Hagen (Westphalian noble family)
The von Hagen are a Westphalian nobility who were first mentioned in a document with Arndoldus and Sintramus von Hagen in 1267. Approx. In 1500 the direct trunk line begins with Cordt from Hagen. The knightly family of the von Hagen is documented as resident in Geseke in the 13th and 14th centuries .
history
The family name von or ab Hagen is of Germanic origin and means forest or forest hedge. The name is documented as early as the 12th and 13th centuries in the region between Soest and Paderborn . The von Hagen had large allodial and fiefdoms in the Geseker and Rüthener area, which can be considered a sign of old age and possibly of Saxon origin. The oldest Gesek official book, dated around 1350, contains the names of Johannes "Haghenen", Burhardus and "Syffridus Haghene". A copy from 1369 mentions a plot of land "in loco dicto Vulnershagen in Gesicke". Even today the gardens planted in the old city moat are called "Hagen". This suggests that the "von Hagen" family lived in Geseke long before 1350.
The family's ancestral home was in Düstergasse In Geseke, but today there is a Franciscan monastery . She stood in fiefdom to the Counts of Arnsberg and in the position of the so-called ministerial nobility to the archbishops in Cologne . Not only extensive real estate, but also family ties with the most respected families in Westphalian cities, make it clear that they belong to the leading social class. Josef Bender u. a. the Orth from Hagen, Grote, Schlaun, von Loen, von Bismarck , von Thülen and von Fürstenberg . In 1561 the family foundation was set up by Conrad Orth from Hagen , at the behest of Bernhard von Hagen . The Cologne High School and Foundation Fund , which maintains the register of descent to this day, specifies October 28, 1594 as the foundation date .
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the Orth ab Hagen from Geseke is emblazoned according to Spießen : in blue a white shell, on the helmet a blue and white bead, above two white trunks, each of which has three red flames, two inward and one outward.
literature
- Joseph Bender : History of the city of male dogs. A representation of their institutions, their community relations with the rural communities and their fates , Werl, 1848. S. 453f.
- H. Boley: founder and foundation Orth ab Hagen , Cologne high school and foundation fund
- Munster, Msc. VII 5908
- Margret Nolte: Citizens of Geseke in the Middle Ages and Modern Times , Geseke 1997
- Max von skewers (ed.): Armorial of the Westphalian nobility , Vol I, Görlitz 1903, p.97.
- Foundation and founder (family) Orth von Hagen , In: Heimatblätter No. 216: April 1978, 36th year.