Rodenstein (noble family)

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Rodensteiner coat of arms in Scheibler's coat of arms book .
Coat of arms of the Lords of Rodenstein in Siebmacher's book of arms .
Rotenstein in 1634 , drawing by Valentin Wagner .

The lords of Rodenstein (also von Crumbach, von Crumbach-Rodenstein, von Rotenstein ) were an aristocratic family who were wealthy in what is now southern Hesse and the northern Odenwald . Their headquarters were in Fränkisch-Crumbach . After Rodenstein Castle was built around the middle of the 13th century, they took the name of the castle, which was their main seat until the family died out in 1671.

The small dominion of Fränkisch-Crumbach has been in the field of tension between the Counts of Katzenelnbogen , later the Landgraves of Hessen-Darmstadt as their heirs on the one hand and the taverns of Erbach and the Electoral Palatinate on the other. Within this framework, the Rodensteiners succeeded in establishing a largely independent, small territory with the core area in the Gersprenz valley . The largely preserved family burial place in the Franconian-Crumbach Church is considered an art-historically significant source for the history of the Rodensteiners. After the family died out in the 17th century, the Rodensteiner saga was born , through which the noble family is known to this day.

story

origin

The origin and status of the Lords of Crumpach, who can be identified since 1080, is uncertain. The fact that some early family members carried the title of advocatus has led to considerations as to whether they should originally be assigned to the Reich ministry. Since there is no evidence of imperial property in the upper Gersprenztal, they could have been in imperial service in the southern part of the Dreieich Wildbann or in the vicinity of the imperial city of Frankfurt . It is even more likely, however, that this is due to an office in Seligenstadt , which had the status of an imperial city until 1303 and was in the interests of imperial politics through the construction of the palatium . It is noticeable that the Lords of Crumbach had free float in the Bachgau and especially in Seligenstadt.

Little is known about the earliest documented ownership of the Crumbacher headquarters in the upper Gersprenz valley . Until the acquisition of the allodial territory by the taverns of Erbach at the beginning of the 13th century, the area seems to have been fragmented into relatively small holdings of the local ministerials . No owner is known for a number of early castle complexes such as the Beerfurther Schlösschen or Schnellerts Castle . It is noticeable that the property of the Rodensteiner in the upper Gersprenztal was initially free property without any fiefdoms . This made them an exception among the numerous smaller rulers between the Rhine and Odenwald.

The Rodenstein rule in the Middle Ages and early modern times

With the securing of the area through the establishment of the Erbach castle Reichenberg , the interests of larger sovereigns emerged, since the Erbach taverns were among the followers of the Count Palatine . The County of Katzenelnbogen responded by building Lichtenberg Castle , while Rodenstein Castle was built around the middle of the 13th century as a stronghold against Reichenberg . Rodenstein was built in a side valley west-southwest of Fränkisch-Crumbach and northwest of Reichelsheim as a katzenelnbogisches fiefdom by members of the "Lords of Crumpach". Their headquarters are still unknown. With some probability an older moated castle or a stately residence in the area of ​​the church in Fränkisch-Crumbach can be assumed. After the construction of Rodenstein Castle, this complex was abandoned or converted into today's Adelshof. In 1575, parts of an older curtain wall are said to have been visible there.

In a document from 1256, the name Rodenstein appears for the first time next to the name Crumbach, when "Friedrich" and "Rudolf von Rodenstein" were sealed in Lichtenberg as witnesses to a document. Both are previously documented in a document in 1245 as "Friedrich" and "Rudolf von Crumpach" with identical coat of arms. This makes it clear that a side branch was named after the castle and that the construction time must have been between 1245 and 1256. Other branches apparently continued to reside in Crumbach. The name “von Crumbach” was last documented in 1387 with Rudolf von Crumbach, priest in the Worms Andreasstift .

There must have been a basic division between the older Crumbach line and the younger Rodenstein branch, in which the bailiwick of the Höchst monastery (ceded to the provost in 1314) with the eastern part of the old Rodensteiner Mark remained with the older line, while the younger Line received the parish of Neunkirchen with the western part. Like the headquarters in Fränkisch-Crumbach, the forest was probably managed jointly. With the extinction of the older line of the Lords of Crumbach at the end of the 14th century, the Rodensteiners inherited their allodial property in the Gersprenztal.

