Buchwitz (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Buchwitz

Buchwitz , formerly also Buchwitz von Buchau , now also Buchwitz and Buchau , is the name of an old Silesian and later Prussian noble family . The line of this noble family continues to this day.

history

According to some authors, the family is said to come from the Vogtland , name themselves after Buchau there and have come to Silesia in earlier times. In any case, in 1524 at Schloss Buchau , called Schloss Buchwitz , with Wenzel Buchwitz von Buchau († after 1530), heir to Pontwitz , who was married to a Pritzelwitz called Sarnowski , the family was first mentioned in the Principality of Oels in Silesia. He was in the peculiar grace of the Silesian governor, Duke Karl I of Münsterberg and Oels. In 1577 the survey was conducted in the baron for Karl von Buchwitz (* 1558, † 1652), Governor of the Principality of Oels and hereditary lord on Boguslawitz and Wilkau which a tube and Stone was married.

In 1685 the addition of the name affix and Buchau could be determined for the first time by Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Buchwitz and Buchau (* 1623, † after 1685).

After Leopold Heinrich von Buchwitz and Buchau (* 1665; † after 1726), heir to Nieder Stradam , died, his son Hans Ernst von Buchwitz and Buchau (* 1696; † after 1717) became a state court judge and state deputy of the Free Register of Wartenberg and Hereditary lord of Langendorf , while his other son, Hans Wolf von Buchwitz and Buchau († 1740), gained reputation as an officer in the States General .

After the Silesian Wars 1740–1763, the barons used the original name v. In their heyday until modern times . Buchwitz .

Ernst Wilhelm von Buchwitz (* 1854) from the Silesian line left impoverished with his family before 1910 and went to Berlin and, like his descendants, who in the current generation no longer had any descendants, renounced any nobility titles.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a shield split by gold and black. On the crowned helmet with black and gold covers in Austrian Silesia a black, growing, crowned griffin , in Prussian Silesia a horned griffin. The griffin is gold-tinged on some historical images.

Historical coats of arms

  • Coat of arms of the von Buchwitz near Siebmacher , 1605

  • Coat of arms of the Silesian von Buchwitz

  • Coat of arms of the Prussian von Buchwitz

  • Coat of arms of the von Buchwitz family owned, 1860

  • Life table from the Grote Kerk Breda, NL, 1740

possession

The book wit were from the early 16th century until at least the end of the 19th century to Oels wealthy family around, no later than 1910, no goods owned longer present.

The family estate was Buchwitz , with Buchwitz Castle near Koberwitz . The family also owned the goods Boguslawitz, Langendorf and Nieder Stradam near Groß Wartenberg ; Mühlwitz and Pontwitz in the Principality of Oels; as well as Wilkau near Namslau .

Relatives

Trivia

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe also frequented the house of the Electoral Palatinate Chamberlain and Chief Forester Karl Freiherr von Buchwitz (* 1741; † after 1780) . He probably felt inclined to the daughter of the landlord, which is why a father's marriage license is said to have been issued, but a marriage, as is well known, did not take place. In any case, Goethe let some inspirations from this liaison flow into his Werther .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Funeral sermon Carl von Buchwitz and Buchau
  2. ^ History of the place Kunzendorf ( Dziadowa Kłoda )
  3. ↑ His electoral candlelight in the Palatinate etc. Court and state calendar. 1780 p. 84; 173
  4. ↑ August Diezmann: Goethe and the fun time in Weimar. Leipzig 1857, pp. 8–9
  5. ^ Heinrich Düntzer : Images of women from Goethe's youth. Studies on the Poet's Life. Stuttgart and Tübingen 1852, p. 366

literature

Web links

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