Gleißenthal (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the Gleißenthalers according to Siebmacher's book of arms

The Gleißenthalers are an aristocratic family from Upper Palatinate that first appeared as the ministerial of the Leuchtenbergers . For over two centuries (1270–1590) they were wealthy with Hofmark Döltsch , with Dietersdorf (1301–1625), with Zandt ( 1536–1851 ) and also with Pullenried (1581–1643). Since they converted to Lutheranism , they temporarily lost their possessions and also settled in Saxony .

history

The Nordgau was colonized by Diepold von Giengen . Presumably in this context he founded the place Gleißenthal . In 1252 Ulrich , Gottfried and Dietmar von Gleißenthal appear here for the first time as fiefs of the Landgraves of Leuchtenberg. In 1346 and 1347 they also supported the Emperor Charles IV . Gottfried von Gleißenthal gave his possessions in Hohenthan (today a district of Bärnau ) in 1335 to the Abbot Johannes III. Donated by Elbogen from the Waldsassen monastery .

An Ulrich von Gleißenthal auf Dietersdorf was probably imprisoned in Tännesberg due to a feud in 1389 by Karl dem Hauzendorfer . On March 16, 1393 Ulrich von Gleißenthal received from Landgrave Albrecht I von Leuchtenberg 20 fl compensation for the damage he had suffered in a feud. He held the castle hat of Parkstein and owned extensive fiefdoms in Dietersdorf. In 1427 Wilhelm von Gleißenthal was taken into service by the city of Eger in the fight against the Hussites . During the Bavarian War between Margrave Albrecht Achilles and the Wittelsbacher Ludwig the Rich , Niklas von Gleißenthal stood on the side of the Wittelsbacher Duke of Bavaria-Landshut, who was ultimately victorious . In 1526 Michl , Wilhelm , Jorg and Utz Gleißenthal are the owners of the Dietersdorf estate (also called Döltsch). Georg Gleißenthaler paid homage under feudal law on July 9, 1571, his successor is his son Hans Siegmund von Gleißenthal . Hans Siegmund von Gleißenthal auf Dietersdorf was Adam von Starhemberg's service for four years . Between 1593 and 1599 he fought against the Turks . He had three brothers: Hans , Hans Georg (killed near Strasbourg in 1622 ) and Hans Lorenz , who fought in Moravia under Colonel Larolath , who in 1643 bought the wasteland of Menzelhof. A Gleißenthaler also seems to have fought against the troops of Peter Ernst II von Mansfeld . With Christoph Philipp von Gleißenthal , the line to Dietersdorf expired. In 1625 Dietersdorf was sold to Michael Hartung, who had remained Catholic .

Hartung coat of arms according to Siebmacher's book of arms

Hofmark Döltsch is also associated with the Gleißenthaler family. The first owner was Gottfried von Gleißenthal (also Castle Keepers of Park Stone ), he stood by the Lower Bavarian Duke reclaimed of 1301 the sheaves tenth of Döltsch to. Even Berthold of Gleißenthal was entitled to a "Geldreichnis" of Döltsch. Marquard von Gleißenthal is named as pastor in Püchersreuth in 1337 . In the course of the 15th century, Döltsch became an independent property of the Gleißenthalers. In 1489 Oswald von Gleißenthal was a member of the Löwlerbund on Döltsch . In 1521 Wilhelm Gleißentahler , in 1525 Christoph , Wolf , Oswald , Jörg and Utz Gleißenthaler , the Teltsch brothers, are registered as residents of the newly founded Young Palatinate . Wilhelm Gleißenthaler is also known for having a large number of children; he had eight sons and two daughters; his son Michael became the founder of the Zandt der Gleißenthaler line and was raised to the baron status by Elector Max Emanuel in 1697 . In 1532 Christoph von Gleißenthal is the owner of the Hofmark, carer of Bärnau and at the same time judge of Amberg ; his son is the evangelical abbot of Speinshart Monastery , Johann Georg von Gleißenthal . From 1539 to 1541 Wolf and Oswald are registered here as Christoffen's blessed posthumous sons of the Gleißenthalers , then Oswald Gleißenthaler and from 1550 Christof Gleißenthaler's heirs . Otto , Wilhelm and Hans Georg von Gleißenthal were members of the Electoral Palatinate Council in Regensburg from 1577 to 1579. In 1590 Philipp von Gleißenthal sells the Hofmark to Hans Hieronimus Mendel von Steinfels .

In 1581 Christoff von Gleißenthal came into the possession of Pullenried , in 1585 and 1599 Pullenried was owned by Peter von Gleißenthal , then in 1613 (Jacob) Pangraz von Gleißenthal followed and in 1622 Hanns Neidhard von Gleißenthal . In 1629 he had to leave the country for reasons of faith. After his death, the estate fell to his brother Wolf Peter von Gleißenthal , who sold it to Melchior Reineck in 1643 . In 1540 Michael von Gleißenthal , who is married to Magdalena von Nussberg , appears as the owner of Gutmaning . The Nussberg family acquired this Hofmark around 1500 and Michael von Gleißenthal married this Hofmark. During the time of the Counter Reformation the Gleißenthalers left the country, only to come into possession of this property again after the Thirty Years' War in 1650; Georg Christoph von Gleißenthal then passed the Hofmark on to Schrenck von Notzing in 1656 . Michael von Gleißenthal bought Erasmus Wurmrauscher's property in Schachendorf around 1543 . In 1629 the Protestant family was forced to emigrate. The property then went to Hans Ludwig Laiminger zu Albertsried , then in 1631 to Matthias Rosenhammer , followed by Albrecht Vischl in 1661 , who sold Schachendorf in 1680 to Christoph Seiz zu Wolfring . Through his widow, Schachendorf returned to Johann Christoph von Gleißenthal in 1682 . The system remained in the family's possession almost continuously until 1842, when it was sold to the Bavarian state.

