Hallauer
origin of the name
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Origin and development of the name, the coat of arms and the gender
It has always been the case that within the family and friendship one addressed each other by their baptismal name. In the time when our country was still sparsely populated and people lived together in clans, it was enough outside of the close family ties, so that an epithet was not necessary. It was different when the population increased, so trade and relocations increased. One began to communicate with each other in writing, especially in church but also in secular circles. Then there was the mix due to immigration. Over time, a surname became necessary, from which the established gender name, adopted by the descendants, developed, which more and more surpassed the first or baptismal name in importance. The obvious thing to do was to name a person more closely by the place they came from or where they lived. Therefore we can assume with some certainty that the local names belong to the oldest gender names (Zwahlen, Bollliger, von Däniken, Basler, Augsburger etc.). When the various trades developed and the family was no longer self-sufficient in every respect, it so to speak of itself that the name of the trade that one operated became a permanent family name, even if the descendants were responsible for another occupation (Müller, Gerber, saddler, Sutter from the Latin sutor = shoemaker). The appearance (Hasenfratz) and even the character (Spinhirni) of the people were used for naming purposes. Baptismal names changed to gender names (Konrad, for example, to Kuoni or Cueni) and animal names were added (Bär, Hirschi). Nicknames or nicknames were also not uncommon. A larger number was taken from the hierarchy of officials and society (Probst, Abbot, Schultheiss, Vogt) Even heavenly beings had to give their names. As is well known, there are "Engel" and "Engeli". It is generally assumed that the names of the secular and ecclesiastical hierarchy remained as gender names for the role-holders in the medieval carnival games. Experts report that the family names originated between the 11th and 16th centuries. The origin and meaning of many names can no longer be traced back; one has to rely on guesswork, which can lead to incorrect keys.
Interpretation of the family name Hallauer
The explanation of the name Hallauer is self-evident. It is a designation of origin. The first bearer of this name probably lived around the 11th or 12th century, since the name "de hallowe", written in Latin, was first mentioned in 1253 in the city of Schaffhausen. Many letters subsequently testify to the existence of these bearers of the name. This family in Schaffhausen is never described as aristocratic; Nevertheless, it was a very wealthy and at that time influential patrician family who did many good deeds to the monasteries and places of worship. A properly elected Hallau resident of Schaffhausen was also mayor and sub-mayor between 1427 and 1437. This is Johann Hallower, mayor of the Kaufleutstube. In 1423 he was also the chief guild master. The old Hallauer coat of arms is included in the shop table. It will have originated in the 13th or 14th century. The first coats of arms appeared in the period of the Crusades and the flourishing of knighthood and the Gothic period (12th century).
Early naming
In 1253 Folcmari de Hallowe is mentioned in Schaffhausen. the first names were spelled differently at that time, phonetic justified. The same person is also called as Volchmar or Volkmarus. He was the father of three sons, named Burchardi, Nicolaus and Johannes. The latter two were members of the Schaffhausen Council around 1298. Nicolaus de Hallowe was the father of at least three children. It was about Katharina, Nikolaus and Johannes. Hermann de Hallowe is also mentioned in 1253. His son was called Conrad. Another Conrad, born in 1291 at the time of the Rüttli oath of the Confederates, was Lord of the Convent of All Saints in Schaffhausen around 1331. Around 1318 Peter der Hallöwer von Schaffhausen in Tergernau is mentioned in a Habsburg land register. Johann Hallöwer, citizen of Waldshut, is listed as Vogt in a purchase agreement. In 1372 the same Hans "dit der Hallow" is possibly mentioned. He pays interest on a field in Smile Rings near Waldshut. In 1371 Hans Hallower is mentioned in Schaffhausen. In 1292 it is Henni Hallow, Walther, gärwer Hallower, Bechlinus von Hallow, Haintz, Scherer Hallower, Sattler Hallower and his wife Anna as well as Binder Hallower. A Hans Hallower resides in Waldshut in 1380. He's a council member there. A Heinrich Hallower, judge, resident at the Schwarzen Thor in Schaffhausen is mentioned between 1401 and 1416. In 1411 it is Geber H. Hallauer, previously Eberli in 1408 and Eberli again in 1416. From 1409 Johannes von Hallow was Lord of the Convent and Custos of the Kosters All Saints' Day. According to the epitaph, he probably died in 1414. The digits are barely legible. His grave is now in the St. John's Chapel; previously his remains were in the Oswald Chapel. Heinrich Halawer and his wife Anna von Kaiserstuhl are listed in a parchment on May 13, 1413. The married couple Hainrich Hallower and Verene are entered in a promissory note from 1437 for a citizen of Konstanz. They come from Schaffhausen. In 1416 Burkhart, living in Schulgasse in Schaffhausen, is mentioned. The mayor's son Heinrich, who lives in Repfengasse like his father, is mentioned in 1429. Hans Hollower was a hospital nurse in Schaffhausen from 1424 to 1435. 1426 the same is named as head nurse. The mayor's wife Elsbeth was mentioned in writing in 1449. Her husband died in 1441. A leather tanner Hallower Burkhart is named in 1416. He must have died at a young age. His two underage children, Hans and Verena, were represented in 1426 by an adviser named Hans Hallower. On November 5, 1449, a Hermannus Hallower died; his son's name was Rudolf, he was a barefoot monk. Around 1449 Ida von Hallow, Conventualin von St. Katharinenthal is called. Mistress Mäthild is mentioned without a date. November 25th? died "swöster Mächtild". In 1451 Hans Hallower, the builder of a property in Lienheim in the county of Baden, is mentioned.
Another line of the same sex from Schaffhausen was resident in Thiengen. In 1356 Johans the Hallower and his children Adelheid and Hans are named. Adelheid was housed in the Berau monastery. The son Hans is mentioned in 1396. In his shield he led a transom with the inscription: S. ASINI. ROKOFATI. D. FLOREC. His ancestors are likely to have been Lombards (Florentines). Thiengen (today without h) is located east of Waldshut in Germany. A cousin of the mayor of Schaffhausen also lived in Nuremberg, Germany. He called himself Wilhelm Hallower. The branch in Schaffhausen is probably impoverished because of its generosity towards the monasteries. At that time it happened to many sexes. In a letter dated December 12, 1453 from the mayor and council of Waltzhut to the council of Rheinfelden, it is stated that the von Rheinfelden took Hallöwer and his fröwli (his wife) into captivity because he was with another person involved and his wife in Man's clothes stole seven cattle in Bül im Klettgau at night and in fog. In addition, they robbed an "erbern" in the Raffzer field and stole a dry salmon or salmon from him. This list is of course not exhaustive. Many other documents testify that many Hallau residents were resident in the Klettgau area.
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Coat of arms of the Hallauer family
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The words coat of arms and arms originally had the same meaning. Today we are still arming ourselves against a danger. The first were painted on the knights' shields so that friends and enemies could recognize the knight from a great distance. In our age, the uniform was created for this purpose. The colors of the coat of arms were also used as a helmet ornament, the horse blanket was kept in the same color. If a knight died, he was buried with a shield and weapons. However, his descendants carried on the coat of arms. In doing so, they manifested the sex to which they belonged. They are continuing the old tradition that began under their ancestors. The coats of arms were originally given to nobles by kings and princes. Slaves or serfs were not allowed to lead, only the free, the knight. His sign was the shield, like the clergy's robe. At that time, only aristocrats carried coats of arms, because only they had a conscious tradition. This privilege was not to last long, however, because the ambitious bourgeoisie in the cities soon felt no worse than the nobility, as they also belonged to the free and wielded arms. It often exceeded the nobility more and more in wealth and cultivated way of life. With its ability to carry weapons, it had also become "heraldic". We encountered the bourgeois coat of arms as early as the 13th century. Its emergence can be derived from seals, often also from house and family symbols. It is understandable that among the bourgeoisie the patrician families were the first to have a coat of arms, because their way of life was most similar to that of the nobility. In the late Middle Ages, mostly merchants bought coats of arms from princes for money through heralds and tried to document their equivalence with the nobility.
Citizens in offices, such as judges, bailiffs, priests, guild masters, sheriffs, governors or mayors required a seal by virtue of their office. These were provided with the appropriate symbol and served as a petschaft. A coat of arms consists of a shield and a helmet. On the shield is the shield figure, to the helmet belong the helmet covers and the helmet ornament. Older than coats of arms are the said seals, which are closely related to them. Already 5000 years ago the Babylonians used so-called roll seals, which were partly provided with mystical figures. But first after 1200 A.D. actual seal coats of arms were created. These often became the coats of arms of the families. The Hallau coat of arms of the mayor looks like this: The shield in blue with a golden stag's head with neck and red tongue. As helmet ornament the same stag's head with neck; the helmet in silver with golden collar. The helmet cover is in blue and in silver. Furthermore, there is also at least one Hallau seal from the Schaffhausen family (Walther Hallöwer and his son Johannes, the mayor). The seal impressions from the years 1392 to 1426 are attached to deeds of purchase, sale and donation.
Family coat of arms of the Hallauer von Schaffhausen family
Hallauer von Suhr
Family coat of arms of the Hallauer von Suhr family
Hallauer von Suhr
Citizens' places of the Hallau people ​
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Hallauers have been naturalized in Switzerland in Schaffhausen, Wilchingen, Trasadingen, Schneisingen, Lengnau, Suhr and Basel from time immemorial. The namesakes in Zurich and Illnau come from the Suhr family. The Basel family comes from Wilchingen. An even older generation in Basel came from Freiburg. This tank maker named Hans Hallower was granted citizenship in Basel in 1492 against payment of half the tax. A few decades earlier, in 1437, Hans Hallouwer the "teschenmacher" was accepted into the saffron guild through purchasing. The Hallau residents of Trasadingen are related by blood to the Hallau residents of Wilchingen. First of all, it is a Hallauer Ulrich who is mentioned in Wilchingen in 1467. In 1482 he owned a farm there. His grandson Marx (Markus) later became a co-owner of the Spitalhof fief (von Schaffhausen) in Trasadingen. He has acquired the citizenship of Trasadingen.
In Lengnau, Schneisingen, Riehen, and in Kleinhüningen near Basel, the Hallau people are extinct. The Rieheners also came from Suhr. Hallauer von Suhr were also resident in Kleinhünigen. In 1761 it was Peter Hallauer von Riehen who married Catharina Schluepp in Basel. Its origin has not yet been clarified. Hans Marti Hallauer, born in Suhr in 1729, moved to Lörrach as a bricklayer and shortly afterwards to Riehen. He started a family there with his second wife. Most recently he was a stone pit master in Riehen in the canton of Basel (now the canton of Basel-Stadt). After two more generations, this branch died out in Riehen.
The von Suhr family comes from Schneisingen, and according to recent research, these bearers of the name are likely to have been related to those of the neighboring village of Lengnau. The first Hallau residents are mentioned there around 1480. A branch of the Hallauer von Lengnau family emigrated to Saarbrücken in the middle of the 17th century ( To the website of the Hallauer von Saarbrücken (Michel Hallauer) .
This Christophori Hallauwer, born on April 15, 1642, was a stone carver like his namesakes von Schneisingen and Suhr. He married in 1670 in St. Johann / Saarbrücken the Eva Cuentz von Gersheim an der Blies (Marriage information and commentary by Walter Petto: Also called "Wagner" because her father Thilmann Cuentz was obviously a Wagner by profession. In further research the wife is wrongly described as Anna Eva Evertz von Bergheim) . Shortly beforehand, Christoffel Hallauwer received a letter from the citizens of Saarbrücken on November 28, 1670. His father, named Adam, was baptized on September 12, 1608. In an interest book (adjustment from 1654) Adam, also a Wagner by profession, is listed as a carrier. He pays interest on a house and a tree and herb garden in Lengnau to the Johanniter-Kommende in Leuggern. The mother of the emigrated Stoffel (Christophori) was called Barbara Ruggeri. In Lengnau, Adam's father could also be found in the baptismal register. Adam's parents were called Jacob and Cathrin Spörrin von Wil (possibly Freienwil). Their marriage was concluded in October 1600 in Lengnau. Descendants of this Saarbrücken Hallau resident and citizen are now in France. Michel Hallauer , an avid genealogist and descendant of Christoffel Hallauer, is now responsible for researching this branch.
Marriage entry for the marriage of Adam Hallauwer and Barbara Ruggerin in Einsiedeln.
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Tradition - family legend
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Oral tradition on the origin of the Suhr Hallauers
According to oral tradition in the Hallauer clan of Suhr, the first Hallauer is said to have come to Suhr around the middle of the 16th century. There were two brothers who took care of the transport of wine to Bern. One has established itself in Suhr. From there he is said to have carried out the transports to Bern. His house was an inn in Suhr. The brothers mentioned came from Wilchingen. Oral tradition wants it that way. The extent to which this is based on facts will be commented on in the following explanations. Research in Bern has shown that there are no Hallauers recorded there at this time or later. The records from around 1600 in Reinach, Gontenschwil, Suhr and Rupperswil make it clear that the Hallauer family fathers were not merchants. They were all bricklayers and temporarily resident where they found work. The same Hallauers, who had previously been from Hintersassen in Suhr and were citizenship there after 1616, were not traders at the time.
But what about the relationship with the hostel in Suhr?
In 1543 Moritz Suter is mentioned in the Beromünster Urbar as the owner of a monastery fief and the hostel in Suhr. At that time there was only one economy in Suhr. Simon Zehnder is attested for the years 1545 to 1565. Forty years later, Untervogt Gysi is the owner of the farmstead on which the hostel was located. It cannot be confirmed whether one of the alleged Hallauer brothers was actually landlord in Suhr in the middle of the 16th century. From 1565 to 1610, the documents examined did not contain any information on the landlords or people who were accommodated. On the other hand, the hosts Gysy have a relationship with Jung Hanns Halouwer and his wife Barbara Glöhas. When he was baptized in 1611, the child Verena was named after the first name of the witness Verena Gysi. The landlady Anna Gisy was the baptismal witness of the same family in 1614. The first attested innkeeper in Suhr named Hallauer was Jacob, Lehenswirth zum Bären in 1760.
What about the alleged origin of Wilchingen?
This is by no means out of thin air, as the Hallau family in Wilchingen has been attested since 1482. It is written about this:
Ulrich Hallauer borrows "drizehenthalben guldin" from the church estate in Wilchingen in exchange for Mütt Kernen annual interest.
The fact that the Hallau residents of Suhr were previously civicized in Schneisingen and that they were most likely related to the Hallau residents of Lengnau does not exclude the origin of Wilchingen. Wilchingen is in the immediate vicinity of Hallau. As already mentioned, the family name Hallauer is a designation of origin.
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Hallauer von Suhr
formerly from Schneisingen, Canton Aargau
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In the first baptism entry from 1611 in Suhr, the father Jung Hans Hallouwer is mentioned as a citizen of Schneisingen, the old county of Baden. A year earlier, he and his wife Barbara Glöhas von Suhr were baptized a Hans in Gontenschwil. This infant died that same year. The Hallauer family, who initially lived as Hintersassen in Suhr, temporarily moved to Rupperswil, which was parish in Suhr. Fortunately, I was able to learn from the historian Dr. Peter Steiner found out that this young Hanns Hallouwer, a bricklayer by profession, was descended from a bricklayer of the same name from Schneisingen. That young Hannss Hallouwer lived in Reinach and Gontenschwil and his wife gave birth to several children there. He was married to Barbara Füchssin von Gebystorff (Gibstorf) and then to Elsy Kinde. In 1581 he had a Magdalena baptized with his first wife in Gibstorf. The progenitor of the Suhr Hallauer can be traced back to the young Hans Hallauer, who came from Schneisingen and lived as a bricklayer in Reinach and Gontenschwil and was the father of at least five children. He was probably born around 1560. Since then, 14 generations have been recorded on a family tree created by me until the nineties of the 20th century. Around 1580 and 1585 a Heinrich and an Adam Hallauer were born in Schneisingen. They must have been close relatives of Jung Hannss Hallouwer, whose son Jung Hanns would later settle in Suhr and become a citizen. Schneisingen and Lengnau are neighboring villages. It is obvious that the Hallauer families of the two villages were related by blood.
