Siegfried von Osterburg

Siegfried von Osterburg (* before 1207, † 1238 or later) (also Siegfried von Osterburg and Altenhausen ) was Count von Osterburg and came from the noble family Veltheim, which probably died out after him . It was mentioned in various documents over several decades, between 1207 and 1238. Siegfried von Osterburg mainly appeared in northern Saxony-Anhalt , in the Altmark . However, he had widely scattered possessions, which reached from central Saxony-Anhalt near Halberstadt to what is now northern Lower Saxony and the state of Brandenburg .

Live and act

The date and place of birth of Count Siegfried von Osterburg are not known. He was first mentioned in writing in a deed of donation dated February 26, 1207, when he confirmed a donation made by his father Albrecht to the cathedral monastery in Stendal in Altenhausen .

In 1212, the bishop Friedrich von Halberstadt confirmed a comparison between Count Siegfried von Osterburg and the Schöningen monastery about the village of Schernebeck . Also around 1212 Siegfried von Osterburg sold several goods in Germersleben to the Hecklingen monastery .

On December 29, 1214 gave the Siegfried at Halberstadt nearby monastery St. Burkard seven hooves country in vein life . In the following year he was mentioned on December 27th as the son-in-law of Count Bernhard von Wölpe in a deed of donation. In 1216, Bishop Friedrich von Halberstadt confirmed further donations, 29 Hufen land near Adersleben, the church there and a forest, either to the Halberstadt monastery of St. Jakob or St. Burkhard.

According to a document from Brandenburg Bishop Siegfried from 1220, the knight Daniel von Mukede in the Hochstift Brandenburg, as a tenant of Count Siegfried von Osterburg and Altenhausen, signed four Hufen Land in Hohenferchesar near Brandenburg an der Havel to the hospital of the Brandenburg Cathedral .

On May 10, 1225, Siegfried renewed the donation made by his father Albrecht to the cathedral monastery in Stendal in Stendal. In 1230, according to a document issued in Braunschweig , he left two farms as fiefs to the Ebstorf monastery . On November 22nd, 1233 Siegfried von Osterburg bequeathed his possessions to a Neuendorf monastery in the later desolate village of Vethene in the state district and on April 12th, 1235 he left his possessions in the villages of Dinesdorf and Lengete to Otto von Braunschweig and in the same year to his ministerial Heinrich from Krachow. In the following year he ceded a large number of goods and ministerials, for example in the county of Stade , in the area between Salzwedel , Brome and Gardelegen , between Celle and Bremen , on the Aller and on the Weser and near Walbeck to Otto von Braunschweig. In 1238 Siegfried von Osterburg assigned villages and property in the Altmark to Abbot Gerhard von Werden and Helmstedt . This was also the last known mention of Count Siegfried von Osterburg. It can be assumed that Siegfried von Osterburg had no male heir and that the family died out with him.

Siegfried von Osterburg was married to Sophia, the daughter of Bernhard II von Wölpe . They had two sons, Werner and Siegfried, who died young, and a daughter, probably named Sophia, who married the noble Luthard von Meinersen .

Individual evidence

^ Otto von Heinemann (ed.): Codex diplomaticus Anhaltinus . Volume 2., Dessau 1875, page 6. Digital full-text edition in Wikisource, URL: [1] (version from February 23, 2014).
^ Otto von Heinemann (ed.): Codex diplomaticus Anhaltinus . Volume 2., Dessau 1875, page 23. Digital full-text edition in Wikisource, URL: [2] (version from January 31, 2014).
↑ Adolf Friedrich Riedel (Ed.): Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis , collection of documents, chronicles and other sources for the history of the Mark Brandenburg and its regents, eighth volume, FH Morin, Berlin 1847. P. 140.
↑ Count Siegfried von Osterburg and Altenhausen resigned many villages and properties in the Altmark . In: Riedel, Adolph Friedrich (Ed.): Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis . Collection of documents, chronicles and other sources for the history of the Mark Brandenburg and its rulers. Main part 1, volume 6 . Morin, Berlin 1846, p. 450–451 ( digitized [accessed May 27, 2017]).

personal data
SURNAME	Siegfried von Osterburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count of Osterburg
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1207
DATE OF DEATH	13th Century

[1] Otto von Heinemann (ed.): Codex diplomaticus Anhaltinus . Volume 2., Dessau 1875, page 6. Digital full-text edition in Wikisource, URL: [1] (version from February 23, 2014).

[2] Otto von Heinemann (ed.): Codex diplomaticus Anhaltinus . Volume 2., Dessau 1875, page 23. Digital full-text edition in Wikisource, URL: [2] (version from January 31, 2014).

[3] Adolf Friedrich Riedel (Ed.): Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis , collection of documents, chronicles and other sources for the history of the Mark Brandenburg and its regents, eighth volume, FH Morin, Berlin 1847. P. 140.

[4] Count Siegfried von Osterburg and Altenhausen resigned many villages and properties in the Altmark . In: Riedel, Adolph Friedrich (Ed.): Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis . Collection of documents, chronicles and other sources for the history of the Mark Brandenburg and its rulers. Main part 1, volume 6 . Morin, Berlin 1846, p. 450–451 ( digitized [accessed May 27, 2017]).