Gösgen (noble family)
The barons of Gösgen were a noble family that is documented in the late Middle Ages in the area of Obergösgen and Niedergösgen . They were enfeoffed by the bishop of Strasbourg with the castvogtei over the Werd monastery . Her inheritance fell to the von Falkenstein family .
history
It is believed that the first seat of the noble family was an earth castle in Obergösgen . Century is dated. The first representative of the family known by name was Bernerus de Cozequovon in 1161 .
Gerhard I von Gösgen is mentioned between 1224 and 1267. He received from Werd Abbey ( first mentioned on March 15, 778 as Werith ; Werd means "river island") permission to build castles on its own territory. The resulting facility over Bözach was named Niedergösgen , which soon stood for the whole area. Gerhard I knew how to bring the surrounding villages on both sides of the Aare under his influence. They were enfeoffed by the Bishop of Strasbourg with the Kastvogtei via the Werd monastery (later name Schönenwerd).
Gerhard I and his wife, Baron Amalia von Hinwil, had two sons, Gerhard II (mentioned from 1256 to 1311) and Konrad. They were in a dispute with the Schönenwerd monastery, as they were striving to turn the Kastvogtei into a family rule. Konrad headed the monastery as provost from 1282. From 1305 to 1323 he was canon in Basel. The gentlemen von Gösgen show themselves to be loyal supporters of Rudolf von Habsburg . Gerhard von Gösgen accompanied him in his campaign against Ottokar II of Bohemia .
Johann I von Gösgen had a son of the same name, Johann II (adult from 1359 to 1382; died 1383). Since his mother, of whom nothing else is known, did not belong to the baron class, Johann II lost the castvogtei, but was able to keep Niedergösgen Castle.
The daughter of Johann II, Amalia, was married to Baron Wernher von Falkenstein (adult from 1318; died 1382). They had two sons, Rudolf IV (d. 1399) and Hans II. Von Falkenstein (d. 1429). When Wernher died in 1382, Johann II von Gösgen transferred Niedergösgen Castle to his two grandchildren. With the death of Johann II von Gösgen, the male line died out.
The collegiate church in Schönenwerd served as their burial place. There are tombstones of Marquard (d. 1343) and Johann II.
coat of arms
Blazon : obliquely divided by red and silver. As a crest, a growing virgin's body in the same colors as the shield, the helmet covers red on the outside and silver inside.
The coat of arms is documented in Einsiedeln Monastery as part of a seal together with the monastery coat of arms, which the son of Gerhard II, Konrad II von Gösgen (died February 14, 1349), used as prince abbot in 1347. The coat of arms also appears (turned) in the battle chapel of Sempach for a fallen Heinrich (Schenk) von Gössgen , who came from the Adige .
The Niedergösgen municipality has the coat of arms today, the Gösgen district has it in the reversed form.
Coat of arms of the Niedergösgen community.
Coat of arms of the Gösgen district.
Coat of arms of Heinrich (Schenk) von Gössgen , Battle Chapel Sempach.
literature
- Ambros Kocher: Solothurn document book . First volume 762 -1245. State Chancellery of the Canton of Solothurn, Solothurn 1952.
- Alfred Lüthi: The barons of Gösgen . In: Aargauer Tagblatt . No. 79 . Aarau April 5, 1965.
Web links
- Hans Brunner: Gösgen, from. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ Aegidius Tschudi: Chronicon Helveticum, Volume I., p. 187.
- ↑ Kocher 1952: Family table 2.
- ↑ Viktor Jungo: Collegiate Church Schönenwerd / Christian Catholic Church St. Leodegar. Schönenwerd community, accessed on October 19, 2010 .
- ↑ Rolf Kälin: The coat of arms of the monastery Einsiedeln. (No longer available online.) Atelier for Heraldry, archived from the original on June 11, 2010 ; Retrieved July 9, 2010 . 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.
- ↑ Einsiedeln monastery archive, Professbuch: Abbots: Konrad II. Von Gösgen , accessed on July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Comes from the Schenk von Gösgen family , while the baron family itself died out before the battle of Sempach; such a reference from Theodor von Liebenau, see August Christoph Bernoulli: A list of deaths for the battle of Sempach . In: Allgemeine Geschichtsforschende Gesellschaft der Schweiz (Ed.): Anzeiger für Schweizerische Geschichte . Thirteenth year (new series), issue 1, 1882, ISSN 1421-0037 , p. 8–14 ( e-periodica.ch [accessed on January 5, 2012] p. 14, footnote 7).
