Heinrich von Schönrode

Sales deed of the Vowynkele estate dated February 18, 1356

Heinrich von Schönrode (Heynrich van Schöynroyde) was a knight in the 14th century, he was married to Lysa, née von Stummel. The marriage resulted in at least one child, the son Reinald von Schönrode. The family of those von Schöynerode (Schoenrath, Schonrod) named themselves after the knight seat of the same name Burg Schönrath in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis , in 1374 as on the Altenberger Hof near Mülheim a. The Rhine is mentioned as a resident and occurs repeatedly in the history of the Bergisches Land .

On February 18, 1356, the "Vowynkele" estate (today Wuppertal - Vohwinkel ) was sold by Heinrich von Schönrode to the Gräfrath monastery near Solingen . This document is the first documentary mention of Vohwinkel and is the oldest document in the Wuppertal city archive .

The wording of the document of February 18, 1356:

"I read Heynrich van Schöynroyde Ritter and Lysa myne eelighe huysfrouwe doyn cund al den ghenen (those) dye desen bryef syent of hear, dat we myt ghesa-mender hant before ons end onse erven overmidts desen bryne mit Sunburne mit Scheffenen and Amptmanne van hant van and with mouth verzyen (renounce) van deme alynghen (whole) erve end goede zoe Vowynkele, dat in Sunburner kyrspele ghelegen is, with al syne zo ghehoere, dat onse was, and we with ghenoeghe vercoycht (sold) hayn deme eersamen geystlighem ghestichte Oreveroyde (Gräfrath) umb eyne bescheyden (fixed) amount of gelcz (money), dye ons ghereyt (laid ready, cash) ghegheven end zo onsem sake wole (wol) is paid, because ane number on the other front there is still anes praghe ze doyne and the vorscreven (above) erfs und goyts werschaf zo doyn as boven end beneden (above and below, as much as everywhere) ghewoynlich is in the Grafschaf von dem Berghe. This is geschyet (happened) in front of Dyederighe Smende vayde (Vogt) zo Solinghen, Hermanne van Lymlynchoven syne dinghere (perhaps messenger of court), Tyelen zum turne (the street at the tower in Sonnborn; turn tower) and Nolden up the byse scheffenen zo Sunburne, Johanne vam graven, Willame van Schlugheym, Johanne deme Wymanne and Henken syme sone. In orcund dis bryefs so hayn I Heynrich vorg. myn ynghesigel an desen bryef ghehanghen before me end myne vorghenoemde (above) vrouw lysis. I end up passing Lysa. (aforementioned) know dis verzyghenisse (waiver) under sygele Heynrichs myns mans vorg. I want gheyn sygel en nu ter zyt enhayn (not have). "

- Date sub anno domini M CCC quinquagesimo sexto decima octava die mensis februarij.

In a more understandable form, the text reads:

“I - Heinrich von Schönrode, Ritter, and Lisa, my married housewife, announce to all those who see this letter, hear and read about it, that we can work together for ourselves and our heirs directly through this letter before the lay judge and the bailiff from Sonnborn with hand and mouth renounce the whole inheritance and property at Vohwinkel, which is located in the Sonnborn parish, with all its accessories that were ours and we have sold with satisfaction to the honorable clerical monastery at Graefath for a fixed sum of money, which is paid to us in cash and well for our will, neither to make any other claim nor claim to the aforementioned heritage and property, as is customary everywhere in the Grafschaft vom Berg. This happened before Diedrich Smende, Vogt zu Solingen, Hermann von Limlichhoven, his servant, Thielen zum Turne and Nolden auf der Beise, Schöffe zu Sonnborn, Johann vom Graben, Wilhelm von Schlagheim, Johann dem Weimann and Henken, his son. To authenticate this letter, I, Heinrich, hung my seal on this letter for myself and my aforementioned wife Lisa. And I, the aforementioned Lisa, confess this waiver under the seal of Heinrich, my aforementioned husband, because I don't have my own seal at the moment. "

- Under the year of the Lord 1356 on the 18th day of February.

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1. ↑ see Heinrich von Schönrode in the GEDBAS database from genealogy.net
2. ↑ after Rutt, Theodor (arr.): Rösrath in the course of history . Municipality of Rösrath (ed.), Rösrath-Hoffnungsthal 1970, is named in a document of June 15, 1281 Henric de Schonrode , who was in the entourage of Count Adolf III. of Berg in a crusade at the Siege of Damietta took part

literature

• Karl Ziegler, History of the City of Vohwinkel , reprinted in Neusatz, self-published by Schäfer / Johenneken, Wuppertal 2007
• Karl Ziegler, History of the City of Vohwinkel , published on behalf of the city administration, Städtischer Verlag, printing house Hüster & Vogel, Vohwinkel 1929