Draschwitz (noble family)

Coat of arms of those von Draschwitz in Siebmacher's coat of arms book (1605)

Draschwitz is the name of an extinct old Meißnisch - Saxon noble family with the parent house of the same name in Draschwitz north of Zeitz ,

Members

The brothers Albert , Friedrich and Barthel von Draschwitz appear in a document as the first members of the von Draschwitz family in 1311. There is a letter from them to Friedrich I , Landgrave of Thuringia and Margrave of Meissen .

An Otto von Draschwitz appeared in 1382 as a witness in a transfer of ownership by the Naumburg bishop Christian von Witzleben . Heinrich and Nicolaus are listed for 1387 and Johann von Draschwitz for 1390 .

Friedemann and Albrecht von Draschwitz are connected with the Altenburg division of the Wettin lands in 1445 between Elector Friedrich II and Duke Wilhelm III.

Georg von Draschwitz , who died in 1519, was canon of Meißen and councilor of Duke Heinrich of Saxony.

Bernhard von Draschwitz was canon of Naumburg , Meißen and Merseburg and episcopal governor in Zeitz . He died in 1565 and was the last owner of the family estate in Draschwitz. His grave slab is in Naumburg Cathedral.

possession

In addition to the ancestral estate Draschwitz, which passed to the von Lichtenhain family in 1565 , the von Draschwitz estates owned the Oderwitz (since 1934 to Elstertrebnitz ), Grunau bei Hohenmölsen ( dredged over by the Profen opencast mine ), Zedtlitz (1611–1685) and Frohburg , Neukirchen bei Borna .

The historical mentions of the von Draschwitz family ended with an entry on the village of Oderwitz in 1713.

coat of arms

According to Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1605, the coat of arms of those of Draschwitz shows a buck jumping to the right in a vertically divided shield, whereby the colors of shield and buck alternate between red and white. The hat on the silver helmet is white, the ostrich feathers on the helmet are red and white, as is the helmet cover. The collar at the top is yellow and the little rooster feathers are black.

literature

Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New General German Adels Lexicon Volume 2, Leipzig 1860, p. 567/568 (digitized version )

August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony . First volume, Zwickau 1824, pp. 785–787 (digitized version )

Web links

Pictures of the grave slab of Bernhard von Draschwitz. In: picture index. Retrieved March 19, 2019 .

Individual evidence

^ Johann Friedrich Gauhe : The Holy Roman Empire Genealogisch-Historisches Adels-Lexikon . Volume 1, Leipzig 1719, p. 347 (digitized version)
↑ ^a ^b Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony , pp. 785/786
↑ ^a ^b ^c New general German Adels Lexicon , pp. 567/568
↑ Draschwitz. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 7, Leipzig 1734, column 1405.
↑ Manor Oderwitz. In: State Archives Leipzig. Retrieved March 19, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Schlossarchiv , → Güterlexikon: choose relevant name

[1] Johann Friedrich Gauhe : The Holy Roman Empire Genealogisch-Historisches Adels-Lexikon . Volume 1, Leipzig 1719, p. 347 (digitized version)

[ZL-2] Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony , pp. 785/786

[NA-3] New general German Adels Lexicon , pp. 567/568

[4] Draschwitz. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 7, Leipzig 1734, column 1405.

[5] Manor Oderwitz. In: State Archives Leipzig. Retrieved March 19, 2019 .

[SA-6] Schlossarchiv , → Güterlexikon: choose relevant name