Eichstetten (noble family)

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The lords of Eichstetten were a wealthy noble family in the southern Black Forest in the 11th and 12th centuries , named after Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl .

The Lords of Eichstetten probably go back to a nobleman Hesso who was documented in 1052 and who had a church built and consecrated in Eichstetten that year and who presumably owned an estate there. Hesso probably belonged to the widespread in southern Germany Adel district of Hess Onen . He and his brothers are seen as the founders of several noble families who are wealthy in southern Breisgau , such as the Counts of Nimburg and the Üsenberger . The exact genealogy and relationship has not yet been finally clarified. Another noble family that can be traced back to Hesso are the lords of Eichstetten, who can be understood under the guiding name Eberhard from around 1100 over three generations:

  • Eberhard (around 1100)
  • The brothers Eberhard and Burkhard (mentioned in 1111 and 1113)
  • The brothers Eberhard, Egino, Adalberg and Heinrich (named between 1120 and 1150)

The documents show that the Lords of Eichstetten were noble-free people who owned a castle in Eichstetten ( Eichstetten Castle ), other possessions are known from Malterdingen and Zarten . In addition, the family originally had property in the Upper Wiesental around Schönau in the Black Forest , where they were wealthy in a community of heirs with other families, including the Lords of Waldeck . However, Eberhard and Burkhard gave this property to the St. Blasien monastery in 1113 , and Eberhard, Egino and Heinrich confirmed this donation in 1122. The same generation also made a donation to the St. Peter monastery , but the family died with it probably around the middle of the 12th century. At most, an "Eberhardus de Eistede" mentioned on a trip by Frederick I to Italy in 1185 could still be an indication of a subsequent generation.

literature

  • Johann Wilhelm Braun (edit.): Document book of the monastery Sankt Blasien in the Black Forest. From the beginning to the year 1299. Part I: Edition; Part II: Introduction, directories, registers, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-17-017985-3 . (= Publications of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg: Series A, Sources; Volume 23)
  • Thomas Steffens: Eichstetten and his men before 1200. In: Thomas Steffens (Hrsg.): Eichstetten. The story of a village. Volume 1: From the Neolithic to around 1800. 1996.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Steffens, Eichstetten und seine Herren vor 1200 , pp. 93, 97 and 98.
  2. ↑ see e.g. B. Hugo Ott : The Urbar as a source for desert research , magazine for the history of the Upper Rhine 116, p. 16.
  3. ↑ Steffens, Eichstetten und seine Herren vor 1200 , p. 101.
  4. ↑ Steffens, Eichstetten und seine Herren vor 1200 , p. 103.
  5. ↑ Steffens, Eichstetten und seine Herren vor 1200 , p. 103., on the matter see also Urkundenbuch St. Blasien, No. 215.
  6. ^ Stephan E. Maurer: From the quarter to the twenty-fourth: The development of property in the Schönauer valley. In: Das Markgräflerland , Volume 1/2015, pp. 124-131; Document book St. Blasien, No. 215.
  7. ↑ a b Steffens, Eichstetten und seine Herren vor 1200 , p. 104.