Rabensteiner zu Döhlau
The family of the Rabensteiner zu Döhlau was a very noble Franconian noble family .
history
The branch of the Rabensteiner zu Döhlau family appeared as a ministerial in the Franconian region in the wake of the Weida bailiffs . Döhlau in the Bavarian Vogtland , also called Regnitzland , is now a municipality in the Hof district in Upper Franconia . The Rabensteiners sat at Döhlau Castle from 1390 until they died out in 1643. Two grave slabs of family members from 1618 and 1620 are in the Döhlau parish church , and another is attached to the castle.
The main line of the Rabensteiner zu Döhlau family separated around 1500 into the Döhlau lower part, which was further developed in Tauperlitz (see also Tauperlitz tower castle ) and Pilgramsreuth, and the Döhlau upper part, which temporarily housed Konradsreuth Castle and later a seat in Eppenreuth belonged to. The lines became extinct in the middle of the 17th century.
The Rabensteiners can also be traced with possessions in the following places: Kirchenlamitz , Weißenstadt , Losau, Misslareuth , Kühlenfels , Rodau , Horenbach and “zu Prag ”.
Like the Order Marshal Heinrich Rabensteiner, they also belonged to the Teutonic Order and held various offices; At the beginning of the 16th century they were several bailiffs from Epprechtstein . The first Epprechtstein bailiff of the family was Konrad Rabensteiner zu Döhlau , who was followed by his sons Melchior , Asmus and Balthasar; A fourth son, Alexander, is also listed as a bailiff in literature.
Overview of the related sexes
According to the genealogist Alban von Dobenck , the following families were related to the Rabensteiners zu Döhlau: Beulwitz , Bibra , Brand zu Bodenstein, Brandt (Brand), Draxdorf, Egloffstein , Feilitzsch , Geuder von Heroldsberg , von Schwarzrock, von der Grün , Hirschberg , Koenitz , Kotzau , Lüchau , Machwitz , Minkwitz , from the Moselle, Obernitz , Raab , Rabenstein , Raitenbach , Reipperg, Reitzenstein , Rosenberg , Schirnding , Schweinshaupten , Singer from Mossau , Sparneck , Stange , Teuffel from Birkensee , Trützschler , Waldenfels , Wildenstein , Zwitz
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the Rabensteiner zu Döhlau shows three armored silver legs on a red background. This element can also be found in the municipal coat of arms of Döhlau . The helmet covers are red and silver. The crowned crest consists of an open flight .
A line of the Geuder von Heroldsberg combined names and coats of arms with those of the Rabensteiner zu Geuder-Rabensteiner .
Personalities
- Heinrich Rabensteiner zu Döhlau , Order Marshal of the Teutonic Order
- Konrad Rabensteiner zu Döhlau († 1521), bailiff from Epprechtstein in Brandenburg-Kulmbach
- Melchior Rabensteiner zu Döhlau († before 1534), advisor to Grand Master Albrecht von Brandenburg and bailiff from Epprechtstein
literature
- Arnold von Dobenck ( Alban von Dobenck ): To the history of the extinct family of the Rabensteiner von Doehlau. In: Archives for the history of Upper Franconia. Bayreuth 1914.
- August Gebeßler : City and District of Hof . The Art Monuments of Bavaria , Brief Inventories , Volume VII . German art publisher . Munich 1960.