When the castle was founded as a fiefdom of the Katzenelnbog, the curious situation arose that the new ancestral seat was now subject to a fiefdom, while the Fränkisch-Crumbach rule remained free. Only from 1400 did an approach to the Electoral Palatinate take place. Fiefs of the Count Palatine, the Bishop of Worms, the Count of Leiningen , the Count of Wertheim and the Schenken von Erbach were added. The original status as a noble free was depressed by the fact that the Rodensteiners entered into these fiefdoms due to their difficult political and financial situation. The award of their own fiefs remained insignificant for the Rodensteiners for the formation of power.

In modern times, the allocation of the Rodensteiner to a stand remained unclear. Since Hans III. (died 1500) they usually call themselves “zu Rodenstein” and occasionally “from and to”. They were neither imperial barons , nor did they belong to the imperial knighthood , even if they occasionally availed themselves of the help of the nobility organized in the knightly canton of Odenwald . The fiefdoms - for example to the princely houses of Hesse and the Electoral Palatinate - remained insignificant. Within the dominion of Fränkisch-Crumbach they had full sovereign rights, even if these were spatially very limited. The Rodensteiners saw themselves - somewhat anachronistically - as “free masters” and were thus a rare occurrence in the early modern period in terms of constitutional law and class history.

Even with the Lords of Rodenstein, family members achieved high ecclesiastical offices, for example as canons in Mainz, Würzburg or Worms. Some were also Knights of the Teutonic Order , two Rodensteiners are occupied as Commander in Horneck and Rothenburg . Eberhard von Rodenstein was 1313-1315 prince abbot of Fulda . Philipp I von Rodenstein was Bishop of Worms from 1595 to 1604 . On August 20, 1629, the Imperial Knight Georg Anton von Rodenstein , who came from the Umstadt line of the Rodensteiner, became Prince-Bishop of Worms until his death in 1652. He was also dean in Speyer and provost and dean in Mainz . The accumulation of church offices in the family is mainly explained by the fact that the Rodensteiners, in contrast to many aristocratic families in the region, adhered to the Catholic faith even after the Reformation.

The family existed in two main lines. In addition to the main line in the Odenwald, there was a Rodenstein-Lißberg line between 1399 and 1470. The rich legacy of the Lißberger in the eastern Wetterau and the Kinzig valley was controversial from the start and could not be preserved. After the sidelines became extinct, this remote property was almost entirely sold. In the early modern period, further sidelines usually only existed for a short time. For example, there was a Lindenfels line of the Rodensteiner for a time. A line to Dalsheim in Rheinhessen was founded by Engelhard II, a son of Hans V. However, it died out again in the next generation with Philipp, Bishop of Worms , and his brother Hans ( Mainz bailiff zu Gernsheim, died 1627) and apparently was not involved in the Odenwald property.

The Lords of Rodenstein were upper marketers of the Rodensteiner Mark .

Extinction, inheritance and aftermath

The Thirty Years' War, which flourished at the beginning of the 17th century, suffered a great death. In 1623 Rittmeister Wolf Ernst von Rodenstein fell in the battle of Stadtlohn . Drawings made by Valentin Wagner in 1634 give an insight into the everyday life of the last residents of Rodenstein Castle. In 1635 Adam von Rodenstein died of the plague with his whole family . As a result, the Rodenstein family castle was no longer inhabited and fell into ruin. After the end of the war, only two Rodensteiners lived: Bishop Georg Anton von Worms († 1652) and Georg Friedrich, who lived in Heppenheim . As the last male Rodensteiner, he died in 1671 after a "fall". As early as 1653, half of the inheritance was initially sold to the Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt. The landgraves passed half of this property on to deserving court officials, first to Weiprecht von Gemmingen , the last quarter was given to Johann Rudolf Victor von Pretlack in 1719 , whose descendants sold it in 1802 to the barons of Gemmingen-Hornberg , some of whom still own it .

Another part, for example the Rodensteiner Hof in Bensheim , went to von Haxthausen and later resales to von Pretlack as well. This and other parts of the Rodenstein property was acquired by the electoral Palatinate privy councilor Franz Caspar Überbruck, whose family has since been known as “Barons Überbruck von Rodenstein” or “Noble von Rodenstein” (from 1732 in the Imperial Knighthood). These also took over the possession of von Hirschhorn (around 1735), but died out in the male line in 1903. The Überbruck-Rodensteiner only adopted the Rodenstein helmet ornament, the six-pointed star, in their coat of arms.

