Eichthal (noble family)

Eichthal was the name of a Bavarian baronial family whose aristocratic lineage begins with Aron Elias Seligmann . The family had obtained their wealth primarily through the lease of the salt monopoly in Württemberg. At the beginning of the 19th century, the Seligmanns were among the most important court bankers in Baden and Bavaria.

history

The Jewish court factor Aron Elias Seligmann, who came from Leimen , was raised to the Bavarian nobility as Freiherr von Eichthal in 1814 in recognition of his services to the Wittelsbach family . The name Eichthal is based on Maria Eich in the Würmtal near Planegg, where Seligmann owned properties. Associated with this was the award of the coat of arms of the von Thalmann family from Augsburg and the ennoblement of his ten children. The head of the family and his children gradually converted to the Catholic faith.

Epitaph of Bernhard von Eichthal (1784–1830), Campo Santo Teutonico Rome

The descendants of the family married into the most distinguished aristocratic houses, such as Armansperg , Berchem , Bossi-Fedrigotti , Bronno-Bronska , Khuen von Belasy , Otting-Fünfstetten , Moreau , Podewils , Rummel and Hößlin .

In 1857 Baron Carl von Eichthal purchased Hohenburg Castle for 32,000 guilders .

During the Nazi dictatorship, gender was subject to massive reprisals. Many family members emigrated to the USA . The von Eichthal have died out in the male line.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of those of Eichthal

Family coat of arms, Campo Santo Teutonico Rome

Two silver rocks side by side in blue, each with a golden star floating above them . On the helmet with blue-silver covers an open silver flight , each covered with a bar , inside a gold star.

Name bearer

• Simon von Eichthal (1787–1854), banker
• Karl von Eichthal (1813–1880), court banker
• Irene von Eichthal (1858–1907), wife of the painter Albert von Keller
• David von Eichthal (1775–1850), industrialist
• Rudolf von Eichthal (1877–1974), musician, writer, officer
• Gustave d'Eichthal (1804–1886), French author, publicist and Hellenist; Pupil of Auguste Comte
• Eugène d'Eichthal (1844–1936), son of Gustave d'Eichthal
• Georges d'Eichthal , son of Gustave d'Eichthal
• Adolphe d'Eichthal (1782-1840), banker in Paris, Frederic Chopin friends

literature

• Association of the nobility in Bavaria eV (Ed.): Genealogical manual of the nobility matriculated in Bavaria . Volume XXIV, Munich 2009, pp. 287-289.

Web links

• http://www.rijo.homepage.t-online.de/pdf/DE_MU_JU_eichthad.pdf
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120717081446/http://www.genea-bdf.org/BasesDonnees/genealogies/seligmann_deichthal.htm

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reinhard Heydenreuter : Address on October 18, 2012 , accessed on November 30, 2018.
2. ^ Biographical website on Bernhard von Eichthal