Rudolf von Erlach

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Knight Rudolf von Erlach kneels as field captain and leader of the Bernese and their allies in common prayer before the battle of Laupen in 1339 directly at the altar, recognizable by the coat of arms of the von Erlach family. Spiezer Chronicle 1485

Rudolf von Erlach (* around 1299 in Bern ; † 1360 in Reichenbach Castle , today the municipality of Zollikofen ) was a Bernese knight from the von Erlach family .

According to the chronicler Konrad Justinger , he was the leader of the Confederates in the Battle of Laupen in 1339 and led them in the fight against Freiburg in 1340 . However, only the latter is documented.

In honor of Rudolf, the Erlach monument was erected in Bern , which is now on the Graben promenade .

Trivia

Erlachstrasse in Bern has been named after Rudolf von Erlach since 1877.

literature

Commons : Rudolf von Erlach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Barbara Braun-Bucher: Erlach, Rudolf von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  • Emil Blösch:  Erlach, Rudolf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 221 f.
  • Manuel Kehrli: Rudolf von Erlach's equestrian monument in the reception of the Zofingerverein , In: Festschrift on the occasion of the 90th birthday of Dr. med. Robert Develey, Basel, Munich 2019, pp. 263–268.
  • Berchtold Weber: Streets and their names. Using the example of the city of Bern , Bern 1990.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Weber 1990, p. 125.
personal data
SURNAME Erlach, Rudolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bernese knight
DATE OF BIRTH around 1299
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH 1360
Place of death Reichenbach Castle , today the municipality of Zollikofen