Urberg (noble family)

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The lords of Urberg were a southern German noble family from Urberg in the municipality of Dachsberg (southern Black Forest) .

Origin / descent

Kindler von Knobloch suspects a close relationship to the Lords of Arra and the Trösch family. He bases his assumption on a sales document issued in 1245, in which Volkard von Urberg appears as a witness to a family affair and with the similarity of the coats of arms of those of Trösch and von Urberg. This assumption finds further support in a dispute between some council members and the city of Freiburg in 1356. This led to the exclusion of some sexes, which provides information on the family relationships. It says “the old Meygerniesse ( Meyer-Niessen ) sin süne, and irü kint; Hug Trosche; Hesse mint master ( giving mint master ); her Egenolf Kücheli ( Küchlin ; Konrad Küchlin was married to Katharina Gib from the Blageben branch line - her mother was Anna Meyer-Niessen); and generally everyone who was there, whom one spoke to Löcheler (Löchler is the local line of Giving and Lüllech) and all irü kinde. ”This is not only the relationship to Messrs Trösch, but also to the noble families Enter, Meyer-Niessen and Küchlin.

In the 15th century there was also a noble family named Trösch-Urberg in the Swiss canton of Uri. In the tournament book of Georg Rüxner , whose credibility has to be questioned, a Hans Schnebelin von Aurberg is listed among the tournament participants of the tournament allegedly held in Zurich in 1165. Regardless of whether the tournament actually took place and to what extent the correctness of the list of participants is to be assessed, this mention gives an insight into the family relationships of the gentlemen von Urberg. Accordingly, there was a line of Schnewlin , which were connected to the Lords of Urberg either by marriage or the Lords of Urberg were a side branch of the Messrs. Schnewlin. The latter cannot be dismissed out of hand if one considers that Messrs. Schnewlin in the areas around Oberried were fief recipients of the St. Gallen monastery and that Johannes von Urberg, the prior of the Oberried monastery , was able to obtain this fiefdom for his monastery in 1252 was carried over by the Schnewlins. The relationship to the Freiburg noble family gives is documented. Johannes Give (* around 1250, † 1324), nicknamed Lüllech, was married to Guota von Urberg (* around 1255, † April 12, 1336), the niece of Johannes von Urberg, founder and prior of the Oberried monastery. Their son Johannes (∞ daughter of Egelof Küchlin) was the father of Johannes Give (nickname Schueser). Descendants of this line still live in this area today with the family name Schäfer, which is now common. To what extent Rudolff Bilstein, that of the already Glarner fief lapel from 29 March 1029 Ladies pin Säckingen appeared as a witness, as well as the 1253 and 1279 Erlawinus mentioned and Henricus of Bildstein (mentioned again in 1265 Hainricus de Bilstain) and further in 1254, a Burckardus de Bilstein with the Herren von Urberg were related cannot be determined beyond doubt, but it can be assumed. It remains to be seen whether Heinrich von Bilstein named on July 29, 1274 in a document from Margrave Rudolf I of Baden is identical to the aforementioned Henricus, or whether, as Mone suspects, he is assigned to Messrs. Beilstein east of Kaiserslautern. A Guota de Bilstein is commemorated on November 16. Her name is mentioned between the founder of the Fahr Monastery, Lütoldus fundator de Regensperg, who is commemorated on November 14th, and Lütoldus de Regensperg nobilis, who died on November 18th. The latter could be Luetold IV, who died on November 16, 1218 in Acre, Palestine, during the Damiette crusade ( cf. Genealogy of the Regensbergers ). In the obituary of the monastery Hermetschwil in the canton of Aargau, which was allegedly written in 1140, a Uol de Bilstein appears. Whether this Ulrich or Ulmann can be classified here remains to be seen.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the Urberg, which according to Siebmacher is located in Aargau , shows in red an inclined right bar made of silver and blue in two rows. On the helmet with red and silver covers, two silver flails (relating to Trösch) on golden handles

