Cotzhausen

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Family coat of arms of those of Cotzhausen

Cotzhausen (formerly also Kotzhausen or Quotzhausen ) is the name of a family from Hesse , which takes its name from the town of Quotshausen near Breidenbach , Biedenkopf district . Later, the family also gained possession and prestige in the Rhineland .

history

Illustration of the house of Kambach from the Codex Welser . It shows the building stock before the renovation in 1701

The documented trunk series begins with Ostwald Quotzhausen in Biedenkopf , † between 1572 and 1576, whose son appears as Johann von Quotzhausen ( Kotzhausen ), 1568 citizen in Biedenkopf. Dietrich von Cotzhausen , son of Balthasar von Cotzhausen , lived in Biedencap (Biedenkopf) around 1611 . Johann Dietrich von Cotzhausen was rent master of Count Heinrich Wolrad von Waldeck-Pyrmont in 1664 and, after he had fallen in the Turkish War one year later , from his uncle Georg Friedrich von Waldeck-Pyrmont from the Eisenberg line, in 1680 he was appointed his former mayor and rent master Kinzweiler called, in 1677, he is tenth tenant of the cathedral chapter of Cologne to Freialdenhoven , where he court Winhoff possesses, and yet in 1715 until his death in 1720 he Drost the rule Wittem . 1701 took place under his son, Johann Bernhard von Kotzhausen , who was his father's successor as Kinzweiler mayor and rent master, as well as tenant of the Kinzweiler rule , as owner of the Kambach house acquired in 1699, its redesign in its current form. Children of Johann Bernhard, who died before 1731, and Anna Maria geb. von Gangelt were Florence Peter (1745 documented husband of Eva Maria née von Crans - whose son was the captain of the Electorate of the Palatinate (captain) Johann Bernhard Florenz mentioned in 1773 , documented husband of Anna Maria Florentina in 1763 ), Johann Bernhard (junior), Heinrich Wilhelm and Dorothea Lambertina (married to Leonhard de Brewer zu Nyssweiler ) and Anna Maria Sybilla von Cotzhausen (married to Dr. Peucher , lawyers at the Jülich-Bergische Hofkanzlei). The Grand Duchy of Berg domain Directorate sold in 1806 the council of war Heinrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Cotzhausen the domain lands Stapp (Official Dinslaken ) Büssen (Official Götterswyckerhamm- Spellen ) Alsumer Grind (Official Beeck ) Kyffwarden (glory Meiderich ) and spiritual goods, Rhinsward below Wesel , formerly Kartause Xanten , and other warden. In 1808 the Wedau manor near Brachelen and Hilfarth in the Heinsberg district was acquired, which became the family entourage. In 1811 Heinrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Cotzhausen, on Wedau and Kambach, was appointed Baron de l'Empire by Emperor Napoleon I (hereditary for the first-born). The King of Prussia recognized the baron class (under the same condition and linked to the possession of the Wedau Majorate ) in 1828, which is why Heinrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Cotzhausen was also enrolled in the baron class of the Prussian Rhine Province a year later . His widow, Catharina Magdalena Josephine Hubertine b. Freiin von Broich zu Dürwiss , moved to Duisburg with her eight children and gave up Kambach's residence. For financial reasons, she sold the facility to the Rey family from Glesch bei Bergheim in 1842/1845 . Wedau was retained.

Ranks

  • French Baron de l'Empire according to the Primogenitur right Paris March 17, 1811 (for Council of War (Heinrich Wilhelm) Ludwig von Cotzhausen , Majoratsherr on Wedau , Aachen district ).
  • Prussian recognition of the title of baron (primogenitur and linked to the possession of the Wedau Majorate) by ministerial rescript of March 25, 1828 (for the same).
  • Entry in the nobility registers of the Prussian Rhine Province under no.73 of the baron class (for the same person who is also the owner of the Kambach house) House Cambach June 17, 1829.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Kotzhusius family from 1622
Family coat of arms of those of Cotzhausen
Coat of arms of Johann B. von Cotzhausen, 1701

Family coat of arms

The family coat of arms originally shows a bareheaded upper half farmer, holding a flail in his right hand, and his left hand caulked (Albert Kotzhusius / von Kotzhausen, Jülich 1622).

