Dörnberg (noble family)
The barons of Dörnberg belong to the Hessian nobility. They have belonged to the Althessian knighthood that still exists today since its foundation. Since 1732 the family held the court office of the hereditary kitchen master (this corresponds to the Truchsess or Seneschal ) in the Landgraviate of Hesse .
history
With Rettwardes de Doringeberc , the family first appeared in 1100 as a witness in a document from Hasungen Monastery . It was named after the village of Dörnberg , municipality of Habichtswald , in the Kassel district . The headquarters have been in Herzberg Castle near Breitenbach am Herzberg in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district since 1477 . The family has also owned Schloss Hausen (near Oberaula ) since 1463 .
With Johann Caspar I, the family was elevated to the status of baron by Emperor Leopold in 1663 . Ernst Friedrich (1801–1878) was given the status of Austrian count in 1865; this line expired with his son Ernst in 1897.
Herzberg Castle , owned by the family since 1477
Hausen Castle , owned by the family since 1463
Dörnberg'sches Schloss in Neustadt (Hessen) , owned by the family from 1477 to 1549
Coat of arms of the Barons von Dörnberg at the Amtshaus in Breitenbach am Herzberg
coat of arms
Split by gold and red, 2 helmets with red and gold covers, on the right 2 truncated gold tournament lances (tournament pistons), the right gold, the left red, on the left 2 tournament lances, so-called crown lances with handle incision and three-pointed end, the right red, the left gold.
Known family members
- Johann von Dörnberg, bridal leader of St. Elisabeth in 1211
- Hans von Dörnberg (father), Hessian marshal, bailiff in Homberg / Efze , 1416–1421 first bailiff of the Ludwigstein district
- Hans von Dornberg (son) (1427-1506), Upper Hessian Hofmeister , who received Burg Herzberg , the Hausen (Oberaula) Castle and Neustadt near Marburg (where he was the Dörnberg Castle with the Junker Hansen Tower was built) fief , rests in Friedberg , epitaph in the Elisabethkirche in Marburg.
- Hermann von Dörnberg (1496–1529), theologian (studied in Erfurt and Wittenberg ), reformed the church in Breitenbach am Herzberg as early as 1523 , took part in 1529 as the companion of Landgrave Philipp in the Diet of Speyer .
- Johann Caspar I von Dörnberg (1616–1680), Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel, Privy Councilor and Chamber President, envoy in Paris and Vienna , was elevated to the baron status by Emperor Leopold on April 16, 1663 (Vienna) , awarded the title "Well-born" in Regensburg , March 16, 1664.
- Johann Caspar II von Dörnberg (1689–1734), envoy to Regensburg, district president of Kassel, then under Landgrave Friedrich - in personal union King of Sweden - head of the Hessian chancellery in Thomary / Sweden. For the first time on April 18, 1732, Johann Caspar von Dörnberg was enfeoffed with the office of "Hereditary Kitchen Master" of Hesse.
- Wolfgang (Pandolphus) Ferdinand von Dörnberg (1724–1793), son of Johann Caspar II., Landgrave of hess.-kass. Minister of State, Prussian Minister of Justice (under Frederick the Great), President of the Supreme Court, 3rd hereditary kitchen master in Hesse.
- Wilhelm Caspar Ferdinand von Dörnberg (1768–1850), royal Hanoverian lieutenant general, envoy, Hessian freedom fighter during the wars of revolution and freedom. Wilhelm von Dörnberg was the initiator of one of the Hessian uprisings (insurrection) in 1809 and is therefore also known as "Aufstandsdörnberg". Ernst Moritz Arndt and Ludwig Mohr processed Dörnberg's activities artistically in their works. Took part in the Battle of Waterloo.
- Wilhelm von Dörnberg (1781–1877), Hessian chief forester and member of parliament
- Ernst Friedrich von Dörnberg (1801–1878), head of the Thurn & Taxis general administration, raised to the rank of count in Vienna on February 21, 1865. Brother of Wilhelmine von Dörnberg . In 1832 he acquired the villa in the Regensburg Dörnbergpark , later named after him and his son Ernst von Dörnberg , which has been managed by the “Gräflich von Dörnberg'schen Orphan Fund Foundation” since the death of his son.
- Wilhelmine Caroline Christine Henriette von Dörnberg (1803–1835) ∞ on August 24, 1828 in Regensburg, Prince Maximilian Karl von Thurn und Taxis
- Albert von Dörnberg (1824–1915), Prussian civil servant and member of parliament
- Hermann von Dörnberg (1828–1893), Prussian lieutenant general
- Heinrich von Dörnberg (1831–1905), German history painter from the Düsseldorf School
- Ferdinand von Dörnberg (1833–1902), Prussian lieutenant general
- Ernst von Dörnberg (1836–1897), unmarried son of Ernst Friedrich von Dörnberg (1801–1878 in Regensburg), founder of the “Gräflich von Dörnberg'schen Orphan Fund Foundation”.
- Julius von Dörnberg (1837–1922), Prussian district administrator
- Hugo von Dörnberg (1844–1930), landowner and member of the Prussian manor house
- Karl von Dörnberg (1854–1891), administrative officer in Silesia and diplomat (Legation Councilor) in Japan
- Karl Albert Friedrich Hans von Dörnberg (1863–1929), District Administrator of Fulda and Gersfeld
- Alexander von Dörnberg (diplomat) (1901–1983), German lawyer, diplomat and SS leader
- Alexander von Dörnberg (politician) (1801–1860), German lawyer, politician and Foreign Minister of the State of Hesse
archive
The family and manorial archives of the von Dörnberg family are kept as a deposit in the Hessian State Archives in Marburg (inventory 340 von Dörnberg).
literature
- Genealogical manual of the nobility . Volume 4, 1952.
- Genealogical manual of the nobility. Volume 44, 1969.
- Genealogical manual of the nobility. Volume 58, 1974. Adelslexikon
- Genealogical manual of the nobility. Volume 80, 1982.
- Genealogical manual of the nobility. Volume 127, 2002.
- Genealogical manual of the nobility. Volume 157, 2014.
- The Counts of Dörnberg and their foundation. Ed .: Museums and Archives of the City of Regensburg, Regensburg 1991.
- Ludwig Zimmermann: The central administration of Upper Hesse under the court master Hans von Dörnberg. Darmstadt / Marburg 1974.
- Hugo Freiherr von Dörnberg: Wilhelm von Dörnberg. Marburg 1936.
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses. Volume 45, 1872, p. 210. Austrian Count's Line
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses. Volume 20, 1870, pp. 168ff.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gustav Könnecke: Dörnberg, Hans Freiherr von. in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. published by the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Volume 5 (1877), pp. 352–353, digital full-text edition in “Wikisource” , (version from July 4, 2015, 5:22 pm UTC).
- ↑ Overview of the holdings "Family and Dominion Archives of Dörnberg" (HStAM holdings 340 von Dörnberg). In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), as of September 1, 2014.