Riedmatten (St. Niklaus)
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 Switzerland
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 Valais (VS)
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| District : | Visp | |
| Municipal municipality : | St. Niklaus VS | |
| Postal code : | 3924 | |
| Coordinates : | 628 474 / 114 748 | |
| Height : | 1080 m above sea level M. | |
| Website: | www.st-niklaus.ch | |
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Riedmatten ( Valais German Riädmattä ) is a hamlet in the municipality of St. Niklaus (Valais German Zaniglas ) in the Valais district of Visp . From the Riedmatten family , whose family name comes from the hamlet of Riedmatten in St. Niklaus, six bishops, 20 canons, 16 provincial bailiffs, a general, and regional and Zenden captains emerged. In addition, the second wife of Kaspar Stockalper (1609–1691), the Fugger of the Alps, was Cäcilia von Riedmatten. But lines of the von Riedmatten family also lead to Vienna , Paris and the USA , Argentina and Haiti .
geography
The hamlet of Riedmatten is located at 1080 m above sea level. M. north of St. Niklaus Dorf ( 1120 m above sea level , Valais German Zaniglas ) on the right bank of the Vispe , where today's canton main road 213 leads from Visp or from the north through the hamlet of Riedmatten and south to the hotel Edelweiss branches off to St. Niklaus Dorf and then on to Zermatt and Grächen . In the north, the hamlet of Riedmatten is separated from the hamlet of Lochmatten by the Riedbach . In the south, the hamlet borders on the hamlet of Feld and in the east on the hamlet of Wichel .
family name
The family name Riedmatten comes from the hamlet Riedmatten in St. Niklaus. The oldest known representative of the Riedmatten family is Peter im Howe, who was the Sigrist of St. Niklaus (Matricularius de Chouson) in the 13th century. His son Thomas Matricularii acquired the allodial property Riedmatten in 1307 . His son Johann († around 1388), Junker, married to Margaretha de Mont, widow of Baron Johann von Raron , was the first to call himself de Riedmatten.
Their forefathers were the representatives of the von [de] Chouson family , who were a respected native family of the Nikolaital . The oldest known representative of the "de [von] Chouson" family was Henselmus (Anselm) Maior de Chouson or von St. Niklaus, who in 1218 with the Meier Walter von Visp and the knights Girold von Ernen and Wilhelm von Visp as a witness a tithe purchase occurred in Visp. Towards the end of the 13th century, the forms of the family name such as "Im Hove / Howe" and "Sigrist" or "Matricularius" can be found. The tower-like Meier Tower in St. Niklaus Dorf , which was built in 1273 and is now home to the world's first mountain guide museum, must be regarded as the “courtyard” .
coat of arms
The clover leaf in the coat of arms of the municipality of St. Niklaus indicates the von Riedmatten family . The coat of arms of the von [de] Riedmatten family contains a four-leaf clover raised by two stars.
As a respected clergyman, Johannes von Chouson and St. Niklaus witnessed the will of the rich canon on April 5, 1272, and Heinrich II von Raron, who was later elected bishop . Johannes von Chouson hung the family seal on the will, which shows the representation of a strongly stylized flower which seems to end in a clover leaf.
Attractions
literature
- “Pro Nikolai” foundation: place and field names St. Niklaus - Herbriggen - Gasenried . Rotten Verlag, St. Niklaus 2017, ISBN 978-3-906118-64-2 .
Web links
- Photo from the hamlet of Riedmatten , accessed on October 6, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ^ P. Henry de Riedmatten: A St. Niklaus family: the Riedmatten , BWG Volume XIII, pages 531 to 561.
- ^ Hans Anton von Roten: Towers and village nobility in Upper Valais. In: Blätter aus der Walliser Geschichte , Volume 22, 1990, pages 116 to 130.
- ^ Christian Imboden, Berge: Beruf, Berufung, Schicksal , Rotten Verlag, Visp, 2013, page 32.
- ^ Walliser Wappenbuch , 1914, page 230.
- ^ Hans Anton von Roten: Towers and village nobility in Upper Valais. In: Blätter aus der Walliser Geschichte , Volume 22, 1990, pages 116 to 130.