a letter of arms
- Jakob Effinger († 1590), court lord
Trivia
Effingerstrasse in Bern honors the Effinger family.
Archives
- Effinger family archive ( Bern burger library )
- Wildegg State Archives ( Aargau State Archives )
swell
- Bernhard von Rodt : Genealogies of civil sexes of the city of Bern , Volume 5 (1950), Burgerbibliothek Bern , Mss.hhLII.9.5 , pp. 249-263.
literature
- Andres Furger (ed.), Small Castle Chronicle of the Wildegg Castle by Sophie von Erlach, Zurich 1994.
- Charlotte König-von Dach: A Bernese Campagne - the Rosenberg , Bern 1984, pp. 66-68.
- Hans Lehmann : Wildegg Castle and its residents , Aarau 1922.
- Bruno Meier : God rules my life. The Effinger von Wildegg , Baden 2000.
- Walter Merz (Ed.): The documents from the Wildegg Castle Archives , Aarau 1931.
- Felix Müller: Extinction or Impoverishment? The Effinger von Wildegg , Baden 2000.
Web links
- Felix Müller: Effinger. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Genealogical-Heraldic Society Zurich, family tree Effinger (PDF; 24 kB)
- Internet presence of the Von Effinger Foundation