Gilsa (noble family)

Coat of arms of those from and to Gilsa

Gilsa is the name of an old Hessian noble family , the lords and barons from and to Gilsa . Their headquarters in Gilsa is now part of the Neuental community in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse.

history

The family is first mentioned in 1224 with Wigand von Gilsa . The uninterrupted line of trunks begins in 1322 with the knight Johann von Gilsa , Electorate Mainz Burgmann of Jesberg .

In addition to the "Gilsa" family, there was also a branch to " Ropperhausen , Lenderscheid and Siebertshausen", which, however, had a different coat of arms and was also a member of the Knighthood of Old Hessen . The family of those from and to Gilsa divided into two large branches in the 16th century, "Gilsa-Oberhof" and "Gilsa-Unterhof". In the 17th century, Gilsa-Oberhof split into two further branches, both of which remained untitled. Oberhof and Unterhof are still family-owned. The branch originally living on the Mittelhof became extinct in the male line in 1898 and the Mittelhof was sold. Ludwigseck Palace came to the family in the 1980s from Riedesel 's inheritance.

Karl von und zu Gilsa, progenitor of the Gilsa-Unterhof line, electoral Hessian stable master and later royal Westphalian chief steward , received the title of baron from Jérôme Bonaparte in 1813 . However, this status survey was initially not recognized in the restored Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel . Only in 1872 and 1879 was a Prussian confirmation or authorization to use the baron title .

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  Oberhof Gilsa

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  Gilsa lower courtyard

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  Mittelhof Gilsa

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  Ludwigseck Palace

coat of arms

Coat of arms of those from and to Gilsa

The coat of arms shows three silver streams lying one above the other in green. On the helmet is a green-silver flight drawn like the shield . The helmet cover is also green-silver.

Family saying

The family saying is:

"The Gilse have three rivers in their coat of arms,

Green and white do the same thing;

Anyone who is pious turns green at all times,

Blessings are ready for him from God. "

Known family members

• Hermann von Gilsa, 1378–1384 abbot of the Haina monastery
• Eitel Philipp Ludwig von Gilsa (1700–1765), Hessian general
• Georg Ludwig von Gilsa (1730–1792), Prussian major general and chief of Dragoon Regiment No. 3
• Georg Ernst von und zu Gilsa (1740–1798), officer, Hessian war council and conqueror
• Georg Ludwig Eitel von Gilsa (1775–1812), Prussian Colonel of the 1st Westphalian Cuirassier Regiment founded in Aschersleben
• Charlotte Christine Wilhelmine von Gilsa (1752–1822), abbess of the Wallenstein Monastery in Homberg
• Carl Ludwig Philipp von Gilsa (1753-1823), u. a. Head stable master and grand steward of the Westphalian Queen Katharina
• Friedrich von Gilsa (1808–1886), Prussian major general
• Karl Lewin Leopold von und zu Gilsa (1820–1883), Prussian lieutenant general
• Leopold von Gilsa (1824–1870), German-American officer, Colonel of the Northern States in the Civil War
• Julius Friedrich Johann Georg von Gilsa (1827–1902), Prussian major general
• Moritz Karl Christian Eitel von Gilsa (1841–1909), Prussian lieutenant general
• Karl Werner von und zu Gilsa (1854–1913), Prussian major general
• Kurt von Gilsa (1866–1941), German major general
• Adolf von und zu Gilsa (1876–1945), German administrative officer and manor owner
• Gottfried von und zu Gilsa (1879–1959), German administrative officer and manor owner
• Erich von Gilsa (1879–1963), German officer, lobbyist and politician
• Werner von Gilsa (1889–1945), German infantry general, last combat commandant of Dresden

literature

• from and to Gilsa . In: Marcelli Janecki , Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility . First volume. WT Bruer's Verlag, Berlin 1896, p. 671-683 ( dlib.rsl.ru ).
• Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon. Volume IV, Volume 67 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1978, ISSN  0435-2408 , pp. 119-120.
• Otto Hupp : Munich calendar 1927. Munich / Regensburg publishing house 1927.
• ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: The sex of and to Gilsa in the register of the Althessian knighthood ) pp. 87 and 89.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses, 1905, sixth year p.264ff

Web links

• Gilsa-online.de
• Edition of the letters to Georg Ernst von und zu Gilsa (1740–1798) and his diary

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Original in the Marburg State Archive
2. ↑ Friederike von Gilsa: ( page no longer available , search in web archives: gilsa-online.de )
3. ^ Regiments of Hessen-Kassel in action at the Brücker-Mühle, September 21, 1762 ( Memento of January 10, 2005 in the Internet Archive )