Ammendorf (noble family)
Ammendorf , also Ammendorff , Amendorf , was a knightly noble family with the parent house of the same name Ammendorf near Halle .
history
According to legend, a Fritz von Ammendorf 969 was the first to be performed at a tournament in Merseburg . Heinrich von Ammendorf is mentioned in documents in 1115 and 1155, followed by Albertus de Ammendorf in 1224 . The verifiable lineage begins in 1239 with Heinemann von Ammendorf . A Albertus de Ammendorf appear 1263-71 as Provincial of the Deutschordensballei Thuringia in the Commendatore Zwätzen . Documented in 1266 Heinricus de Ammendorf nobilis vir. Predominantly in the Merseburg Abbey , later also in Magdeburg among other places in Rothenburg (Saale) . The von Ammendorf family gave up their headquarters in Ammendorf in 1308 and moved to Halle (Saale) .
In 1456 the brothers Cort, Heinrich, Jürge and Nikolaus inherited the Alt-Pouch fiefdom from their father Coppe . This also included the patronage of the desert church Lussik (later: Steinlaussigk, today: Muldenstein ). In 1477 the first three brothers mentioned received the approval of Pope Sixtus IV. To convert this church property into a Franciscan monastery , which existed until the Reformation .
With Conrad von Ammendorf on Rothenburg, the family died out in 1550.
Personalities
- Rudgar von Ammendorf († 1251), 1241–1251 Bishop of Brandenburg
- Henry III. von Ammendorf († 1300), 1283-1300 bishop of Merseburg
- Jacob von Ammendorf , captain from Giebichenstein in 1410
- Ernst Nicolaus von Ammendorf , 1466 Canon of Magdeburg
- Heinrich von Ammendorf , bailiff of the Archbishop of Magdeburg in 1477
- Jakob von Ammendorf , 1484 Canon of Magdeburg and Halberstadt
coat of arms
On a blue background a portrait of a man with a goatee and a Hungarian cap with a cuff. The same motif on the helmet. The ceilings are silver blue.
Witnesses in kind
In the Muldenstein church there is a noteworthy sandstone memorial to the monastery founders Cord, Heinrich and Jürge von Ammendorf. The 98 cm × 75 cm plate shows the family's coat of arms as a relief, which is surrounded by a lettering frame on all sides (with raised Gothic minuscule). This work was made shortly before 1500 and is a good sculptural work. The inscription reads: " Anno * dm * m ° cccc ° / Ixxvij ° * er * Cort * ritter * heinrich / * and * Jürge * von * am / endorff * owner * dis * closts ".
literature
- Otto Schröter: The last gentleman from Ammendorf: Geschichtl. Novella , 1933
- New general German nobility lexicon, vol. 1, p. 75
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Historical grave monuments and their inscriptions in the Dübener Heide . Ed .: AMF. No. 165, August 2005, p. 19 .