Coat of arms of the Gleißenthaler in the local coat of arms of Zandt

The coat of arms of the Gleißenthalers can be found in the municipal coat of arms of Zandt, together with a stylized representation of Zandt Castle . On August 21, 1536, Michael von Gleißenthal acquired Gutmaning from Georg von Türlingen Dorf and Hofmark Zandt . In 1539 the Regensburg Bishop Pankraz von Sinzenhofen issued him a fiefdom for this. The fiefdom dependency on the Hochstift Regensburg remained until the secularization in 1803. Zandt was handed over several times to other people (e.g. to the Schönsteiners , to the Kagerer von Chameregg ), but they are seen as pseudo-deals for the preservation of their property, because, as already mentioned several times, they converted to Protestantism . On February 1, 1673, Johann Ludwig von Gleißenthal was granted the freedom of noblemen and thus also the jurisdiction over his goods. Anton Freiherr von Gleißenthal zu Zant was mentioned several times in court files at the end of the 18th century. Heinrich von Gleißenthal auf Zandt (* 1807) was the commandant of the Veste Oberhaus near Passau . His son Anton von Gleißenthal took part in the 1870 war against France as a 17-year-old ensign . His brother Heinrich von Gleißenthal was a lieutenant in the First World War . Zandt Castle remained in the family until 1851. She then moved to Munich, where family members still live today (e.g. Ilse Freifrau von Gleißenthal is a study advisor for mathematics and physics, Heinrich Freiherr von Gleißenthal is clergyman and Johann Lepschy Freiherr von Gleißenthal holds a doctorate in chemistry at the Bavarian State Institute for Natural Resources and Life Sciences and crop production ).

Wilhelm von Gleissenthal as a student in 1835

In Siebmacher's book of arms , the Gleißenthalers are also referred to as the primeval nobility of Meissen . Some evidence of this can be found. The bailiff Heinrich von Gleißenthal is named as the owner of Gräfenhainichen Castle in 1554 . He is referred to as Thumprobst zu Merseburg , Thumherr zu Zeitz, Meißen and Wurzen, chief tax collector, governor of Schönberg and Electoral Saxon Privy Councilor . From October 4, 1554 he is also in possession of the Muldenstein estate , here the brothers Sigmund , Heinrich , Georg and Adolph von Gleißenthal follow on November 14, 1586 to 1588 . His daughter Magdalene von Gleißenthal († March 22, 1671) is the third wife of Wolff Siegfried von Kötteritz , "Prince of Anhalt-Zerbstischer Prime Minister" (∞ 1667). In 1624, Hans Casper von Gleißenthal exchanged Gut Collm owned by Burgrave Truchseß von Walzhausen for his Gut Sonnenberg in Rastenburg . In 1676 this property was bought by the widow of Erhard von Rödern . Andreas von Gleißenthal was an electoral cavalry captain in 1636 and had been shot by the enemy in front of Hall ; he was buried in the cathedral of Halle .

coat of arms

The quartered coat of arms from 1667 is silver in field 1 under the black shield head, black in 2 and 3, silver in 4 over a black shield base, all fields without a picture. On the two helmets with black and silver covers on the right, the inward-turned torso of a crowned maiden in black clad with flying hair between two black buffalo horns , each covered with a clasp made of silver and black in three rows. On the left helmet, on a flat silver hat with a broad black lapel, a closed flight marked like the shield .

Famous family members

Johann Georg von Gleißenthal (1507–1580), abbot of the Speinshart Abbey and victum of the Upper Palatinate

Wilhelm Freiherr von Gleissenthal (1814–1894), Royal Bavarian District Forester, member of the Corps Bavaria

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Emma Mages (adaptation): Parish of Zandt. House of Bavarian History , accessed on December 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Otto Titan von Hefner; Gustav Adelbert Seyler, 1971, p. 36.
  3. ↑ Emma Mages: Oberviechtach . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria , part of Old Bavaria . Series I, issue 61. Komm. Für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7696-9693-X , p. 124 ( digitized version ).
  4. ↑ Max Piendl: The Cham district court . Ed .: Commission for Bavarian State History (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria . Series I Altbayern, Issue 8). Munich 1955, DNB  453774431 , p. 39 , Mitte ( digitized version [accessed December 11, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Chess Village. In: EBIDAT . Retrieved December 16, 2019 .
  6. ^ Max Piendl: The district court Kötzting . Ed .: Commission for Bavarian State History (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria . Series I Altbayern, Issue 5). Munich 1953, DNB  453774458 , p. 44 , Mitte ( digitized version [accessed December 11, 2019]).
  7. ^ Baron von Gleißenthal auf Zandt against the village community of Rissing because of grazing rights. In: Finding aid database. State Archives of Bavaria , accessed on December 16, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Angela Buchfelder: 850th anniversary celebration with a white and blue sky and a blue-blooded visit to Gleißenthal - "The atmosphere here is harmonious". In: Onetz . June 25, 2001. Retrieved December 16, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Otto Titan von Hefner; Gustav Adelbert Seyler, 1971, p. 36.
  10. ^ The Saxon Office of Graefenhainichen , accessed on December 16, 2019.
  11. ^ Chronicle of Muldenstein , accessed on December 16, 2019.
  12. ↑ Wolff Siegfried von Kötteritz , accessed on December 16, 2019.
  13. ↑ Parish Petersdorf - Colm , accessed on December 16, 2019.
  14. ^ Franz Jäger: What do inscriptions tell about the history of the city of Halle? accessed on December 16, 2019.
  15. ↑ Adelslexikon Volume IV, Volume 67 of the complete series, 1978, pp. 149–150.