Gumppenberg (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Gumppenberg

Gumppenberg (also Gumpenberg ) is the name of an old Bavarian noble family . The gentlemen von Gumppenberg belonged to the ancient nobility in old Bavaria . Branches of the family still exist today.

history

origin

Members of the family were Burgmannen of the Counts of Vohburg . The ancestors probably include Hildebrand von Vohburg, who appeared in an undated document from the Reichenbach monastery (around 1160), who appeared in the 12th century, and Heinrich von Vohburg, who was mentioned in a document in 1200 . Both named themselves after Vohburg Castle , the seat of their original castle team.

In 1279, the knight Hilprandus miles, dominus de Gumpenberg, was the first reliable member to appear in a document. The trunk row begins with him . It is probably identical to the Hiltebrandus de Voheburch mentioned in a document in 1276 .

Spread and lines

Gumppenberg Castle in Pöttmes

Hildebrand von Vohburg and the Bavarian Vicedominus Wicknand von Eyrasburg bought the bailiwick of the village of Pöttmes as a fief from Count Berthold von Graifsbach in 1280 . Hildebrand was able to complete the purchase with the dowry of his wife, a née Eyrasburg, and had named Wicknand as a co-buyer in the event that no fiefdom should arise from this marriage. A year later, Count Berthold von Graifsbach enfeoffed the buyers with Pöttmes and its affiliations. Hildebrand at the same time took the name of Gumppenberg after the castle on a hill near Pöttmes. In 1281 the Gumppenberg coat of arms, known to this day, appears, with which Hildebrand first seals.

Hildebrand's son Heinrich von Gumppenberg, Imperial Vice-Dominus, received high jurisdiction at Pöttmes as a fiefdom in 1310 from Duke Ludwig of Bavaria , the later German Emperor, and market rights in 1324 . Heinrich's sons, Heinrich and Stephan, established two lines. Heinrich became the progenitor of the extinct Marshals von Scherneck, Stephan became the progenitor of all other Gumppenberg lines.

Ignaz Franz von Gumppenberg founded a Fideikommiss from Pöttmes and Gumppenberg . His son Ignaz Joseph von Gumppenberg inherited the rule of Breitenbrunn , which fell to the Electorate of Bavaria a generation later . At the same time Oberbrennberg came into family ownership , which became the headquarters of the Gumppenberg-Brennberg line.

When the nobility register was created in the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1813 , the family was divided into four lines and a subsidiary line.

Status surveys

As early as 1411, the family was given the hereditary marshal dignity of Upper Bavaria , which they exercised until 1808. Georg von Gumppenberg, Lord on Poettmes, hereditary marshal of Upper Bavaria and vice Dominus of Straubing was on 16 January 1571 by Emperor Maximilian II. In the realm baron conditions applicable.

coat of arms

Coat of arms in Scheibler's book of arms

Family coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows a silver sloping bar in red, which is covered with three green sea ​​leaves . On the helmet two buffalo horns covered with ermine with two red ears. The helmet covers are red-silver.

Local and municipal coats of arms

The lake leaves from the coat of arms of the Gumppenberg family still appear today in some Bavarian local and community coats of arms.

Known family members

literature

Web links

Commons : Gumppenberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bayerisches Haupt-Staatsarchiv, Kloster Holzen, Lit. 38; Reg. Boica 4, 139