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Lützelflüh
Lützelflüh is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the administrative district of Emmental (administrative district), Emmental in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern. History Lützelflüh is first mentioned in 1225 as ''Lucelfluo''. The area around Lützelflüh was probably inhabited during the Switzerland in the Roman era, Roman era. However, only a single hoard of Roman coins, coins has been discovered, near the ruins of Brandis Castle (Lützelflüh), Brandis Castle. By the High Middle Ages Lützelflüh and the surrounding area were home to several Earthworks (archaeology), earthen strongholds, a weir in the river valley and Brandis Castle, built around 1230. The Freiherr von Lützelflüh helped found Trub Abbey in 1125-1130, but nothing is known about the family's origin or the extent of their lands. The town of Lützelflüh developed out of this barons' seat. In 1230 the Freiherr of Brandis took the place of those of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandis Castle (Lützelflüh)
Brandis Castle is the ruin of a hill fort from the 13th century. It stands in the Switzerland, Swiss Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of Lützelflüh in the Canton of Bern above the village Lützelflüh on a rocky outcrop. Today, only the ruins and the moat are still visible. History Brandis castle was built in 1230 as the headquarters of the Freiherr of Brandis. The first known member of the family was Konrad (1239–57). His grandson, Thüring (1280-1324), was involved in the murder of King Albert I of Germany, Albert I by the king's nephew John Parricida in 1308. For this involvement, in 1313 Thüring lost the family estates in Spiez in the Berner Oberland. However, he was supported by Bern and the Counts of Kyburg and retained the Lützelflüh lands. The castle from the 13th century was from where there was control of their possessions in the upper and middle Emmental. In 1337 the Freiherr of Brandis received Bernese citizenship. By the 15th century, the family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremias Gotthelf
Albert Bitzius (4 October 179722 October 1854) was a Swiss novelist, best known by his pen name of Jeremias Gotthelf. Biography Bitzius was born at Murten, where his father was pastor. The Bitzius family had once belonged to the Bernese patriciate, but was known for its craftsmen and pastors since the 17th century. In 1804, the family home was moved to Utzenstorf, a village in the Bernese Emmental. Here young Bitzius grew up, receiving his early education and consorting with the boys of the village, as well as helping his father to cultivate his glebe. In 1812 he went to complete his education at Bern. He was a founding member of the Student Society Zofingia, the second-oldest fraternity in Switzerland (founded in 1819). In 1820 he was received as a pastor. In 1821 he enrolled for a year at the University of Göttingen, but returned home in 1822 to act as his father's assistant. On his father's death (1824) he went in the same capacity to Herzogenbuchsee, and later to Bern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rüegsau
Rüegsau is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the Swiss canton of Bern. History Rüegsau is first mentioned in 1139 as ''Ruxow''. In 1229 it was mentioned as ''Ruchisowe''. The name comes from ''ruggere aue'', in modern German ''ruhe Aue'', meaning ''calm floodplain''. From the late 13th century until 1528 it was the location of Rüegsau Priory, a Benedictine nunnery. The oldest trace of a settlement is a Neolithic artifact discovered in Rüegsau village. The first trace of a modern settlement is in the first half of the 12th century when Rüegsau Abbey was probably founded. While very little is known about the early history of the abbey, it was probably founded by Thüring von Lützelflüh around the same time that he founded Trub Abbey. It is unknown whether the village grew up around the abbey or was already here when the abbey was founded. The first known provost appears in the abbey in 1256–99. There was a ''Meisterin'' over the nuns i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trub Abbey
Trub Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in the municipality of Trub in Bern Switzerland History In 1125 Thüring von Lützelflüh donated land around modern Trub to St. Blaise Abbey in the Black Forest to establish a monk's cell. A few years later, between 1128 and 1130, he was able to separate Trub from St. Blaise and raise it to an independent Abbey. At that time it was dedicated to the Holy Cross. The Abbey's lands and rights, at that time it was recorded as ''monasterium de Trouba'', were confirmed by Pope Innocent II and King Conrad III in 1139. Around 1224 it was known as the ''convent von Truob''. The secular and military rights over the monastery lands remained with the Lützelflüh family and their descendants, the Freiherren von Brandis until 1455. The rights were then sold to Kaspar von Scharnachtal who held them until his death in 1473, after which they transferred to the city of Bern. During the 13th century, the Abbey forged political ties with Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trachselwald
Trachselwald is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the administrative district of Emmental (administrative district), Emmental in the Switzerland, Swiss cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern. History The name of this municipality means "Drechsler-Wald" ("Woodturner-Forest) and was first mentioned in 1131 as ''Trahselwalt''. The village around Trachselwald Castle first belonged to the barons of Trachselwald, then to the barons of Rüti bei Lyssach, and then finally to the barons of Sumiswald until the sovereignty over the village was sold to the city of Bern in 1408. The castle became the sheriffhood. In 1574 the village was destroyed by a fire. During the Swiss peasant war of 1653, Swiss Peasants' War, on 3 April 1653, there was a gathering in the inn ''Tanne'', which became the first public appearance of the peasants' leader Niklaus Leuenberger, who was executed in Trachselwald Castle on August 27 of the same year. The village church was first me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
