Walter Zumbrunnen/Von Attinghausen

The castle of Attinghausen by Roland Zumbuehl/Wikimedia  Commons CC-BY-3.0

The ruins of the Castle of Attinghausen
Roland Zumbuehl via Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-3.0

Life Sketch
Walter Von Attinghausen was likely born in the mid- to late-1100s in Attinghausen Castle. He was the second son of Werner, the Baron of Attinghausen and Richenza Von Löwenstein. His older brother Werner II Von Attinghausen would inherit his father’s baronial seat and the castle of Attinghausen. In 1209, Walter was given possession of the Zumbrunnen Castle, which was part of his mother’s inheritance. He changed his name to Walter Zumbrunnen, becoming the first Zumbrunnen.

In some records, his name is spelled Waltert. An old spelling for the name Zumbrunnen was Ze Dem Brunnen.

Vital Information

Name: Walter Zumbrunnen (born Walter Von Attinghausen)
Sex: Male
Birth: Mid- to late-1100s
Residence: Attinghausen, Switzerland
Death: After 1226

Family Members

Father: Werner, Baron of Attinghausen
Mother: Richenza Von Löwenstein
Siblings: Werner II Von Attinghausen

Spouse: Unknown
Children: Burkhard Zumbrunnen, Herman Zumbrunnen

Sources

  • An entry for Walter in the Nobiliaire Militaire Suisse
  • The Origin of the Surname Zumbrunnen
  • Waltert Von Attinghausen – Zumbrunnen at Stammler Genealogie
  • Waltert Zumbrunnen entry at FamilySearch.org. His birth year is estimated at 1180, but this is just an estimate.
  • Walter Zumbrunnen is included in Bucelin’s genealogy. (He is in the second generation of people; his name is written in Latin as VValtherus.)
  • 9 Comments

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    6. […] of Attinghausen, his grandson. And he is the founder of the Zumbrunnen, through his second son Walter who took the name of a castle that he inherited. He is also the founder of a third branch, […]

    7. […] Castle was the home of the Barons of Attinghausen, and the home in which Walter Zumbrunnen, the first Zumbrunnen, would have grown up. The castle was built perhaps as early as the 1100s, […]

    8. […] 1290, the records for Uri include Walter Zumbrunnen (likely a different person than the original Walter Zumbrunnen). In 1296 the records include Burkhard Zumbrunnen and Conrad Zumbrunnen. Burkhard shows up again in […]

    9. […] descends from the Barons of Attinghausen. As already discussed, the first Zumbrunnen in history was Walter Zumbrunnen, who had been born into the Attinghausen family and changed his name to Zumbrunnen in the year […]

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