Gymnich (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those of Gymnich
Coat of arms of the Beissel von Gymnich

Gymnich , also Gymmnich or Gimnich (spelling also G (y / i) m (m) (e) nich ), is the name of one of the oldest Rhineland noble families . The family, whose younger line Beissel von Gymnich (spelling also Be (i / y) (ss / ß) el ) still exists today, originally belonged to the nobility of the Lower Rhine region.

The former main line of Gymnich has been extinct since 1824. The younger Beissel von Gymnich line, which is still flourishing today, split off from the older line in the late Middle Ages and thus belongs to the oldest nobility in the Rhineland.

Surname

The name of Gymnich shows the family's origins from their former headquarters in Gymnich . There is no evidence to suggest that the name is of Roman origin and goes back to the Legio XIIII Gemina , a Roman legion temporarily stationed on the Rhine.

The origin of the epithet Beissel used by the younger line is not clear. The first one for whom this epithet (initially listed as a name ) is documented was Wilhelm von Gymnich called Beissel in the 14th century. The explanation that Wilhelm the name - after chisels Beißel - allegedly acquired through most honorable way of fighting an imperial colonel in the war against the Turks, is questioned because Wilhelm's name at a young age as a squire used and since no emperor at that time Waged war against the Turks. It is unclear whether the Beissel von Gymnich were related to other Rhenish nobles who had the name Beissel - partly before Wilhelm. The name Beisel can be found in the Rhineland, among other things, as the name of an Aachen patrician family .

history

origin

Gymnich Castle , the original family seat

The sex of Gymnich in is first documented Gymnich in 1139, when the monastery Siegburg with Azelin of Gimnich, an archiepiscopal of Cologne ministerials which the bailiwick of the goods of the monastery invested was agreed. In a document issued between 1168 and 1173, Nikolaus, abbot of the Siegburg monastery, stated that Reinhard von Gymnich, guardian of the children of Azelin, claims to the Fronhof belonging to the abbey in Gymnich had been settled.

Gymnich, with the family's parent company of the same name, is now a district of Erftstadt in the Rhein-Erft district in North Rhine-Westphalia . The place appears for the first time in 1121 (1120) as Gimnich . A rulership of the Benedictine Abbey Siegburg in Gymnich has been known since 1139 . Half the village of Gymnich belonged to the Lords of Gymnich as the subordinate rule of the Electorate of Cologne . The first castle in Gymnich was built in 1354 by Heinrich I von Gymnich as a fortified house. Archbishop Friedrich von Saar Werden had the castle demolished as early as 1399 because Heinrich's grandson Heinrich II , feudal man of the Archbishop of Cologne, held other feudal men of the archbishop prisoner. The Gymnich house, mentioned in 1419 to the east of the first castle, was later expanded and developed as a castle . Although the gentlemen from Gymnich saw Gymnich Castle as their ancestral home, they often lived in their city quarters, including the Gymnicher Hof in Cologne on Neumarkt . In 1825, the Counts of Wolff-Metternich inherited Gymnich Castle.

Spread and lines

In 1344, the division of the inheritance of the children of the late knight Emund von Gymnich resulted in two lines, one older and one younger. The older line, called von Gymnich, descends from the children of the first marriage, Heinrich and Wilhelm, who received all goods in Gymnich, Aachen , Are ( Altenahr ), Vischel , Holzweiler , Vettelhofen and others. The younger line comes from Johann, Dietrich and Peter, who received the Hof zu Sechtem , the Gut zu Dernau , the Vogtei in Kaldenborn , several vineyards and farmsteads at Altenahr, other houses and farms as well as income. The older line, whose coat of arms in silver shows a red notched cross covering the entire shield, died out in the 19th century. The younger line of Beissel von Gymnich, which still exists today, has the same coat of arms, but with a black tournament collar on top .

