Goldbeck (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Goldbeck

Goldbeck is the name of altmärk een Uradelsgeschlechtes .

history

The origin of the noble Goldbeck family was in the first half of the 12th century. A Christianus de Goltbeche was mentioned in a deed of donation from the Fulda monastery from 1137 . In return for her acceptance, his widow gave the monastery an estate in the Altmark. In 1180 sold Borchard de Goltbeke the Amelungsborn 20  yoke country. The lineage of the family officially began in 1274 with Rudolf de Goltbeke , who lived on the Dosse in the Prignitz . His son Johannes worked in 1309 as "Milites Castrenses" in the conclusion of a contract between the Havelberg bishop Arnold and the city of Wittstock (Dosse) . The family seat was Goldbeck Castle in the Altmark. A deed of foundation from 1285 named Hermann, Gerardus and Henricus de Goltbeke.

At the end of the 15th century Heinrich Goldbeck settled in Werben (Elbe) and founded the Werben family branch. He had five sons, of whom the youngest Georg (1515–1577) went to Livonia and became a castle captain in the service of the Livonian Order . He founded the Livonian family branch. The best-known representative of the Werben branch is Heinrich Goldbeck (1527–1579), who studied with Martin Luther at the Wittenberg Leucorea and later became a Privy Councilor and Vice Chancellor under the Brandenburg Elector Joachim II . For a short time, members of the family also lived in Bisanz in Burgundy , but had to leave the city again in 1613 due to the religious wars. Nevertheless one spoke of a Burgundian line of the sex.

The use of the aristocratic predicate “von” was not common for some noble families for centuries and was not practiced by the Goldbeck family either. In 1778 four Goldbeck brothers, including the later Prussian Grand Chancellor Heinrich Julius von Goldbeck , received the title of nobility confirmed at their request. This meant the recognition of the primeval origin of the sex. In 1803 Heinrich Julius von Goldbeck was awarded the Order of the Black Eagle , the highest Prussian order. The Black Eagle Order was u. a. reserved for the royal princes. Until 1848, members of the order either had to be of imperial princely birth or prove their aristocratic descent from at least eight noble ancestors.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Goldbeck after Siebmacher

There are different variants for the family coat of arms: a Stendaler variant with a cup in the crest and a Werben variant, where a virgin holds two cups in the crest. Siebmacher showed another variation in 1605 (p. 172) in the section "Saxon Lords and Knights". Today's version shows a golden bar on a blue background accompanied by three golden lidded beakers. On the helmet with blue-gold covers on the right, blue-silver covers on the left, two buffalo horns, the right one divided by gold and blue, the left one by blue and silver. The colors also vary. In the shield with Dr. Heinrich Goldbeck (Seidel Illuminated Manuscript, p. 91) the beam (Beke-Bach) was not yet available.

Personalities

  • Heinrich Goldbeck , Dr. jur .; Electoral Brandenburg Privy Councilor and Vice Chancellor (* December 21, 1527 in Werben adElbe, † December 21, 1579 in Berlin). After studying law at the universities of Wittenberg, Frankfurt (Oder) and Bologna (where he received his doctorate in law in 1556), the Brandenburg elector Joachim II appointed him court and chamber judge and finally secret councilor and vice chancellor. In these offices he has made a name for himself in border disputes between Brandenburg on the one hand and Mecklenburg and Braunschweig-Lüneburg on the other. (lit .: E. Wollesen in contributions to the history and regional and folklore of the Altmark, vol. I, no. 1, p. 125 f. "Famous advertisers" and vol. VI, p. 439 f. Dr. Heinrich Goldbeck and his hometown Werben. Stendal 1931–1937; history of the von Goldbeck family, published in 2002 by Dr. Hans-Georg v. Goldbeck).
  • Andreas Goldbeck (lawyer) , Dr. jur .; Electoral Saxon Court and Government Councilor. (* July 25, 1564 in Werben adElbe, † July 25, 1609 in Stötteritz near Leipzig), studied law in Wittenberg, Heidelberg and Strasbourg, then continued his studies in France and Italy. On March 24, 1590 he was promoted to Dr. jur. PhD. After returning to Germany, he initially worked at the higher court in Prague, but then moved to Leipzig, where he became assessor at the local Schöppenstuhl in 1594 . In 1608 the Saxon Elector Christian II appointed him court and government councilor. Andreas Goldbeck made a name for himself in the legal theory of his time with the publication of a paper published in Leipzig in 1607 on the "straight line" in Saxon law (De Successione Geradae Saxonica Tractatus brevis & perspicuus). It became a frequently cited source for further publications. (Lit .: Funeral sermon by Prof. Dr. Georg Weinreich in the Braunschweig City Archives, Vol. 2, 1975; Karin Gottschalk, Households and Heirs in Leipzig in the Early Modern Age; History of the von Goldbeck Family, published in 2002 by Dr. Hans-Georg v. Goldbeck)
  • Heinrich Julius von Goldbeck (1733-1818), Prussian Minister of Justice. Appointed Grand Chancellor by King Friedrich Wilhelm II on January 7, 1795.
  • August von Goldbeck (1792–1864), Prussian major general

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