The legend of the Rodensteiner , who was cursed to get out of his grave and warn the people when war threatened to break out, refers to an inexplicable member of the von Rodenstein family . The legend came about after the Rodensteiner died out.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the Lords of Rodenstein is split from gold and red, alternating colors, and divided twice (six fields), in some depictions also from silver and red. On the helmet with red-gold (or red-silver) covers a red pillow with gold or silver tassels, on which there is a gold or silver six-pointed star, five of which are tipped with a golden ball each, which in turn are tipped with five black rooster feathers. In Nikolaus Bertschi's book of arms, especially of German families , a helmet crown is depicted instead of a pillow and the balls on the star tips are missing, but the cock feathers are not missing.

Historical property and buildings

Castles, palaces, property

Family burial place

The family grave of the Lords of Rodenstein is located in the Evangelical Church of Fränkisch-Crumbach in the immediate vicinity of the former Rodensteiner, today Gemminger manor house . In addition to the numerous high-quality epitaphs, a star vault in the choir of the church and a preserved mansion stalls are worth seeing. The grave monuments are among the best achievements of late Gothic sculpture . Some epitaphs, including the oldest monuments for Engelhard von Rodenstein-Lißberg († 1470) and his wife Jutta, née Schenkin von Erbach († 1491) and another art-historically significant for Hans V. von Rodenstein from 1580, have been located since 1899 in the Hessian State Museum Darmstadt .

Grave monuments of the Lords of Rodenstein
Surname Life dates location description Illustration
Hans the Elder from Rodenstein 1418-1500 North wall of the nave Hans III. zu Rodenstein , owner of the Gothic church choir, died in 1500 on a pilgrimage to Rome and is buried on Campo Santo Teutonico near St. Peter . The 266 × 86 cm plate made of gray sandstone in Fränkisch-Crumbach is probably the work of Hans Eseler the Elder . It shows the knight in high relief standing on a lion. The almost life-size, strikingly slender figure wearing armor with folded up Schaller under which an older, fold furrowed face is recognizable. In his right hand he is holding a tournament hook . In his left hand he held the quillons of a two-handed hand , of which only the pommel with the Christ monogram has survived. The figure is surrounded by the family coat of arms, three above (Rodenstein - again Rodenstein - Hirschhorn ), two more below on both sides of the greaves (Rodenstein-Lißberg - Dalberg ). The inscription in Gothic minuscule with Frakturversailen reads: "Anno dm MCCCCCXXCI kal aprl at Rome, noble juncker Hans died unto Rodensteinstraße, dess sele got gnedig and merciful sey". On both sides of the helmet there is the addition “buried uff dem gots acker”, a reference to the still preserved tombstone in Rome, which is considered to be the oldest preserved grave monument in the cemetery there. Hans dA von Rodenstein.jpg
Hans the Younger from Rodenstein † 1531 inner corner of the choir hexagon The tombstones for Hans IV von Rodenstein, son of the previous one, and his wife are less stylistically, but clearly linked to the monument for Hans the Elder in terms of their structure. Both stand on lion figures with the coats of arms above their heads. The figure of the man appears almost completely detached from the plate. He wears richly decorated Renaissance armor, above it the Rodenstein coat of arms with two shields. The inscription in roman capital letters reads: “ANNO DOMINI 1531 VF WEDNESDAY STILL FASTING IS THE EDEL ERNFEST JVNCKER HANS ZV RODENSTEIN IN GOT VERSCEIDEN. THE SELE GOT GNED YOU TO BE WOOL ”. Hans dJ von Rodenstein.jpg
Anna von Rodenstein, née Baier von Boppard † 1560 inner corner of the choir hexagon The figure of the wife of Hans the Younger is more closely associated with the plate. She wears a long dress, folded in parallel, with a cap on her head. Above the head the coats of arms of Baier von Boppard and Bock von Utinger Tal . The inscription in Gothic minuscule reads: "Anno domini 1560 on July 28th at 7 ur is different the noble and duchentame Mrs. Anna von Rodenstein witfrau, born Bairin van Bopparten, whom selenium is gracious and merciful". see above
Unknown woman from Rodenstein † 1580 West wall of the nave Another figurative epitaph cannot be assigned because the inscription is weathered. The front is a young woman in a brocade patterned dress. In her hands there is a book and a bouquet of flowers. A small wreath on her head could be seen as an indication that she passed away as a bride.
Georg von Rodenstein † 1583 South wall of the nave Georg von Rodenstein succeeded Hans the Younger as owner of the Rodenstein estate. His grave tablet is now in the nave next to the western side portal and thus opposite that of his wife Anna von Boyneburg. George's epitaph stands on a rounded plinth that originally served as the base of his wife's. The relocation of the tombstones within the church is also indicated by a circular top wall with the Rodenstein-Boyneburg double coat of arms in the choir head between the epitaphs of Hans the Younger and his wife. The epitaph of George made of red sandstone shows the knight head-on in contemporary equestrian armor without a helmet, standing on a lion. The figure is slightly curved. The deceased is flanked by pilasters adorned with coats of arms , on which an entablature rests. A crowning formerly above is missing, possibly the parts walled in in the choir belong there. Peter Dell the Younger was sometimes suspected of being a sculptor . Georg von Rodenstein.jpg
Anna von Boyneburg † 1585 North wall of the nave The memorial for Georg's wife Anna von Boyneburg , today opposite her husband's in the nave, shows the deceased as a good-natured-looking country gentleman. There, too, the coat of arms decoration is attached to the framing pilasters. The red sandstone epitaph, however, comes from a different workshop than George's. Sem Schlör and Erhard Barg are suspected .
Philipp von Rodenstein † around 1586 South wall of the nave The most elaborate figurative epitaph with a height of 4.60 m and a width of 3.11 m shows Philipp von Rodenstein and his wives Margarethe von Habern (left) and Christine Schutzpar von Milching (right). The first marriage remained childless, the second had two daughters. The grave monument for the son of George is made of gray-white sandstone, the base of red sandstone. The central image shows the knight, again standing on a lion, in his armor with sword and battle ax . The helmet is set at his feet, the head is uncovered. As in George's tomb, the figures are framed by pilasters adorned with coats of arms, on which a strong cornice rests. The tomb is bordered on the side by two herms . The coat of arms above the cornice is framed by dolphins. The upper end of the epitaph is a semicircular gable with a plate with the Bible verse ( 2 Tim 4,7-8  EU ). Philipp von Rodenstein.jpg
Hans Georg von Rodenstein † 1598 North wall under the gallery A painted wooden epitaph for Hans Georg von Rodenstein and his family is on the north wall under the gallery. It shows the parents with their children kneeling on either side of a resurrection. The people are identified by banners. On the framing pilasters there are coats of arms with partially mistaken or distorted signatures, as can also be seen overpainting on the entire panel.
Philipp Georg von Rodenstein † 1627 North face In 1974, during renovation work in the floor, another panel, previously covered by the stalls, was discovered and set into the north wall. It shows no figure, only the Rodenstein coat of arms with an inscription. This says that "the noble and strict Philips Georg zu Rodenstein his age 35 years" died on July 29, 1627. Above that, the saying “No bad death is to be respected if he kept himself right in the deadline”, plus the Bible verse ( Rom 14.8  EU ).