Older line to Gymnich

The lineage of the older line begins with the knight Heinrich von Gymnich (1311-1366), who, like his father, knight Emund von Gymnich, was bailiff in Altenahr. Archbishop Engelbert von der Mark enfeoffed him in 1364 with a Burglehn zu Are ( Castle Are ), with a Burglehen zu Lechenich , with the House of Vischel and the court and with his house and goods in Gymnich . From the abbot of Siegburg Abbey, he held the bailiwick with the mill belonging to the bailiwick and the Neuerburg zu Gymnich house.

Heinrich's descendants and successors Johann I. von Gymnich († before 1390), Heinrich II. Von Gymnich († around 1408) and Johann II. Von Gymnich zu Gymnich († before 1467) remained in the possession of the fiefdoms of Heinrich I. von Gymnich had held. 1401 Dietrich von Gymnich is mentioned on the "Haus zu Wentzbergh" ( Wensburg ). Johann II von Gymnich committed the boundaries of his judicial district in Gymnich in 1448 and had these notarized after asking the residents about his rights. In 1467 the inheritance was divided among the sons of John II. With the consent of the heirless Johann III. from Gymnich, who had transferred his shares to his brothers, Arnold von Gymnich received the house and glory Gymnich with all accessories, Salentin von Gymnich the rule of Vischel. Arnold's property was considerably enlarged by his marriage to Margarethe von Buschfeld in 1477, which brought the noble house into Rheindorf , the knight's seat in Dirmerzheim , the farms at Spurk ( Liblar ), Pingsheim and Konradsheim into the marriage. Arnold's heir Adolf (Alf), Herr zu Gymnich, bailiff of Lechenich and Kempen , received the rule of Vischel from Salentin's son Johann von Gymnich zu Vischel, which after Adolf's death fell to his son Hermann. The eldest son Werner, Mr. zu Gymnich, († 1582) was court marshal of the Duke of Jülich .

Karl Otto Ludwig Theodat von und zu Gymnich
(* 1715; † 1785), President of the Councilor of Bonn
House Vischel

The following generations of the lords of Gymnich zu Gymnich were in the service of the Cologne electors at the electoral court in Bonn . Werner's son Adolf, Herr zu Gymnich († 1613), bailiff of Brauweiler , Adolf, who was raised to the baron status, Herr zu Gymnich († 1656), bailiff of Brühl and court marshal of Cologne, Johann Adolf Ferdinand Freiherr von Gymnich zu Gymnich († 1711) , electoral councilor, silver treasurer and noble court councilor , Maximilian Heinrich Freiherr von Gymnich zu Gymnich (* 1684, † 1727), electoral councilor, silver chamberlain and noble councilor and Karl Otto Theodat Freiherr von Gymnich zu Gymnich, councilor president and electoral Cologne minister of state. After the death of his son Clemens August von und zu Gymnich, chamberlain of the Electorate of Cologne and military governor of the city and fortress Mainz , in 1806 the older male line of Gymnich expired and in 1825, with the death of his daughter Johanna von Gymnich, canon lady of Neuss , the line died out completely.

Family branch to Vischel

The house and estate of Vischel remained with the descendants of Hermann von Gymnich zu Vischel for several generations. In Hermann's son Johann von Gymnich to Vischel was succeeded by his son Johann Otto von Gymnich, Lord of Vischel, Neurath and forest, Kurtrierer Council and the bailiff to Münstereifel . He was married to Amalia Kratz von Scharfenstein . The Trier or Mainz canon Johann Wilhelm von Gymnich († 1682) was one of their sons. Johann Otto's grandson Johann Otto Ludwig von Gymnich, Herr zu Vischel, Neurath, Wald and Laurenzberg, became a privy councilor and court marshal of the Palatinate . He married a baroness Raitz von Frentz . He died in September 1719 without leaving any descendants. His brother Carl Casper Wilhelm von Gymnich was canon of Mainz and in 1690 of Trier . He inherited in 1730 the rule Vischel and 1737 as an inter vivos gift Satzvey Castle and with the consent of the Duke of Jülich in the Duchy of Jülich located gymnichschen family estates and stock goods , including the knight's seat Nörvenich , his cousin Karl Otto Ludwig Theodat to and from Gymnich.