history

The first documentary mention of the Lords of Urberg goes back to a document from the abbot of St. Peter's Monastery from 1237. "Volchardi et Hainrici Fromanni de Vrberge" appear in it. This is also the first mention of the village of the same name, which is located on the Dachsberg in the southern Black Forest. It is questionable whether Fromanni is a family name and whether “de Vrberge” has to be seen as a place name. A “Gotfridus plebanus de Urberc” is mentioned in 1241. Whether this plebanus has to be interpreted as belonging in the sense of serfdom remains to be seen. If that were the case, the origin as a ministerial would be proven. In 1245 Volkard von Urberg ("Volchardus de Vrberc") appeared again, this time as a witness to a sale of the coat of arms and relatives of the noble Trösch family to the Günterstal monastery . In it, the brothers Ritter Albert, called the Trosche and Cuno, called von Arra, as well as their sister Anna and her mother Hedwig sold a farm in Grezhausen near Breisach to the Cistercian women . It must have been an important court, because the purchase price was an impressive 284 silver marks. This document was attested and sealed by Count Conrad von Freiburg. It seems that Messrs Trösch / von Arra were also wealthy in Urberg. This is supported by a deed of sale dated January 3, 1643, in which the St. Blasien Monastery sold the Trötschlerhof, which later became the Gasthaus zum Engel. In 1246 Volkart von Urberg appears as a brother of Munzingen in a document from the St. Blasien Monastery, with which Gottfridus von Urberg was appointed pastor in Hügelheim . In May 1246 a Johannes von Urberg appeared for the first time in a document ("Johanne de Vrberc") who should be identical to the later prior of the Oberried monastery. In 1260 an Ulrich von Urberg appears in a document, which Martin Gerbert considers to be the brother of Oberrieder prior Johann von Urberg.

In a certificate issued on December 1, 1276 in Säckingen, the Säckingen Monastery awarded the Teutonic Order House in Freiburg a tithe from a hospital in Breisgau that was dependent on the Säckingen Monastery. Witnesses of the certificate were: Konrad the dean of St. Peter zu Basel and Marquard von Biedertan, canons of Säckingen, brother Rudolf Ulberg, brother Peter von Basel, brothers of the Teutonic Order, further follow: Cunrat Stenmar von Klingenowe, Jacob von Rinfelden, Voget Gerung and Johannes von Urberc, citizens of Säckingen, and others are enough ... ”In the original document, the two are called“ Gerung ”and“ Johs von vrberc burgere ze Sekingen ”. The Konrad Steinmar named there was a servant for the Lords of Klingen. The mention of Gerung and Johannes von Urberg identifies them as citizens of Säckingen . Whether this Johannes von Urberg is identical with the prior of the same name of the Oberried monastery cannot be proven beyond doubt.

In a document dated January 1, 1276, in which the abbot and convent in Schuttern awarded their court in Thirmendingen (?) To the Teutonic Order House in Freiburg, a “brother Rudolf von Iberc” is mentioned among the witnesses. Whether it was Rudolfus de Urberg named in the Günterstal monastery necrology remains to be seen.

The lords of Urberg and the Oberried im Breisgau monastery

The Oberried Abbey was originally run by canons from the Günterstal Abbey . The land on which the Cistercian women built the monastery in 1237 had been given to the Schnewlins as a fief of the St. Gallen monastery . After the monastery had been given up again by the canons in 1249 after difficult years in the wilderness, Johannes von Urberg asked to be allowed to resume operations for the Wilhelmites . This request was granted to him, whereupon he painstakingly restored the monastery and headed it as prior from 1255 to around 1295 . Johannes von Urberg is still mentioned in 1308 as "brother Johannes von Urberg, prior ze Oberriet". In the same document, however, his brother Volkart also appears as prior ("bruder Volkart, prior ze Oberriet"), so Johann had probably abdicated. The family of the Lords of Urberg remained loyal to the Oberried monastery even afterwards. Johannes, also known as Lülech, who came from the Freiburg noble family , was married to Guota von Urberg. Two daughters from this marriage, Margaretha and Elisabeth, who were nicknamed Lüllech, are documented as canons of the Günterstal monastery. It was probably the sister of Johannes von Urberg, and not her daughter of the same name, Guota von Urberg, who already bequeathed a farm in Tiengen to the monastery in 1281, which Johann von Urberg exchanged for a much larger and better located farm in Oberried with Heinrich von Munzingen could. This was probably the Tiengen on the Upper Rhine. This assumption is based on a document from the year 1393 of Diethelm von Krenkingen , who bequeathed his tithe "uf the Urberg, which belongs to Tüngen in the kilch Satz," to a "Hanns dem Bebler, schultheißen zu Waldshut". Accordingly, the Urberger Church in the Tiengener church was incorporated .

