Johanniterkommende Thunstetten

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The Kommende Thunstetten of the Order of St. John in the municipality of Thunstetten in the canton of Bern existed from 1192 to 1528. In the administrative division of the Order of St. John Thunstetten belonged to the Grand Priory of Germany. From 1460 the Kommende was a membrum of the Johanniterkommende Freiburg im Breisgau .

history

The Kommende Thunstetten was closely connected to that of Münchenbuchsee and was probably founded almost at the same time. It was in the center of today's village of Thunstetten. The date of the founding of the Kommende Thunstetten is unknown because the foundation charter is missing, but is set between 1180 and 1210. The coming party was given the privilege of immunity and a lower court rule, so that it was allowed to appear as an independent state with its own seal. In Oberaargau she had considerable land holdings in today's cantons of Lucerne, Solothurn and Bern. In addition to vineyards on Lake Biel, she owned the church sentences of Lotzwil , Twann , Egerkinden ,Aetigen , Waldkirch , Heimiswil , Rohrbach , Langenthal , Londiswil and Ursenbach . In 1329 the Coming concluded a castle rights treaty with the up-and-coming Bern and in 1415 came under Bernese rule.

Mismanagement and indebtedness made Thunstetten a membrum (link) of the Coming Freiburg. In 1528 the convent was abolished. The last commander, Peter von Englisberg, handed over the commander in 1529, without the consent of the order, with all their goods to the city of Bern. The commandery building now serves as a rectory for the Reformed parish. The church was rebuilt in 1522, only the tower goes back to the early days of the coming. The rest of the buildings fell apart or were demolished.

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The coat of arms of the municipality of Thunstetten still refers to the Order of St. John and shows the white St. John cross on a red background.

literature

  • A. Kümmerli: The Johanniter in Palestine and Thunstetten. In: Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde, Volume 2 (1940), pp. 114–150 (on Thunstetten pp. 144–150) doi : 10.5169 / seals-238244

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alfred Graf von Kageneck, Berent Schwineköper: The Johanniterkommenden in Freiburg and Heitersheim in 1495 . In: Schau-ins-Land, year 98 (1979), p. 126. online at Freiburg University Library

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