The younger Beissel line from Gymnich

Line to Bornheim

The trunk series of the younger line begins like that of the older with Emund von Gymnich. Peter von Gymnich, heir to Sechtem and Dernau, was married to Elise von Bornheim , daughter of Ludolf von Bornheim. Through them, the bailiwick and glory Bornheim came to Peter von Gymnich, who was bailiff of Bornheim in 1351. Peter's son Emund von Gymnich was his successor as Vogt of Bornheim. After the death of his brother Emund, Wilhelm Beissel von Gymnich was enfeoffed with the Vogtei in 1382, Wilhelm von Gymnich was the first member to bear the name Beissel von Gymnich. Arnold Robens mentions that the squire Wilhelm von Gymnich acquired the name Beissel because of his war acts. Wilhelm's son Emund received the bailiwick in 1429. Successor as bailiff and lord of Bornheim was Edmund's son Ulrich Beissel von Gymnich in 1455. Elise, the daughter of Ulrich and Anna von Orly zu Beffort, became the heiress of the Vogtei and Herrlichkeit Bornheim. Through Elise's marriage to Gerhard Scheiffart von Merode in 1462, the glory of Bornheim came to the Scheiffart von Merode family.

Line to Friesheim

The branch of the family in Friesheim , which only lasted three generations , did not acquire great importance. The first was Johann Beissel von Gymnich, who in 1463 was enfeoffed with an estate in Friesheim by the provost Salentin von Isenburg. In 1466 he sold the estate, the predecessor of Redinghoven Castle , received from the Braun heirs to Heinrich von Meller. In 1470 he and his wife Gertrud sold the mill in Friesheim to their relatives Daem Beissel von Gymnich zu Busch, the grandson of Wilhelm the Younger in Bornheim, and his wife Christina von Eyl. In 1476 he worked as a moneylender to Balduin von Berge, who undertook to repay the loan amount by October 1, 1477. In 1486 he was enfeoffed by the Provost Georg von Sayn-Wittgenstein of Cologne with the Beisselsgut, consisting of the Hove in the village of Friesheim, the predecessor of the Wymarsburg, which was laid down around 1830, and the Hove im Feld (today Hoverhof near Friesheim) with an oil mill and lands belonging to the estate . In 1532, Provost Georg Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg enfeoffed Heinrich Beissel von Gymnich with the goods in Friesheim, but already in 1537 Heinrich Beissel was forced to buy the Beisselsgut with all accessories and rights, as he had from his father Werner Beissel, due to high debt. inherited from his grandfather Johann Beissel and his ancestors.

Line to Schmidtheim
Schmidtheim Castle

Dietrich Beissel von Gymnich, the son of Wilhelm Beissel von Gymnich, bought Haus Busch , which remained in the possession of his son Daem Beissel von Gymnich. Daem Beissel von Gymnich the Younger married Eva von Schmidtheim, the heiress of Schmidtheim , in 1511 . Through the marriage, the estate came to the Beissel von Gymnich family. Reinhard Beissel von Gymnich the Elder, bailiff of Kronenburg and Kerpen (Eifel) continued the ore mining and iron smelting that his father had started. Through the lease agreement for 50 years with Count Dietrich von Manderscheid and Blankenheim for the smelting of iron ore and the assurance not to grant any further concessions, Reinhard had a monopoly position for iron processing in the region, which also his son Reinhard Beissel the younger and his grandson Bertram Beissel brought big profits.

Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr Beissel von Gymnich Herr zu Schmidtheim (1642–1713) was raised to the baron status. His son, Damian's descendant in the 5th generation, was Georg Anton Dominicus Beissel von Gymnich, Mr. zu Schmidtheim, electorate privy councilor and bailiff of Prüm . In 1722 he married Anna Maria Franzisca Freiin Raitz von Frentz , the heiress to Frentz , Quadrath , Ichendorf , Kenten and Kendenich . Their son Franz Hugo Beissel von Gymnich, Mr. zu Schmidtheim and Frentz, also became a privy councilor and bailiff of Prüm. From his marriage to Maria Anna von Warsberg-Blens came Franz Ludwig Carl Anton Beissel von Gymnich († 1836), Mr. zu Schmidthelm, Bullay , Quadrath, Kenten, Ichendorf, Frentz , Blens and Kendenich and from 1816 to 1838 district administrator of the Bergheim district ( Erft) . In 1816 he received the Prussian count status .

