Balgstedt
The family of Balgstedt even Balgstädt was a noble, uradliges, Thuringian sex that with the family of Breitenbauch tribal and arms used was. It was wealthy in Mansfeld and Querfurt and belonged to the vassals of the Counts of Rabenswald .
history
It was named after the town of the same name, Balgstädt an der Unstrut, where it had its headquarters on the Edelhof and was first mentioned in 1152 with the brothers Ulrich and Friedrich von Balgstedt in a Naumburg document.
In 1218 the Ministeriale Ulricus de Balgestete and Agathe von Balgstedt are mentioned. In June 1227, Rudolph von Balgstedt was in the wake of Frederick II's crusade under Landgrave Ludwig von Thuringia . In 1252, the brothers Friedrich and Ulrich von Balgstedt were referred to as Naumburg monastery vassals. Ulrich and Hermann and their sister Kunigunde (widow of Dietrich von Gößnitz ) are mentioned in a Rabenswald document in 1269, the knight Ulrich in 1270, the brothers Ulrici and Friedricus de Balgestete are mentioned again in 1275 and 1278, the brothers Fridericus, Hermannus and Conradus dicti de Balchstete in 1287 .
Hermann de Baligestet appears in 1349 as a feudal owner of rich property in Nebra , a. a. the three desert villages of Birkigt , Kriebsdorf and Benndorf and other properties in the area, and is probably also the margrave Vogt of Nebra Castle there . Friedrich von Balgstedt, apparently his brother, also had property from the margrave as a fief. The von Balgstedt brothers are attested in 1375 and Johann von Balgstedt in 1381.
Later, the men drove by Balgstedt highway robbery , which is why their Wasserburg by Margrave Frederick the Belligerent and his brother Wilhelm was canceled 1397th In 1422, Balgstedt Castle was still in ruins. The Balgstedt, however, stayed in the area and in 1434 "Ulrich von Balgistern lived there himself". The family was related by marriage to the Knutons .
In Freyburg documents also appear as witnesses: 1438 Klaus von Balgstedt, 1442 Klaus and Walther von Balgstedt. In 1446 the von Balgstedt family were enfeoffed by Duke Wilhelm with Wolfingsdorf ( Wilsdorf ). Finally in 1475 a Walther von Balgstedt appears as Vogt in Schraplau . With him the traces of sex are lost; it seems to be extinct soon afterwards.
coat of arms
The coat of arms shows three gold rafters on a red background. On older seals, the rafter coats of arms are the same for those of Balgstedt and those of Breitenbuch.
literature
- Rüdiger Bier: 1500 years of history and stories of the manorial seats for church divisions and castle divisions , self-published by Rittergut Kirchscheidungen , 2009