Super saxo

Supersaxo is a Swiss family name , also with the variants auf der Flüe , von der Fluhe and Supersaxo von der Fluhe as well as Michel-Supersaxo .

Origin and meaning

The castle "uf der Flüe" in Naters.

The Supersaxo house in Naters.

The name Supersaxo is the Latinization of a German- Swiss residence name . It is made up of the Latin words super (Latin: spatial: 'on', 'above' and Latin: spatial, poetic, postcl., Oj: 'from above') and saxum (Latin: 'rock [block] ') ', also' Fluh '). The origin is the Manegoldi family , who called themselves "de Saxo" in Latin after the castle uf der Flüe in Naters , they are also mentioned in German as the "Herren ab der Flue". The family was the owner of the episcopal office . The castle passed to the Kastlan von Naters in 1352 , and was also the residence of the Bishop of Sitten in the 15th and 16th centuries and gave its name to the castle .

Michel Supersaxo

The Michel von Naters family branched out to the Brigerberg , among others, and named themselves after their residence Uff der Fluo (lat. Supersaxo ) also Michel-Supersaxo, but they are not related to the Supersaxo von Ernen und Sitten family. The Supersaxo House in Naters was built in 1597 by order of the Valais Governor Georg I. Michel-Supersaxo . His grandson Georg II Michel-Supersaxo had the wood storage next to it built in the 17th century.

Well-known namesake

• Bishops:
  • Walther II. Supersaxo von der Fluhe (approx. 1402–1482), Bishop of Sitten 1457–1482.
  • Bartholomeu Supersaxo von der Fluhe (1602–1640), also Bartholomäus , Bishop of Sitten 1638–1640.
  • Franz Josef Supersaxo von der Fluhe (1665–1734), Bishop of Sitten 1701–1734.
• Politician:
  • Georg Supersaxo (approx. 1450–1529), also on the Flüe or uff der Flüe , Jörg , mediator in the peace treaty of 1495 between Milan and the Seven Tens (see history of the canton of Valais ).
  • Heinrich Michel-Supersaxo , father of Georg I, Grand Kastlan of Brig.
  • Georg I. Michel-Supersaxo (approx. 1550–1625 / 26), son of Heinrich, a. a. 1573–1612 several times Grosskastlan von Brig and from 1593 to 1595 Valais Governor.
  • Georg II. Michel-Supersaxo (1601–1676), grandson of Georg I, a. a. 1637–1673 several times as Grosskastlan von Brig and from 1664–1670 Governor of the Valais.
  • Franz Georg Michel-Supersaxo (1661–1705), Grosskastlan and Zenden captain of Brig, Canton of Valais.
  • Franz Ignaz Michel-Supersaxo (died 1734), son of Franz Georg, Grosskastlan and Zenden captain of Brig.
• Alpinists:
  • Aloys Supersaxo , alpinist from Saas Fee , u. a. First ascents on the Nadelhorn in 1858 and on the Allalinhorn in 1886.
  • Alphons Supersaxo , Valais alpinist, first crossed the Allalinhorn summit in 1882.
  • Ambros Supersaxo (1853–1932), Swiss mountain guide
  • Camillo Supersaxo , alpinist from Saas Fee, has been to the Allalinhorn more than 1000 times.
  • Oskar Supersaxo , alpinist from Saas Fee, u. a. First ascent of the Allalinhorn in 1907.
  • Othmar Supersaxo , alpinist from Saas Fee, u. a. First ascent of the Allalinhorn in 1907.
  • Peter Supersaxo , Valais alpinist and mountain guide, first crossed the Allalinhorn summit in 1882.
• Skier
  • Alfons Supersaxo (1926–2005), skier from Saas Fee

See also

• von Flüe
• Fluehler
• Whistle
• Flüeler
• Flüeli (family name)
• Feeler
• Saxer
• Zurfluh

Web links

Commons : Maison Supersaxo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of the relative distribution of the name Supersaxo on verwandt.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PONS dictionary for schools and studies: Latin - German, 1986 Klett.
2. ↑ rock 9) → fluh. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 3 : E – research - (III). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1862, Sp. 1499–1503 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ). Fluh
   . In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 3 : E – research - (III). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1862, Sp. 1849–1850 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
3. ↑ The castle “Uf der Flüe”. Brig Belalp Tourism, archived from the original on May 23, 2012 ; Retrieved January 9, 2011 . 
4. ^ Louis Carlen: Brig (Zenden, district). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Philipp Kalbermatter: Michel-Supersaxo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
6. ↑ The Supersaxo House. Brig Belalp Tourism, archived from the original on May 23, 2012 ; Retrieved January 10, 2011 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Philipp Kalbermatter: No 1, Michel-Supersaxo, Georg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
8. ^ Philipp Kalbermatter: No. 2, Michel-Supersaxo, Georg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .