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17-481: In 1109 Gummersbach was mentioned in official documents for the first time. The document in question concerned the lowering of the episcopal tax for the church in Gummersbach by Archbishop Frederick I . At that time the name of the town was spelled as Gumeresbracht . In 1855 Gummersbach's industrial history began with the foundation of the company Steinmüller. With the company's success the little village began to grow to

34-770: A daughter of the Salian emperor Henry IV . He succeeded his father in 1105 and together with his brother Conrad continued the extension and consolidation of the Hohenstaufen estates. Frederick had numerous castles erected along the Rhine river and in the Alsace region. Frederick accompanied King Henry V on his campaign against King Coloman of Hungary in 1108. In 1110, he and Henry V embarked on an expedition to Italy , where in Rome Henry enforced his coronation by Pope Paschal II . In turn,

51-406: A town. Gummersbach received town privileges in 1857. For decades to come many inhabitants found work at Steinmüller. In 2002 the new parent company Babcock Borsig AG went out of business and so Steinmüller was shut down, too. After most of the premises were no longer in use, the town bought the property in order to develop it. The premises played a key role for the municipality, as it made up half of

68-401: Is connected by regional trains to Cologne and Lüdenscheid , where a direct connection to Hagen and Dortmund exists. Trains heading towards Cologne run every 30 minutes during the week and continue every 60 minutes to Lüdenscheid. Besides the station in downtown, there is another station in the district of Dieringhausen. South of Gummersbach runs the A 4 motorway from Cologne to Olpe . In

85-554: The Salian city of Speyer . The attempt of Duke Henry X of Bavaria to capture his brother-in-law Frederick during the negotiations failed. However, afterwards the supporters of Lothair won a number of victories both in Germany and in Italy. Speyer (1129), Nuremberg (1130) and Ulm (1134) were captured; moreover Frederick's consort Judith of Bavaria died in 1130. His second wife, Agnes of Saarbrücken,

102-515: The Salian dynasty became extinct. Frederick II, Henry's nephew, stood for election as King of the Romans with the support of his younger brother Conrad and several princely houses. However, he lost in the tumultuous round of elections, led by Archbishop Adalbert of Mainz, to the Saxon duke Lothair II . Frederick at first rendered homage to the new king, however, he refused the feudal oath and insisted on

119-538: The Swabian core territory failed, like the siege of Nuremberg by Lothair in 1127. Frederick relieved the siege and moreover gained the support from his brother Conrad, who had just returned from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land . During the fighting, Frederick lost an eye, whereafter he was no longer eligible as German king. In December 1127 Conrad declared himself King of the Romans, while the next year Duke Frederick II occupied

136-1128: The arms of the Counts of the Mark , as the area belonged to the Mark since 1287. Apfelbaum – Becke – Berghausen – Bernberg – Birnbaum – Börnchen – Bracht – Bredenbruch – Brink – Bruch – Brunohl – Berghausen – Deitenbach – Derschlag – Dieringhausen – Drieberhausen – Dümmlinghausen – Elbach – Erbland – Erlenhagen – Flaberg – Frömmersbach – Grünenthal – Gummeroth – Hardt – Hardt-Hanfgarten – Helberg – Herreshagen – Hesselbach – Höfen -Hömel – Hülsenbusch – Hunstig – Kalkuhl – Karlskamp – Koverstein – Lantenbach – Lieberhausen – Liefenroth – Lobscheid – Lützinghausen – Luttersiefen – Mühle – Neuenhaus – Neuenschmiede – Niedergelpe – Niedernhagen – Niederseßmar – Nochen – Oberrengse – Ohmig -Peisel – Piene – Rebbelroth – Recklinghausen – Reininghausen – Remmelsohl – Rodt – Rospe – Schneppsiefen – Schönenberg – Schusterburg – Sonnenberg – Steinenbrück – Straße – Strombach – Unnenberg – Veste – Vollmerhausen – Waldesruh – Wasserfuhr – Windhagen – Wörde – Würden Gummersbach

153-599: The castle of Volmarstein . Frederick took part in drawing up the Concordat of Worms which ended the Investiture Controversy in 1122. Frederick elected Lothair of Saxony over Duke Frederick II of Swabia in 1125, after first offering the crown of Germany to Charles I the Good of Flanders . King Lothar secured the south of the archbishopric through the construction of a series of castles. Frederick died in 1131, and

170-426: The downtown area by then. In the following years, among other things, an arena, a shopping mall and a new university campus were built. The arms were granted on July 27, 1892. Gummersbach developed rapidly from a small village to a large town during the early 19th century, due to the metal and textile industry . The right part of the arms thus show a spindle as a symbol for the textile industry. The left part shows

187-414: The emperor appointed Conrad Duke of Franconia and both brothers German regents when he left for his second Italian campaign in 1116, who put down a revolt by Archbishop Adalbert of Mainz . About 1120 Frederick married Judith , a daughter of Duke Henry IX of Bavaria and member of the powerful House of Welf . Their first son Frederick was born in 1122. Upon the death of Emperor Henry V in 1125,

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204-452: The following election of Conrad as King of the Romans, Frederick supported his brother in the struggle with the Welfs. According to Otto of Freising , Frederick was "so faithful a knight to his sovereign and so helpful a friend to his uncle that by valor he supported the tottering honor of the realm, fighting manfully against its foes..." Duke Frederick II died in 1147 at Alzey . He was buried at

221-696: The inheritance of the Salian family estates along the Middle Rhine . At the 1125 Hoftag diet in Regensburg , the king officially requested the surrender of the Salian possessions. After he imposed an Imperial ban on the Hohenstaufens, a conflict erupted between Frederick and his supporters, and Lothair: encouraged by Archbishop Adalbert and several princes, the king occupied Hohenstaufen lands in Upper Lorraine and Alsace. However, an attack by Welf forces on

238-511: The north-east the A 45 motorway, which stretches from Dortmund to Frankfurt , connects to Gummersbach via the exit of Meinerzhagen . Gummersbach is twinned with: The men's team VfL Gummersbach was one of the most successful handball teams of Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. Frederick I (Archbishop of Cologne) Frederick I (c. 1075 – 5 October 1131) was the Archbishop of Cologne from 1100 until his death. Frederick I

255-449: Was a niece of his old enemy Adalbert of Mainz; Frederick married her about 1132. After Lothair was crowned emperor in 1133, Frederick saw himself stuck between the Saxon and Bavarian forces. He eventually submitted to him in the spring of 1135 at Bamberg . Both were finally reconciled and Emperor Lothair renounced further attacks against the Hohenstaufens. After Lothair's death in 1137 and

272-555: Was a son of Count Berthold I of Schwarzenburg . He became a canon in Bamberg and Speyer . Frederick was appointed Archbishop of Cologne in 1100 by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV . He supported Henry V 's revolt against his father, despite the widespread support for Henry IV among the citizens of Cologne. In 1110 he conducted the wedding of Henry V and Matilda . Shortly after gaining office, he began construction of

289-615: Was buried in Michaelsberg Abbey . Frederick II of Swabia Frederick II ( German : Friedrich II , 1090 – 6 April 1147), called the One-Eyed ( der Einäugige ), was Duke of Swabia from 1105 until his death, the second from the Hohenstaufen dynasty. His younger brother Conrad was elected King of the Romans in 1138. Frederick II was the eldest son of Duke Frederick I of Swabia and his wife Agnes of Waiblingen ,

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