Franz Ludwig Graf Beissel von Gymnich was married twice. In his first marriage he was with Johanna Freiin von Freiberg-Hofferau and in his second marriage with Magdalena Freiin von Ritter. From his first marriage came Hugo Graf Beissel von Gymnich (* 1798, † 1863), royal Prussian chamberlain , member of the Prussian mansion and lord of the Fideikommissgüter Blens, Schmidtheim etc. He married Theresa Freiin von Fürstenberg-Neheim (* 1800; † 1850) in 1829 and in second marriage in 1850 Maria Franzisca Countess Borggraf d'Altena. Of his siblings from his first marriage, Richard Graf Beissel von Gymnich (* 1802; † 1879) became royal Prussian chamberlain and district administrator in the Schleiden district . He married Countess Camilla von Benesse-Breidbach in 1831. Of his three half-brothers from his father's second marriage, Friedrich Graf Beissel von Gymnich (* 1812) was a royal Prussian captain in the 3rd pioneer division and later commander of the 7th pioneer division. He married Charlotte Freiin Groß von Trockau in 1846 , and his brother Anton Graf Beissel von Gymnich (* 1813) became a royal Prussian cavalry master . The eldest of the brothers Friedrich Graf Beissel von Gymnich (* 1811) left their son Franz Ludwig and the twins Otto and Auguste. Son Otto Graf Beissel von Gymnich (* 1851, † 1931) became district administrator, police president of the Koblenz district and a member of the Prussian mansion. During his lifetime he shared the extensive inheritance among his five sons. Count Karl (1879–1942) received Schmidtheim with the surrounding estates and continued the line of Count Beissel von Gymnich zu Schmidtheim.

Line to Frens
Frens Castle

The line to Frens only existed for a few generations, although the Beissels to Schmidtheim had owned Frens Castle since 1722 . It was not until Franz Ludwig Carl Anton Beissel von Gymnich, who was appointed district administrator of the Bergheim (Erft) district , had his residence and official residence at Frens Castle from 1816 to 1837. At the same time he was lord of the Schmidtheim family palace. His son Franz Hugo Graf Beissel von Gymnich was lord of the castle in Frens in 1861. Like his brother Richard, district administrator of the Gemünd district, he died childless. The family property fell to Franz Ludwig's son from his second marriage, Friedrich Hubert Graf Beissel zu Gymnich (1812–1882). His son Otto Graf Beissel von Gymnich zu Schmidtheim and zu Frens (1851-1931) was district administrator of the Bergheim district from 1891 to 1919 and lived at Frens Castle. When his property was divided, Count Otto received the Boisdorf estate , Count Klemens the Schneppenheim estate , and Count Eugen the Friesenrath estate . Franz Karl Graf Beissel von Gymnich received Frens Castle, which became his ancestral seat. As a result of the marriage of Olga Countess Beissel von Gymnich zu Frens with Lupold Baron von Abercron , the castle came into the possession of the Lords of Abercron.

Satzvey Castle
Family branch to Satzvey

A son of Count Clemens Beissel von Gymnich zu Frens (1889–1952), Franz Josef Graf Beissel von Gymnich zu Frens (1916–2008), married Adeline Countess Wolff Metternich zur Gracht (1919–2010), the heiress of Satzvey Castle , in 1944 . Through this marriage, the castle came to the Count Beissel von Gymnich.

Status surveys

There were rankings in both branches of the family.

