Rottenburg (noble family)

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Rottenburg (also Rottenburger ) is the name of a Tyrolean noble family whose ancestral seat was in the lower Inn Valley . The Rottenburg above Buch in Tirol is a complete ruin today. Their lands there stretched from the Aschbach in Volders to the Ziller . Another possession of the noble family was the Alt-Rettenberg Castle , which was demolished in 1492 for the construction of the Neu-Rettenberg Castle .

history

The first-born sons of this family carried the lead name Heinrich through a long line , which makes it difficult to establish an exact genealogy . Thanks to a successful family policy, the Rottenburgers knew how to spread across the Inn Valley and also to acquire properties in the Eisack Valley , Bolzano , Überetsch , South Tyrolean Unterland and Trentino . In 1312 a Heinrich von Rottenburg acquired the castle in Entiklar with the associated jurisdiction and in 1348 also the provost's office there. In 1404 Heinrich VI. von Rottenburg a hospital in Kaltern , near its castle complex there, which is now largely built up (Rottenburger Platz).

In the course of the 14th century , the Rottenburgers in the county of Tyrol achieved high political importance and provided the court master at Tyrol Castle and the captain on the Adige and the diocese of Trient ( "Hainrich von Rotenburg, Hofmaister auf Tirol vnd haubtman an der Etsch vnd des pistumbs ze Triende " ). The Burg Friedberg in District Innsbruck was among the possessions of Henry of Rottenburg . In 1407 there was a break between Count Heinrich VI. and the sovereign Duke Friedrich of Tyrol , as a result of whom Heinrich had to cede the castle complex to Friedrich in 1411. The Rottenburg family died out in April / May 1411 with the death of Heinrich, who left a daughter Barbara as the last male heir, who married Breo (also Bero I) von Rechberg.

Counts Heinrich I and Heinrich II. Von Rottenburg and their families play an important role as employers of Saint Notburga in its legends. To Count Heinrich VI. von Rottenburg, a political opponent of Duke Friedrich IV of Austria , a number of legends and sagas were formed against the background of the nobility versus sovereign prince that was characteristic of the late Middle Ages.

Important family members

  • Heinrich von Rottenburg the Elder (*?; †?): Hofmeister of the Counts of Tyrol; in 1298 made foundations for his two wives Ottilia and Margareth to Rupert von Thaur , the favorite of the Counts of Tyrol.
  • Heinrich von Rottenburg the Younger (*?; †?): Acquired the castle, court and provost in Entiklar and made another donation to Rupert von Thaur in 1313.
  • Heinrich V. von Rottenburg (* around 1343, † around 1400): proven from approx. 1363 to 1400; Hofmeister and captain on the Adige ; substantially expanded the position of his family through acquisitions, parish surveys, etc.; 1386 Foundation for the Stams Monastery .
  • Henry VI. von Rottenburg (also Heinrich the last ) (*?; †?): known from the Rottenburg feud ; with him the family died out in the male line.

literature

  • Claudia Feller: Heinrichs von Rottenburg's account book. A testament to aristocratic rule and economic management in late medieval Tyrol. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2010, ISBN 978-3-205-78397-8 , pp. 22–80. ( online )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ruine Rettenberg ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on silberregion-karwendel.com, accessed on February 13, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.silberregion-karwendel.com
  2. ^ Rudolf Harb: History of the court and the castle Rettenberg. In: Publications of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum. Volume 62, 1982, p. 74 ( PDF on ZOBODAT , accessed on February 13, 2015).
  3. ↑ History of the Entiklar ruin at burgen-adi.at, accessed on February 13, 2015.
  4. ^ Hannes Obermair : Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 1 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2005, ISBN 88-901870-0-X , p. 405, no.856 .
  5. ^ Claudia Feller: Heinrichs von Rottenburg's account book. P. 74.
  6. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.notburga-museum.at
  7. ↑ Gottfried Kompatscher: People and rulers in the historical saga. On the mythization of Frederick IV of Austria from the 15th century to the present . (Contributions to European ethnology and folklore. Series A, Texts and Studies 4). Frankfurt am Main [u. a.]: Lang 1995, pp. 88-96.
  8. ↑ Franz Anton sense Acher : contributions to the history of the Episcopal Church Saeben and Brixen in Tyrol. Weger, Brixen 1821–1834, pp. 139–140. ( online )
  9. ↑ a b The Rottenburger. In: notburga-gemeinschaft.at. Retrieved February 12, 2017 .