Kien (noble family)

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The Barons von Kien were a Swiss aristocratic family, who may have come from the Bernese Oberland . They also owned goods in the Langetental in Oberaargau . The family has been mentioned for the first time since 1175 with the two brothers Heinrich I and Hugo von Kien. The family provided several mayors in Thun, Werner II. And later his son Philipp von Kien were mayors in Bern .

history

origin

The von Kien family's free float was in the Bernese Oberland, particularly in the Frutig Valley. They owned the rule Mülenen with the two castles Aris ob der Bäuert Kien and Mülenen (both municipality of Reichenbach in Kandertal ). They also commanded the Aeschi parish .

It can therefore be assumed that the family originated here: Aris Castle was probably the ancestral seat of the Barons of Kien. It was a 12th and 13th century complex with a castle tower and a system of ditches and walls.

Your second castle complex in Mülinen (mentioned in 1269 as "Mulinon") dates from the 12th to 14th centuries. It was located on the medieval mule track into Valais and formed a dam with a Letzimauer probably from the 12th century towards the north. The settlement, which was based on the castle and Letzi, was mentioned as "stetsli", but no town charter can be documented.

The rights and property of the von Kien in Mülinen passed to the barons of Wädenswil before 1290 .

distribution

From 1232 the Kien were feudal people of the bishops of Sion , after 1250 citizens of Bern . After 1260, the von Kien family inherited the Worb rule . They found themselves in the wake of the Counts of Savoy . Werner II is documented as mayor of Bern for 1271.

In the 14th century they established a mayor several times in Thun : Philipp von Kien for 1310 and 1319, his brother Werner III. in between 1312. His son Johannes I was in 1327 in the Thuner Schultheissenamt.

supporting documents

literature

  • Ernst Schweikert: The German, noble families of the Bernese Oberland up to the middle of the 14th century . A contribution to the history of the development of the stands in the Middle Ages. P. Hauptmann'sche Buchdruckerei, Bonn 1911 (dissertation Bonn).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Konrad Justinger, mentioning the year 1331.
  2. ↑ Schweikert 1911: family tree.
  3. ↑ Schweikert 1911: family tree.

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