Konrad II (Freiburg)

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Count Konrad II of Freiburg

Konrad II. (* Before 1316; † July 10, 1350 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was Count of Freiburg . He was the eldest son of Eginos II from Freiburg and Katharina von Lichtenberg.

Taking office

When Konrad's father, Count Egino II, sold one estate after another due to lack of money, his son imprisoned him at Freiburg Castle . According to a document dated March 31, 1316, the old man gave his son Konrad, as it is called, the rulership of Friburg, burg and stat (city), dienstman and man, his own, inheritance and fiefdom, mountains and wiltbenne and kilchenetze (benefices), and what belongs to the above-mentioned rulership ze Friburg, in all the deer (rights), when we have the same rulership ze Friburg har hant braht (inherited) from our front

The certificate of disempowerment from 1327

But even Konrad II couldn't get by with the money the city had paid him and continued his father's practice of pledging or selling real estate and privileges. So in 1327 he left the old ancestral castle of the Zähringer together with the village and Reute, Gundelfingen, Holden- and Wildthal to the mayor Schnewelin Bärenlapp for 303 silver marks . That is definitely going too far for the Freiburgers. Therefore, in 1327, the city bought a certificate with 4,000 marks of silver, in which Count Konrad and his son Friedrich vowed not to sell anything further from their property in any way, not to change anything in the rule, not to marry any of their daughters, and not to wage war of one's own without the knowledge and will of the Council of Freiburg. At the same time, the counts allow the citizens and give them full power to connect with whomever they want at any time. If the count were also someone's helper, against whom the citizens were in league, they would not have to support the count, but their confederates. Citizens and council should also have the coin entirely in their power; only such a surplus remains, may it go to the count. Ultimately, if they or their heirs disregard one of the established points, they declare themselves perjury and without rights, and therefore the rule of Freiburg is completely unmarried and subordinate to the citizens; so that they can choose a gentleman at will .

With the acquired coin rack, the city had coins struck on one side from the silver mined in the Schauinsland with an eagle's head. Because of the strongly curved beak, however, a raven's head can be seen in the profile and so the so-called Friburger is soon popularly known as black horse.

City alliances on the Upper Rhine and Rappenmünzbund

The deed of 1327 tremendously undermined the authority of the counts, because now the city made alliances and was soon close and far with the most important cities, princes and nobles in the closest protection and defensive associations, including initially the cities of Strasbourg, Mainz, Worms Speier, Constance and Zurich , Lindau and since 1350 Breisach and Basel. So it was only natural that in 1377 Basel, Breisach, Colmar and Freiburg merged to form the Rappenmünze cooperative. This Rappenmünzbund , which existed until 1584, made trade on the Upper Rhine considerably easier as a common currency.

Persecution of Jews in Freiburg

On October 12, 1338, the Freiburg city council issued a comprehensive security and freedom letter to the local Jews; in January 1349 this no longer applies. Under Konrad's rule, Jews were persecuted in Freiburg and in the entire Upper Rhine area for alleged well poisoning . After being cruelly tortured, many of them made forced confessions of their guilt. After Basel had preceded, the allegedly guilty Jews were also cremated in Freiburg on January 30, 1349. The unsuspecting people were chased away, and the children of those executed were forced to be baptized. In addition, the innocent killed were not harmed .

After the death of Konrad II, his eldest son Friedrich took over the rule.

Marriage and offspring

Count Konrad married Katharina von Lothringen the daughter of Friedrich III in 1290 . to the Duke of Upper Lorraine and later, secondly, Anna von Signau . He had three sons:

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dambacher, documents on the history of the Counts of Freiburg , magazine for the history of the Upper Rhine 12 , 232, 1861
  2. ^ Joseph Bader, History of the City of Freiburg im Breisgau , Herdersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Freiburg 1882/83
  3. ^ Heinrich Schreiber, p. 16
  4. ^ Heinrich Schreiber, p. 16
  5. ^ Berent Schwineköper, Franz Lauenberger: History and fate of Freiburg Jews. Freiburg city booklet 6 , 1963
predecessor Office successor
Egino II Count of Freiburg
1316-1350 		Friedrich
personal data
SURNAME Konrad II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Freiburg
DATE OF BIRTH before 1316
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 1350
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau