Hürnheim (noble family)

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Family coat of arms based on Scheibler's book of arms

The von Hürnheim family - also Hirnheim - were an old Swabian noble family and, along with the Counts of Oettingen, the most important noble family in the Ries. The noble freemen , first mentioned in the 12th century, were already closely connected to the Hohenstaufen in the 13th century and later belonged to the Swabian and Frankish imperial knights . The noble family died out in 1679 with the death of Johann Philipp , the abbot of the Prague Premonstratensian monastery Strahov .

history

origin

Niederhaus castle ruins in the Donau-Ries district

The noble free from Hürnheim developed in the 12th century in the Ries , parallel to the noble free from Lierheim, the noble free from Hohenburg and the counts of Oettingen . The dominion developed mainly around the ancestral castle of the Hürnheimers, Niederhaus Castle , about 900 meters southeast of the village of Hürnheim , since 1978 part of the municipality of Ederheim in the Donau-Ries district. Around the year 1100, a donation is mentioned which was made by an unidentifiable Wolfram to the Ellwangen monastery . In it, Wolfram, as well as the other witnesses, indicate the original territory of those of Hürnheim.

Lines

Around the year 1240 the Hürnheim family split into different main lines. The Hürnheim-Niederhaus-Hochaltingen line split from the main lines briefly, but then coincided with the main line again. The four main lines were:

  • Hürnheim high-rise (until 1348)
  • Hürnheim-Rauhaus-Katzenstein (until 1419)
  • Hürnheim-Niederhaus-Hochaltingen (until 1585)
  • Hürnheim-Elsenberg (until 1679)

Hürnheim high-rise

Castle ruins high-rise

The Hürnheim-Hochhaus line was founded with Rudolf I (called 1236) and died out again in 1348 with Konrad II. The holdings of this line were mainly around Niederhaus Castle, its neighboring Hochhaus and the surrounding area of ​​the castles. One year before his death, in 1347 Konrad II sold his property, which had already been reduced by donations and other sales in 1344, to the Counts of Oettingen.

Hürnheim-Rauhaus-Katzenstein

Katzenstein Castle, seat of the line from 1262–1354

Rudolf I, the founder of the Hürnheim-Rauhaus-Katzenstein line, named himself after Rauhaus Castle , which was abandoned towards the end of the 13th century. In the 13th century he sold a large part of his property in connection with the 1252 founding of the Zimmer monastery . The Zimmer estate was bequeathed to him on condition that the monastery in Stahlesberg was changed. The bishop of Augsburg Hartmann von Dillingen gave his approval. After the papal approval of the resettlement was given in 1254, the monastery was moved to Zimmer. His son, Rudolf II., Already had his seat at Katzenstein Castle , which was acquired in 1262 and which gave this line its name. As early as 1354, however, this ownership changed to the Counts of Oettingen. The line expired in the male line with Georg von Katzenstein in 1419. The remaining possessions of Georg went to his sister Gertrud, who was married to a nobleman von Weineck.

Hürnheim-Niederhaus-Hochaltingen

The Hürnheim-Niederhaus-Hochaltingen line is based on Hermann I, verifiably in 1238. This line subsequently acquired extensive property, such as the Hochaltingen castle and manor in the municipality of Fremdingen . This line of Hürnheim migrated to this castle around 1270 and expanded the rule extensively. They bought goods in Belzheim from Diemar von Belzheim . Furthermore, they were enfeoffed by the Counts of Oettingen with the Lower Castle in Utzwingen . In the places Ehingen and Hochaltingen they acquired the church set in the 14th century . Further property ownership and court rights can be proven in Grosselfingen in 1368. However, these possessions and rights were sold again in the 15th century. From 1500 to 1541 the Hürnheimers owned the Lierheim estate, which was subsequently sold to the city of Nördlingen .

In the 14th or 15th century, this branch of the noble family of Hürnheim split up again. In 1368 the Hürnheimers acquired the rule of Niederalfingen where Konrad von Hürnheim founded his own line around 1400, which died out with the death of Hans Walther von Hürnheim in 1557. However, the latter sold his entire southern German property to the Fuggers as early as 1551 , which also included the rule in Kirchheim in Swabia . Another branch of the split line was named after the Wöllstein rule, acquired in 1377, with the Wöllsteiner line and later coincided with the Hochaltringer line again. This fate was also shared by the branch of the Bernstein and Duttenstein line from Herdegen von Hürnheim when they acquired Duttenstein Castle (where Duttenstein Castle is today) in 1402 . Herdegen's successor, Wolf Philipp, died in 1546 without heirs and bequeathed everything to his heir, Hans Walther von Hürnheim. Thus the ownership of this branch passed from Hans Walther to the Fugger in 1551.

