Fuchs (noble family)

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Family arms of those von Fuchs
Hartung Fuchs von Dornheim († 1512), court master of the Prince-Bishop of Speyer, epitaph in the collegiate church (Landau in der Pfalz) . Above right the maternal coat of arms of the Lords of Venningen
Jakob Fuchs von Wonfurt, († 1558), Würzburg Cathedral

The foxes are an old Franconian noble family that developed numerous lineages and was first mentioned in documents in 1218 with the fox of Stockheim and in 1220 with Albertus Vulpes (Vulpes = fox). At Biedermann , the family is led back to 1293.

history

Tomb of Anastasia Fuchs von Rügheim in the church in Aschbach, top right the coat of arms of Förtsch von Thurnau

At the beginning of the 13th century the foxes were first mentioned in documents as Ministeriale . The earliest possessions are all in the vicinity of the Schwanberg in the Kitzingen district . Towards the end of the century, the family split into many lines, the oldest are the lines to Stockheim , Suntheim and Dornheim . The Kannenberg foxes are probably of a different tribe.

The Fuchs were in the service of the Würzburg and Bamberg monasteries as well as the Counts of Henneberg and the Margraves of Ansbach . They held numerous secular and ecclesiastical offices, such as two Bamberg bishops and 27 canons.

In a document dated November 9, 1699, Colonel Reinhold Fuchs from Würzburg and his older brother Christoph Ernst were elevated to the status of imperial baron and the coat of arms association with the extinct Rosenberg family on Stetten and Waldmannshoffen was confirmed.

Christoph Ernst Fuchs of Bimbach and Dornheim (1664-1719) was emperor in 1705 Joseph in the imperial counts charged. He was the Wizburg secret council , colonel , chamberlain , imperial real secret council and envoy in the Lower Saxony district . In 1710 he married Karoline von Mollard , who would later become the Chief Chamberlain of Empress Maria Theresa . The marriage resulted in two daughters, so that the count's line of the von Fuchs family died out with them (for information on female descendants see also: Štěkeň ).

The male line of the Fuchs von Bimbach went out with Dietrich (Dieter) Julius Freiherr Fuchs von Bimbach (born October 24, 1913 in Bamberg, † August 30, 1987). His granddaughter Stephanie Fuchs von Bimbach (born September 9, 1972) continues the name in a female line. The Burgreppach castle was inherited by Monica von Deuster-Fuchs von Bimbach and Dornheim.

The lines of the fox were named after their place of residence.

  • Fuchs von Bimbach († 1987) Catholic line
  • Fuchs von Bimbach († 1743) count line
  • Fuchs von Burgpreppach (old name: Breitbach) († 16th century)
  • Fuchs from Dornheim
  • Fox from Lemnitz
  • Fox from Rügheim
  • Fuchs von Schneeberg (Schneiberg)
  • Fox of Schweinshaupten (1408–1651)
  • Fuchs von Stockheim (1220-?)
  • Fuchs von Wallburg and Gleisenau († 1704) Protestant line
  • Fox of Wonfurt (1330–1593)

Known family members

Johann Philipp Fuchs von Bimbach
  • Hans Philipp Fuchs von Bimbach (* 1567 (?); † August 27, 1626 in the Battle of Lutter ), war bishop and privy councilor, builder of Unterschwaningen Castle , Danish general under Christian IV of Denmark
  • Johann Philipp Fuchs von Dornheim (1646–1727) Provost in the Diocese of Würzburg
  • Andreas Fuchs von Bimbach, Prince Palatinate-Neuburg Governor of Neuburg and Curator Graisbach
  • Hans Friedrich Fuchs von Wallburg (1596–1641), Land Marshal of the Upper Palatinate. During the Counter Reformation he was expelled from the Upper Palatinate by Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria.
  • Vain Heinrich Fuchs von Bimbach zu Gleisenau (1624–1674), knight captain of the Franconian knight canton of Baunach . Buried and grave epitaph preserved in the Evang. Parish church in Burgpreppach.
  • Christoph Ernst Graf Fuchs von Bimbach (1664–1719), founder of the count's line. Würzburg Privy Councilor, Colonel, and Chamberlain, Imperial real secret councilor and envoy in the Lower Saxony district. Elevated to the rank of count by Emperor Joseph in 1705. He was buried in Altona.
  • Ludwig Reinhold Fuchs von Bimbach zu Gleisenau (1666–1704), major general and colonel in Würzburg, died in the battle of Rain am Lech . Buried and grave epitaph preserved in the Evang. Parish church in Burgpreppach.
  • Reinhold Fuchs von Bimbach and Dornheim (1845–1903), Bavarian Lieutenant General, President of the Prussian Artillery Examination Commission
  • Ludwig Fuchs von Bimbach and Dornheim (1833–1900), 1895–1900 District President of Lower Bavaria

Possessions (extract)

Formerly owned (excerpt)

Bimbach Castle , owned by the family from the beginning of the 15th century until 1970
Burgpreppach Castle , owned by the family since 1544 until today

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows a jumping red fox in gold. On the helmet with red and gold blankets, a tucked red hat with a fox sitting on it.

