Grenzau Feud
The Grenzau Feud (
Isenburg and Lord Reynard of Westerburg on the other at Grenzau on 20 April 1347. The Koblenz soldiers were ambushed and 172 were killed.[1]
Processions and memorial services to commemorate the fallen citizens were held in the churches of Koblenz on the Friday after Easter annually until about 1800. After mass in the Church of Our Lady, a citizen of Koblenz used to climb a stone block on a house opposite (then the parsonage) and told the story of the feud..[2]
The Grenzau Feud is classified as one of the warlike conflicts surrounding the election of
Landgrave of Hesse
and the Archbishop of Trier. Baldwin advanced on the castle in Limburg and demanded that it was opened, citing the feudal treaty. But Gerlach rejected this, because he was only obliged to remain loyal to Baldwin if the feud did not go against the Reich, the Archbishop and the Landgrave. Baldwin withdrew, leaving it as unfinished business.
References
- ^ Tilemann Elhen von Wolfhagen: The Limburg Chronicle (=Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Scriptores qui vernacula lingua usi sunt." T.4, P.1 = "Deutsche Chroniken und andere Geschichtsbücher des Mittelalters." Vol. 4, Pt. 1). Published by Arthur Wyss. Hahn, Hanover, 1883,p. 31.
- ^ Christian von Stramberg: Coblenz, die Stadt. Historisch und topographisch dargestellt (= Denkwürdiger und nützlicher Rheinischer Antiquarius, welcher die wichtigsten und angenehmsten geographischen, historischen und politischen Merkwürdigkeiten des ganzen Rheinstroms, von seinem Ausfluß in das Meer bis zu seinem Ursprunge darstellt. Mittelrhein. Sect. 1, Vol. 4). Vol. 4. Hergt, Koblenz, 1856, p. 327.
Literature
- Hellmuth Gensicke: Selbstbehauptung im Westerwald. In: Franz-Josef Heyen (ed.): Balduin von Luxemburg. Erzbischof von Trier – Kurfürst des Reiches. 1285–1345. Festschrift aus Anlass des 700. Geburtsjahres (= Quellen und Abhandlungen zur mittelrheinischen Kirchengeschichte. Bd. 53, ISSN 0480-7480). Verlag der Gesellschaft für Mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte, Mainz 1985, pp. 391–401, hier S. 398, digitalised.
- Franz-Karl Nieder: Die Limburger Dynasten und die deutschen Könige 1292 bis 1356. In: Nassauische Annalen Jg. 117; 2006, pp. 89–107, here pp. 102 ff. digitalised.