Grünberg (noble family)
Grünberg is the name of a German nobility that still exists today.
history
origin
The origin of the von Grünberg family is not completely clear. In codes such as the Codex diplomaticus Anhaltinus , the Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis and the Codex diplomaticus Silesiae , people from the areas of the central Elbe and the Oder are listed together under the name of Grünberg . In other records, a noble family von Grünberg from the Magdeburg area is listed as "Extinct Anhalt nobility".
Grünberg Castle near Magdeburg, after which it is said to have been named, is the ancestral seat of the von Grünberg family in Magdeburg .
In 1218 it was first mentioned in a document with Theodericus miles de Groneberch (Knight Dietrich von Grünberg ).
For this family of von Grünberg originate Henry I of Grünberg , Bishop of Naumburg , and the Knights Hilmar , the squire Otto , the Magdeburg canon Eberhardt and the Naumburg canon Ulrich , brothers of Green Mountain , the gem. a document dated June 25, 1336 sold the village of Stronitz near Magdeburg to their uncle Henning Strutz von Pfuel .
Spread
The noble family von Grünberg first appeared in the Middle Ages in Germania Slavica and on the Oder, later east of the Oder, in the "land above the Oder" (Terra Transoderana) . Depending on the source, it is referred to as the Brandenburg , Brandenburg , Neumark or Silesian noble family. It is believed that the von Grünberg family, like many other German aristocratic families in Neumark and Silesia, originally came from the area of the middle Elbe and settled there in the course of the German colonization .
The uninterrupted family line begins with Johann von Grünberg auf Zettitz and his wife Ursula von Loeben auf Nickern . The coats of arms of their ancestors on the grave slabs still preserved in the church of Zettitz are: From Grünberg to Zettitz , from Loeben to Ziebingen , from Knobelsdorff to Ochelhermsdorff , from Glaubitz to Herzogswalde , from Loeben to Nickern , from Rothenburg to Großleßla , from Bomsdorff to Bomsdorff , from Glaubitz to Glaubitz .
The Protestant movement joined many family members early. Abraham von Grünberg d.Ä . built the Protestant church in Zettitz , where he, his wife Sabina von Berge , his parents Johann von Grünberg and Ursula von Loeben and other family members were buried. When, in the course of the Counter Reformation decided by Emperor Ferdinand II in 1653 , with the sealing of all Protestant churches and the expulsion of all Protestant preachers and teachers by the "Blessed Makers", the Counter Reformation Commission arrived in the village of Starpel on March 23, 1654 , Adam von Grünberg , a son of Abraham von Grünberg the Younger together with the villagers and refused to hand over the church keys . The commission then had to withdraw, but returned on May 4, 1654 with ten armed musketeers and arrested Adam von Grünberg and his corporal . Both came under strict arrest and were released after five weeks after the intercession of the State Elderly Council of the Principality of Glogau .
Like almost all German aristocratic families, the Grünberg dynasty had emigrated from Neumark and Silesia during the " French era " and settled further north and west.
coat of arms
Blazon
The family coat of arms shows a green road in red. On the open knight's helmet an anchor cross in red and silver in a green wreath, the helmet cover in red, green and silver.
Coat of arms history
Georg von Grünberg is said to have acquired the coat of arms during the First Crusade from Gottfried von Bouillon after the conquest of Jerusalem , probably in 1099. It is said to have initially consisted of a red shield with a green road, a knight's helmet with a turban, on it a red and white cross. Michael von Grünberg is said to have increased the coat of arms with a green wreath through Friedrich Barbarossa during the Third Crusade in 1190.
people
- Johann von Grünberg (approx. 1465–1560), Knight of the Order of St. John ; First known progenitor of the uninterrupted tribal line
- Zacharias von Grünberg (1516–1581), Knight of the Order of St. John, Governor of Küstrin
- Abraham von Grünberg the Elder Ä. (1533–1580), Knight of St. John, Commander of Lagow
- Abraham von Grünberg the Elder J. (1560–1627) Knights of St. John, Commander of Lagow
- Georg Abraham von Grünberg (1603–1672), Knight of St. John, Captain of Cottbus and Peitz .
- Johann Fabian von Grünberg (1679–1730), landlord
- Johann Ludwig von Grünberg (1726–1799), major general and head of the regiment
- Friedrich Rudolph von Grünberg (1748–1822), chamberlain and landowner
literature
- Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Ed.): Yearbook of the German Adels , Volume 2, 1898, published by WT Bruer, pp. 53–55
Individual evidence
- ↑ Caspar Abel : Collection of some not yet printed Alten Chronicken, als der Nieder-Sächsischen, Halberstädtschen, Quedlinburgischen, Ascherslebischen, and Ermslebischen ... including an encore to the German and Saxon antiquities ... , Verlag Schröder, Braunschweig, 1732
- ↑ George Adalbert von Mülverstedt : Extinct Anhaltischer Adel, J. Siebmacher's large and general Wappenbuch VI , Verlag von Bauer and P. Aspe, Nuremberg, 1884
- ^ Max Planck Institute for History : Germania Sacra, Historical-Statistical Description of the Church of the Old Reich, The Dioceses of the Church Province of Magdeburg, The Diocese of Naumburg , Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 1997
- ^ Otto von Heinemann : Codex diplomaticus Anhaltinus , Volume 2, Verlag Emil Barth, Dessau, 1875
- ^ Landesarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt , U 4c, Stronitz No. 1 (place of use: Magdeburg), villages and manors of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg >> 271. Stronitz, documents, 1336
- ^ Provincial Association Brandenburg : Die Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Brandenburg , Volume 6, Part 6, Kreis Crossen, Verlag Meisenbach Riffarth & Co., Berlin, 1921
- ^ Heinz W. Linke: Chronicles of the order villages. Oststernberg district, Frankfurt / Oder district , Ostbrandenburger Heimatbuch, publisher: Books on Demand, Norderstedt, 2009
- ^ Johann Christian Barth: Insigne Grunbergicum, Das ist / The Grünbergische Wapen: From the beautiful and wonderful words Pauli / the 2nd Tim. 4th v. 7. 8. I am already being sacrificed ... In a Christian corpse sermon or funeral speech Bey ... funeral commencement of ... Mr. Johann Christoff von Grünbergs / ErbHerrn auff Zetitz and Schkyren / Welcher ... the ... 10. Decembr. SV. Last 1682nd year ... his age 45th year and several weeks ... fell asleep blissfully / and then on February 28th of the mid-1683rd year ... was ordained in the church of Zetitz. , Publisher: Michael Schwartz, Züllichow, 1683
- ↑ Fritz Schmidt: Official governor Georg Abraham von Grünberg and his time for the rule Cottbus 1639-1672 : Lecture, go to the "Verein f. Heimatkunde" on December 8th, 1909, From the old Cottbus, Volume 5, Cottbuser Anzeiger, Albert Heine Verlag, Cottbus, 1910