Johann Georg Schmid von Schmidsfelden

Johann Georg Schmid von Schmidsfelden (born October 2, 1606 in Biberach an der Riss ; † August 18, 1673 ibid) was the founder of the noble family, which has flourished in several branches in Bukowina , Styria , Bohemia , Hungary and Lower Austria "Schmid von Schmidsfelden".

Life

Johann Georg Schmid was the son of Veit Schmid and Anna nee Hepp. He studied at the University of Tübingen and graduated with his baccalaureate on April 6, 1625. He then became a court clerk in Biberach, from 1633 city clerk and imperial notary.

After the Thirty Years' War reached Upper Swabia in 1632 and Swedes and imperialists took turns in ownership of the city, Schmid was town clerk in Leutkirch from 1642 to 1649 . But he returned after the conclusion of the Peace of Westphalia . In 1659 he became a secret councilor and hospital nurse in Biberach. Because of his services in these offices, Johann Georg Schmid was elevated to the knightly imperial nobility by Emperor Leopold I on August 19, 1667 with the title of Schmidsfelden. He died on August 18, 1673 in Biberach.

family

Johann Georg Schmid von Schmidsfelden married Anna Maria Hellwag on September 5, 1633, the daughter of a councilor from Nürtingen. From this marriage there were 12 children of whom 4 sons and 3 daughters are known. The sons Johann Georg, Johann and Johann Jakob founded the three lines of the family.

coat of arms

Blazon on August 19, 1667:

Quartered, in the first and fourth fields in black on a green three-row a double-tailed golden lion, in the right front paw holding an iron pointed hammer on a golden handle. In the second and third fields in red a white double lily.

On the crowned tournament helmet, with black and yellow blankets on the right, red and white blankets on the left, between two buffalo horns with a double white lily in each of the mouth holes, divided on the right from black over gold and alternately colored on the left, a growing little man with brown hair and a beard. She wears a black tunic with a yellow collar and lapels, with a gold belt and buttons. Covered with a black, broad-brimmed, round hat with a golden cord and two cock feathers overhanging on the right, swinging an iron pointed hammer on a golden handle in the right, the left on the hip.

source

Genealogical paperback of the noble houses of Austria (5 vols 1905–1913), volume 3, Verlag Otto Maaß, Vienna.