Improved coat of arms of the Fuchs von Bimbach

Square 1 and 4 in gold a jumping red fox, divided 2 and 3 and split 5 times by red and silver. Two helmets; on the right, with a red and gold blanket, a tucked red hat with a fox sitting on it; on the left, with a red and silver blanket, a red rose between a red gooseneck on the right and a silver gooseneck on the left. Shield holder: 2 opposing golden griffins.

Improved coat of arms of Prince-Bishop Georg IV. Fuchs of Rügheim

Quartered 1 and 4 in gold a black lion tongued with red tongues and red armored, above a silver diagonal right thread, Diocese of Bamberg, 2 and 3 in gold a jumping red or natural fox. Family coat of arms of the Fuchs von Rügheim.

Historical coats of arms

See also

literature

  • The aristocracy enrolled in Bavaria. Volume 9, p. 155, Volume 13, p. 398.
  • Johann Gottfried Biedermann: genealogy of the knighthood Franconia Ort Baunach Bayreuth. 1747, plates 57-62.
  • Norbert Haas: funerary monuments inside and outside of the upper parish to our lady of Bamberg.
  • Genealogical manual of the nobility . Nobility Lexicon. Volume III, Volume 61 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1975, ISSN  0435-2408 .
  • Andreas Flurschütz da Cruz: Between foxes and wolves. Denomination, clientele and conflicts in the Frankish imperial knighthood after the Peace of Westphalia. Konstanz / Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-86764-504-1 .
  • Samuel Abraham Lauterbach: Historical news from some noble people and scholars who used the gender name Fuchs. Digitized
  • Gender register of the Reichsfrey immediate knighthood Landes zu Franconia praiseworthy place Baunach, panel LXI
  • Volker Rößner, Helmut Hammerich: The Fuchs family from Bimbach and Dornheim in the German Empire. A picture of life in letters from the estate of Reinold Frhr. Fuchs von Bimbach and Dornheim (1845-1903) , in: Publications of the Society for Franconian History 9/57, Stegaurach 2011
  • Kurt Schöndorf: Endres Fuchs von Bimbach zu Möhren , in: Messages from the Historical Association for Donauwörth and the Surrounding Area, 2004, 4–29.
  • Alexander Tittmann: The knightly family of the fox. Her genealogy and her possessions in the Altlandkreis Haßfurt , in: Jahrbuch für Franconian Landesforschung 58 (1998), 37-95. Digitized

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Tittmann: Fuchs, noble family in Histor. Lexicon Bavaria (see web links)
  2. ↑ original in the Central State Archive Stuttgart, Hohenlohe Urkundenbuch I. 30
  3. ↑ Alexander Tittmann: Fuchs, noble family in HLB
  4. ↑ www.worldhistory.de, accessed on September 16, 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.worldhistory.de  
  5. ↑ Burgreppach - Breitbach ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schulphysik.de
  6. ↑ Description of the coat of arms Fuchs von Rügheim
  7. ^ Fuchs von Stockheim
  8. ^ Wonfurt Castle
  9. ^ Knight's Chapel in Hassfurt
  10. ↑ Jakob Fuchs von Wallburg
  11. ↑ Antswind ( Memento of the original from June 28, 2007 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.abtswind.de
  12. ↑ Schloss Bibergau  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / 213.23.56.235  
  13. ↑ Burgreppach ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schulphysik.de
  14. ^ Cronheim Castle
  15. ↑ Gleisenau Castle
  16. ↑ Schloss Neusath ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 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.schlossschuetzen-neusath.de
  17. ↑ Schloss Neuses am Sand ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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.woerners-schloss.de
  18. ↑ Obereisenheim
  19. ^ Entry about Seibersdorf Castle on Burgen-Austria
  20. ↑ Schloss Wiesentheid ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wiesentheid.de
  21. ^ Zeilitzheim Castle
  22. ↑ Image: Coat of arms of the fox von Bimmbach ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.burgberg-online.de