There was also a Jacob giving in 1344 as a monk in the Oberried monastery. The family member of the same name, Johannes Giving, who was either a son from the marriage of Johannes Giving, called Lüllech, and the daughter of the knight Egelolf Küchlin , or who came from a branch line and was nicknamed Schüser, was named as Vogt of the Oberried Monastery in 1342 . The Schäfer family developed from this branch and still lives in the area of ​​the former county of Hauenstein .

A document that possibly provides an indication of what happened to the Urberg possessions dates from 1376. In it, Jost Vasolt, together with his sons Ulrich Vasolt and Vasolt Vasolts (von Säckingen), sold their basic rent to a Claus Melwer von Säckingen for "U'berg" and "U'tkon" (?). It cannot be said with certainty whether “U'berg” was Urberg bei Dachsberg. It is obvious, however, because this aristocratic family from Säckingen had the Burggesess in Wehratal as a fief from the House of Austria and also had extensive possessions in Schliengen.

The necrology of the Günterstal monastery

Like the Oberried monastery, the Günterstal monastery had a special position among the Urbergers. Numerous members of the family are mentioned in the necrology of the Günterstal monastery. The days of remembrance should coincide with the days of death. Here is a short list of the family members named there:

Remembrance day Surname Swell) Remarks
January 17th Johannes Lülche Necrologium Güntersthalense, in Monumenta Germaniae historica - Necologia Germania, Tomus IS 297 the husband of Guota von Urberg. Buried in the cloister of the Günterstal monastery
February 16 Fridericus Lülche Necrologium Güntersthalense, in Monumenta Germaniae historica - Necologia Germania, Tomus IS 298 Possible son of Guota von Urberg and Johannes Giving dict. Lülche. Kindler v. Knobloch's death date, August 28, 1374, must refer to another person, possibly the son of this Fridericus. On March 29, 1375, a document about the execution of the will of Fridericus dictus Luilche was issued, which corresponds to the date of death on February 16.
March 24th Anna de Urburg Necrologium Güntersthalense, in Monumenta Germaniae historica - Necologia Germania, Tomus IS 299
March 30 Guota de Urburg Necrologium Güntersthalense, in Monumenta Germaniae historica Necologia Germania, Tomus IS 300 probably the mother of Guota von Urberg called Lülchin
12. April Guota de Urberc dicta Lülchin Necrologium Güntersthalense, in Monumenta Germaniae historica - Necologia Germania, Tomus IS 301 Wife of Johannes Giving called Lülech
April 25 Methildis de Urberg Necrologium Güntersthalense, in Monumenta Germaniae historica - Necologia Germania, Tomus IS 301
5th of May Adelheidis de Urburg Necrologium Güntersthalense, in Monumenta Germaniae historica - Necologia Germania, Tomus IS 301
August 9 Anna Lülchin dicta de Totikoven Necrologium Güntersthalense, in Monumenta Germaniae historica - Necologia Germania, Tomus IS 304 Daughter of Guota von Urberg and Johannes Giving called Lülech. She was married to Oswald von Tottikofen and was therefore also called "Osweldin".
29th August Adelheidis Lülchin Necrologium Güntersthalense, in Monumenta Germaniae historica - Necologia Germania, Tomus IS 305. Daughter of Guota von Urberg and Johannes Giving called Lülech
September 9 (1336) Johannes Lülche Necrologium Güntersthalense, in Monumenta Germaniae historica - Necologia Germania, Tomus IS 305 probably the son of Guota von Urberg
September 11 Rudolfus de Urberg Necrologium Güntersthalense, in Monumenta Germaniae historica - Necologia Germania, Tomus IS 305
December 28th John de Urberg Necrologium Güntersthalense, in Monumenta Germaniae historica - Necologia Germania, Tomus IS 309 probably the prior of the Oberried monastery

Headquarters

There is no ancestral seat for the Lords of Urberg, but it can be assumed that they lived in Bildstein Castle on the Bildsteinfluh, which is close to the village of Urberg . Precious metals were mined in the area around Urberg early on. This facility was probably originally created to protect silver mining, which has been documented since 1328. There is nothing left of the castle, but it is said that there was still plenty of masonry in the 19th century.

