Eppenstein (noble family)

This article describes a noble family in Thurgau. For the noble family from Styria see Eppensteiner .

The coat of arms of the von Eppenstein family was carried by the local community of Oppikon in the 20th century .

The Eppenstein were a Habsburg-Austrian ministerial family of the 14th century in Thurgau in today's Switzerland.

The von Eppenstein family may come from Eppenstein in the former municipality of Oppikon near Bussnang. She was wealthy in the eastern and southern surroundings of Winterthur , including lakes and Wiesendangen . The family was related to the Phenli von Dienberg and the von Ottikon , with whom Eberhard, mentioned from 1302 and 1334, jointly owned an Austrian castle lehenhof in Ottenhausen in 1308 . From 1314 to 1334 he was the Austrian Vogt of Kyburg , 1324 also of Winterthur and 1327 of Glarus . In 1361 Johann and his son Johann moved their bailiwick to Iffwil . The last Eppenstein known by name is the Eppo, documented from 1384 to 1391. Members of the family still lived in Winterthur in the early 15th century.

literature

• Martin Leonhard: from Eppenstein. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bussnung - the community with train On the website of the community Bussnang, 2009, p. 15 (PDF; 5.0 MB)