Hardenberg (Westphalian noble family)

Coat of arms of those von Hardenberg

Floor plan of Hardenberg Castle (Velbert) , Velbert

Hardenstein Castle , Witten

Hardenberg is the name of an old Westphalian noble family .

There is no tribal relationship to the family of the same name, the Counts of Hardenberg in Lower Saxony.

history

The Knights of Hardenberg sat at Hardenberg Castle (and previously probably at Hardenberg Castle ) in Velbert-Neviges and were first mentioned in a document in 1145. The Hardenberg estate was sold to Gerhard von Jülich-Berg in 1354 . Heinrich II. Von Hardenberg then settled in Hardenstein Castle upstream near Herbede .

When Alexander Duncker states in 1883:

“Since the earliest times, the lordship of Hardenberg (Neviges) has been owned by the Barons of Hardenberg, who formerly had a name similar to the latter (Nivelo, Nivelung), as they did from the 14th to the 12th century and beyond back, can be documented. The barons of Hardenberg have always associated their name Nivelung with the Nibelung known from the heroic saga. Even if myth and history are mixed up in these stories, the name Neviges resp. Hardenberg was closely interwoven with the beginnings of German history in pre-documentary times, and to this extent Hardenberg must be regarded as a memorable place for Germans. "

The family died out in 1463.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows two silver rafters one above the other in red . The crest has not survived.

literature

• Hardenberg. In: Anton Fahne : History of the Westphalian families with special consideration of their relocation to Prussia, Curland and Liefland. 1858
• Wilhelm Crecelius : The Lords of Hardenberg. In: Journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein (ZBGV), Volume 8, 1872
• Bender, Ludwig: History of the former rule Hardenberg in Bergisch from the prehistoric times to their abolition. Langenberg: Joost, 1879

Web links

• The rule of Hardenberg under their old dynasts

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lithography Schloss Hardenberg by A. Duncker with accompanying text  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 233 kB)  
2. ^ Max von Spießen: Book of Arms of the Westphalian Nobility, Görlitz 1901–1903 / Volume 2