Gisenstein

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The noble family von Gisenstein (also Geissenstein or Gyssenstein) came from the place Gysenstein in today's municipality Konolfingen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland . It has probably been one of the burgers of the city of Bern since its foundation and provided a number of officials.

history

The Gisenstein probably belonged to the small Gisenstein estate, which also included the Twing Trimstein . Since the city of Bern was founded in 1191, the family apparently held civil rights and was represented by various branches of the family. The Gisenstein belonged to the top ranks of the city in the late 13th century and provided several council members. In one of these branches the office of town clerk became hereditary. The Gisenstein were thus the first notaries to be paid from the city treasury. The family died out in the second half of the 15th century.

A coat of arms of the family is visible in the Bern Minster and is probably the oldest that has been preserved.

Tribe list

People of the 13th and early 14th centuries

  • Walter (ext. 1226), member of the city council of Bern

The relationship between the following family list and Walter is not known:

  1. Albert (adult 1250 to 1260)
    1. John I (adult from 1250; † between. 1286 and 1291), of the council
      1. Peter III (adult from 1291; † around 1312), "notarius in Berno", of the council, after 1294 Grand Council, ⚭ Margareta am Lene (adult 1311)
        1. Agnes (adult 1311)
        2. Peter V the Younger (exp. 1312–1331)
        3. Johannes II (exp. 1316–1328) ⚭ daughter of Dietwig IV. Münzer
      2. Ulrich II. (Adult 1307-1311)
        1. Peter IV the Elder (* 1299, exp. To 1328), Grand Councilor
        2. Ulrich IV. (Ext. 1305–1346), Grand Councilor
      3. Margareta († before 1318) ⚭ second wife of Werner III. the elder Münzer (adult 1294; † 1328 or 1329), small councilor
        1. Mechtild Münzer († before 1318)
        2. Konrad V. Münzer (ext. 1329)
    2. Peter I (adult 1266; † between 1284 and 1303), of the council
      1. Ulrich I (exp. 1277-1314), of the council, after 1294 in the Small Council ⚭ Berta (exp. 1293)
        1. ev. Ulrich III. (ext. 1312–1346), small councilor, town clerk ⚭ Margareta von Balm (ext. 1346)
        2. ev. Otto II. (ext. 1326–1341) ⚭ 1. Margareta Pfister (ext. 1327), ⚭ 2. Anna von Oey (ext. 1340)
      2. Peter II. (Exp. 1287–1314), of the council, after 1294 in the small council
    3. ev. Niklaus I. (ext. 1277–1299)
  • Dietwig (ext. 1312), Grand Councilor

People of the late 14th and 15th centuries

  • Niklaus (exp. 1377-1390), Grand Councilor, Venner , Schultheiss von Thun
  • Ulrich (exp. 1382–1409), Grand Councilor, Venner, co-lord of Gerzensee
  • Ulrich (exp. 1392–1425), Grand Councilor, Venner
  • Niklaus (exp. 1396–1425), Grand Councilor, Venner, Kastlan von Frutigen , Mayor of Thun, in November 1425 captain in the army of the Confederates at Domodossola
  • Anton (exp. 1447–1453), Grand Councilor

literature

  • Roland Gerber: Münzer contra Bubenberg, relationships and factions in the Bern Council at the beginning of the 14th century . In: Bern journal for history . Issue 4/2006, 68th year. Bern 2006, p. 179–234 ( bezg.ch [PDF; accessed January 13, 2020]).
  • P. Lachat: The church sentences on Oberburg, Burgdorf and Heimiswil up to the Reformation , in Burgdorfer Jb. 27, 1960, 37–86.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Gerber 2006: 185ff, 188 (family table).
  2. ↑ Gerber 2006: 188 (family tree).

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