Giel (noble family)
The Giel were a medieval ministerial family from the Princely Land in Switzerland .
Your master castles were the Gielsberg castle (destroyed in 1600) at Wolfertswil and the castle Glattburg 731688 / 254564 ( 47.4287 ° N , 9.18416 ° O ) above Niederglatt in today's municipal area Upper Bueren .
Until 1486 the Giel von Glattburg ruled over the bailiwicks of Flawil , Oberwil, Gebertschwil , Aufhofen and Harschwil (the latter three are today's hamlets of Oberbüren).
coat of arms
The blazon is:
- Divided by gold, and slaughtered by silver and red.
The coat of arms of Giel is used in Flawil's coat of arms. In Oberuzwil's coat of arms, it is attached to the base of the shield.
Flawil
Representative of the family
- Knight Rudolfus Giel (I.), 12th century founder (1244) of the Magdenau monastery
- Konrad Giel I. , 12./13. Century, son of Rudolfus
- Rudolf Giel II , the youngest son of Konrad
- Gotthard Giel von Glattburg , abbot of the St. Gallen monastery , 1491–1504
- Rudolf Giel IX. , 15th century
- Roman Giel von Gielsberg , prince abbot of the Prince Abbey of Kempten
literature
- Placid Bütler: Die Giel von Glattburg and von Gielsberg , in: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , 55th year 1927, pp. 15–86 ( digitized ) and 56th year 1928, pp. 15-68 ( Digitized version )
Web links
- Martin Leonhard: Giel (from Glattburg). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ Carl Wegelin, History of the Toggenburg Landscape , 1830, first part, p. 148
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2013 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.
- ^ A b c d e Alfred Hofmann: The municipal coat of arms of Flawil . In: Toggenburger Heimat-Jahrbuch . Vol. 12. Thur Kalberer, Bazenheid 1952, p. 45-48 .
