Königsfeld (noble family, Bavaria)

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Family coat of arms according to Siebmacher's coat of arms book

The Königsfeld were an aristocratic family from Bavaria who were particularly wealthy between the Inn and the Isar . The Königsfelder flourished in the 18th century. With the death of Christian August von Königsfeld in 1808/10, the male line died out.

history

Heinrich Kunigsfelder is mentioned as early as 1261. The headquarters were in Königsfeld near Wolnzach . An early seat was Puchersried Castle (Buchersried) near Rohrbach (Ilm) . The family donated a chapel in Königsfeld. In the Wolnzach parish church of St. Laurentius there are tombs of the family. The Königsfeld were among the most influential aristocratic families in Bavaria . They often held high offices and were ducal and later electoral Bavarian officials.

From 1507 Niederaichbach Castle was owned by the Königsfelder. Wolf Ehrenreich von Königsfeld auf Niederaichbach also acquired the Oberaichbach Hofmark in 1625 ; the castle there was built by his son Franz Nikolas from 1672 to 1675, who had been an imperial baron since 1654. In 1737 the Aichbacher Hofmarken passed to the Counts of Closen through the marriage of the Königsfeld widow there .

From 1510 to 1808 Zaitzkofen was owned by the Lords of Königsfeld. From the middle of the 16th century until 1790, she also owned the Königsfeld Palace in Landshut . Johann Georg I von Königsfeld was raised to the rank of imperial count by Emperor Leopold I on September 14, 1685. In 1659 he acquired the Alteglofsheim estate and in 1661 the Hofmark Schönach. On the basis of his will, he founded an entails commission , which he left in 1694 to his grandson Johann Georg II. Count of Königsfeld . He was Minister of State and Conference of Elector Karl Albrecht and First Minister during his time as Emperor (Charles VII). He had Schönach Palace rebuilt in 1702 and from 1728 to 1734 Alteglofsheim Palace expanded and refurbished considerably. His successor, Count Christian Johann August von Königsfeld, electoral envoy in Vienna, built the north wing of the Alteglofsheim Palace with the magnificent oval dining room in 1780. Around 1730, Zaitzkofen Castle was also rebuilt . In 1786 Zaitzkofen was raised to a free rule and on April 3, 1786 the jus gladii was awarded to the Fideikommissherrschaft Zaitzkofen.

In 1808 the male line died out with the death of Christian August Graf von Königsfeld (1755–1808 / 10). The widow of the last Königsfeld field, Countess Agnes, née Countess von Closen auf Arnstorf , sold part of the Königsfeld property: Zaitzkofen Castle became the property of the Bavarian Foreign Minister Maximilian Joseph von Montgelas , Alteglofsheim to the Freiherr von Cetto, Schönach came to the Count Emanuel from Arco . The Upper Arnstorf Castle with the Graefl. Königsfeld-Closen'schen patrimonial court in Arnstorf existed until the death of Countess Königsfeld in 1847 and passed through the marriage of daughter Josepha Countess von Königsfeld († 1844) with Joseph Johann Nepomuk Wenzel Graf von Deym (1788-1844) to this day the Count of Deym over.

Personalities

literature

  • Johannes Goldner, Wilfried Bahnmüller: Early Bavarian noble families , Freilassing 1985, ISBN 3-7897-0123-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The traces of those in Königsfeld , in: Pfaffenhofener Kurier, February 7, 2019
  2. ↑ Wolf-Dieter Peter: Johann Georg Joseph Graf von Königsfeld (1679-1750). A Bavarian nobleman of the ancien régime. Laßleben, 1977.
  3. ^ Günther Pölsterl: Mallersdorf. The Kirchberg regional court, the Eggmühl and Abbach nursing courts. (= Historical Atlas of Bavaria , part of Altbayern issue 53), pp. 234–238. Commission for Bavarian History, Verlag Michael Lassleben, Munich 1979, p. 235 ff.