Wigger from Wartberg

Count Wigger (also Wieger or similar) von Wartberg is mentioned for the first time in 1137 as a liege-bearer of the Landgrave of Thuringia and was Vogt of the Landgrave's residence near Eisenach .

Wigger was the burgrave of the Wartburg , after whom he and his successors name themselves. He married Christian von Goldbach's daughter and was raised to the rank of count . He was also Count of the Archdiocese of Mainz , around 1142/53 he is named as Comes Wickerus de Horeburg ( Harburg ) together with his brother Count Gottfried de Ameneburg ( Amöneburg ) in a document. Wigger was a relative of Archbishop Heinrich I of Mainz and founded a church in the village of Lauchröden that was consecrated to St. Martin .

literature

• Helge Wittmann: The Counts of Wartburg-Brandenburg. In: In the shadow of the landgraves. Studies on the formation of aristocracy in high medieval Thuringia. Verlag Böhlau 2008, pp. 343-462, family table p. 492

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Adalbert Rabich: Regional history of Gerstunger basin with special reference to the village Herda, its environment and its development, p 146 Online
2. ↑ Mark Escherich, Christian Misch, Rainer Müller: Development and Change of Medieval Cities in Thuringia , p. 178 online
3. ^ C. Polack: The Landgraves of Thuringia: on the history of the Wartburg, p. 47 online
4. ↑ Louis Ferdinand Freiherr von Eberstein: History of the barons of Eberstein and their possessions, p. 48 online
5. ↑ RIplus Regg. EB Mainz 1 [after 1761], in: Regesta Imperii Online [1] (accessed May 3, 2020)
6. ↑ Brandenburg near Lauchröden south of Herleshausen ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on burgenlexikon.de