In the older line, Adolf von Gymnich zu Gymnich, his brother Werner and their legitimate offspring were given to Emperor Ferdinand III in Vienna on January 21, 1642 . raised to the baron status. In the younger line, Friedrich Wilhelm Beissel von Gymnich zu Schmidtheim was the first baron. Franz Ludwig Beissel von Gymnich auf Frens, royal Prussian district administrator of the Bergheim (Erft) district , was elevated to the Prussian count status in Berlin on January 17, 1816 .

goods

In the course of the generations the (Beissel) von Gymnich were masters of various lordships and houses , including some knightly estates eligible for the Landtag , partly as Fideikommiß - partly as stick estates .

Older line (from Gymnich)

  • Rule Gymnich , former headquarters, with Schloss Gymnich , 1354 by Henry I of Gymnich built
  • Kerpen Castle , owned by the family in the 13th century
  • Dirmerzheimer Burg, came under the rule of von Gymnich as a dowry through the marriage of Arnold von Gymnich in 1477 , sold in 1699
  • Wensberg Castle , owned by von Gymnich in the 15th century
  • Mörmter near Moers
  • Lienden-Lede near Wijchen in Gelderland
  • Are Castle , in the 14th and 16th centuries temporarily as a pledge under the rule of the older line
  • Vischel Castle , came from the Counts of Are to those of Gymnich
  • Vlatten Castle , one half of the upper castle, was under the rule of the family from the first half of the 16th century to 1705, and the lower castle from 1605
  • Kettenheim Castle
  • Nörvenich Castle (also Gymnicher Castle ) fell to the baron Johann Otto von Gymnich through marriage at the end of the 16th century .
  • Reign Neurath , came in 1630 from the Lords of Merode into the hands of the Barons of Gymnich zu Vischel
  • Laurenzberg Castle , 2/4 under the rule of the family in the 17th century
  • Satzvey Castle , sold to Karl Otto von Gymnich in 1747, fell to Count Wolff-Metternich at the end of the line in 1882 , and returned to the younger Beissel line in 1944 through marriage (see below).

All properties of the lineage that were not previously sold or inherited, including the Gymnich, Vischel, Nörvenich and Satzvey estates, passed to the Wolff-Metternich family when the lineage expired .

Luxembourg branch line

Younger line (Beissel from Gymnich)

  • Wasserburg Redinghoven , bought in 1466 by Johann Beissel von Gymnich , but also sold again by the same.
  • Schmidtheim Castle near Schmidtheim , came into the family's possession in 1511 through the marriage of Damian Beissel von Gymnich to the heiress Eva von Schmidheim , was the headquarters of the Beissel line from Gymnich zu Schmidtheim and is still owned by the family.
  • Frens Castle , came to the family in 1722 through the marriage of Georg Anton Dominicus Beissel von Gymnich to the heiress Anna Maria Franzisca von Frentz , fell to the von Abercron family at the beginning of the 20th century
  • Blens Castle , came to the family in the middle of the 18th century through the marriage of Franz Hugo Freiherr Beissel von Gymnich to the heiress Maria Anna von Warsberg-Blens and fell with Frens to that of Abercron
  • Boisdorf Castle near Boisdorf
  • Kendenich Castle , ...
  • Kenten Castle near Kenten , bought in 1770 from the Counts of Plettenberg by Baron Franz Hugo Edmund Beissel von Gymnich
  • Friesenrath Castle near Friesenrath , built in 1925/26 by Eugen Graf Beissel von Gymnich
  • Satzvey Castle , previously owned by the Older Line, came back into the family's possession in 1944 through the marriage of Countess Adeline Wolff Metternich zur Gracht to Count Franz Josef Beissel von Gymnich zu Frens
  • Guteneck Castle near Guteneck in Upper Palatinate, bought in 1961 by Count Albrecht Beissel von Gymnich
  • Dominion Bullay with castle house on the banks of the Moselle (note the coat of arms of the Beissel von Gymnich in the second field of the local coat of arms)
  • various small goods ( Gut Schneppenheim near Schneppenheim, Leuteratherhof near Blankenheim , goods in Neef and Bremm , Friesenrather Hof , ...)
  • various smaller gentlemen (Blees, Wald ( near Bad Münstereifel ?), Quadrath , Ichendorf , ...)

