Burgrain rule

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Burgrain was a direct imperial rule in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation until the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1802 . However , the ruler of the area was the Bishop of Freising , so the rulership was an exclave of the Hochstift Freising , which was surrounded in the north and west by the Duchy or Electorate of Bavaria and in the east and south by the county of Haag, which was also part of the empire . The largest place of the rule was the Isen market. The Burgrain dominion had an extension of ten kilometers from north to south and about five kilometers from west to east. In the main, it included the upper Isen river basin , which crosses the territory from south to north.

Copper engraving by Michael Wening in Topographia Bavariae around 1700

During the Bavarian period, the Burgrain dominion in the upper Isental was the settlement area of ​​the Fagana family . The settlement of Isen was first mentioned in a document as the capital of the rulership in 748 in a donation report from the Isen monastery there . Burgrain itself can be found for the first time in a document from Bishop Atto von Freising dated May 24, 811 . Through a contract from 1025 , Kunigunde , the widow of Emperor Heinrich II , is said to have received the property including the Isen Monastery as a fiscal property for lifelong use. However, there is no evidence for the legend that she should have spent part of her life at Burgrain Castle.

Burgrain Castle , built around 1200 in the late Romanesque style, formed the center of the Burgrain rule . The castle was rebuilt in the 16th century in the Gothic style. The Freising nurse with the administration of the rulership had his seat here and the jurisdiction - including the high jurisdiction - took place. The small military crew also had to protect the population from attacks from the county of Hague , which was not uncommon with frequent border disputes. For the year 1569 a population of 99 farm owners and 496 souls is recorded in the register of Bavarian serfs.

See also

literature

  • Ludwig Heilmaier: The former Freisingian rule Burgrain . Self-published, Munich 1911
  • The mill wheel: pages on the history of the Innau and Isengau . Volume 27, Heimatbund Mühldorf am Inn
  • various authors: Isen 550 years market , Nussrainer Isen 1984.
  • Working group for homeland care and culture of the Isen market: The Mohr between white and gray - 1200 years of Burgrain . Isen 2011. ISBN 978-3-9802602-8-2

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Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '17 "  N , 12 ° 2' 54"  E