Eichendorff (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those von Eichendorff

Eichendorff is the name of an old noble family from the Archdiocese of Magdeburg .

history

The family first appears in a document in 1237 with Conradus de Eikendorp . It had its headquarters in Eickendorf near Calbe in the ore monastery of Magdeburg . It was located there until the middle of the 15th century.

Already in the 14th century a branch came to the Mark Brandenburg and in the course of time acquired rich property in Barnim , Lebus and Zerbow . While it died out again in Magdeburg in the 16th century and in Brandenburg in the 17th century, the lineage continued to flourish in Silesia and Moravia .

Deutsch Krawarn Castle near Opava (Silesia)

In Silesia, Deutsch Krawarn near Opava came into the possession of the family from 1634 to 1782, and Deutsch Krawarn Castle became the ancestral seat for many years. Johann Rudolf Freiherr von Eichendorff had the baroque building that still exists today erected between 1721 and 1728. After 155 years, Adolph Freiherr von Eichendorff sold the property Deutsch Krawarn in 1782 to the Oberhofmarschall Anton Graf Schaffgotsch; In 1783 he acquired the Radoschau estate from Major Karl Wenzel von Kloch, who became his father-in-law in 1784, and the Lubowitz estate from his mother-in-law in 1785 for 41,000 thalers , which she had bought in 1765 in a "devastated state". On Castle Lubowitz 1788 his son was Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff was born (1788-1857), the romantic poet lawyer , writer, Government and most important member of the family. All other barons of Eichendorff descended from him.

In 1655 Hartwig Erdmann von Eichendorff acquired the Sedlnitz estate in Moravia after his family had settled in Moravia during the Thirty Years War . Sedlnitz remained in the possession of the Eichendorff until the 19th century, the poet Joseph was a co-owner. In 1657, members of the family were accepted into the old Moravian knighthood and in 1679 they were elevated to the status of baron .

The male line died out in the male line with Rudolf Hartwig von Eichendorff on January 4, 1964, in the female line with Elisabeth von Eichendorff on September 13, 1976. Georg Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche and Camminetz (* 1940), confirmed by a resolution of the German Nobility Committee , and his family use the form of the name Freiherr von Eichendorff Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche and Camminetz . He is the youngest son of Count Oskar Strachwitz (1889–1951) and Elisabeth Freiin von Eichendorff (1896–1976), great-granddaughter of the poet Joseph von Eichendorff , whose childless brother Rudolf Hartwig von Eichendorff adopted him to take the name Eichendorff in the family receive. His grandfather was Hartwig von Eichendorff (1860-1944).

coat of arms

The talking coat of arms shows a diagonal golden oak branch in red , with two golden oak leaves and a golden acorn above and below. On the helmet a closed red flight with the shield figure on the wing. The helmet cover is red and gold.

Coats of arms variant only with oak branch as a crest ornament

There are also depictions with a crowned helmet and without a flight and a branch leaning to the right, as shown in the shield (with two acorns above and one below, without leaves).

Name bearer

Joseph von Eichendorff (1788–1857), by Franz Kugler (1832)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Archives Magdeburg, Halberst. Domin. 53, in the document book of the city of Halberstadt 7 a 35
  2. ↑ Joseph Carl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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 / www.rathay-biographien.de

literature

Web links

Commons : Eichendorff  - collection of images, videos and audio files

See also