Gotsmann (noble family)
The von Gotsman family (also Gotzmann or Gottsmann ) was a Frankish noble family.
history
The von Gotsman family was mentioned as early as the 11th century. The family owned the Büg manor near Eckental . She had sat at Thurn Castle since 1399 and later called herself Gotzmann von Thurn zu Neuhaus, Büg, Brand and Stopfenheim . Family members were relatives of the Fürspänger . Because of their possessions, the family was organized in the knight canton of Gebürg .
Hans Georg von Gotsman was enfeoffed with Neuhaus Castle (Neuhaus-Schierschnitz) in 1532 , on which his family had previously provided the Saxon bailiffs.
The genealogist Johann Gottfried Biedermann designed a family tree in the 18th century. At this point, the male line of the family was already extinct. After Biedermann, the family provided several canons in Würzburg , Bamberg and Eichstätt . As far as he knew , the family with Hans Friederich Gottsmann zum Thurn died out on Neuenhaus, Büg, Brand and Stopffenheim in the male line. He was a councilor of the Electorate of Saxony , chamberlain and bailiff of Heldrungen and was last mentioned in 1575 in connection with tax payments in the context of belonging to Franconian knight cantons .
coat of arms
The coat of arms shows the soaring black trunk of an ibex with a red tongue on a gold background. The helmet covers are black and gold. The crest repeats the motif of the coat of arms with the ibex.
Coat of arms according to Siebmacher's book of arms
Coat of arms of the Eckental community
See also
literature
- Johann Gottfried Biedermann : gender = register of the realm - Frey - immediate knighthood of the country to Francken praiseworthy place = Gebürg… . Bamberg 1747. Tabula CCCV. - CCCVII.
- Cord Ulrichs: From feudal court to imperial knighthood - structures of the Franconian lower nobility at the transition from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period (list of the canton of Gebürg from 1529, StAM GHA II. No. 211 aE) . Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-515-07109-1 . P. 212.
- Reinhard Gotsmann: The Lords of Gottsmann zu Neuhaus, Thurn, Büg and Brand - A contribution to the history and genealogy of the Frankish noble family von Gottsmann; 2nd improved and supplemented edition, Books on Demand Norderstedt 2010. ISBN 978-3-8391-7415-9