Birkigt (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Birkigt

The family of Birckicht was a meißnisch -sächsisches Uradelsgeschlecht , which dates back to Coburg, and was located in Franconia, Saxony and Thuringia. The spellings vary over time, sometimes even within a source (Birkig, Birkich, Byrkech, Birckicht, Birkicht, Birkech, Birkigt). The name Birkigt is of German origin and means birch forest (analogous to Tännicht, Eichigt, Erlicht etc.).

history

Former castle estate Birkig
Hirschstein Castle around 1840
Neuchâtel Castle (Freyburg)
Entrance gate to the Cronschwitz monastery

The origin of the family was probably at the Birkig castle estate (today part of the Upper Franconian Neustadt near Coburg ) where they are mentioned as centgraves. It can be assumed that members of the tribe came to Thuringia and Saxony. Here Heinrich von Birckicht (around 1280 - after 1338) is first mentioned in a document by the bailiffs of Weida in connection with the hamlet of Birkigt (Harth-Pöllnitz) . Heinrich B. was under Friedrich II. (Meißen) from 1329 to 1331 margrave Vogt of Leipzig. In 1338 he is mentioned in documents in connection with the Nimbschen monastery . It is assumed that Henricus de Bercheich in Rotowe (Heinrich Birkich zu Rötha ) mentioned in 1350 is the same person or his son. At Gut Rötha , the family is run as a writer . This former moated castle was owned by the family until around 1480, when it was replaced by the Pflugk family through inheritance.

Between 1376 and after the Hussite Wars , members of the family regularly appear in the retinue of the Margraves of Meissen and Landgraves of Thuringia. Otto B. is mentioned from 1384 as the secret advice of the Margrave of Meißen Friedrich the arguable .

The brothers Nikolaus (Nickel) and Heinz B. were members of the Meissnian estates in 1445 in the Leipzig Treaty for the Altenburg division of the Wettins .

Further historical references:

  • Vorwerk Birkigt 1328 in connection with the noble Heinrich von Birkich and his appointment as Vogt in Leipzig
  • Margarethe B., (before 1362 - after 1391), was the first wife of knight Otto Pflugk , and entered the family records of the European nobility through their son Otto Pflugk (around 1375 - 1438) .

coat of arms

The Meissnian coat of arms after Siebmacher (1605):

Further forms of coat of arms:

  • Corrugated oblique left-hand bar on the shield, closed flight like the shield drawn (after Siebmacher: Extinct Prussian nobility, 1884; for the Mansfeld family B. in the 17th century).
  • A black bear climbing, carrying a large tree (birch) on his shoulder in the shield. Lancing helmet with the same bear as crest and acanthus as mantling (after Siebmacher: Two thousand Civil crest, 1895).

literature

  • Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (ed.): New general German nobility lexicon , Vol. 1, Verlag Friedrich Voigt, Leipzig, 1859, p. 437
  • Johann Siebmacher : New Wappenbuch: Darinnen deß H. Röm. Reichs Teutscher Nation high potentates, princes, lords, and noble persons, also other estates and places coats of arms, at the number of 3320. next to their shield and helmet notes, inquired with particular diligence, and vff copper stucco made for the truck , Volume 1, Verlag Sumptibus Auctoris, Nuremberg, 1605, p. 154, no.15

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Year booklet on the history of Leipzig , p. 9 (digitized version)
  2. ↑ Martina Schattkowsky (ed.), Adlige Lebenswelten in Sachsen, Böhlau Verlag GmbH & Cie, Cologne Weimar Vienna, 2013, pp. 27, 32
  3. ^ Johann Gottlob Horn, Life and Heroes Stories of Frederick the Arguable, Leipzig, 1733, pp. 276, 661, 672 and a. [1]
  4. ^ Sächsisches Staatsarchiv, 10001 Older documents, No. 02951 [2]
  5. ^ Ernst Kroker : Katharina Luther: Katharina von Bora. Martin Luther's wife: biography , p. 14 (digitized version)

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