Martin Malterer

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Wooden figure by Martin Malterer on the way to Waldkircher Kastelburg
Blackboard for the wooden figure
Martin Malterer's coat of arms
Malterer statue on the Schwabentor Bridge

Martin Malterer († July 9, 1386 ) was a knight from Freiburg im Breisgau .

Family background

Martin Malterer came from the rich Freiburg patrician family Malterer . His father Johannes Malterer was the founder of the painter carpet , which is now in the Augustinian Museum. Johann von Liebegg vouched for this before the Council of Lucerne in 1336 . His mother Gisela von Kaysersberg († December 22, 1381) came from the Snewelin family on his mother's side . In 1354 his father Johannes bought the rule of Kastelburg for 2140 pieces of silver , which was later transferred to his son Martin.

Life

Martin Malterer lived in the Kastelburg above Waldkirch , where he also made renovations, and was married to Anna von Thierstein , the daughter of Count Walram von Thierstein . With her he had four daughters, who would later inherit shares in the Riegel community , but no son. He belonged to the Society with the Lion , a noble society founded on October 17, 1379 .

From 1356 to 1386 a number of Baden-Hachberg villages were pledged to Martin Malterer, such as Emmendingen with the stronghold and the Mußbach, Glashausen, Reichenbach, Nordprechtsberg, Bildstein, Altkeppenbach, Gerlisberg and Hofen, which are now part of Freiamt . He also owned Kenzingen and the Kirnburg in 1381 as a pledge.

In 1377 Malterer entered the service of Leopold III. of Habsburg . This enabled him to largely free the rule of Kastelburg from Austrian burdens and duties. In 1379 he became bailiff in Breisgau , Sundgau and Alsace .

Death and aftermath

In 1386, Malterer moved as the personal protector of the Habsburg Archduke Leopold III. and standard bearer of the Freiburg in the direction of Sempach in the Swiss Confederation . In the Battle of Sempach, the Confederates defeated the Habsburgs on July 9, which ultimately led to their independence from the House of Habsburg.

The Freiburg knighthood and the nobility paid a huge toll in blood, Malterers and more than 40 fighters did not return. According to tradition, Malterer was found lying over the body of the young archduke.

In 1386/1387 the Malter family lost the Kastelburg as there were no male heirs of Malterer. The castle was the subject of adventurous awards and pledges by the Habsburgs.

On the Schwabentor Bridge in Freiburg, a statue by the sculptor Julius Seitz commemorates Martin Malterer. In the stained glass painting of the Battle of Sempach by Fritz Geiges in the Friedrich-Gymnasium in Freiburg, which was destroyed in 1945 , Malterer was staged as a model for virtue and loyalty to the ruling house.

literature

  • Boris Bigott: The ladies painters. On the marriage of the patrician daughters of Freiburg into the Breisgau nobility in the 14th and 15th centuries. In: Schau-ins-Land , Volume 126 (2007), pp. 19–37 ( digitized version of the Freiburg University Library ).
  • Ulrich P. Ecker : Martin Malterer, "King" of the Society for the Lion, and the Battle of Sempach , in: History of the City of Freiburg im Breisgau, Vol. 1, ed. by Heiko Haumann and Hans Schadek , Stuttgart 2001, pp. 279–281.
  • Karl Mayer: Albertus Magnus and Martin Malterer. Two statues on the Schwabenthor Bridge in Freiburg i.Br. A contribution to the local history of the city , Freiburg im Breisgau 1901.

Web links

Commons : Martin Malterer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com: Sir Johannes Malterer, Councilman of Freiburg , accessed on June 25, 2011.
  2. ^ Theodor von Liebenau : Hundred documents on the story of Queen Agnes of Hungary , Regensburg, 1869, p. 66.
  3. ↑ our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com: Gisela von Kaysersberg (Kaisersberg) , accessed on June 25, 2011.
  4. ^ Entry on Kastelburg in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
  5. ↑ ZGORh. Vol. 5 NF, p. 495.
  6. ↑ our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com: Sir Martin Malterer, Herr zu Waldkirch, Landvogt in Alsace, Sundgau, & Briesgau , accessed on July 17, 2019.
  7. ↑ Emmendingen - old community ~ part of town. leo-bw.de , accessed on July 17, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Stronghold - living space. leo-bw.de, accessed on July 17, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Freiamt - Altgemeinde ~ sub-town. leo-bw.de, accessed on July 17, 2019 .
  10. ↑ castle Kürnberg (Kvrinberc) - Today Kirn castle. breisgau-burgen.de, accessed on July 17, 2019 .
  11. ^ History of the Kastelburg ( Memento from February 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), kastelburg-in-not.de, accessed on August 21, 2006.
  12. ^ District Freiburg-Wiehre Infos , freiburg-schwarzwald.de, accessed on August 21, 2006.
  13. ^ The Counts of Freiburg and how the bold Karl wanted to create a kingdom for himself , freiburgs-geschichte.de, accessed on August 25, 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Malterer, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Knight (Freiburg im Breisgau)
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1386
Place of death at Sempach