The Niederhaus-Hochaltingen line died out with the death of Hans Johann von Hürnheim in 1585, whose tomb is in the Church of the Assumption of Mary in Hochaltingen. His daughter Cordula inherited the Swabian possessions and brought them into her marriage to Karl von Welden zu Laupheim. Cordula and Karl von Welden sold the property to the Teutonic Order Houses in Ellingen and Nuremberg as early as 1597, and the Welden kept Hochaltingen until 1764.

Hürnheim-Elsenberg

Portrait of Hieronymus Hirnhaim (also called Johann Philipp or Jeroným Hirnhaim)

In 1530, Hieronymus von Hürnheim, a grandson of Eberhard von Hürnheim and his wife Anna von Rechberg, established the Elsenberg branch in Opava and Olomouc in Silesia . With the death of the last Hürnheimer Johann Philipp (called Hieronymus von Hürnheim-Elsenberg) on ​​August 27, 1679 in Hradisch near Pilsen, the noble family of the Hürnheimers died out. Johann Philipp was abbot in the Strahov Premonstratensian monastery in Prague, as well as vicar general of the order in Bohemia , Moravia , Austria and Poland .

Personalities

Epitaphs

Grave monuments of the noble family von Hürnheim
Surname Life dates location description Illustration
Balthasar von Hürnheim † 1459 In the cloister of Augsburg Cathedral, west wing, 3rd / 4th c. yoke Plate with four-line inscription Augsburg Cathedral cloister No. 326 330 (cropped) .jpg
Eberhard von Hürnheim † 1483 Crypt chapel in the parish church of the Assumption in Hochaltingen The epitaph, made from a red marble slab, bears the inscription THAT OF HVERNHAIM SO DESCENDING FROM THE TRIBE OF THE NOBLE EBERHARTS VON HVERNHEIM VND ANNEN VON HOPTCHENRECHBERG VNITZRECHBERG VNITZRECHBERG VNITZRECHBERG VNITZRECHBERG IN ZPDEN-DINVEN-BORN-BORN-BEGINN-ORNDRECHBERG above the two larger-than-life figures for Eberhard von Hürnheim and his wife Anna von Rechberg RVW EWIGS FRIDS IRER COERPER ERWOELET IN THE JAR AS A ZALT AFTER CHRIST BIRTH MDXXII. Hochaltingen Assumption of Mary 535.JPG
Walther von Hürnheim † 1513 In the choir of the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Kirchheim in Swabia Sandstone epitaph by Walther von Hürnheim († 1513) in the parish church of Kirchheim in Swabia. Alliance coat of arms Hürnheim / Welden (wife Dorothea von Welden). Inscription: Anno dni mcccccxiii iar on sant gregor day the noble and vest walther von hürnheim d god mercy sin well died. The epitaph was formerly behind the high altar and was attached outside until 1954. St. Peter and Paul (Kirchheim in Schwaben) 24.JPG
Veronika von Hürnheim † 1517 In the Hürnheim chapel of the St. Laurentius Church in Kenzingen Daughter of Wolf von Hürnheim. The figure of Veronica is shown in profile kneeling at the prayer desk, her face directed towards the altar of the chapel. Sandstone epitaph probably from Christoph von Urach. St. Laurentius in Kenzingen, Hürnheim Chapel, epitaph with Veronica at the prayer stand. 3.jpg
Wolf von Hürnheim † 1533 In the Hürnheim chapel of the St. Laurentius Church in Kenzingen Epitaph of the Wolf von Hürnheim called von Hochaltingen with open eyes and folded hands in large armor. On the left St. George fighting the dragon, on the right St. Wolfgang von Regensburg with a church model. The epitaph is attributed to Christoph von Urach . St. Laurentius in Kenzingen, Hürnheim Chapel, epitaph with Wolf von Hürnheim with open eyes.jpg
Konrad II and Georg von Hürnheim † November 9, 1517 (Konrad); † February 1537 (Georg) In the cloister of Augsburg Cathedral, west wing, 4th yoke The epitaph is made of Solnhofen stone (relief) and sandstone (frame). The motif shows the Last Judgment, as well as the two deceased with coats of arms below, recommended by the apostles Simon and Thaddäus and St. Christopher. The epitaph is attributed to Victor Kayser, around 1525–1530. Augsburg cathedral cloister Nr325.jpg
Hans Walther von Hürnheim † September 15, 1557 Church of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli in Naples Hans Walther von Hürnheim was an imperial councilor and famous Landsknechtsführer. He died of illness in Naples in 1557. Epitaph Hans Walther von Hirnheim.JPG
Eberhard II von Hürnheim (Bishop of the Diocese of Eichstätt and Prince-Bishop of the Hochstift Eichstätt) * 1494; † July 4, 1560 Eichstätt Cathedral The two inscription panels in the lower area of ​​the epitaph bear the inscription AD LAVDEM ET GLORIA (M) COPIOSIS REDEMPTIO (N) IS ET VICTORIOSIS RESVRRECT (IONIS) D (OMI) N (I) IESV CHR (IST) I MONUMEN (TVM) HOC EBERHARD D (EO) G (RATIAE) LV EP (ISCOP) VS EYSTETTEN (SIS) PPTS ET ARCHIDIACON SALISBVRGEN (SIS) EX NOB (ILE) FAMILIA À HIRNHEIM OR VIVUS SIBI FF , as well as right ASSVMPTVS ADTEN EP (ISCOP) ATVM SIS). ON (NO). D (OMI) NI MDLII. MEN (SIS). DECEMB (RIS). PRAEFVIT ECCL (ES) IAE SVAE DONEC SPIRITVM DEO REDDIDIT ANNO D (OMI) NI MDLX M (ENSIS). IVL (II) D (IES) IIII AETATIS S (UAE). AN (NI). LXV M (ENSES). VI CVIVS ​​AIA VITA FRVATVR AETERNA AMEN. Eichstätt - Cathedral 023.JPG

