Künsberg

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Coat of arms of those of Künsberg

Künsberg (also Kuenssberg and Kuenssberg) is the name of an influential knight sex in Upper Franconia , which initially his power from his ancestral castle child Berg at Creussen exercised.

history

Family members of those von Künsberg took part in military campaigns; among others the Meranians . Other employers were the bishopric of Bamberg and the margraves of Brandenburg-Kulmbach / -Bayreuth from the house of Hohenzollern . The imperial knight Heinrich von Künsberg was mentioned in 1217 as a tenant of the Staufer in Eger ( Cheb ) at the Kinsberg castle in Egerland , which is named after him .

Wernstein Castle , owned by the family since before 1376

Wernstein Castle has belonged to the family since before 1376 . In 1623 Christian von Brandenburg-Bayreuth awarded the Wernstein line the "Hereditary Marshal's Office above Gebürg" from the burgrave of Nuremberg . In 1690/91 she was confirmed as a baron.

Weidenberg was acquired in 1446 and held until 1634/1651. Oberlangenstadt Castle, acquired around 1625, is still owned by the family. From 1565 the Thurnau Castle was jointly owned with the Counts of Giech (until 1731). Ermreuth was family-owned from 1632 to 1858.

From 1476 to 1676 eight members of the family were members of the Würzburg cathedral chapter . Family representatives also held prestigious positions in the Order of St. John . Important representatives were the Würzburg cathedral capitular and district judge of the Duchy of Eastern Franconia , Georg Heinrich von Künsberg († 1676), and Karl-Dietrich von Künsberg zu Schernau, chamberlain in the service of Kurmainz and Bamberg, court counselor, chief stable master and court marshal as well as councilor in two knightly cantons.

During the Second World War, the Künsberg Sonderkommando under Eberhard von Künsberg (1909–1945) systematically captured art in the occupied countries and brought it to Germany.

people

middle Ages

Modern times

Possessions

Oberlangenstadt Castle , owned by the family since approx. 1625 until today, rebuilt from 1862

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a silver curved tip in blue. The crest consists of a flat red hat with a silver hood, from which two red buffalo horns grow, each with an acorn at the tip.

The coat of arms of the former municipality of Oberlangenstadt also reminds of the gender.

See also

literature

  • Uso Künßberg: History of the Künßberg-Thurnau family. Franz, Munich 1838 ( digitized version )
  • Alban von Dobenck : History of the extinct line of those von Sparneck (part 1) . In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia 1905, issue 3, pp. 1–65
  • Richard Winkler: Bayreuth - City and Altlandkreis . Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-7696-9696-4 , ( Historical Atlas of Bavaria Part Franconia, Series 1, Issue 30), (At the same time: Erlangen-Nürnberg, Univ., Diss., 1994: Herrschaft und Verwaltung in the Bayreuth area from the beginning to the present )
  • Gustav Voigt: The nobility on the Obermain in Die Plassenburg - Writings for local research and cultural maintenance in East Franconia , Bd. 28, Kulmbach 1969

Web links

Commons : Künsberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Künsberg possessions
  2. ↑ History of the Obersteinbach Manor ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 33 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schullandheimwerk-mittelfranken.de