Elverfeldt (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Elverfeldt

The barons of Elverfeldt (also Elverfeld, Elberfeld ) are an old Rhenish - Westphalian noble family .

history

Elberfeld Castle , from 1243 a Cologne or Bergisch fiefdom

The line of tribe begins with Hermann von Heppendorf , who is named 1139–1159 as the nobleman of Cologne . The Lords of Heppendorf sat from around 1243 (until around 1430?) As Electoral Cologne or Bergische Ministerials or Burgmannen at Elberfeld Castle in today's Wuppertal and named themselves after her. With Arnold, Ritter and Vogt von Elvervelde , the family first appeared under this name in 1257. The "Lords of Elvervelde" were vassals of the Archbishop of Cologne and the "Knights Craften von Elvervelde" received farms in Haan and Hilden with the righteous as a fief.

From 1311 the lords of Elverfeldt were also Burgmannen at the Herbede house in Herbede , which can be considered the actual headquarters. From 1311 to 1809 they held the manor and court lordship there. For centuries the Herbeder property also included Haus Villigst , Haus Blumenau , from the beginning of the 18th century Haus Berghofen , from 1869 Haus Ruhr and from 1882 Haus Kotten . This extensive property belonged to the Protestant Herbeder Line until it was extinguished in 1889, when it passed through inheritance to the baronial families von Rheinbaben and von Gemmingen . The Gemmingen still manage the Kotten house, while the Villigst house is leased and the Herbede and Ruhr houses have been sold; the houses in Blumenau and Berghofen have since been torn down.

From 1732 to 1851 Steinhausen Castle in Witten an der Ruhr belonged to a branch of the family, plus the Eleanor mine . In the 19th century, Haus Martfeld was also owned by the family.

Canstein Castle has been owned by the Barons von Elverfeldt since 1853 . In the 20th century, Heimbach Castle in Teningen in Baden , Kalbeck Castle in the Lower Rhine and the Westphalian goods Klingenburg and Niesen Castle came to family branches that also still inhabit them to this day.

One line took on the name Elverfeldt called von Beverfoerde zu Werries when they inherited the von Beverförde zu Werries family through adoption in the 18th century . This legacy included Oberwerries Castle (sold in 1942), Loburg Castle since 1785 and others (for more details, see separate article) .

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows five red bars in gold. On the helmet with red-gold blankets, a red-clad man's torso with a gold-turned cap and three (red-gold-red) ostrich feathers between two buffalo horns labeled as the shield.

Derived from the family crest, the crest of the place of origin of the family, Heppendorf , their centuries-old headquarters Herbede and considering the beaver Bever funding to Werries the crest of Elverfeldt called Beverfoerde to Werries and the community Ostbevern .

  • Coat of arms graphic (1934)

  • Coat of arms of the municipality of Heppendorf

  • Coat of arms of the former city of Rheydt

  • Coat of arms of the municipality of Alpen (Niederrhein)

  • Herbede parish (former castle mansion of the family)

  • Coat of arms of the Ostbevern municipality

Name bearer

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Book of privileges of the Werden Abbey, fol. 40, 265-266
  2. ^ Theodor Joseph Lacomblet, in: Document book for the history of the Lower Rhine or the Archbishopric of Cöln, document 721 , 1853, part 3, 1301–1400, p. [628] 616.