Hallauer von Schneisingen
Hallau goods in Schneisingen
In the Schneisingen town of Hünikon there is evidence of a very early property that is later called "Mühle or Hallauer-Gut" . In a land register from 1350 (to 1359) only one mill is recorded in "Hunikon". The following entry is described in the land register of the Sankt Blasien Abbey:
"In Hunikon ...... item the Muli ze hunikon, and daz erb daz listens to the muli and is the muli placed between the Truchsässme gut von Regensperg and vischlins schuppoz applies ii mut kernels. The muli and daz hereditary property has hans in the muli from hunikon. "
In 1406 no Hallauers are recorded on this still existing mill. In Klingnauer Schloss-Urbar No. 66 from the 15th century (the unclear dating goes from 1417 to 1517) an Ulrich Hallauer is mentioned who managed goods on Schneisingen soil. It was about the "Wurnalinger Schuppis" (Würenlinger Schuppose), which comprised a house and in front of it a Schuppis. This included Zälge am Berg, on the Emmet and in the Äsch (also Ösch). The farm was located directly on the Hüniker Bach. Obviously, the goods are always the same. According to Ulrich, Fridly Hallauer is listed as the owner of the same estate in 1515 or 1533 (unclear dating). Afterwards it is Ulrich Wenzinger, Hans and Franz Dietrich Bucher and Hans Bucher. In 1589, the Hof am Bach and the Landstrasse towards Baden in Hünikon are named in the interest register as "Hallauer Guet". The Schueppos were owned by Hans and Heini Buecher. The Schuppos comprised a house, a yard, an herb and tree garden. The same property is named in a land register in 1605 as follows:
"Hans Wentzicker for himself and all Trager hans Buechers pays Jerlichen: Kernen ii Mütt: From and from The Mülli or Hallauwer guot. Welliches Mülli or Hallauwer guot has the right. That the owner of the same One Müllin on it Bauwen liking Onne-handicapped a few things. And Heard in it: First, Hauss and Hoff sampt Kraut and Bomgartens unden in the village of Zu Hüniken, rushes to the brook and Landtstrasse goes to Baden. "
The owners from 1605 still had the right to mill on their farm on the brook. Apparently this mill was given up in the 15th century or fell into a different fate. From now on this farm is called "Mühle or Hallauwer-Hofft" and later only the name Hallauer-Hof remains.
Hallauer in and from Lengnau
In the tithes book of the Kommende Leuggern on page 14 the following entry concerning Lengnau from the year 1504 can be found.
"But now a house and hope
city, said Clüwi Halllawer
to the fountain Stückhli, deilt
in Zenden. "
Clewi (also Clüwi) Hallauer was therefore ugly and neither a Tauner nor a backseat in Lengnau. His descendant could have been Fridly, who settled in Schneisingen in 1515 or 1533. A Clewi (Niclaus) Hallauer from Wilchingen was expelled around this time and he lost some of his civil rights in Wilchingen. This Clewi from Klettgau had married the daughter of the Schaffhausen executioner. He had also helped the executioner's servant bury a horse. Reason enough for the authorities in Wilchingen to apply to the authorities in Schaffhausen for expulsion and withdrawal of citizenship. It still has to be checked whether it is this Clewi who later settled in Lengnau and / or Schneisingen after the pronounced expulsion.
Fate of a Hallauer from Schneisingen
Hans Jörg Hallauer von Schneisingen, who was imprisoned in Lenzburg Castle, was executed with the sword in 1619 after two days of torture and 14 days of imprisonment. His body was then burned at the stake. The inglorious departure of Hans Jörg Hallauer von Schneisingen is not recorded in the Lengnau toboggan run. The death penalty was always combined with the confiscation of the property of the executed by the authorities. That was very hard for the bereaved of the possible judged, as they were now plunged into misery and poverty. In addition to the contempt of their fellow human beings for the execution of their loved ones, the impoverished had to worry about bread and accommodation. Often their sinking into the nameless beggars and vagabonds could not be stopped. The age of "Göerg Hallower" has not been recorded in any report. It is not yet known whether he had a wife and children. In the official account of the Bailiff von Lenzburg from 1619 it was carefully recorded which costs were caused by his imprisonment, his captivity, his embarrassing questioning and finally his execution. Unfortunately, there is no indication in these official accounts as to why his conviction took place. In the Bern Council Manual of Thursday, June 3, 1619, the deeds of the accused Hallauer are listed, but the circumstances and details of the victims are missing. In the name register of the Rathsmanual the following is written under the letter H:
"Hallower Geörg is to be gstelt for the Landgricht." Then the reason for his execution:
"Läntzburg, sol Geörg Hallower, the suspected thief sodomites and murderers for the Landtgricht, and verdict of ......."
The last Hallauer from Schneisingen
As already described, the Hallauer family from Schneisingen is extinct. However, it lives on in the remaining branch of the Hallau von Suhr family. The pastor Keller in Schneisingen describes the last Hallauer from Schneisingen around 1860 as follows: "Hallauer will go out because only an old, single French mercenary staggered towards the grave." Hallauer Fr. (Franz) Joseph - the only one left, was born on December 16, 1804. - An old mercenary who doesn't show up in the church even at Easter, but who is not a malicious subject. A few years before his death he was busy attending church services and also received the sacraments. Had a large goiter that was happily brought off his neck in the Königsfelden Cantonal Hospital; without a goiter, he would live physically and morally better! "Franz Joseph Hallauer died on March 18, 1860, at the age of 55 years and three months.
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