Humpis
The Humpis (also Hompis, Humpiss, Huntpiss, Hundbiss, Hundpiz, Huntpitz) were an influential Swabian aristocratic family that emerged from Guelph servants and is now called Hundbiß .
history
The Humpis (Hundbiß) are a council family of the Free Imperial City of Ravensburg , who first appeared in 1225 and 1258 with Heinrich called Huntpize . A secure line of tribe begins with the city administrator of Ravensburg, Conrad called Humpis , who is mentioned in a document from 1303-1327.
Around 1380 the family merged with the Mötteli von Buchhorn and Muntprat von Konstanz to form the large Ravensburger trading company . With this they drove on a large scale from Ravensburg to trade in cloths and fabrics as far as Spain and Italy. They exchanged and bought precious substances, oriental herbs and spices . The Humpis were the most important members of the largest German trading company. Until the trading company ceased to exist in 1530, they had a major impact on the economic development of southern Germany , especially the Lake Constance region .
On July 10, 1540 there was an increase in the imperial name and coat of arms with "von Waltrams" for Eitelhans Humpis and his brothers. In 1699, Marquard Jacob Hundtbiß von Waltrams was granted the status of imperial baron .
Between 1298 and 1528, the Humpis family held the office of mayor or mayor 77 times. The Humpis family was also a member of the patrician society Zum Esel, founded in 1397 .
They invested their fortune in the acquisition of real estate, or from noble lords with the associated fiefs . Under the emperors Friedrich III. and Maximilian I. they successively reached the lower and higher jurisdictions for these lords and the right to increase their coat of arms with these lords. (see below Humpis von Waltrams and Humpis von Ratzenried). Even before 1488 the Humpis were members of the Knight Society of Sankt Jörgenschild .
Important family branches
- Humpis from Waltrams
- Humpis from Siggen-Brochenzell
- Humpis from Ratzenried
- Humpis from Ravensburg
Significant family members
- Friedrich von Hundbiß (1769–1805), the last chief bailiff in Constance on the island of Reichenau
- Hans Jakob Hundbiss von Waltrams, Lord von Senftenau (Lindau), was the leader of the 12,000-strong sea heap during the Peasants' War in 1525, consisting of mercenaries, clergymen, nobles and farmers from the Lake Constance / Upper Swabia region. Georg Truchseß von Waldburg-Zeil (called Bauernjörg) met the militarily well-trained sea heap in front of Weingarten and had to withdraw with his army of 9,000 mercenaries and 1,500 armored riders. In the Treaty of Weingarten on April 20, 1525, he made concessions to the Seehaufen and the Allgäuer Haufen to improve the living conditions of the farmers.
- Baron Anna Christiane Hundbiss von Waltrams was princely abbot in the canonical monastery of Lindau 1634–1674
- Baron Maria Franzisca Hundbiss von Waltrams was princely abbess in the canonical monastery of Lindau 1720–1730
- Johann Werner Hundbiss von Waltrams was Commander of the Teutonic Order in Strasbourg in 1642, chamberlain and first lieutenant of the Archdukes of Austria / Tyrol and since 1652 Land Commander of the Alsace-Burgundy Ballei. From 1658 he was finally land commander on the island of Mainau. His epitaph can be seen in the parish and castle church of Altshausen.
today
While the family name solidified in the today's official spelling of Hundbiß , the name Humpis can still be found in many places in Ravensburg and the surrounding area:
- Humpisstrasse
- Humpis School Ravensburg: commercial schools in Ravensburg
- Humpis-Quartier : The Humpis family's building district in Ravensburg, which has been used as a city museum since 2009 after renovation for € 16.2 million
- Humpis Castle in the Brochenzell district of Meckenbeur , the seat of the Siggen-Brochenzell line from 1447
- Call of the fools Brochenzell: Humpis - ahoy
- Humpis Original: Beer from the Edelweiss brewery Oskar Farny (named after the Humpis stub in the Humpis district)
Other companies around Ravensburg also use the name Humpis to market their goods.
literature
- Aloys Schulte : History of the large Ravensburger trading company. ( German commercial files of the Middle Ages and the Modern Era 3, ISSN 0170-3080 ) 3 volumes. Stuttgart et al. 1923 ( digitized version )
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Adelslexikon des Starke-Verlag, Volume V / 1984, p. 525
- ^ Württembergisches Urkundenbuch 4 (1883) and 5 (1889)
Web links
- Museum in the Humpisschloss Meckenbeuren
- Detailed history of the individual branches of the family
- Museum Humpis Quarter