Götsch (noble family)

Götsch coat of arms

The Götsch family is an old Tyrolean noble family from Partschins .

origin

The Götsch descend from the knight Randold von Partschins. The Knights of Partschins received their coat of arms in 1220. Since July 25, 1967, this has also been the official coat of arms of Partschins. Description of the coat of arms: In silver, a natural ploughshare set diagonally upwards (risk). The lords of Partschins, who had their seat in Partschins in the 13th and 14th centuries and whose village castle, built around 1200, still exists today under the name of Stachlburg , used this coat of arms.

coat of arms

Blazon : In gold, a jumping unicorn with a green branch in its mouth. On the crowned helmet the growing unicorn as in the shield. The helmet cover is red and gold (yellow).

Randold of Partschins

Randold von Partschins was a supporter of the 1st husband of Margaret of Tyrol , Prince Johann Heinrich von Luxemburg , son of the King of Bohemia. This was expelled from Tyrol Castle in 1341. The Tyrolean nobility had already promised the hand of their princess and the country to the son of the same name of Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria , Margrave of Brandenburg. The emperor accepted this promise regardless of the fact that the princess was already married.

On January 28, 1342, Margrave Ludwig promised the Tyrolean nobility in Munich that he would keep all Tyrolean clergy and secular, all cities and villages their rights. The emperor moved to Tyrol with his son and married him to Margarete. Regardless of this promise, the new sovereign, Margrave Ludwig, appointed foreigners to the most important offices and awarded them castles. The Luxembourgers used the displeasure of the Tyrolean nobility together with King Karl I of Bohemia (later Emperor Karl IV), brother of Johann Heinrich, and appeared in Trient in 1347 in the absence of Ludwig and crossed the Adige Valley without resistance with the help of the Bishop of Trento . The cities of Bozen and Meran united with Bishop Ulrich von Chur ( Ulrich V. von Lenzburg ) and Ulrich Ribi and besieged Tyrol Castle .
Randold von Partschins fought together with the Tyrolean nobility against the hated Ludwig. He suddenly appeared in the middle of the country and gathered an army and marched against Karl. Karl and his comrades-in-arms then retired to Trento, not without leaving great devastation in the country. Bolzano and Merano were mostly cremated. Ludwig defeated the Bishop of Chur and his allies from the Tyrolean nobility. He could take the bishop prisoner. He was imprisoned for 6 months and was only released against the surrender of several castles. Ludwig now took revenge on Randold von Partschins, who had fled injured in the face of superior numbers. He took the wife of Randold, Tusnelda, daughter of the knight Nicholas of Rabland , prisoner and locked her up. Randold's possessions were confiscated and later passed on to his brother-in-law Heinrich von Spaur . After several weeks in detention, Tusnelda was allowed to go. Tusnelda left her eldest son with Pastor Gander (Pfaffengander) and traveled to Randold after Chur. Both were admitted to the castle of Bishop Ribi. Since Ludwig was on their heels, they fled to a farmer named Forcher in Eich am Sempachersee (Grafschaft Lenzburg), who later gave them a little good named Götsch as a reward for their hard work on the Egg farm. Randold and Tusnelda lived undisturbed in Switzerland for 30 years .

In 1363 Tyrol fell to Austria Habsburg. At the Battle of Sempach in 1386 (Confederates against the Habsburgs) the four brothers found each other. According to old tradition, Duke Leopold is said to have taken Pastor von Eich with him before the battle and had mass read.
The 4 sons of Randold later returned to Tyrol (probably in 1415 after the conquest of Aargau by the Confederates) and were given empty pockets with 4 goods above Partschins by Friedrich . The eldest son Willigis (after Willigis - "Scion of Will") received the Egg farm and called himself Götsch according to the farm in Switzerland. The second oldest son Adamar (after Ademar von Monteil ) got the Rabein farm and called himself Forcher. The third son Fuldebert (after Fulbert von Chartres ) received the Gand farm and took the name Pircher. The youngest son Hartmann (after Hartmann Moguntina, biographer Willigis) called himself Gerstgrasser (since he was born while cutting barley) and received the Giggelberg farm. There is still an Anderleiter Egg farm , a Giggelberg inn and the Unter- and Oberrabein farms above Partschins.

Representative of the family

Here are some representatives of the Götsch family:

• Hieronymus Götsch, 14th century, owner of the Malaun residential tower in Tirolo
• Randold Götsch (* 1960 in Meran) has lived in Partschins since he was born, and Stiegenwirt in Partschins

Name bearer

The following people bear the name, however, a descent from the noble family is not certain.

• Cassian Götsch (* July 17, 1656 - † November 25, 1719) furnished most of the churches in the Ötztal with altars
• Mathes Götsch, buried July 30, 1675 in Nuremberg, ancestor of the Nuremberg arithmetical master family
• Hans Götsch, mentioned in 1699 as a stonemason in Eschringen (D).
• Joseph Götsch from Marling , comrade in arms of Andreas Hofer
• Joachim Friedrich Goetsch (born July 25, 1803 in Tribsow (Prussia), † June 25, 1884 in Sherman Sheboygan County Wisconsin), founder of an American branch of the Goetsch family
• Johann Heinrich Gottlieb Goetsch (* 1842), emigrated to the USA / Wisconsin before 1862

literature

• Joseph Ladurner and his writings , in: Neue Zeitschrift des Ferdinandeums for Tirol and Vorarlberg, Volume 2, Innsbruck 1835, p. 104; (Reprint volumes 1–4,: restricted preview

swell

• History of the ancestral coat of arms of the Götsch family, H. Götsch, September 6, 1959, Vieider-More, Schlanders
• Götsch in Ensheim
• Götsch Family
• Subordinate
• Götsch family, Nuremberg arithmetic master family

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heinrich von Spauer
2. ↑ History of Eich ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2013 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. (PDF; 27 kB) 
3. ↑ Castle inventory ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2008 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.  
4. ↑ Cassian Götsch ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2012 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. , Oetztal.at, accessed on May 10, 2012. 
5. ↑ Georg Klotz
6. ↑ Hans Schmölzer
7. ↑ JF Goetsch
8. ↑ JHG Goetsch  ( 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.