From the later 17th century a coat of arms has been preserved, which shows in red a man dressed in long silver with a cap, a silver flail (later also a silver flag swung over his head) in his right hand, his left hand wedged. The man growing on the helmet with the red and silver covers .

Johann Bernhard von Cotzhausen carried a modified shield ( attached to the Kambach house in 1701 ): In red a silver armor turned forward with a silver flag in his right hand. The armor growing on the helmet with the red and silver covers.

Coat of arms in the diploma of 1811

Quartered , field 1 split, in front the family coat of arms (like 1701), in the back in gold an upright black stag pole with its six ends turned to the left , accompanied by three (2: 1) blue spur wheels (family coat of arms of the Volkershoven , former Schultheiss family of Kinzweiler, ancestors of the family von Cotzhausen), field 2 in red a fertilized silver oak branch (in Napoleonic heraldry as the left crossing the symbol of the barons as a member of the electoral chambers), field 3 in blue a golden rafter, accompanied above by 2 golden crosses, below by a die Horns upward turning golden crescent, field 4 divided, in it above in silver on the dividing line head and neck of a black horse, below golden without image. On the shield is the French baron's beret, decorated with three ostrich feathers.

Well-known namesake

literature

  • Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon vol. II , complete series vol. 58, Limburg ad Lahn 1974, p. 354.
  • Josef Granrath; Burghard Reumond, Hermann Fidelis Thywissen, 300 years of the Kambach House. A journey through the history of this elegant country mansion , Verein der Heimatfreunde Kinzweiler, Eschweiler 2001
  • Ernst Heinrich Kneschke , The coats of arms of the German baronial and noble families , Bd. IV, Leipzig 1857, p. 75 f.
  • Christian Samuel Theodor Bernd, Book of Arms of the Prussian Rhine Province , vol. 2, Bonn 1835, p. 28 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Since the 18th century the name of Cotzhausen has been used regularly .
  2. ↑ a b c d Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels (GHdA), Adelslexikon (AL) Vol. II, Complete Series Vol. 58, Limburg ad Lahn 1974, p. 354
  3. ↑ See files in the North Rhine-Westphalia State Archives, Rhineland Dept., Düsseldorf location
  4. ↑ a b c d e Ernst Heinrich Kneschke, The coats of arms of the German baronial and noble families , Vol. IV, Leipzig 1857, p. 75 f.
  5. ↑ State Archives North Rhine-Westphalia, Dept. Rhineland, location Düsseldorf, No. 101 AZ J 646, No. 1025 AZ supplement 30, No. 1196 AZ C 855/1 941 and No. 1197 AZ C 856/1942
  6. ^ LAV NRW, Dept. Rhineland, location Düsseldorf, No. 1197 AZ C 856/1942
  7. ^ History of the city of Eschweiler # Modern Times (16th, 17th and 18th centuries): Looting and cremation
  8. ↑ NRW LAV, Dept. Rhineland, St. Ort Düsseldorf, No. 1198, AZ C 857/1943, and No. 1199, AZ C 858/1944
  9. ↑ LAV NRW, Dept. Rhineland, St. Ort Düsseldorf, Grand Duchy of Berg, Documents, No. 16 (1806)
  10. ↑ History of Brachelen (regarding Gut Wedau)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.brahilrer.de  
  11. ^ House Kambach
  12. ↑ See Hermann Friedrich Macco , Aachener Wappen und Genealogien , Vol. 1, Aachen 1907, p. 90 f. and T. 24
  13. ^ Hermann Friedrich Macco, Aachener Wappen und Genealogien , Vol. 2, Aachen 1908, p. 207 f. and T. 104 ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com
  14. ^ Christian Samuel Theodor Bernd, Book of Arms of the Prussian Rhine Province , Vol. 2, Bonn 1835, p. 28 f.