Hundt (noble family)

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Double coat of arms Hundt - Sparneck at the altar in Püchersreuth

The von Hundt family is known as a noble family in the Upper Palatinate in Püchersreuth and Thumsenreuth .

The gender is not to be confused with the Upper Bavarian Counts von Hundt zu Lautterbach and the Silesian barons von Hundt and Alten-Grottkau .

history

The von Hundt family has hardly been researched so far. The von Hundt can be traced back to the New Püchersreuth Castle and the Thumsenreuth Castle .

Puchersreuth

Entrance to the New Palace in Püchersreuth
Thumsenreuth Castle 2005

There is an old and a new castle in Püchersreuth . While the old castle is only present in built-up remains, the new castle characterizes the town center. The spacious property consists of a large inner courtyard, which is enclosed by the residential wing and various outbuildings. The New Palace is privately owned.

Two double coats of arms Hundt / Sparneck on the New Castle and on the altar in the lower church indicate that the two families jointly managed the estate. There are also several tombstones of related persons with further coats of arms in the church.

The holdings of the von Hundt family in Püchersreuth are given with the period 1663–1748. The following people from the von Hundt family are known in Püchersreuth:

Hans Gottfried Hundt auf Püchersreuth, Bavarian dragoon captain, died in 1670 at the age of 47 and his wife Maria Cordula, née von Lindenfels , died in 1708 at 68 with their children Anna Maria Salome Hundt, died in 1668 at the age of 24 and Hans Ernst and Hans Gottfried Bernhard Hundt , 1665 and 1670 died in the cradle (text according to tombstone)

Thumsenreuth

In the third quarter of the 16th century, Thumsenreuth Castle already had a similar shape as it is today. This is proven by a miniature view on a card from this time that is kept in the State Archives in Amberg . Christoph Notthracht, who came into possession of Thumsenreuth in 1586, had the palace renovated and decorated with a bay window that same year. He bears his family coat of arms as well as the coats of arms of his two wives Dorothea von Biberern and Martha von Seckendorff . Thumsenreuth Castle has been in the hands of the von Lindenfels family since 1661, and they had it restored between 1992 and 1994.

The von Hundt were in a transition phase between the various owners of Thumsenreuth between the Notthracht and the von Lindenfels (1614–1653) and were also related to the von Lindenfels family. The following people from the von Hundt family are known in Thumsenreuth:

  • Jakob Hundt von Thumsenreuth acquired Thumsenreuth in 1614. As Rittmeister in the Thirty Years' War he was first in the service of the Nuremberg rulers , then his ruler of the Electorate of the Palatinate and finally on the side of the Swedes. He was the leader of the Hundt company in 1620. He defended Cham against the Bavarians in 1621 , but had to capitulate. He died in 1627.
  • Thumsenreuth passed to his sons, who sold the estate in 1653. Wolf Ernst Hundt von Thumsenreuth is documented by name through a marriage in 1649.

Relationship with the von Sparneck family

Detail with coat of arms from the epitaph of Magdalene Margaretha Hundt in the lower church of Püchersreuth

The von Sparneck family got their name from their ancestral area around the place Sparneck ( district of Hof ). In the late period of the family, after the destruction of many of their castles in 1523 by the Swabian Federation , they were pushed into what is today Upper Palatinate to Reuth , Püchersreuth and Guttenthau , where they once again flourished. The consequences of robber baronship , especially the support of Hans Thomas von Absberg , ultimately survived only the Weißdorf line of Sparnecker. The Sparneckers acquired their share of the Landsassengut in 1702 from the von Gravenreuth family and sold it to Georg Joseph von Boslarn in 1738. While the Hundt and Sparneck families owned Püchersreuth, there was a lot of construction work on the New Palace and the church. A new altar was also donated. The sex died out in the male line shortly afterwards in 1744.

So far, only Hans Christoph Erdmann (1675–1725) and his family, z. B. his son Lothar Franz Ferdinand († 1735) can be proven. Christian Joseph von Sparneck is often referred to as the donor of the altar in 1724; it is likely that the first name was confused.

In addition to the joint administration of the Püchersreuth estate, the von Hundt and von Sparneck families also sealed their common endeavors with marriages. Anna Barbara Hundt, born von Sparneck zu Seisenhof, is named as godmother in 1675, and in 1649 Anna Katharine (von Sparneck) married Wolf Ernst Hundt von Thumsenreuth. The tombstone of Magdalena Margaretha, who lived from 1654 to 1732, is located in the Püchersreuther church. She emerged as the daughter of a von Hundt's marriage with a von Sparneck and was born in Thumsenreuth.

(Inscription on the epitaph of Magdalena Margaretha: “THE HIGH WELL. DRILLED / FRAULEIN FRAULEIN MAGDALENA / MARGARETHA DOG IS DRILLED / AT TUMBSENREUTH DEN: 18: IANUARH. /. 1654. / DIED AT PICHERSREÜTH. 1732. OLD 78. YOUR TWO WEEKS / FIVE DAYS. GOD / SEÜHR UND US / ALEN GNAEDIG ")

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the von Hundt zu Kirchberg family from Siebmacher's coat of arms book - the exact connection has yet to be clarified.
Today's coat of arms of the municipality of Püchersreuth

The coat of arms shows a jumping black dog on a red background. The current coat of arms of Püchersreuth reminds of the rule of the von Hundt over the Püchersreuth estate. It shows a red dog with a gold collar on a silver background. The red grid below is a reference to the Waldsassen abbot Nicholas III. Eppenreither (1417–1433), who comes from the district of Eppenreuth . The red and silver coloring underlines the earlier influence of the Waldsassen monastery on Püchersreuth.

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