Ringgenberg (noble family)
Von Ringgenberg was the name of an Alemannic noble family . The Lords of Ringgenberg were imperial bailiffs . The family's name-giving ancestral seat is Ringgenberg Castle in the Bernese municipality of Ringgenberg in Switzerland .
history
The exact origin of the family is not clear. It is assumed that the family came from either the canton Uri or the Bernese Seeland .
Around 1230, the German Emperor Friedrich II (HRR) appointed the knight Kuno von Brienz as imperial bailiff of the Lake Brienz area and they first called themselves bailiffs of Brienz. He built Ringgenberg Castle around 1240 and called himself von Ringgenberg from then on . The family received the property in the Allod and this included the entire right bank of Lake Brienz , goods in Unterwalden , Uri and in the region around Lake Biel . In the middle of the 13th century, the family became dependent on the Counts of Kyburg . In the 14th century the family was drawn into the conflict between the Habsburgs and the city-state of Bern for control of the Bernese Oberland . In 1308 the von Ringgensberg signed a castle rights treaty with the city of Bern against Habsburg. In 1315, during the Battle of Morgarten and the subsequent Laupenkrieg, people remained neutral. After the defeat of the Habsburgs, the family tried to strengthen their position vis-à-vis Bern by marrying those from Hunwil from Unterwalden. In 1351 the family got into financial difficulties and, under Philipp von Ringgenberg, parts of the rule, including the castle, had to be pledged to the Interlaken monastery . In 1386 Petermann received citizenship rights from the city of Bern. Petermann tried to improve the situation by increasing taxes. This led to an uprising, the destruction of the castle and the capture of Petermann by the population ( Ringgenberg trade ). Petermann died in 1390/91 and left no male heirs. The daughters Beatrix and Ursula von Ringgenberg were forced to sell the imperial fiefdom to the Interlaken monastery in 1411 and 1439.
At the beginning of the 13th century, another branch of the family emerged in Valais under the name of Raron .
Name bearer
- Johann von Ringgenberg († 1270), poet
- Philip II of Ringgenberg (1351-1374)
- Petermann von Ringgenberg († 1390/91)
- Beatrix and Ursula von Ringgenberg
literature
- R. Durrer: The barons of Ringgenberg, Vögte von Brienz and the Ringgenberger trade, in JSG 21, 1896, 195–391
- D. Rogger: Obwalden agriculture in the late Middle Ages, 1989, 104–115
See also
Web links
- Franziska Hälg-Steffen: Ringgenberg, from. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .