Felben (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the Felben: 1402 and later
The coat of arms of the Velben (tracing)
The Felber Tower, ancestral seat of the Velben, and the Felber Church in Mittersill
Ulrich II von Velben on the Gothic window of the Nikolauskirche in Weitau near St. Johann in Tirol
Elisabeth, mother of Ulrich II. And Gertrud, wife of Eberhard von Velben. on the Gothic window of the Nikolauskirche in Weitau near St. Johann in Tirol

Felben (also from Velben , Velm , Herren von Felben , derived from the Old High German word felwa = pasture) is the name of an originally noble , Bavarian-Salzburg noble family . It branched u. a. in Bavaria , Salzburg and Tyrol . The Salzburger Felben also called themselves von Pinzgau , in Tyrol the spelling Velben is common.

history

Origin and possessions

The first in the tribe list is Heidvolk der Velb e. He also called himself Hetfolch de Pinzgau . The von Felben family gave their name to the hamlet of Felben , the Felbertal and the Felbertauern . The first proven property in Salzburg is the Felberturm (also Felben castle ruins, or Felben-Kasten) in the Mittersill municipality . Other possessions were in Pinzgau , Pongau , near St. Johann in Tirol , in the area of Matrei in East Tyrol and in Brixental . In the 14th century they owned a good dozen castles (Felberturm, Kaprun , Mittersill , Sulzau , Hieburg , Wildenwart, Forchtenstein / St. Johann in Tirol, Liechtenwerd , Neuhaus / Mayrhofen). The income list of the Turm zu Felben alone names around 20 mandatory prädien (hereditary farms, mills). Under the marshals Gebhart von Velben jun. and sen. Around 1300 the archbishopric of Salzburg reached its greatest territorial extent. Parts of Tyrol, Carinthia , Styria and Upper Bavaria also belonged to it.

Hettvolch de Velbe and his son Ulrich I in the 12th to 13th centuries

Heitfolch's name is the most derived (hat / het / hait / net / folc / falk / uolk). Haidfalk would stand for a dead falcon species. He is several times in the wake of Count Heinrich III. von Frontenhausen called and in 1194 was also his Salmann . His son Ulrich I was named as Ministeriale of Archbishop Eberhard II in 1229 .

Gebhart I. and the archbishop

Again, his son Gebhart I . is mentioned in 1244 in the entourage of this archbishop at a meeting in Regensburg and in 1261 in the entourage of Archbishop Ulrich in Burghausen . When Meinhard II of Görz-Tirol and his brother Albert I (Görz) were held hostage in Hohenwerfen Castle in 1253 , Gebhard I von Velben released young Meinhard in 1259 and collected the ransom of 800 marks Silver. In 1262 Gebhard I founded the hospital beneficiary in Weitau near St. Johann in Tirol and had the Nikolauskirche built there. His son Ulrich II was the first beneficiary in Weitau. Gebhard II and his brother Friedrich were in Kitzbühel with Duke Ludwig II in 1271. Ulrich II was also attested once with Duke Ludwig II, this time in Wolfratshausen.

Relief with the double coat of arms of Gebhard I and Ulrich II von Velben in the Nikolauskirche in Weitau near St. Johann in Tirol

Gebhart II. And Mittersill

Gebhard II. Is enfeoffed with the castle and the Mittersill court in 1292 . Since his eldest son Otto was not appointed carer of Mittersill, he and his younger brother Eck opened a loss-making feud against Archbishop Konrad IV von Fohnsdorf . The brothers also undertook raids on water and on land in the Inn Valley.

Otto von Velben and the Bishop of Regensburg

Otto von Velben surrendered in 1314 to Bishop Nikolaus von Regensburg (also Nikolaus von Ybbs , * between 1270 and 1280 in Ybbs an der Donau (Austria); † October 11, 1340 in Oberalteich ) after a dispute and left the Vorchtenstein Castle to him ( also Forchtenstein Castle) near St. Johann in Tirol. The castle was destroyed in 1316 by captains and armed riders from a transnational empire to which the dukes of Upper Bavaria, Carinthia-Tyrol and Lower Bavaria as well as the Archbishop of Salzburg and the Bishop of Regensburg contributed.

