Thüngen (noble family)
The von Thüngen family is an old, noble Franconian noble family . It is named after today's Thüngen market with the parent company Burg Thüngen and became a baron .
Family history
The place Thüngen was first mentioned in a document on April 19, 788. With the noble free Carl ac filius ejus Eylhard de Dungethi , the family first appeared in a document on February 5, 1100. Andreas, Friedrich, Albert and Lutz von Thüngen were enfeoffed with the castle property in 1306/1307. In 1406 it acquired the castle and village of Thüngen as free property .
The family of the Barons von Thüngen belonged to the imperial knighthood in the Franconian knight circle , canton Rhön-Werra. Since June 13, 1531, the family was enfeoffed with the office of master kitchen master of the Duchy of Franconia . It represented important personalities in church, military, administration, politics and business.
The Thüngen rule comprised around 80 villages, palaces, castles and farms. The family owned Schloss Büchold (1364–1596), Burgjoss Castle (15th century), Old Castle zu Burgsinn (since 1337), Greifenstein Castle (? –1657), Neuhaus , Reußenburg (approx. 1320–1525), Castle Roßbach (since?), Salzburg Castle , Sodenberg , Tagmersheim Castle (around 1520), Herrenhof in Völkersleier (? –1926), Waizenbach Castle (before 1400–1678), Weißenbach Castle (since the end of the 14th century), Windheim Castle ( 12th century - 1660).
The family was important because of the Thüngensche Cent in the Rhön and the patronage of their estates; she also owned canons' courts . 1189 founded Philipp von Thüngen zu Heßlar together with Gottfried von Pisemberg , Bishop of Würzburg, the monastery Schönau (Gemünden am Main) .
In 1523 the Swabian Federation destroyed the Reußenburg (near Hammelburg ) owned by Hans Jörg von Thüngen. He was a supporter of the robber baron Hans Thomas von Absberg . A more detailed description of the events of the so-called Franconian War can be found under Wandereisen-Woodcuts from 1523 . The Würzburg bishop Konrad II von Thüngen supported his beleaguered relatives with a petition to the federal government.
coat of arms
The family coat of arms shows a golden bar covered with three wavy red posts in silver . On the helmet with red and silver covers stands the torso of a gray-bearded man in a red dress with a silver collar, whose head is covered with a silver-tucked red hood, which is equipped with cock feathers on the tip and on both sides.
Thüngen coat of arms from Scheibler's book of arms
Thüngen coat of arms from Scheibler's book of arms (incorrect)
Thüngen coat of arms from the coat of arms book by Nikolaus Bertschi
Coat of arms of those von Thüngen from Siebmacher's book of arms
Personalities
- Konrad II von Thüngen (1466–1540), Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Duke of Franconia.
- Dietrich (Dietz) von Thüngen (1476–1540), dean of the cathedral in Würzburg.
- Neidhardt von Thüngen (1545–1598), Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (1591–1598). Co-founder of the Juliusspital in Würzburg. Rector Magnificus of the University of Würzburg and Provost of the Cathedral in Würzburg. Tomb in the Bamberg Church of St. Michael .
- Konrad Friedrich von Thüngen (around 1580 - 1629), provost in the diocese of Würzburg
- Johann Karl I. Graf von Thüngen (1648–1709), Imperial General Field Marshal , builder of the Karlsburg in Bad Ems , fortress commander of fortress Mainz , fortress Philippsburg and in Landau . His bust was placed in the Hall of Fame in Munich in 1853 by King Ludwig I of Bavaria .
- Adam Sigmund von Thüngen (1687–1745), major general and field marshal lieutenant. From 1733 to 1736 interim commander of Luxembourg . Builder of Fort Thüngen in Luxembourg. After his death, Empress Maria Theresa visited his widow at Castle Roßbach in Zeitlofs- Rossbach.
- Philip Christoph Dietrich Baron von Thüngen (1696–1780), Swedish legation councilor , councilor of knights , captain of knights , the sovereign ruler was one of the most powerful and influential family members. He united family property, brought back lost property , built churches and castles, and issued court regulations.
- Johann Sigmund Karl I. Baron von Thüngen (1730–1800), President of the Reich Chamber of Commerce in Wetzlar , had lively contact with Goethe .
- Charles VI Baron von Thüngen (1776–1841), alone from 1818 to 1829 and from 1829 to 1841 together with his son Hans Karl V. Majoratsherr .