The tomb of Johann Sebastian von Hirnheim († May 31, 1555), the judge at the Imperial Court of Justice of Speyer, was in the cloister of the Speyer Cathedral . This was destroyed in the fire in 1689 and the remaining ruins were removed in 1820.

coat of arms

The heraldic shield shows red deer antlers on a silver background. The helmet covers are in red and silver. The crest consists of golden buffalo horns each set with three peacock feathers.

Web links

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

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dieter Kurdorfer: Historical Atlas of Bavaria - Swabia series I Issue 8: Nördlingen . Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-7696-9886-X , p. 193 .
  2. ^ BayernAtlas, location of Niederhaus Castle. Retrieved May 1, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Wilfried Sponsel: Hürnheim, noble family. In: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, December 9, 2012, accessed on May 1, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Dieter Kurdorfer: Historical Atlas of Bavaria - Swabia series I Issue 8: Nördlingen . Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-7696-9886-X , p. 194-196 .
  5. ↑ Dieter Kurdorfer: Historical Atlas of Bavaria - Swabia series I Issue 8: Nördlingen . Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-7696-9886-X , p. 203-205 .
  6. ↑ Dieter Kurdorfer: Historical Atlas of Bavaria - Swabia series I Issue 8: Nördlingen . Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-7696-9886-X , p. 197-203 .
  7. ^ Wolfgang Wegner: Hildegard (Hiltgart) von Hürnheim. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 594.
  8. ^ Digitized version of the University of Freiburg . The identification is disputed: Cistercian writing in the Middle Ages
  9. ^ Eduard Gebele:  Hürnheim, Hiltgart v .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 744 ( digitized version ).
  10. ↑ See Ernst Reiter:  Martin v. Schaumberg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 275 f. ( Digitized version ). (is mentioned there as Martin von Schaumberg's predecessor)
  11. ↑ a b Dr. Bernhard Peter - Eichstätt: Cathedral, monument to Eberhard von Hirnheim. Retrieved May 21, 2017 .
  12. ^ Karl Kosel: The Augsburg cathedral cloister and its monuments . Epitaph: No. 326. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1991, ISBN 3-7995-4130-6 .
  13. ^ A b Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the districts of Breisach, Emmendingen, Ettenheim, Freiburg (Land), Neustadt, Staufen and Waldkirch (Freiburg Land district) . Kenzingen. Mohr Siebeck Verlag, Tübingen 1904, ISBN 3-7995-4130-6 , p. 164-165 ( uni-heidelberg.de ).
  14. ↑ Ernst jun. and Helmut Striebel: Hans Walther von Hürnheim - Kirchheim coat of arms and Swabian Landsknechtsführer . MZ-Verlagsdruckerei GmbH, Memmingen 1994.
  1. ↑ Sale of the Kirchheim i. Schw., Eppishausen, Duttenstein, Niederalfingen and Stettenfels through Hans Walter von Hürnheim to Anton Fugger; Disputes between buyer and seller due to assumption of debts ( StAA, Fürststift Kempten, archive files 3262 ), 1550–1559, provenance: Fürststift Kempten, archive, archival old signature: BayHStA, Mediatisierte Fürsten, Fugger III 15
  2. ↑ Karl von and zu Welden, Langheim, Hochaltingen and Hu {e} rnhaim and his housewife Cordula, born. v. Hürnheim, sell their goods and subjects in Reimblingen (Hans Habel), Unterschnaidthaim (widow of Melchior Tanbacher), Herckhaim (Georg Metzger) and Belzheim (Balthas Kierchenbaur) for 900 fl. ( StAN Knight Order, documents 1258 ) to the Teutonic Order Houses Ellingen and Nuremberg , 1597 January 31, Provenance: Coming Nuremberg