Beck of Leopoldsdorf
The Beck von Leopoldsdorf (also Beckh) were a noble family originating from Salzburg, who were raised to the baron status on March 15, 1597 and accepted into the lower Austrian gentry .
history
The Beck come from the Upper Swabian town of Mengen and came to Austria after 1425. Markus Beck was chancellor of the Lower Austrian regiment and was knighted in 1530. After buying the Leopoldsdorf estate, he called himself Beck von Leopoldsdorf . His son Hieronymus Beck was court chamberlain and owner of Ebreichsdorf Castle. His sons were raised to baron status by the Roman-German Emperor Rudolf II on March 15, 1597 in Prague . With the death of Marcus Eberhard Freiherrn von Beck in 1631, the Lower Austrian noble family died out.
Personalities
- Johann Beck (the progenitor) served the Salzburg archbishops, was at the council in Constanz in 1413
- Konrad Beck, his son, was in Palestine in 1439, married to Anna von Lautersee, sons: Johann II, Leopold and Markus
- Markus Beck (1491–1553), Doctor of Law, Chancellor
- Hieronymus (1525–1596), court chamberlain and scholar, his sons were: Joachim, Hannibal, Leonhard, Marcus Eberhard.
- Joachim (1567–1605), Baron von Beck, Imperial Colonel, sold Leopoldsdorf in 1600
- Hannibal (1556–1608), Frh., Also a colonel, interested in science, 1597–1601 Mr. von Velm (near Himberg) and Unterwaltersdorf
- Leonhard (1570– after 1612 ), Frh., Rittmeister, had a noble seat in Biedermannsdorf
- Marcus Eberhard (1572–1631), Frh., Court War Councilor and Colonel, sold the Ebreichsdorf estate in 1630
coat of arms
Knight coat of arms
The old knight's coat of arms was a squared shield, field 1 and 4 divided from top left to bottom right, on top of a golden background a left-slanting silver-colored flint steel with inwardly rounded ends, on the bottom an oval white flint with six fire sparks on a black background. Fields 2 and 3 have a silver diagonal bar on a red background, on it is a red rising lion with a double tail. Above two crowned open helmets, on the first an eagle flight diagonally split to the left, above gold with flint steel, below black with flint and six sparks, as described above. On the back of the helmet is the red lion between two inverted buffalo horns, the right red and the left white, each with three ostrich feathers. The helmet covers are gold-black on the right and red-silver on the left.
Barons coat of arms
Squared coat of arms with heart shield, fields 1 and 4 gold, in which a simple black eagle is spread; Fields 2 and 3 are divided in the middle, above a violet-blue ground in which two red stars, behind which flames of fire protrude above and below, stand side by side; the lower half is divided transversely into two rows, silver and red shaft. The heart shield, which is covered with a golden crown, is golden, in it the double imperial black eagle is crowned with a golden crown, but without sword and scepter. At the top two crowned open helmets, on the first helmet on the right is a simple black eagle spread out; on the second a helmet, below with ermine, but above with a golden royal open crown surrounded by a red ducal hat, over which a red star is placed above. The helmet cover is black and gold on the right, but silver and red on the left.
literature
- Christine Möschl: Dr. Marcus Beck from Leopoldsdorf. A statesman Ferdinand I (1491-1553) , Phil. Diss. Vienna 1969
- Harald Tersch: Austrian self-testimonies of the late Middle Ages and the early modern times .., Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 1998
- Andreas Zajic: "To eternal memory upright": Grave monuments as a source for Memoria and .., Vienna 2004
- Franz Karl Wißgrill : Scene of the rural Lower Austrian nobility from the gentry and knighthood , Volume 1, Vienna 1794
Web links
- on the Beckh von Leopoldsdorf in Franz X. Schweickhardt, representation of the Archduchy under the Ens, Volume 3, p. 116
- Johann F. Gauhe, Des Heil. Rom. Reichs Genealogisch-Historisches Adels-Lexicon. Leipzig 1740, p. 85, 86 link