Georg Wolf von Kotzau
Georg Wolf von Kotzau , called the Rich († 1560) was an imperial knight and bailiff from Epprechtstein , von Rehau and governor of Hof.
Origin and family
Georg Wolf came from the original, knightly von Kotzau family , after the genealogist Alban von Dobenck from the younger main line of the von Kotzau family with half of the headquarters in today's Oberkotzau and the castle in Fattigau . The younger main line was founded by Friedrich, son of Hans von Kotzau . Georg Wolf a son of the Münchberg bailiff Hans von Kotzau and bought property in Kotzau , Fattigau and Haideck , now districts of Oberkotzau, from his brothers . The sons Hans Berthold (Councilor of the Duke of Coburg), Beringer , David (Kurpfälzischer nurse zu Bärnau ) and Ernst come from the marriage with Margarethe von Reitzenstein .
Career
In the service of Margrave Albrecht Alcibiades he was bailiff on the Epprechtstein and later in Rehau . In the Schmalkaldic War he followed the call of his sovereign to defend the Plassenburg . Later he went into the service of Heinrich IV. Von Plauen and was his governor for the Plauen - Voigtsberg area . When the Second Margrave War broke out , like many of his peers, he no longer performed military service for the margrave, and he openly joined the opposing side and was briefly appointed governor after taking the city of Hof in 1553. As an imperial knight, he followed the call of King Ferdinand I to contribute to placing the six-office area under Bohemian sequestration . The Hohenzollern made after defeating Albert Alcibiades their influence and claims on Brandenburg-Kulmbach went to Georg Friedrich I. over. Under him, some of the Kotzauer castles were burned down, including the residence in Fattigau. So that the Margrave punished the, in his view renegade Georg Wolf, despite protective letters of Emperor Charles V and King I. Ferdinand , from.
Tomb
He died in 1560. His epitaph is in St. Jakobus in Oberkotzau . The painted tomb shows the knight kneeling in front of the cross and several coats of arms as ancestral samples.
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literature
- Johann Gottfried Biedermann : sex register of laudable knighthood in Voigt country ... . Kulmbach 1752. Plate CCLXXIV.
- Alban von Dobenck : History of the extinct family of Kotzau. In: Archives for the history of Upper Franconia. Bayreuth 1909. pp. 89-92.
- Kurt Stierstorfer: The Siege of Hof 1553 . Hof 2003. pp. 215f. ISBN 3-928626-43-4 .
- Ernst Zeh: Local history of the city of Rehau (...) . 1916. Reprinted by Hof 1987. p. 160.
- Hans-Ulrich Zeidler: Fattigau - a local history . In: Local calendar for the Fichtelgebirge, Franconian Forest and Vogtland , 2011. Hof 2010. P. 84f.
Individual evidence
- ^ August Gebeßler : City and district of Hof . The Art Monuments of Bavaria , Brief Inventories , Volume VII . German art publisher . Munich 1960. p. 55.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Georg Wolf von Kotzau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Imperial knight, bailiff |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1560 |