Significant family members and lineages

coat of arms

Family coat of arms of Otto Hupp in the Munich calendar from 1934

Gymnich family coat of arms

The family coat of arms of the Gymnich shows a thorned / bitten red cross in the silver shield , also called notch cross or spindle cross . This cross was a common coat of arms in the region west and south of Aachen. It was probably no coincidence that the color scheme was adopted from the George Cross , the symbol of the Crusaders , because the Knights of Gymnich were among the Crusaders (see section "History" below). In earlier times and in secondary lines, the colors were sometimes varied: instead of red / silver, there was also silver / red, red / gold, black / silver, blue / silver and silver / blue. What all variants have in common, however, is the thorn cross.

The decoration on the helmet with red and silver helmet covers varies in different images. The original crest was (on a red tournament hat with a silver cuff) a standing natural (or red-armored silver) duck in front of a black cock's plume (alternative description : black reed bush ). Johann Siebmacher shows a natural duck in front of a reed stalk. The shield image was also shown between a black open flight or a natural reed chicken in the green reeds.

Family coat of arms of the Beissel von Gymnich

The younger Beissel line also featured the cross in the family coat of arms to distinguish it from the older line with a black, three-legged, and in earlier times five-legged tournament collar in the shield head . On the helmet with its black-red-silver helmet covers there is a gold-reinforced natural reed hen in the green reeds.

After the takeover of the von Schmidtheim house in the 16th century, the coat of arms of the Beissel line from Gymnich zu Schmidtheim was quartered : In the first and fourth fields the cross of the Beissel von Gymnich with a collar , in the second and third the three silver Schmidtheim hammers.

  • Coat of arms of the trunk line from and to Gymnich (red on silver)

  • Emblem of the Beissel von Gymnich in the 2nd field of the arms of Bullay

  • Line from Gymnich to Dudelingen with reversed colors

  • Line from Gymnich to Dudelange with reversed colors and a five-legged tournament collar

  • Line from Gymnich to Berburg (in the 2nd and 3rd fields of the von Berburg cross )

