Hofer von Lobenstein

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Hofer von Lobenstein , also Hofer zum Lobenstein , is the name of an old Bavarian noble family . The family, some of which still exist today, belongs to the primeval nobility in Nordgau .

Coat of arms of the Hofer von Lobenstein

history

origin

Marchwardus of the Hove appears in a document around 1150 as the first member of the family . He was Ministerial to the Count Palatine Friedrich. The family's ancestral seat was Hof am Regen Castle near Nittenau in the Upper Palatinate . 1339 sold Eiban of Peilstein the castle Lobenstein in cell northeast of Regensburg at Eberhard Hofer Hof . On May 23, 1340, Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian gave him permission to "... the purkstal near cell, ..." to build up against an opening right , but with the assurance of imperial protection. Eberhard calls himself Hofer von Lobenstein from 1342. He manages a Hofmark in Zell for Bavaria and appoints judges there.

Hof am Regen Castle , the original seat of the Hofers
Lobenstein Castle, ancestral seat of the Hofer von Lobenstein family
Wildenstein Castle , owned by the Hofer von Lobenstein from 1662

Spread and lines

The family divided into several lines early on, which also settled in Illyria and Zeeland . The descendants of the line that came to Illyria with Stephan Hofer von Lobenstein in 1378 received the lordships of Ronzina and Tolmein in the county of Gorizia from the ore house of Austria . However, the properties were lost again in 1626 after members of the family adopted the Protestant faith . They had to leave Austria and return to their home country.

Later relatives in Württemberg were wealthy. Johann Georg Hofer von Lobenstein, Margrave of Brandenburg-ansbachscher Chamberlain and Privy Councilor , Colonel of the Franconian circle , bailiff to Schwabach and Imperial county judge of the burgrave Nuremberg , acquired in 1662 by Johann Heinrich of Knöringen the former rich immediate manor Wildenstein in Crailsheim sale. His two sons shared the paternal inheritance and thus established two further lines.

Wolf Christian Hofer von Lobenstein received Wildenstein and Christian Albrecht Hofer von Lobenstein Neustädtlein (today part of the municipality of Fichtenau ). The second line already died out in 1703 with the death of Christian Ernst Hofer von Lobenstein, the son of Christian Albrecht. In 1699 he sold his possessions to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. The first line could be continued with the descendants of Wolf Christian, margravial Brandenburg-Ansbach Oberamtmann zu Stauff, Landeck and Geyern. His son Johann Heinrich Hofer von Lobenstein was able to purchase the goods that his cousin Christian Ernst had sold again in 1715. In 1734 Wildenstein also came into his possession for sale. With that all possessions were reunited in his hand. In 1805, with the death of his son Georg Christian Heinrich Franz Hofer von Lobenstein, Imperial Colonel and Commander of Raab Fortress , this line also died out. Half of the inheritance went to his four sisters and a daughter of his late brother. The other half was given to the royal Prussian major Carl Friedrich Franz Hofer von Lobenstein († 1828), the then only male descendant of the tribe. He was the son of the margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Colonel Johann Christian Ernst Hofer von Lobenstein († 1770), the youngest of the three brothers who left their share in Wildenstein to their uncle and set up a family fideikommiss for the male descendants from the sum received . Carl Friedrich Franz now also received this property. Only his sons, the barons Hermann and Adolph, were able to unite all of the goods .

Already in the 18th century the Hofer von Lobenstein were members of the knighthood in the knight canton Kocher of the Swabian knight circle because of the possession or partial ownership of Wildenstein, Neustädtlein, Rötlein and Tempelhof (Schloss Tempelhof near Kreßberg ) . Around 1801/1802 they were also enrolled in the knightly canton of Odenwald in the Franconian knight circle . According to the genealogical paperback of the baronial houses , the family in Wildenstein, Neustädtlein, Rötlein, Lautenbach and Gunzach (today districts of Fichtenau ) in the Kingdom of Württemberg owned property in 1859/1860.

Status surveys

Members of the family were given the office of Hereditary Marshal in the diocese of Regensburg early on . In the Kingdom of Württemberg they were in the Adelsmatrikel registered with the Baron class of knightly nobility.

coat of arms

Family coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows three three-pinned red rafters in silver . On the gold-crowned helmet with red-silver helmet covers a brown, barrel-shaped, gold-crowned bird cage with three natural peacock feathers .

Local and municipal coats of arms

Elements from the coat of arms of the Hofer von Lobenstein family still appear today in some Upper Palatinate local and community coats of arms .

  • Coat of arms of the community of Sünching

  • Coat of arms of the municipality of Zell

Known family members

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monumenta Boica VIII, p. 393
  2. ^ Entry by Bernhard Ernst on Lobenstein Castle in the " EBIDAT " scientific database of the European Castle Institute, accessed on September 14, 2016.
  3. ↑ www.burgseite.de
  4. ↑ a b New general German nobility lexicon. in Google Book Search. Volume 4, pp. 407-408.
  5. ^ 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 , p. 285.