A little further in the Alb valley there were two more castles, whose builders are unclear. These are the Iburg (Görwihl) and the former castle on the Brühl near Ibach, which Dietrich von Tiefenstein converted into a monastery cell before transferring it to the St. Georgen monastery (Stein am Rhein) .

Dominion

Nothing has been handed down about a territory of the Lords of Urberg. It is not unlikely that it coincides with the territory of the Lords of Tiefenstein . The reason for this assumption is a document from 1295 in which Hildebrand and Burchard von Tegerfelden transferred the bailiwick of Alpfen to another sex, which Johannes von Urberg had previously had as a fief from them. The deep stone possessions probably belonged to the lords of Tegerfelden before, who sold them to the lords of Teufen in the first half of the 13th century .

literature

  • Rudolf Metz: Geological regional studies of the Hotzenwald. Schauenburg, Lahr / Schwarzwald 1980, ISBN 3-7946-0174-2 .
  • Journal for the history of the Upper Rhine. (ZGORh.), Vol. 143, p. 71.
  • Martin Gerbert: Travels through Alemannia, Welschland and France in the years 1759-62. P. 358 (online)
  • ZGORh. Vol. 35, p. 279 (online)
  • Julius Kindler von Knobloch; Baden Historical Commission (Hrsg.): Upper Baden gender book. Volume 1: A - Ha. Heidelberg 1898, p. 243.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Julius Kindler von Knobloch: Upper Baden gender book. Volume 1: A - Ha. Heidelberg 1898, p. 243 ( online )
  2. ↑ Julius Kindler von Knobloch: Upper Baden gender book. Volume 1: A - Ha. Heidelberg 1898, p. 21 (online)
  3. ^ Document book of the city of Freiburg, 1828, Volume 1, p. 441
  4. ↑ Leonhardt Fronsberger: Spiritual order of war: Ampt and Befelch by virtue of holy divine. (on-line)
  5. ↑ Helge Wittmann: In the shadow of the landgraves: Studies on aristocratic rule formation in high medieval Thuringia. Böhlau Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20805-9 , p. 21 (online)
  6. ^ Aegidius Tschudi: Chronicon Helveticum .
  7. ^ Fürstenberg record book, document 154
  8. ↑ ZGORh. Vol. 28, p. 115 - This is the deed of gift from Countess Gertrud von Habsburg, who in it hands over her goods in Altenburg, Obernburg, Hausen, Birrhard and Birrlauf to the German lords in Beuggen. Mone recognizes Bilstein in the Basel area, but it is more likely to mean Bilstein in the Alb valley, because the next witness mentioned is a Cunradus de Wulvelingen who cannot be assigned to the Mone, which probably corresponds to Wilfingen near Urberg.
  9. ^ A b Rudolf Metz: Geological regional studies of the Hotzenwald. P. 784.
  10. ↑ ZGORh. Vol. 15, p. 397
  11. ↑ In the Fahrense Necrologium of the Fahr Monastery , which must have originated at the end of the 13th century, a total of five Lütolds von Regensberg are mentioned. Starting with Lüthold III., The founder of the Fahr Monastery, the last named is probably Lüthold VII.
  12. ^ Necrologium et liber anniversariorum Monasterii Hermetisvillani. In: Monumenta Germaniae historica - Necologia Germania. Tomus IS 436.
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  16. ↑ ZGORh. Vol. 9, pp. 254-255.
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  25. ^ Martin Gerbert: Travels through Alemannia, Welschland and France in the years 1759-62. P. 358 (online)
  26. ^ Source collection of the Baden regional history. Vol. 1, p. 197 footnote
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  28. ↑ ZGORh. Vol. 13, p. 361
  29. ↑ ZGORh. Vol. 7, p. 441.
  30. ↑ Julius Kindler von Knobloch: Upper Baden gender book (Volume 1): A - Ha Heidelberg, 1898, p. 20.
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  36. ^ Document book of the city of Basel, Volume 3, p. 117, document number 214