County of Büdingen
Reign of Büdingen
In Franconian times there was a royal court in Büdingen and then in the 12th century a moated castle of the family of the noble lords of Büdingen . The family was first mentioned in 1131 as the administrator of the more than 10,000 hectare Reichsbannwald ( Büdinger Forest ) between Kinzig , Salz , Nidder and the "Pfahlgraben", the former Roman Limes . Hartmann von Büdingen , a ministerial and close confidante of the emperor Friedrich Barbarossa , was his site manager and Vogt of the Pfalz Gelnhausen as well as the founder of the monastery Konradsdorf .
Isenburg County
In the middle of the 13th century, the lords of Büdingen died out with Gerlach II in the male line and their inheritance went to the spouses of Gerlach's four daughters. Among them was Ludwig I of Isenburg († 1304), who married Heilwig. He and his descendants succeeded in expanding their rule. Until 1376 they had the entire realm forest under their control, in 1377 they gained Wächtersbach , 1420/33 they inherited by the Lords of Falkenstein , among others, Offenbach and the castle Birstein . They also bought the Reichenbach Bailiwick from the Fulda abbey . In 1442 they were raised to the rank of imperial count.
County of Isenburg-Büdingen
In 1511 the largely closed territory of Isenburg reached from the Vogelsberg to over the Main when it was divided. Büdingen was the seat of the Isenburg-Büdingen line from 1511 to 1806 - with interruptions.
The county belonged to the Upper Rhine Empire . The city of Büdingen and the courts of Düdelsheim and Mockstadt were part of their territory .
Congress of Vienna and the end
Isenburg-Büdingen initially survived the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss . In 1806, the entire territory fell to the Isenburg-Offenbach-Birstein line, which allodified the Büdinger Reichswald in 1812 . Isenburg-Büdingen, which was a member of the Rheinbund , was finally divided along the Main line between the Electorate of Hesse and the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt by the Congress of Vienna .
See also
literature
- Gerhard Köbler : Historical lexicon of the German countries. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 .
- Hans-Thorald Michaelis : The county of Büdingen in the field of disputes about the religious and political unity of the empire (1517–1555) . Hessian Church History Association (Darmstadt); Bindernagel, Friedberg (Hessen), 1965
- Hans Philippi : Territorial history of the county of Büdingen. Elwert, Marburg 1954 ( publications of the Hessian office for historical regional studies 23 ).
- Gustav Simon: The history of the imperial house of Ysenburg and Büdingen; Second volume: The Ysenburger and Büdingen house history. Brönner, Frankfurt, 1865