Werner von Attinghausen

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Werner II. Von Attinghausen (* before 1255 ; † August 13 between 1322 and 1329 ) was Landammann in Uri . He also called himself Werner von Schweinsberg. Attinghausen is also known as a figure from Friedrich Schiller's Wilhelm Tell .

Life

Werner II von Attinghausen was the son of Werner I von Attinghausen and his wife Margretha. The family name comes from a castle near Attinghausen . The noble family of Attinghausen-Schweinsberg comes from the Emmental, more precisely from Signau. From 1284 the Schweinsbergers acquired large estates in Urnerland and were now called "von Attinghausen". Werner II. Von Attinghausen also stayed at Wartenstein (ob. Lauperswil i. E.) for some time and sealed several documents here.

Werner II von Attinghausen was one of the influential leaders of Uri as early as 1290 and he was part of the Uri delegation in the Protective Alliance Treaty of 1291 between Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden. He took over the office of Landammann von Uri from his predecessor Arnold von Silenen in 1294 or a little earlier and probably held this office until his death. His successor was his son Johann von Attinghausen .

Figure at Schiller

Werner II von Attinghausen also appears as a character in Friedrich Schiller's play Wilhelm Tell (Act 2, Scene 1; Act 4, Scene 2).

He lived on his noble farm with six servants and a shepherd named Kuoni.
In Act 2, Scene 1 , he appears for the first time with his nephew Ulrich von Rudenz . Attinghausen does not want Rudenz to join the Austrians who subjugated the Swiss; he tries to persuade him to stay at the farm. Rudenz does not want to hear that he is acting out of love for the Austrian knight's maiden Berta von Bruneck , whom he marries in Act 5, Scene 3.
In the 4th act, 2nd scene , the 85-year-old Attinghausen dies of old age in his armchair, with Walter Fürst , Werner Stauffacher , Arnold vom Melchtal and Konrad Baumgarten . While he was still dying, he found out from Stauffacher and Walter Fürst that his nephew Rudenz had spoken for his fatherland after all and remained loyal to Switzerland. With a long speech he dies with the last words to Walter Fürst and Stauffacher:
So hold on tightly - hold fast and forever -
No place of freedom is alien to the other -
Put out high watch on your mountains,
that the federation should quickly gather together -
Be in agreement - in agreement - in agreement -
As an experienced baron and fighter, he had never accepted the Austrians and still wanted to rebel in old age and not allow more people to come over to Austria (example above: 2nd act, 1st scene).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ History. Lauperswil municipal administration, accessed on November 1, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Historical encyclopedia of the municipality of Lauperswil: Wartenstein ruins . Ed .: Hans Minder. Lauperswil, S. 256 .
personal data
SURNAME Attinghausen, Werner von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Attinghausen, Werner II. Von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Uri
DATE OF BIRTH before 1255
DATE OF DEATH August 13 between 1322 and 1329