Heinrich von Velben's submission and the extinction of the older line

After Otto's death, his son Heinrich submitted to Archbishop Friedrich III in 1333 . von Leibnitz and he succeeded in bringing the Felber back into an important position. In 1369 the older Felber line was extinguished.

Dispute with von Walchen about Kaprun Castle

Between the related families of the von Walchen (noble family) and the Felber, there was a dispute over Kaprun Castle . After attacks by the Felber around 1280, this castle was awarded to the Lords of Walchen. Due to a dispute between the Walchen brothers Otto and Albero II , Archbishop Rudolf von Hoheneck decided that Friedrich von Felben should receive a share in the castle. With that, these two families lived on Kaprun, among whom there were disputes over construction costs and the allocation of tithes. Otto I. von Felben had to pledge his share of the castle to the archbishopric due to financial difficulties. Ekke von Felben was able to get his share of the castle back. In the further course the Walchers lost their share of the castle completely and in 1338 the Lords of Felben became owners of the castle again. The last Felber at Kaprun Castle was Ulrich von Felben ; he bequeathed the castle to his daughter Praxedis , married Puchheim . Praxedis von Puchheim bequeathed with the permission of Archbishop Eberhard III. the fortress Kaprun including accessories her husband Georg / Jörg von Puchheim .

Dynastic marriages

The marriage list of the Velben shows marriage relationships with the families Törring ( anno salutis 782), Plain (heir daughter), Goldeck (2), Wartenfels , Freundsberg ( Freuntsberg ) (2), Starhemberg ( Starichenwerch ) (2), Puchheim , Polheim , Preysing , Staufenegg , Kuchl , Waller Wilthurn, Thurn , Lichtenstain, Radeck , Reiffenberg , Lebenberg, Thorer Hornstein , Waldeck, ALBM , Layming , Trauner , Scherffenberg , Volchensdorf , Berchheim, Trenbach Kürnstein, Bairprun, winemakers , Auer von Prenberg, Strasser, Helfenberg , Mayrhofen , Hohenrainer, Zink, Harras , Puschinger, Rohr , Überacker and Schönstainer. In several cases the amount, type and currency of the dowry are documented.

The Felben zu Pinzgau were related to the families of Vel (l) berg (Herrenvellberg) near Cannstatt, Vellenberch near Götzens (Tyrol) and Velm near Mistelbach, Lower Austria. They were also indirectly related to the Velden (Welden) in Carinthia, as the second coat of arms of the Velbener zu Staatz (Lower Austria) is identical to the coat of arms of Velden. There are certain overlaps and / or descending tendencies with Velburg (Cham) near Regensburg. In particular, the gender of those from Felben should not be confused with those from Valwenstain near Bozen, from Falbenhaupt near Griffen, de Valperga di Masino , Torino and Feldsberg ( dapifer ).

