Lords of Sigberg
The Lords of Sigberg were a noble and knight family in Vorarlberg . The family of the Knights of Sigberg is named after the castle of the same name in Göfis near Frastanz .
Family history
The name “Sigberg”, in the oldest documentary evidence “Segavio”, is derived from the Celtic “segos” (victory, strength, strength) and denotes a fortified settlement. Sigberg means the same as the Romanesque "Montfort".
The Lords of Sigberg first appear in a document in 1255. They were originally servants of the Montforter zu Feldkirch and later mainly the Montfort-Werdenberger , from which a tense relationship with Feldkirch developed. They also served the Bishop of Chur.
The Knights of Ems (from 1560 Counts of Hohenems ) acquired the possessions of the Lords of Sigberg in the area of today's Mühlebach in Dornbirn in 1318 .
In the middle of the 15th century, the male line of the von Sigberg family died out and Neu-Aspermont Castle passed to the Schlandersberg .
people
- Adelheid von Sigberg († 1271)
- was the abbess of the Schänis monastery
- Wernher von Sigberg
- was canon in Chur around 1300
- Johann von Sigberg (1341)
In the middle of the 14th century a branch of the Sigberg family bought Burg und Herrschaft Neu-Aspermont as well as the NiederGericht Malans-Jenins and the Hohenklingen tower. A knight of Sigberg entered the service of the prince-bishop of Chur and received the castle Ruhenberg in fiefdom. [HBLS, article Sigberg]. Heinrich von Sigberg has a sister of Anna von Haldenstain (- 1341-1360-) daughters of Haldenstain von Haldenstain Trimmis (-1341-1354-) married.
- Ursula von Sigberg
- was abbess of the Lindau Abbey from 1432 to 1476
- Heinrich von Sigberg (1442)
Castles
Sigberg Castle
The complex was built in the middle of the 13th century and in 1355 it was conquered by Count Rudolf von Feldkirch. When he got into a dispute with his own citizens and they sought protection on Sigberg, he had the castle destroyed in 1355.
In 1435 the castle was destroyed by Count Friedrich von Toggenburg and by the beginning of the 17th century it was only a ruin - only the chapel was still in use until 1637.
In the 14th century the von Sigberg had other castles in the Chur Rhine Valley in their possession:
- Ober-Ruchenberg Castle near Trimmis
- Neu-Aspermont Castle in Jenins (from 1393 to 1448)
- Marschlins Castle near Igis (as pledge 1442)
literature
- Friebe, JG (2005): The building material of the Sigberg ruins near Göfis. Vorarlberger Landesmuseumsverein 1857. Activity report of the Castle Committee, 2004: 36–37, Bregenz
Web links
- Sigberg ruins on the website of the municipality of Göfis
- Göfis, Sigberg castle ruins ( Memento from October 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- The Sigberg Castle Ruins Extract from the Small Vorarlberg Castle Book by Franz Josef Huber. (PDF; 124 kB)
Individual evidence
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^ Josef Zehrer: The place names of Vorarlberg . 2nd part, in: Jb. D. Vbg. Landesmus.-Ver., 1960, p. 173
Andreas Ulmer : Castles and noble seats in Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein , Dornbirn 1925, p. 482 - ↑ From the story of Göfis by DDr. Karl Heinz Burmeister , Director of the Vorarlberg State Archives
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: excerpt from the small Vorarlberg castle book by Franz Josef Huber )
- ^ Paul Eugen Grimm: Sigberg, von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 25, 2011 , accessed December 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Important data on the city's history on Dornbirn Online ( Memento from July 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
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↑ VLA, Klosterdruck St. Gallen, 1725 ( Memento from June 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 64 kB)
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- St. Johann im Thurtal Monastery (page 91)