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Coat of arms of the von Küchmeister

Küchmeister , from the 16th century also Küchmeister von Sternberg , is the name of an originally Meissen aristocratic family that died out in the male line .

history

The name of the family is derived from the office of master chef of the Margraves of Meißen . The family with Fridericus coquina magister was first mentioned in a document in 1274, who called himself a knight from 1279 onwards. It belonged to the local landed gentry and until the 15th century was resident in Kötzschenbroda , Döhlen and Wolmsdorf in the Electorate of Saxony and in Silesia . Johannes Coquinarius sealed a document on December 3, 1317.

In 1401, Margrave Wilhelm I acquired the village of Kötzschenbroda and the old farm from the Meissen noble family .

Since the 14th century, members of the Teutonic Order in East Prussia have been appearing as friars and among the knightly helpers of the order. In the Order came Michael Küchmeister (* 1370, † 1423) to the highest dignity. He was Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1414 to 1422 . From the 15th century, the Meissen chefs also appear under the landed gentry of the order area. The family has been called Küchmeister von Sternberg since the 16th century , after a rulership of the same name, which today can no longer be located in West and East Prussia due to the frequency of the place name Sternberg.

The last male member of the family, Leopold Küchmeister von Sternberg (* 1787; † 1861), Lord of Grodtken and Groß-Przylenk near Neidenburg in East Prussia, was raised to the Prussian count status in 1840 . His daughter Luise brought by her marriage to Henry of Wulffen 1830 the name and coat of arms on a branch of the original kurbrandenburgischen sex of Wulffen , now called Wulffen Küchmeister von Sternberg called himself. However, this branch also died out a short time later in the male line .

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows three (2: 1) silver stars in blue . On the crowned helmet with blue and gold covers, five golden ostrich feathers.

The Count's coat of arms from 1840 shows the family coat of arms within a golden border. Five silver ostrich feathers on the helmet with blue and silver covers.

Name bearer

literature

Web links

Commons : Küchmeister  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New louse. Magazine. 1876, p. 207.
  2. ^ Dresden State Archives, document 2111.
  3. ^ Adolf Schruth : Fürstenhain . In: Local history sheets of the city of Radebeul . No. 1 .