Countly Schönburg Castle Company

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The Schönburgische Schloßcompagnie was a guard battalion (castle guard) with a military court orchestra set up in 1757 by Count Albert Christian Ernst von Schönburg (1720–1799) from the ruling house of Schönburg in Glauchau (allegedly in Hinterglauchau Castle) . The occasion was his second wedding, at which he also established a representative court.

history

In the Schönburg recession with Electoral Saxony of 1740, Paragraph 11 of the main recession regulates the Schönburg military system: the "Jus armorum", the right to maintain armies , was now only available to the House of Saxony , but the Lords of Schönburg were allowed a company of soldiers maintained by 100 men at their own expense. The company was initially 75 strong and also comprised 16 musicians, including drums, pipers and hoboists. After the Schoenburg rulers were mediatized in 1740, the company was supposed to embody the personal independence of the lords of Schoenburg, who had been raised to the rank of imperial count in 1700, opposite the emperor and the Holy Roman Empire . According to contemporary witnesses, they were “martial”, that is to say, very warlike. In 1778 the company consisted of only 40 men.

The troops were uniformed and equipped according to the Prussian model and drilled accordingly. This was a result of the count's 14-year service under Frederick the Great in what was then the most prestigious army in Europe. The Prussian king was a cousin of the count's first wife and godfather of his first son. The count had distinguished himself under his father-in-law in his regiment "Marggraff Carl von Brandenburg" and had been dismissed by the king as his adjudant general and finally lieutenant colonel. After 22 years of “imperial glory” - two years after the “Glauchau War” - the Schönburg territories fell to Electoral Saxony . The company was dissolved in 1779.

According to the Glauchau chronicler Eckardt, the castle company of the Hinterglauchau rulership once appeared at the Glauchau Mühltor (now defunct) with shotguns and bayonets against a train of supplicants. The mill gate was located below the east wing of Fordglauchau Castle and blocked the gorge / road there to the upper town / city center.

An oil painting / portrait of the painter Paul Kießling by Count Carl von Schönburg-Fordglauchau (1832–1898) , made in Dresden in 1887, on which he is depicted in the Schönburg house uniform , is shown in the historicism salon of the Hinterglauchau Castle Museum.

Today's club

The association "Gräflich Schönburgische Schloßcompagnie eV" is a child of the Saxon Day . In 2000, after taking part in the large parade in Zwickau with borrowed uniforms, the participants spontaneously decided to found a historical representation group - but with "correct" historical clothing. This gave rise to the idea of ​​resurrecting the Gräflich Schönburgische Schloßcompagnie, about which Robby Joachim Götze from the Museum Schloß Hinterglauchau had published a research paper . The city of Glauchau was happy to allow the use of rooms and appearances in the double castle complex. On November 15, 2000, the starting shot was given at a meeting in the castle.

The members researched the Saxon State Archives for historical evidence of the appearance and equipment of the castle company. Sources for the original fabrics were searched for. A museum weaving mill was found in the Ore Mountains that wove the braids on historical looms. In the meantime, the first musketeers were already practicing how to use the weapon and drove to events in Wesel, Fulda, Minden and Ansbach in makeshift uniforms from DEFA film stocks in order to gain initial experience and to establish contacts with other clubs.

From 2002 regular drum and flute lessons were added and a youth group was established. In 2003 the first castle festival was held and a “court society” practiced rococo dances. The discovery of a little Schönburg dance book in the State Archives expanded the repertoire to include particularly original and unique choreographies. From 2007 a children's dance group was added.

Today, thanks to its increased number of members, the association is in a position to fill the castles in the Schönburg region with a festive life with a small court and guard parade and to awaken these venerable walls from their "deep sleep".

The purpose of the association is not limited to the exact re-enactment of the magnificent rococo military at many regional and foreign festivals. In addition, the members have set themselves the task of actively contributing to the preservation and beautification of the Glauchau double lock complex through working hours. For example, a historical guardroom was built in the right wing of the Fordglauchau Castle , which is also regularly opened to the public.

literature

Robby Joachim Götze: The house uniform of the princes and counts of Schönburg - design and execution . In: Series of publications, issue 9, Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau, 1992, pp. 25–32 (on the uniform of the Schönburg castle company / castle guard)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (Brochure) Reiner Groß: Schönburgische Geschichte. A timetable. private ed. by Britta Günther, Michael Wetzel, Tommy Schmucker. E. Gutermuth printing house in Grünhainichen, published in Chemnitz 2005, ( DNB 974872156 ?), P. 27., without ISB number
  2. ^ Author collective, u. a. Helmut Bräuer, Robby Joachim Götze, Steffen Winkler and Wolf-Dieter Röber : The Schönburger, economy, politics, culture . Brochure for the special exhibition of the same name 1990–91 in the museum and art collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1990, chap. “The Territory in Time of War” (Ernst-Günter Lattka), Schönburg Company, p. 75
  3. ^ Author collective, u. a. Helmut Bräuer, Robby Joachim Götze, Steffen Winkler and Wolf-Dieter Röber : The Schönburger, economy, politics, culture . Brochure for the special exhibition of the same name 1990–91 in the museum and art collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1990, chap. “The Territory in Time of War” (Ernst-Günter Lattka), Schönburg Company, p. 75
  4. ^ Author collective, u. a. Helmut Bräuer, Robby Joachim Götze, Steffen Winkler and Wolf-Dieter Röber : The Schönburger, economy, politics, culture . Brochure for the special exhibition of the same name 1990–91 in the museum and art collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1990, chap. “The Territory in Time of War” (Ernst-Günter Lattka), Schönburg Company, p. 75
  5. ^ Rolf Scheurer: The mill gate . In: Historical Buildings Glauchau, Part 1 , Association for City History and Monument Preservation in Glauchau eV, Glauchau 2008, here p. 21
  6. ↑ Exhibition in the Museum Schloss Hinterglauchau, north wing, 1st floor, information board in the Historicism Salon, Glauchau, 2020