Ramung von Kammerstein
Several Reichsministeriale von Kammerstein in Middle Franconia bore the name Ramung (us) in the 13th century . The rare name Ramungus could come from the Middle High German ramung , which means strong, strong.
history
There were a total of four "Ramungen" in Kammerstein:
- Ramungus I. († 1260)
- His son Ramungus II († 1292)
- His grandson Ramungus III. Schwarzbart zu Kammerstein († 1306)
- Ramung IV. († 1313), son of Ramungus III
Ramungus I.
First mention
Ramungus I was a Reich Ministerialer of King Friedrich II. He was mentioned for the first time as "Ramugus von Schwabach" as a witness on a certificate from Friedrich II. In Nuremberg . When the Schwabach Church of St. Martin fell to the Ebrach monastery in 1212 , a master from Ebrach took over the business of the royal court. The royal ministerial Ramungus was probably withdrawn from Schwabach .
Construction of the Reichsveste
It was probably at this time that King Friedrich II decided to build a castle on the foothills of the Heidenberg , an elevation south of Schwabach. Strategically, the "Kühberg", on which today's Kammerstein is located, was a favorable location for an imperial castle . It is in a direct line of sight to Nuremberg Castle, Abenberg Castle in the south and Wernfels Castle in the southwest. At that time the Reichsstraße to Ulm , the so-called Burgunderstraße , ran from Nuremberg via the Schwabach royal court and further over a pass on the Heidenberg towards Wernfels. The king was able to keep his military presence in the Schwabach area and on the important imperial roads . In addition to the Reichsstraße to Ulm, which later led to France into Burgundy, the Reichsstraße to Augsburg and thus to Italy - the Italienstraße - and an assumed third Reichsstraße to the west were bundled in Schwabach . All three streets were controlled by what would later become the Kammerstein Castle. This is how one interprets the three wheels in the Ramungus coat of arms.
In 1219 Ramungus was mentioned as a witness in a document from King Friedrich II in Nuremberg. In the year 1223, the decisive mention fell on a document at the Synod in Eichstätt as "Ramungus miles olim de Svabahc" (Ramungus knight formerly in Schwabach). The assumed residence at this time could be the castle in Kammerstein, which was already under construction, because in 1235 it was called "Ramungus de Camerstain, miles olim de Svabahc". At this point in time, the Reichsveste Kammerstein appeared to be finished or well advanced. The name Kammerstein is interpreted as the "castle (stone) of the Reich Chamber".
The climb
When the then eight-year-old Konrad IV was elected king in Vienna in February 1237, Ramungus was mentioned again among the witnesses. He accompanied Emperor Friedrich II to Augsburg. During his subsequent Italian campaign, Ramungus stayed in Germany as advice and protection for the emperor's son, King Conrad IV. In 1241, Ramungus and Conrad IV moved to Weiden. There he was appointed "iudex provincialis de Egra" - district judge of the free imperial city of Eger - in 1242 . Avezzano's deeds confirm the appointment. He was thus ranked on a par with the high office of the Nuremberg Reichsbuten - Reichsmundschenkes.
Ramungus von Kammerstein and the Nuremberg grocer Marquard were commissioned in 1243 to regain imperial property. On behalf of the emperor, Ramungus I arbitrated a legal dispute between the Waldsassen monastery and Heinrich von Limpach. The oldest surviving seal of the family dates from 1246, a rider's seal showing Ramungus as a knight with a coat of arms, without a helmet or recognizable armor, on a galloping warhorse. Ramungus died in 1260, his estimated age is 70 years.
Ramungus II.
Ramungus II, son of the first Ramungus, probably succeeded him in 1259. As Ramungus II, he was witness to a castle-count document. In 1261 he renounced bailiwick rights in Nemsdorf . 1266 he transferred the monastery Heilsbronn a fish in water Leuzdorf as Seelgerät . In 1270 Ramungus II was named "ministerialis imperii" in a document. This shows that he was both imperial and castle counts ministerial. In 1273 Ramungus II handed over goods to the Regensburg Katharinenspital for damage inflicted. If the Ramungen did not guarantee military action to date, this document could be used to assume arson.
After the end of the interregnum through the election of Rudolf von Habsburg as German king in 1273, Ramungus II also made an imperial career. He tried to regain the estranged imperial property around Schwabach, including the Ebracher property, which ultimately led to their repurchase for the empire. In 1288 he had a new seal made. Since then, the additional seal has been "Getrewer umb das Reich": Seal of Ramungus the Elder of Camerstain the Faithful for the Empire, an honorary designation that he had probably acquired by recovering the imperial goods in Schwabach. The seal shows Ramungus II with a helmet, heraldic shield and drawn sword on a galloping warhorse with saddle cloth . The last document of Ramungus II dates from 1294.
The heirs
Ramungus II left no son entitled to inherit. His daughter Jutta married the knight Sifridus Swarzbart, who called himself von Kammerstein in the future. This connection resulted in Ramungus III, Siegfried, Konrad and Ludwig Schwarzbart von Kammerstein. In 1292, Ludwig became a canon at Regensburg Cathedral .
Kammerstein Castle fell back to the empire and in 1299, together with Schwabach, was pledged to Count Emicho von Nassau , whose family sold the property to the Burgraves of Nuremberg in 1364.
Bavarian Duke Ludwig II transferred Ramungus III. some goods back (including Leuzdorf). After the death of his father, Ramungus III., In 1306, the fiefdoms from the Nuremberg burgrave passed to Ramung IV von Kammerstein. He probably fell in 1313 on the battlefield of Gammelsdorf , where there is evidence that he fought in the army of Duke Ludwig the Bavarian . Ramung's unit, the riders of Konrad II von Schlüsselberg , decided the battle in favor of Ludwig. Ramung's relative, Siegfried the Schwepfermann , was mentioned in this battle because of a special distinction in the fight and was rewarded with a pledge to Grünsberg Castle .
The era of the Ramungen in Kammerstein was over.
coat of arms
Three wheels in the shape of an inverted triangle or arranged in the shape of a pole. The wheels represent the imperial roads running through the Heidenberg.
See also
literature
- Schlüpfinger, Heinrich: Kammerstein. Neustadt an der Aisch 1981.
- Martin Bek-Baier (ed.): "The stone we build on". A chronicle of the Kammerstein church history, Kammerstein 1999.