- Philipp Freiherr von Thüngen (1796–1866), landowner, district administrator and court official.
- Hans Carl Freiherr von Thüngen (1804–1850), royal Bavarian government official.
- Wilhelm VII. Freiherr von Thüngen (1805–1871), Majorate, Reichsrat and Member of the Customs Parliament .
- Wolfgang VI. Baron von Thüngen (1814–1888), from 1850 to 1876 together with his brother Wilhelm VII. Majorate and from 1876 to 1880 together with his son Hans Karl VII. Majorate. Bavarian envoy in Athens , Darmstadt and Kassel as well as authorized minister of the king .
- Hans Karl VII. Freiherr von Thüngen (1851–1926), Imperial Councilor and co-founder of the German Agricultural Society in 1885 and the Bavarian Brewers' Association in 1880. Majorate from 1876 to 1880 together with father Wolfgang VI. and from 1880 to 1922 alone.
- Rudolf Freiherr von Thüngen (1855–1929), Bavarian Colonel a. D., Chamberlain, Dr. phil. hc from the University of Erlangen, landlord on Heilsberg near Zeitlofs.
- Hildolf Freiherr von Thüngen (1878–1947), royal Bavarian Rittmeister a. D., SS-Oberführer .
- Charles XI. Freiherr von Thüngen (1893–1944), Lieutenant General , executed on October 24, 1944 in connection with the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler .
- Elisabeth Freiin von Thüngen (1893–1988), daughter of Rudolf von Thüngen and wife of Reinold von Thadden-Trieglaff , founder of the German Evangelical Church Congress.
- Dietz XII. Baron von Thüngen (1894–1973), member of the Reichstag , Majorate (1922–1948) and administrative officer (1948–1973) of the Thüngen administration. Honorary President of the German Agricultural Society.
- Wolf-Hartmann II. Freiherr von Thüngen (1923–2001), deputy administrative officer from 1963 to 1973; Administrative officer from 1973 to 1985. Forstmann who rearranged the corridor areas Detter , Weißenbach, Höllrich and Thüngen. Commander of the Order of St. John . His son Lutz XII. Baron von Thüngen , b. 1949, is today responsible for the Centamt in Weißenbach and Höllrich . His son Hanskarl VIII. Freiherr von Thüngen , born in 1950, administers the domain office including the castle and the castle brewery "Duke of Franconia" in Thüngen ; the remaining part, including the hospital castle in Thüngen, is run by the Thüngen- Roßbach line.
View of Thüngen Castle
"Alter Stock" (residential tower of the castle) in Thüngen
Burgsinner Castle in Thüngen
Old castle in Burgsinn
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Israel: Document book of the Archbishopric Magdeburg I ; 1937, pp. 235-238, no. 175
- ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility, Bang FA VII ; Pages 480/1; CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 1969
- ↑ View of the coat of arms at Nikolaus Bertschi: Book of coats of arms especially of German families . BSB Cod.icon. 308. Augsburg 1515-1650.
literature
- Julien Demade: Parenté, noblesse et échec de la genèse de l'État: le cas allemand . In: Annales . Histoire, Sciences sociales . 61-3, mai-juin 2006. pp. 609-631. ( Book review (French) )
- Joseph Morsel: La noblesse contre le prince: l'espace social des Thüngen à la fin du Moyen Age (Franconie, verse 1250–1525) . (Supplement to Francia , 49). Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-7995-7443-3 ( online )
- Hans-Karl Freiherr von Thüngen: The House of Thüngen 788–1988. History of a Frankish noble family. (Precious Lower Franconia). Echter, Würzburg 1988, ISBN 3-429-01162-0
- Rudolf Freiherr von Thüngen: The imperial knightly family of the barons of Thüngen. Research on his family history. (Series IX, representations from Franconian history, volume 43). Verlag Degener & Co., Neustadt ad Aisch 1997 (reprint of the 1926 edition).
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon . Volume XIV, Volume 131 of the complete series. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2003, ISSN 0435-2408
Web links
- History of the family on the homepage of the market www.markt-thuengen.de under: <History> - <The family of the barons of Thüngen>
- Coat of arms of the Thüngen (?) In the Book of Arms of the Holy Roman Empire , Nuremberg around 1554–1568, ditto
- "Kaiserreich-Posse - Scandal in the Kursaal" , article about the dispute between Friedrich Freiherr von Thüngen (Andreasische Linie) and Louis Stern ( Louis Stern affair ), from Spiegel Online from January 14, 2012