Well-known Rodensteiner

Georg Anton von Rodenstein , Bishop of Worms 1629–1652

literature

  • Wolfram Becher: A certificate on the history of the Lords of Crumbach-Rodenstein. In: Der Odenwald 18, 1971, issue 3, pp. 71–86.
  • Heinrich Bingemer: The Frankfurt coat of arms booklet. 2nd edition, Kramer, Frankfurt 1987, ISBN 3-7829-0348-X , p. 31 plate 24.
  • Wilhelm Franck: Documentary history of the Lords of Rodenstein and their possessions (1293–1671) , (third issue from 1867), pp. 561–645 in: Archive for Hessian History and Archeology , Volume 11, Darmstadt, 1867 (largely outdated presentation ).
  • Walter Hotz and Karl Heinz Mittenhuber: The Church of Fränkisch-Crumbach and the Lords of Rodenstein ( Große Baudenkmäler Heft 292). 2nd edition, Munich / Berlin 1996.
  • Walter Hotz: The last Rodensteiners and their grave monuments. In: Contributions to the exploration of the Odenwald and its peripheral landscapes 3, 1980, pp. 237-258.
  • Elisabeth Kleberger: Territorial history of the rear Odenwald (Grafschaft Erbach, Herrschaft Breuberg, Herrschaft Fränkisch-Crumbach). Self-published by the Hessian Historical Commission Darmstadt 1958 (Sources and Research on Hessian History 19) , pp. 98–120.
  • Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New General German Adels Lexicon , Volume 7, 1868; Reprint 1996, ISBN 3-89557-020-6 , pp. 533f.
  • Crumbach (reign). In: 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 , pp. 125f.
  • Anke Stößer: Lords between the Rhine and the Odenwald. In: Winfried Speitkamp (ed.): Knights, Counts and Princes - secular dominions in the Hessian area approx. 900-1806. Marburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-942225-17-5 (= Handbook of Hessian History 3 = Publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse 63), pp. 152–170, esp. Pp. 158–160.
  • Winfried Wackerfuß: The drawings of the Dresden painter Valentin Wagner at the Rodenstein Castle in 1634. In: The Odenwald . Journal of the Breuberg-Bundes 63/3, 2016, pp. 110–121.
  • Interest group Heimatmuseum Rodenstein eV (Ed.): Die Rodensteiner , Fränkisch Crumbach 1982, 85 pages

