Konrad I. (Freiburg)

Konrad I., Count of Freiburg with the guiding sword. Sculpture on the front of the Freiburg Minster

Konrad I (* around 1226; † 1271 ) was Count of Freiburg and son of Count Egino V. von Urach († 1236/37) and Adelheid von Neuffen .

Life

After the death of his father in 1236, Konrad shared the Zähringer inheritance with his youngest brother Heinrich, while Egino's second son, Gebhard, was the papal chaplain and parish rector in Freiburg. Heinrich, who from then on called himself Count von Fürstenberg , received rule in the Black Forest and in the Baar . For the Lords of Freiburg, the division of the estate turned out to be fatal in the long run, because the Breisgau and Ortenau were too small as an economic base to cover the increasing financial needs of the Freiburg counts . At first, however, they had a solid income with the silver mining rights in the Black Forest and the profits from long-distance trade.

Settlement of the religious orders

During the reign of Konrad, the city experienced an economic boom. Soon medals also settled. On August 30, 1238, Count Konrad exempted the Dominicans from paying court interest ( the property tax) for an area inter duas ripas (between two brooks ) on the western city wall; here the preacher's monastery was built . In 1246, Konrad gave the Franciscans the Martinskapelle opposite the town hall and four farmsteads adjoining it. The “Friars Minor”, ​​also known as Barefooters, built their monastery on these parcels and expanded the existing chapel into St. Martin's Church . In the meantime there was a lack of space in the old town, and so in 1263 the town lord assigned the German rulers (Johannitern) behind the monk's gate extra muros . Soon the rapidly growing suburb of Neuburg adorned itself with an important church dedicated to St. Nicholas. In 1266 an area south of the old town was walled; here, in what later became known as the Schneckenvorstadt, the Wilhelmite monastery found its place.

Expansion of the city representation

With the population increase in Freiburg, there were complaints about arbitrary management and the careless management of the common property by the city council, which was occupied by the city nobility. In protest, the entire citizenry gathered on Münsterplatz in May 1248 and, with the consent of Count Konrad, succeeded in adding as many younger councilors to the older twenty-four councilors, especially in important matters and administrative business. These subsequent junior councilors consisted of eight aristocrats, eight merchants, and eight craftsmen and were re-elected annually, while the old twenty-four aristocratic councilors served on the city council for life. This change was a first step towards the emancipation of the citizens and guilds from the urban nobility.

After the death of Konrad, who fell in the service of King Ottokar of Bohemia in Hungary, his son Egino II succeeded him as Count of Freiburg in 1271 .

Marriage and offspring

Konrad married Countess Sophia von Zollern . He had the following children:

• Egino II - Count of Freiburg
• Heinrich († 1303) - Lord of Badenweiler
• Konrad († 1301) - Canon in Strasbourg and Constance
• a daughter whose name is unknown ∞ Heinrich Freiherr von Schwarzenberg
• Adelheid ∞ Burkhard von Horburg

literature

• Eva-Maria Butz: Noble rule in the field of tension between empire and region , vol. 1: The counts of Freiburg in the 13th century , vol. 2: Source documentation for the history of the counts of Freiburg 1200-1368 (publications from the archive of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau 34), Freiburg 2002.
• Heiko Haumann , Hans Schadek (ed.): History of the city of Freiburg. Volume 1, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2001.
• Heinrich Hansjakob: The counts of Freiburg i. B. in battle with their city. Published by Leo Woerl, Zurich 1867.
• Julius Kindler von Knobloch : Upper Baden gender book , Heidelberg 1894, Volume 1, p. 388/389 online with family tree of the Counts of Freiburg

predecessor	Office	successor
Egino I. or Egino V. von Urach	Count of Freiburg 1236 / 37–1271	Egino II