Creuzburg (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the noble family "von Creuzburg" ("In silver a red eagle; on the crowned helmet two silver armored arms holding a disc with a black cross; the helmet covers are black / silver, red / silver." Siebmacher's Book of Arms of the Saxon Nobility, Volume II, 3rd part, tome 36, plate 39)
Coat of arms of those of Creutzburg

The von Creuzburg (also: Creutzburg, Kreutzburg; in early mentions also: Cruce- / Cruci berg , -berch , -burch , -borg ) were an old knightly, Thuringian noble family .

Origin and meaning of the name

Creuzburg is a settlement or place name . In the first member of the name it contains the Old High German Kruci or Old Saxon Kruzi , both borrowed from the Latin crux (cross). In the second part of the name, the name refers to a castle name, the Creuzburg on the Werra near Eisenach . Name members with -burg are derived from the ancient Germanic -burgs, which means "hill" or "protected height".

history

Knight Hans Jorg von Creutzburg (grave monument of Hans Jorg von Creutzburg, who died in 1584. It is located in the right pillar of the triumphal arch in the church in Bischofroda. He is shown in full form and full of armor.)

They began as Burgritter at Creuzburg Castle . Country Count's castle as the Creuzburg were Burgmannen to guard and fief given, which often took on the name of the castle.

In 1196, Burchart and Nortmann became castle men of Creuzburg Castle, took the name of this castle and called themselves Cruczeburg and Cruceburg from then on . They became landlords and feudal lords in Berka before Hainich and Bischofroda . For several centuries they essentially determined the development of the country.

According to Gleichenstein's family tree, Eckard von Creuzburg appeared in 1242 as the Burgmann of Grimmenstein Castle near Gotha , followed by the Meinfried and Bruno von Creuzburg brothers in 1262 . Furthermore, Berthold (1260/66) and his sons Berthold and Hermann called Jurebelle appeared . Bruno and Mefried von Creuzburg are landlords and feudal lords in Sallmannshausen , today a district of Gerstungen .

As landlords and feudal lords, they served the Thuringian landgraves in West Thuringia , with the Bischofroda line developing as the most important line of the lords of Creuzburg.

Thus Berthold of Creutzburg 1300 liege in Dankmarshausen , John of Creuzburg 1369 in Stedtfeld . In 1351 Landgrave Friedrich again issued a feudal letter for Hans and Hermann von Creuzburg for Berka and Bischofroda. In 1416 Hans and Wetzel von Creuzburg were vögte at Haineck Castle near Nazza . Heinrich von Creuzburg is the landlord on Merxleben in 1525 . In 1563 Georg von Creuzburg was enfeoffed with the Schnellmannshausen , Scherbda and Frankenroda estates .

Further possessions of the Lords of Creuzburg were in Ifta , Madelungen , Spichra and Lengröden .

coat of arms

In a silver field a red eagle . Two red arms clad in silver lapels hold a silver ball on the helmet . The helmet covers are silver and red.

literature

Excerpt from the New General German Nobility Lexicon by Ernst Heinrich Kneschke , Leipzig 1860
  • Otto Dobencker : Regesta Diplomatica Necnon Epistolaria Historiae Thuringiae , Volume II Part 1,2, Volume III, IV, Jena 1900
  • Kurt Langlotz: The Creuzburg. 1941
  • Walter Böttger: 900 years of Bischofroda , 2004
  • Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon , Leipzig 1860
  • Johann Friedrich Gauhe : Genealogical-Historical Adels Lexicon , Leipzig 1740
  • Genealogical handbook of the nobility enrolled in Bavaria, Volume XV, Vereinigung des Adels (EV), 1984
  • Otto Titan von Hefner : Studbook of the flourishing and dead nobility , Bd. II, Regensburg 1863
  • Johann Siebmacher : The coats of arms of the Hessian and Thuringian nobility , 1977

Web links

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