Web links

Commons : Rodenstein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfram Becher: A document on the history of the Lords of Crumbach-Rodenstein. In: Der Odenwald 18, 1971, issue 3, p. 80f.
  2. ↑ Thomas Steinmetz: Castles in the Odenwald. Verlag Ellen Schmid, Brensbach 1998, ISBN 3-931529-02-9 , p. 25.
  3. ↑ a b c Anke Stößer: Dominions between the Rhine and the Odenwald. In: Knights, Counts and Princes - secular dominions in the Hessian area approx. 900-1806. Marburg 2014, p. 159.
  4. ^ Elisabeth Kleberger: Territorial history of the rear Odenwald (Grafschaft Erbach, Herrschaft Breuberg, Herrschaft Fränkisch-Crumbach). Darmstadt 1958, p. 104.
  5. ↑ Wolfram Becher: A document on the history of the Lords of Crumbach-Rodenstein. In: Der Odenwald 18, 1971, issue 3, p. 76.
  6. ^ Elisabeth Kleberger: Territorial history of the rear Odenwald (Grafschaft Erbach, Herrschaft Breuberg, Herrschaft Fränkisch-Crumbach). Darmstadt 1958, p. 111.
  7. ^ Elisabeth Kleberger: Territorial history of the rear Odenwald (Grafschaft Erbach, Herrschaft Breuberg, Herrschaft Fränkisch-Crumbach). Darmstadt 1958, p. 104f. and 110f.
  8. ^ Elisabeth Kleberger: Territorial history of the rear Odenwald (Grafschaft Erbach, Herrschaft Breuberg, Herrschaft Fränkisch-Crumbach). Darmstadt 1958, p. 105.
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  10. ^ A b Elisabeth Kleberger: Territorial history of the rear Odenwald (county Erbach, dominion Breuberg, dominion Fränkisch-Crumbach). Darmstadt 1958, p. 115.
  11. ^ A b Hans Philippi : Territorial history of the county of Büdingen. Writings of the Hessian Office for Historical Regional Studies 23 , Elwert, Marburg 1954, p. 84; Klaus-Peter Decker: Gentlemen in the Wetterau. In: Knights, Counts and Princes - secular dominions in the Hessian area approx. 900-1806. Marburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-942225-17-5 (=  Handbook of Hessian History 3 =  Publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse 63), p. 307f.
  12. ^ Rudolf Kunz: The Lindenfelser line of the lords of Rodenstein. In: Odenwald-Heimat 1994, No. 3.
  13. ^ Walter Hotz and Karl Heinz Mittenhuber: The Church of Fränkisch-Crumbach and the Lords of Rodenstein. 2nd edition, Munich / Berlin 1996, p. 2.
  14. ↑ Winfried Wackerfuß: The drawings of the Dresden painter Valentin Wagner at Rodenstein Castle in 1634. In: Der Odenwald . Journal of the Breuberg-Bundes 63/3, 2016, pp. 110–121.
  15. ^ Walter Hotz and Karl Heinz Mittenhuber: The Church of Fränkisch-Crumbach and the Lords of Rodenstein. 2nd edition, Munich / Berlin 1996, p. 3.
  16. ^ Pretlack, Johann Rudolf Victor Freiherr von. Hessian biography. (As of February 19, 2013). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  17. ↑ Tairnbach Castle at www.welt-der-wappen.de : see the explanations there on the Überbruck-Rodenstein coat of arms
  18. ↑ Nikolaus Bertschi, "Book of Arms of Particularly German Sexes", Augsburg 1515 ( digitized version )
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