Name bearer

literature

Web links

Commons : Noble family (Beissel) von Gymnich  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ EH Kneschke: New general German Adels Lexicon (see literature)
  2. ↑ E. v. Oidtman: The Gymnich family (see literature)
  3. ^ A b c d e Johann Friedrich Schannat: Eiflia Illustrata or Geographical and Historical Description of the Eifel . tape 2 . JU Mayer, Aachen / Leipzig 1829 ( full text in the Google book search).
  4. ^ A b c Johann Peter Dethier: Contributions to the patriotic history of the Bergheim district . Peter Schmitz, Cologne 1833, p. 98–99 ( full text in Google Book Search).
  5. ↑ Erich Wisplinghoff : Siegburger Urkundenbuch I No. 45
  6. ↑ www.erftstadt-gymnich.de
  7. ↑ Erich Wisplinghoff: Siegburger Urkundenbuch I No. 66 with notes on the dating of Lacomblets
  8. ^ Theodor Joseph Lacomblet : Document book for the history of the Lower Rhine. , Part 1; Page 253
  9. ↑ a b Gerhard Köbler : Historical Lexicon of the German Lands. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 , p. 240.
  10. ↑ Archive Schloss Gymnich certificate 105b
  11. ↑ www.erftstadt-gymnich.de
  12. ↑ Archive Schloss Gymnich Certificate No. 6a, 1
  13. ↑ a b c d e f New General German Adels Lexicon Volume 1, pages 282–284
  14. ^ Archive Castle Gymnich Certificate No. 28
  15. ↑ Erich Wisplinghoff: Siegburger Urkundenbuch I No. 524
  16. ^ Archive Castle Gymnich Certificate No. 173
  17. ^ Archive Castle Gymnich Certificate No. 258
  18. ↑ Herbert Schleicher: Ernst von Oidtman and his heraldic genealogical collection. Vol. 7 Folder 335 p. 172 ff
  19. ^ Wilhelm Janssen : Regest of the Archbishops of Cologne in the Middle Ages, Volume 6, p. 73, No. 225
  20. ↑ Norbert Andernach: The Regests of the Archbishops of Cologne in the Middle Ages, Volume 9, p. 78 No. 304
  21. ↑ a b c d Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume I, Volume 53 of the complete series, page 290
  22. ↑ HAStK inventory of Domstift files 3c sheet 111
  23. ↑ Archive Schloss Gracht Certificate No. 166
  24. ↑ Dieter Kastner: The documents of the archive of Schloss Frens, Vol. I No. 155 and No. 168
  25. ↑ HAStK inventory of Domstift files No. 3c, pp. 135 and 217
  26. ↑ HAStK inventory of Domstift files No. 27f pages 23-28.
  27. ↑ Dieter Kastner: The documents of the archive of Frens Castle, Vol. I No. 316
  28. ^ Matthias Weber: Erftstadt Gymnich p. 285
  29. ↑ Coll.Oidtman Vol. 7 Folder 535 A p. 318 ff
  30. ^ Oidtman, Volume 7 Folder 535 p. 291
  31. ↑ Alexander Duncker : Gymnich . In: The rural residences, castles and ... (Duncker collection) . ( Full text at the Central and State Library Berlin [PDF]). (Note: Duncker wrongly says that canon Johanne von Gymnich, the last representative of the Gymnich family line , is the daughter of Clemens August Freiherr von Gymnich. In fact, she was his sister.)
  32. ↑ Centuries in Time Lapse. Chronicle of the Berg community with the town of Vischel. (No longer available online.) Berg municipality, archived from the original on November 20, 2004 ; Retrieved January 25, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berg-aw.de
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  34. ↑ a b Johannisberg Castle. Luxembourg Castle Association (Association des Châteaux Luxembourgeois), accessed on 19 January 2011 .
  35. ^ A b History Association Hahn and Friesenrath eV (Ed.): Friesenrath - A historical walk through the place . Hahn / Friesenrath 2007 ( full text as PDF on gv-hahn-friesenrath.de).
  36. ^ Emanuel readers:  Gymnich, Clemens August Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 243 f.
  37. ^ Local history of Schmidtheim. Schmidtheim Association Cartel, accessed on January 13, 2011 .
  38. ↑ DC O'Driscoll: Beissel von Gymnich. Retrieved January 19, 2011 .
  39. ↑ a b c d Johann Siebmacher, Otto Titan von Hefner: J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms: The nobility of the Kingdom of Prussia . tape 1 , volume 3 . Bauer & Raspe, 1857, p. 2 ( full text in Google Book Search).
  40. ↑ a b c Bernhard Peter: Photos of beautiful old coats of arms: Schmidtheim. Retrieved January 17, 2011 .
  41. ↑ With the additional tournament hat, for example, with the representation of the ancestral coat of arms Gymnich on the grave slab for Kuno zu Eltz (* before 1475; † after February 5, 1529) in the parish church of St. Martin and Severus in Münstermaifeld (cf. Bernhard Peter: Parish church of St Martin and Severus in Münstermaifeld: grave slab for Kuno von Eltz ; see also the blazon there: "A thorned red cross in silver. A red tournament hat with a silver faceplate, on it a standing, red-armored silver duck in front of a black cock's plume (alternative description as a black reed bush). Red-silver helmet covers. There are other variants of the crest ornament ").
  42. ↑ The Gymnich
  43. ↑ Otto Hupp : Munich Calendar 1934. Munich / Regensburg Publishing House 1934, page 12
  44. ^ Rolf Zobel: Coats of arms on the Middle Rhine and Moselle . Books on Demand, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-5292-3 , pp. 125 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  45. ^ Matthias Weber: Erftstadt Gymnich, pp. 282–283
  46. ^ Archive Gymnich documents No. 312, No. 318, 336, 358