Harstall (noble family)

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The coat of arms of the von Harstall

Harstall is an old Thuringian noble family based in the Werra valley between Eisenach and Mühlhausen .

history

In the 14th century, the noble von Harstall family was first mentioned with a gangloff from Harstall. The extent to which the family is connected to the "Wüstung Harstall" near Mihla has not been proven. In 1436 they took over the Mihla moated castle built by the local ruling family of Mihla. After that they expanded their influence and possessions from their headquarters in the Werra Valley and several subsidiary lines formed:

  • Mihlaer Linie, died in 1610 with Ernst Christoph von Harstall
  • Diedorf line from around 1500, continued as a Catholic line after the Reformation and expired in 1865
  • Creuzburg line
  • Hessian and Rhenish branches.

Further possessions existed in Wernershausen , Katharinenberg , Berteroda and Treffurt. They were enfeoffed among others by the dukes of Saxony, the electors of Mainz and the Fulda bishops and were temporarily lords of Burg Creuzburg and Burg Normannstein .

In 1536 the von Harstall family rebuilt the moated castle as a renaissance castle, the Gray Castle , built the White Castle immediately next to it and in 1581 the Red Castle .

Representative

The red castle in Mihla
  • Brothers Bertold, Ritter and Ulrich (1301) have fiefdoms in Grebendorf
  • Hermann von Harstall (1401), bailiff at Creuzburg
  • Hans von Harstall (1470–1534), lord of the castle and Ganerbe zu Treffurt
  • Anton von Harstall (1486–1545), Commander of the Teutonic Order in Altenburg
  • Wilhelm von Harstall , senior bailiff in Eichsfeld (1602–1604)
  • Hans Wilhelm von Harstall (1611–1672), Upper Court Marshal of Saxony-Altenburg
  • Georg Melchior von Harstall zu Diedorf, ancestor of the Sachsen-Eisenach line
  • Johann Christoph von Harstall , Electorate Mainz Vice Cathedral in Erfurt
  • Adalbert von Harstall (1737-1814), as Adalbert III. Prince-Bishop of Fulda
  • Ernst von Harstall (1862–1923), German major general

literature

  • Johann Gottfried Biedermann : Gender = register of the Reichs Frey immediate knight creates land to Francken praiseworthy place Ottenwald… Kulmbach 1751
  • Rainer Lämmerhirt: The story of the von Harstall family. Mihla 1990
  • Falk, Raymund: The Diedorf family from Harstall. In: EJb 6 (1998), pp. 203-251.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Johann Gottfried Biedermann: Gender = register of the Reichs Frey immediate knight creates land to Francken praiseworthy place Ottenwald… Kulmbach 1751, Tabula CCXCVII. ff
  2. ↑ Jensen Zlotowicz: Treasure Chest Museum Mihla! Harstalls estate presented. In Thüringer Allgemeine from January 9, 2014 (accessed June 9, 2017)
  3. ↑ Landgrave Regest online No. 431. Regest of the Landgrave of Hesse. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

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