Ridler
Coat of arms of the Ridler (and the Schrenck )
The Ridlers were one of the most influential patrician families in Munich , first mentioned in a document in 1295. The Ridlers were represented on the Munich city council from their first appearance until the 18th century.
Foundations (extract)
- Foundation of the Ridler-Seelhaus in Munich in 1295 by Heinrich I. Ridler
- Re-establishment of the Franciscan monastery in Munich by Gabriel I. Ridler († 1420)
- Foundation of three altars in St. Peter in Munich and one in the Munich Frauenkirche
Known family members
- Heinrich I. Ridler († 1324), founder of the Ridler-Seelhaus
- Gabriel I. Ridler (approx. 1340–1420), city councilor and first chronicler of the Ridler family, grand master of the Heilig-Geist-Spital
- Vinzenz Ridler († 1408), custodian of the Bavarian Franciscan province and visitor of the 3rd order in Munich
- Dr. Zacharias Ridler († 1416), dean of St. Peter in Munich, rector of the University of Vienna
- Sebastian III. Ridler von Johanneskirchen (1546–1621), Regimentstrat and Kastner zu Burghausen, Hofkammerrat in Munich, caretaker at Neuötting
coat of arms
The family coat of arms shows a silver slanting bar in red with a slanted black arrow on it. On the helmet is an open or closed flight that repeats the shield sign. The helmet covers are red-silver. The Munich patrician families Schrenck and Ligsalz also wore the same coat of arms in the Middle Ages .
literature
- Helmut Stahleder: Contributions to the history of Munich bourgeois families in the Middle Ages. Die Ridler, in: Oberbayerisches Archiv 116 (1992), pp. 115-180.
- Ernst Geiss: Contributions to the history of the patrician dynasty of the Ridler in Munich. Franz, Munich 1843. Digitized