Seedorf (family of notables)

Coat of arms of Cuno von Seedorf (1612)

The von Seedorf family was a Bernese notable family that had owned the citizenship rights of the city of Bern since 1250 at the latest and expired in the male line before 1400.

history

The von Seedorf should come from Seedorf in Bern . It is unclear how the Seedorf managed to become one of the wealthiest families in Bern. Members of the family acquired numerous estates in Frienisberg , Lyss , Schüpfen , Büetigen , Iffwil , Rüfenacht , Trimstein and Wichtrach in the second half of the 13th century . The brothers Peter and Kuno both became mayors of Bern .

The sex of Seedorf is not with the family of in Moosseedorf from 1242 Kyburg ministerials miles Ulricus de Sedorf to be confused with the nickname Moser.

people

• Heinrich von Seedorf († 1284), Converse of Frienisberg Monastery , benefactor of the Frienisberg, Interlaken and Münchenbuchsee monasteries
• Mechthild von Seedorf, founder
• Peter von Seedorf, Schultheiss von Bern 1354/55, Landvogt zu Aarberg 1358, Schultheiss von Thun 1374
• Kuno von Seedorf († before 1396), mayor of Bern
• Anna von Seedorf, master of the monastery in Reuental
• Agnes von Seedorf, master of the Beguinage of the Upper Samnung

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the von Seedorf family is divided by silver, with a growing black bear, and red. The coat of arms has been handed down since 1377 at the latest.

literature

• Franziska Hälg-Steffen: Seedorf, from. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Karl Howald: Mechtild von Seedorf and the fate of her religious house. An episode from the history of the Bernese monastery , in: Berner Taschenbuch 1858, pp. 161–215. doi : 10.5169 / seals-118864
• Eduard von Rodt : Stand and coat of arms of the Bernese families. In: New Bernese paperback. Vol. 1, 1896, ZDB -ID 548108-9 , pp. 1-71, here pp. 60 f., Digitized .
• Jakob Sterchi: Heinrich and Mechtilde von Seedorf (13th century) . In: Collection of Bernischer Biographien, Vol. 1, pp. 544–554.
• Kathrin Utz Tremp : Seedorf, Agnes von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Kathrin Utz Tremp: Seedorf, Anna von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Kathrin Utz Tremp: Seedorf, Heinrich von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Roland Gerber: God is Burger in Bern. A late medieval urban society between rule building and social balance , Weimar 2001.

Web links

• Seedorf coat of arms on www.chgh.net

Individual evidence

1. ^ Franziska Hälg-Steffen: Seedorf, from. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
2. ↑ von Rodt 1896, p. 16