Herwarth von Bittenfeld (patrician)
Herwarth von Bittenfeld is the name of an old noble family that is one of the oldest urban noble families in the imperial city of Augsburg that are eligible for regiment .
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history
The family first appeared in a document in 1246 with Conrad Herwart , Canon of Augsburg. The secure line of trunks begins in 1265 with Herbordus Herwart .
Between 1290 and 1368, the family provided the “Stadtpfleger” ( mayor ) in Augsburg a total of 14 times and had owned the Wellenburg Castle near Augsburg since 1348 , which is now owned by the Fugger family .
The brothers Jacob , Henry († 1481, progenitor of the "Augsburger line") and Lucas Herwart were on April 18, 1459 in (a document called 1427-1485) Wiener Neustadt in the kingdom knighthood collected and received their arms confirmation. The descendants of Lucas von Herwarth (progenitor of the "younger line") were accepted into the Swabian imperial knighthood of the canton Kocher after the acquisition of Bittenfeld ( Württemberg ) in 1574 .
coat of arms
The family coat of arms shows a gold-reinforced red owl in silver. On the helmet with red and silver blankets, the owl on a square silver cushion with red tassels.
Known family members (chronological)
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Johann Friedrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1696–1757), Prussian colonel and regimental commander
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Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld the Elder (1753–1833), Prussian major general
- Friedrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1802–1884), Prussian general of the infantry
- Hans Paulus Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1800–1881), German general
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Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld the Elder (1753–1833), Prussian major general
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Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1796–1884), Prussian field marshal married to Sophie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, née von Scholten (1802–1868)
- Anton Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1841–1923), Prussian infantry general
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Hans Wilhelm Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1835–1894), German lieutenant general
- Hans-Wolfgang von Herwarth (1872–1942), German officer, diplomat and publicist
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Hans Herwarth von Bittenfeld , Prussian major general (1853–1927) married to Gertrud Herwarth von Bittenfeld, b. von Zanthier (1859–1946)
- Hans Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1887–1970), German politician (GB / BHE), MdL Schleswig-Holstein
- Eberhard Karl Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1890–1957), German major general
- Hans-Richard Herwarth von Bittenfeld married to Ilse Herwarth von Bittenfeld born. by Tiedemann
- Hans-Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1904–1999), German diplomat and author, married to Annemarie Herwarth von Bittenfeld-Honigmann (1905 – after 1932), German ski racer
literature
- Genealogical manual of the nobility . Noble houses. A Volume XV, p. 227 f., Volume 71 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg (Lahn) 1979, ISSN 0435-2408 .
- Marcelli Janecki (arr.): Handbook of the Prussian Nobility , Volume 1, ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1892, pp. 205–211
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Nobility Lexicon . Volume 2, Berlin 1836, p. 492
Web links
- Herwarth coat of arms in Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1701, volume 1, plate 81 and plate 207 , as well as volume 5, plate 13
- Schlossarchiv.de: that of Herwarth
- Augsburg city archive: Herwart (Herbort, Herwort, Hörwart, "with the owl"), patrician family
- Förderverein Burgruine Hohenburg e. V. (Hohenburg Lenggries): Herwarth auf Hohenburg (1566 to 1731)