Balthasar Friedrich von der Planitz

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Coat of arms of the nobles of the Planitz

Balthasar Friedrich von der Planitz , since 1522 Edler von der Planitz (* 1510 ; † June or July 1563 ) served as an officer in the service of the Burgraves of Plauen and as counselor and captain for many years with the Margraves of Meißen .

Life

Turkish tax register for the rule Auerbach from 1542 with von der Planitz 'name

Balthasar Friedrich Edler von der Planitz came from the tribe of the noble family Edle von der Planitz, who lived in (Unter-) Auerbach . At the end of his life he lived on the knight's seat Göltzsch in Rodewisch , where he probably also died. In 1727 it is said about him:

“As soon as the years made him skilled in wielding arms, he accepted the war service, and throughout his life he always behaved gloriously, loyally and chivalrously, so he made himself especially popular with high potentates, as he did with them Burgraves of Plauen and Margraves of Meyßen as councilor and captain to the court did loyal service for many years. "

- Valentin König : Genealogical Nobility History or Gender Description, 1727
Letter of purchase (excerpt) from 1563

In 1563 he wanted to sell large parts of his possessions to Elector August von Sachsen. In addition to the villages of Schönheide and Stützengrün , these were Neustädtel and large forests around these towns on both sides of the Zwickauer Mulde up to the border with Bohemia. In the purchase letter of December 23, 1563, the motives for the sale were stated that it should take place because of "urgent debts" and to "get out of the debt burden". Between the sale offer of 30,000 guilders, which he submitted at the Leipzig spring fair in 1563, the inspection initiated by the elector, in particular of the forests offered, and the evaluation of the financial and services of the three localities by the bailiff Hans Todt of the Schwarzenberg office and the agreement about Balthasar Friedrich von der Planitz died the purchase price - probably in June or July. The purchase agreement was signed by his heirs on December 23, 1563. Planitz's financial problems must have been so great that he asked the elector for a loan of 5,000 guilders - granted on the purchase. The purchase came at a price of 28,300 guilders. It was a very good deal for the elector because the forests were worth many times the purchase price, given the need for wood for mines and ore processing. For only one pfennig, the elector got twelve trees.

Founder of Schönheide

Copy of the founding deed of Schönheide, 18th century

After 1530, Balthasar Friedrich Edler von der Planitz allowed settlers to clear forests and reclaim land in the area of ​​today's villages of Stützengrün and Schönheide in the higher area of ​​his dominion. For the latter place, the year 1537 is considered to be the beginning of settlement. On March 20, 1549, the sovereign of the Planitz issued a so-called exemption letter for Schönheide, in which he agreed that "my dear loyal" residents "zur Schönheyde" would build a village. In return for monetary payments and services - compulsory labor - he allocated geographically precisely defined areas as fiefs and determined the rights and obligations of the residents in detail. He also granted the right to brew beer and trade in wine. The village was also allowed to exercise low and high jurisdiction.

family

Balthasar Friedrich Edler von der Planitz was the second son of Hans Edler von der Planitz . In 1522, Emperor Charles V had granted his father and his brother this right, as well as " their physical heirs and descendants, including all other men and women who took possession of the Planitz ".

Balthasar Friedrich Edler von der Planitz was married to Magdalena von Bock from Neuhof near Amberg and had a daughter Anna and a son Christoph Friedrich (* May 10, 1562; † August 25 . Jul / September 4, 1638 greg. ) Of the Knight seat Göltzsch inherited.

Trivia

The wife of Balthasar Friedrich von der Planitz, Magdalena von Bock, was also a contractual partner in the contract of December 23, 1563 with the elector after the death of her husband. Your signature is missing from the contract. In the text of the contract it says: "And because I bemelte Wittbe, unable to write, my friendly dear brother-in-law, Rudolph, Edlen von der Planiz, was able to get him to confirm this purchase with his own hand at my city."

literature

  • Genealogical manual of the nobility , noble houses A, volume VII, 1965, complete series volume 34. CA Starke Verlag.
  • Planitz, noble of the. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 28, Leipzig 1741, column 648-650.
  • Valentin König: Genealogical aristocratic history or gender description of those in the Chur-Saxon and neighboring countries ... oldest and most handsome noble families and ... High-Count's houses , part 1, page 710 ff .: Genealogical-historical description, in addition to those tribal and Ancestral teffeln of the old noble family of those noble von der Planitz. Verlag Deer. Leipzig 1727, urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10328201-9
  • Gottfried August Arndt : Archive of Saxon History , Part 2, Leipzig 1785, pp 367-388 - the text of the contract of 23 December 1563 on the sale of the possessions of Balthazar Friedrich Edler von der Planitz and report of the bailiff Hans Todt about the Visiting the properties, digitizing

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gottfried August Arndt: Archive of Saxon History , Part 2, Leipzig 1785, p. 370 digitized
  2. ↑ Genealogical aristocratic history or gender description of those in the Chur-Saxon and neighboring countries partly formerly, but mostly still in a good pile, oldest and most handsome noble families , Leipzig 1727, pages 711 to 713, digitized in the Bavarian State Library in Munich , Retrieved December 9, 2013
  3. ↑ Valentin König: Genealogical Nobility History Or Gender Description […] , Part 1. Leipzig, 1727, p. 717
  4. ↑ Gottfried August Arndt: Archive of Saxon History , Part 2, Leipzig 1785, p. 371, digitized
  5. ↑ Ernst Flath: Local history and history of Schönheide, Schönheiderhammer and Neuheide . Schönheide o. J. (1909), Reprint 1992, p. 193 ( digitized version in the Dresden State and University Library )
  6. ^ Karl Gottlob Dietmann : The entire ... priesthood in the Churfürstenthum Sachsen ... , Volume I.3: Konsistorium Wittenberg. Dresden and Leipzig 1755. Part I of Volume 3, page 609 digitized in the university library hall , accessed on January 3, 2014
  7. ↑ Ernst Flath: Local history and history of Schönheide, Schönheiderhammer and Neuheide . Schönheide o. J. (1909), print of the letter of exemption, pp. 177–179
  8. ↑ Genealogical aristocratic history or gender description of those in the Chur-Saxon and neighboring countries partly formerly, but mostly still in a good pile, oldest and most handsome noble families , Leipzig 1727, pages 711 to 713: Imprint of the decree of Emperor Charles V. on the use of the predicate Edler and freedom from red wax, digital copy in the Bavarian State Library in Munich , accessed on August 7, 2014
  9. ↑ Valentin König, Genealogical Adels-Historie Or gender description of those in the Chur-Saxon and neighboring countries… oldest and most handsome noble families and… high-Count's houses , part 1, page 717: Genealogical-historical description, in addition to those ancestors and ancestors -Teffeln of the old noble family of those nobles from the Planitz . Publisher Deer. Leipzig 1727, digitized version in the Bavarian State Library in Munich , retrieved on October 13, 2019
  10. ↑ Gottfried August Arndt: Archive of Saxon History , 2nd part. Leipzig 1785, p. 382 digitized
personal data
SURNAME Planitz, Balthasar Friedrich von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Planitz, Balthasar Friedrich Edler from the
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman and officer
DATE OF BIRTH 1510
DATE OF DEATH June 1563 or July 1563