Prenberg (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the extinct family of Prennberg from Scheibler's book of arms
Brennberg Castle

Prenberg (also Brennberg) is the name of an old Bavarian noble family from the northern Gau . Brennberg Castle , the ancestral seat of the Barons von und zu Prenberg, is today in Brennberg in the Regensburg district in the Upper Palatinate .

history

The von Brennenbergs were an old line of the Nordgau. Her ancestral lord was Perinhart de Briemberch. This was a vassal of the monastery Sankt Emmeram in Regensburg . At that time the Brennbergers had their own property and subjects in addition to fiefdoms . You were later also chief executive and ministry of the Hochstift zu Regensburg. The well-known minstrel Reimar II von Brennberg and the founder of the monastery in Frauenzell , Reimar IV, emerged from them. Presumably Wernher I. de Prenberg built the first building on the western castle hill. De Prenberg's coat of arms shows the three "burning mountains" as early as the 11th century.

Wernher I. (Wirnto I.) de Prenberg comes from the de Briemberch line with Perinhart de Briemberch as the tribe. Wernher I (* 1115; † 1134) was succeeded by his son Wirnto II and then his son Reimar I. From him, Reimar II descends. The poet from the Upper Palatinate, Reimar II , was able to inspire a lot with his songs and was known throughout Germany. His songs are immortalized in the Manessian song manuscript .

His successor was his son Reimar III. He was murdered by the citizens of Regensburg in 1273. The murder of Reimar III. the de Prenberg family now threatened to die out. So the brother of Reimar III, Bruno, who was canon at the time, had to return to the secular state. Bruno married Berta von Haidau around 1280 and thus became the master of Brennberg. His successor was his son Reimar IV, who founded the Frauenzell monastery . After the death of Reimar IV, the de Prenberg line ended. His daughter Agnes married into the family of the mighty Auer. The Auer thus gained control of Brennberg.

Personalities

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows three fire-breathing green mountains side by side.

Historical coats of arms and today's municipal coat of arms:

Tribe list

NN

Perinhart von Briemberch, vassal of the St. Emmeram monastery in Regensburg
Werner I. de Prenberg (von Wirnto) (* 1115; † 1134); Blood related to Chuno von Puchsee (Büchse) († 1137); Straubing district; Follower of Friedrich II., Count von Bogen

  1. Chuno (Chunrat)
  2. Wirnto II.
    ∞ NN
    1. Gebhard († 1216)
    2. Reimar I († 1236); Episcopal Truchsess and Ministeriale of the Regensburg Church
      ∞ Adelheid, widow of Probst Ulrich von St. Johann
      1. Helika (Heluca) († January 18, 1256); Chamberlain of the Duchess Maria von Brabant
      2. Reimar II († 1271); was a knight of Brennberg , minstrel and ministerial of the bishop of Regensburg
        ∞ Heilwic
        1. Wirnto III., Canon
        2. Reimar III. († 1273), was murdered by citizens of Regensburg
        3. Ruland, canons
        4. Bruno von Brennberg († 1300), was a knight, trustee and canon of Regensburg,
          ∞ Berta von Haidau
          1. Clarencia ∞ Konrad von Haidau
          2. Agnete ∞ Konnrad den Wiesenter
          3. Reimar IV von Brennberg († 1326), Ministeriale of the Hochstift Regensburg, knight of Brennberg and founder of the Frauenzell
            ∞ Wiesenter monastery
            1. Magarete ∞ Hartwic von Degenberg
            2. Agnes (Anna) ∞ Friedrich I. Auer

After the death of Reimar IV, the de Prenberg line ended. His daughter Agnes married the Auer into the lineage of the Regensburg patrician family. The Auer thus gained control of Brennberg.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Emil Fuchs: Die Herrschaft Brennberg , Regensburg 1979, p. 14.
  2. ^ Emil Fuchs: Die Herrschaft Brennberg , Regensburg 1979, pp. 14-15.

literature

  • Emil Fuchs: The rule of Brennberg , Regensburg 1979