Tribe list of Felben or Velben

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  1. Mechtild alias Richza (*?; †?): Mentioned in the Törring Urbar
  2. Heidvolk (*?; †?): Urk. mentioned 1160-1205; 1160 nobilis homo Haitfolch de Velwe; In 1155 and 1164 Hettvolch de Velbe appears in the entourage of Count Heinrich III. from Frontenhausen (also from Mittersill)
  3. Dietrich (*?; †?): Married in 1230 to Anna v. Radeck; The Velben are repeatedly named as the Ministeriale of the Counts of Plain ( Hardegg ) and are said to have inherited them in Pinzgau, especially in 1276, the year the Counts of Plain went out
  4. Marquardus de Velwen (*?; †?): The father of Ulrich I.
    1. Ulrich I. de Velwen (*?; †?): Urk. mentioned 1205-1234; Salzburg Ministeriale
      1. Gebhard I. de Velwen (*?; †?): Urk. mentioned 1234-1272; ⚭ 1. Elizabeth; ⚭ 2. Gebhard ???
      2. Diemoud Abatissa (*?; † 1267): well .; a sister of Gebhard I, fathered Friedrich, Ulrich (de Velven) the Elder, Andreas, Gebhard, Elisabeth, Dieter, Konrad, Ulrich the Middle, Ulrich the Younger
        1. Friedrich I. (*?; †?): Urk. mentioned 1263-1292
        2. Ulrich de Velwen II. (*?; †?): Urk. mentioned in 1265; Benefit of the hospital in the Weitau near St. Johann in Tirol
        3. Andreas (*?; †?): Urk. mentioned 1270-1278; Monk; 1278 Judenburg vicedominus
        4. Gebhard II. (*?; †?): Urk. mentioned 1263–1296, archbishop marshal
        5. Elisabeth , (*?; † February 1, 1333): ⚭ on March 4, 1288 with Conrad IV of Baierbrunn
        6. Dieter and Konrad (*?; †?): Consecrated knights in 1322 because of the battle of Mühldorf / Ampfing
        7. Ulrich von Velben (*?; † 1415): ⚭ 1376 with Goldeckerin; central dynast, with whose death the sex of the Velben dies
        8. Ulrich the young Velber (*?; †): elected captain by hedgehog association in 1403 , fathered Otto I. and Eck
          1. Otto I. von Velben (*?; †): since 1296
          2. Eck von Velben (*?; †): brother of Otto I, fathered Heinrich, Eberhart, Praxedis, Achaz and Hans
            1. Heinrich von Velben (*?; †): ⚭ 1366 with Dorothea von Waldeck
            2. Eberhart (*?; †)
            3. Praxedis (*?; †): ⚭ Jörg von Puchheim
            4. Achaz von Velben (*?; †): ducal kitchen master, Schenk
            5. Hans von Velben (*?; †)

Another Velben that cannot be classified in this line is Ulrich von Velben, the last one at Kaprun Castle. The Crafte de Veliwen ( power of Velben ), once mentioned in 1150, does not seem to have been noble-free and is therefore not part of the Velben family.

Gebhard, immortalized in various rhyming chronicles, is said to have withheld a large ransom from the archbishop at Werfen in connection with the internment of a duke (documents). It was not the gold and silver that came to light when a treasure was found in the old school building at Markt Werfen in the 1960s.

literature

  • Johann Siebmacher : Johann Siebmacher's coat of arms book. Volume 28. The coats of arms of the nobility in Salzburg, Styria and Tyrol. Facsimile reprint of the Nuremberg edition 1701–1806. Bauer & Raspe, Neustadt an der Aisch 1979.
  • Genealogy of the old Bavarian nobility in the High Middle Ages . In: Franz Tyroller (ed.): Genealogical tables for Central European history. 4th delivery, 1962–1969. Heinz Reise, Göttingen, OCLC 633944451 .
  • Wilibald Hauthaler, Franz Martin: Salzburg document book. (SUB), 4 volumes.
  • Franz Martin, The Regests of the Salzburg Archbishops. 3 volumes.
  • Johann Franz Eckgher: Bavarian nobility. Volume 5.
  • Communications from the Society for Regional Studies in Salzburg. (MGSLK) - ( ANNO. Historical Austrian newspapers and magazines of the ÖNB digitally edited), including in particular:
    • Volumes 35/1895 to 48/1908 Oldest documents of the Nonnberg monastery , edited by Hans Widmann
    • Volumes 13/1873, 14/1874 16/1876 Original documents from the Consistorialarchiv Salzburg , researched by Adam Doppler
  • Upper Austrian document book . (Volume and page numbers are missing).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A free pen at the crossroads of the trade routes in the Weiten Au, 750 years of the hospital and church of St. Nikolaus in the Weitau, in: Between Kaiser, Kalkstein and Horn - local history articles by the St. Johann in Tirol Museum and Culture Association, No. 18, 2012 Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.museum1.at
  2. ↑ Master list based on Franz Tyroller, 1962–1969, p. 480.
  3. ↑ Joachim Lauchs: Baierbrunn - A Chronicle . Wort & Bild Becker, Baierbrunn 1988, ISBN 3-927216-00-3 , p. 87 .

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