Kastner (noble family)

Coat of arms of the Kastner von Amberg

The Kastner von Amberg (often also spelled Castner or Chastner ) were a Bavarian ironworks and aristocratic family based in the Nordgau who owned a large number of hammer mills and court brands . Hammer Unterschnaittenbach , which was owned by the family from 1398 to 1748 , became the main seat of the family ; further changing possessions were u. a. in Neumühle near Amberg, Rosenberg near Sulzbach, Holzhammer near Schnaittenbach or in Schellhopfen near Pleystein . This family was a leader in the Amberg iron trade for about 300 years ; in addition to iron hammers , they also owned ore mines and, most recently, lead ore mines. In Amberg its members were held in high esteem, they were represented in the city council and often appointed mayors. They became famous for their endowments to churches and also for impoverished fellow citizens. For centuries, 54 housebreakers were fed from the capital of their “Reiche Almosen” foundation, founded in 1433 .

history

The name Kastner is derived from the official designation of a medieval rent clerk. There were several noble and patrician families in Bavaria with the name Castner or Kastner ; Due to the coats of arms, these families, which are not always related to one another, can be distinguished from one another. The Kastner von Hainsbach and Haindling had their headquarters in the Pfaffenberg court . Their fief came from the St. Emmeram Monastery . The last of this family was the "edl und vest" Gabriel zu Hainsbach and Haindling and Motzing († 1565). As Kastner von Pilsting , "the noble white" Heinrich Kastner zu Pilsting is mentioned in documents of the Aspach monastery in the 15th century . The Conrad Kastner of Nappurg was royal Landschreiber in Amberg and was commissioned by King Rupprecht III. successfully stopped by Queen Margarethe of Denmark and her great-nephew Erich for Count Palatine Johann for the hand of Katharina von Pommern-Stolp , daughter of Duke Wartislaw VII. von Pommern-Stolp. The daughter of Hans Castner von Pechhofen married Friedrich Castner von Schnaittenbach in 1442 . The Castner zu Mauheim came from Straubing and were ennobled by Emperor Joseph I in 1708 .

Coat of arms of the Kastner von Hainsbach
Coat of arms of the Kastner von Pilsting
Coat of arms of the Kastner von Nappurg
Coat of arms of the Kastner von Pechhofen
Coat of arms of the Castner von Mauheim

In the following, the Kastner von Amberg or the Kastner von Schnaittenbach , later named after their ancestral home , are presented. The first documented in the Upper Palatinate proven Castner said Conrad Castner of Sulzbach . In 1306 , he donated 1 penny a year to candles for the Church of St. Georg in Amberg, and in 1320 he made a donation of bread for the poor in Sulzbach. The widow Anna (wife of Friedrich Castner the Elder ) from Amberg supported this foundation in 1390 by granting an annual validity of 4 measure of grain. Conrad Castner had four children: Rüdiger , Erhard , Cuntzel and Heinrich . Rüdiger is 1338 as Marc Hard called the Church of Sulzbach, 1368 one gets Rüdiger Castner various fiefs in Sulzbach and Höflarn made to him by the Stewards of Holnstein bought. Heinrich became pastor of Hahnbach . Since the Amberg widow Anna supported the foundations of this Castner, a family relationship can be assumed, even if this is not known in detail.

From 1396 another Conrad Castner was named as Landschreiber and later as Landrichter zu Amberg. On behalf of King Rupprecht III. he held together with Johann the Hadmar, Herr von Laber , and Hans Truchseß von Baldersheim successfully with Queen Margarethe of Denmark and her great-nephew Erich for Count Palatine Johann for the hand of Katharina von Pommern-Stolp , daughter of Duke Wartislaw VII. von Pommern-Stolp , on. On August 2, 1407, King Ruprecht zu Heidelberg confirmed this agreement. A Ruprecht Castner appears in the function of a land clerk from 1413, in 1399 he had carried out this office in Nabburg, in 1410 he was land clerk and Sigler zu Neunburg vorm Wald and in 1415 land clerk of Amberg. For an acquired property in Ratenberg he received a letter of coat of arms from King Rupprecht on December 27, 1402 and one for Wolfringen on January 26, 1413 . He and the aforementioned Conrad had the same coat of arms. However, both cannot be precisely classified genealogically.

Castle and Hofmark Wolkering

Another Conrad Castner was named as the first Kastner from Amberg in 1311 as a witness to a donation to the places of worship in Amberg . In 1342 he (or his son of the same name) appears at a water trial with his son-in-law Chunrat the Sleicher . Conrad Castner had three sons ( Conrad, called the Purzer , Ulrich, called the farmer , and Heinrich ) and two daughters, one was married to a Schweinkendorffer , the other to Chunrat the Sleicher . In 1334 Conrad and Heinrich issued a legacy to the Amberg Hospital, for which they and their families were to be commemorated with a mass on St. George's Day. Heinrich is named in a document dated June 4, 1340 as a creditor of Count Palatine Rupprecht .

In 1349 Hans Castner I († 1383) is mentioned as a seal witness. That year he and his wife Osanna (probably a née Schoderl ) donated a farm in Paulsdorf for a mass in St. Georg zu Amberg. I.a. he owned the Hammer Neumühle near Amberg, and was probably the founder of this factory. In 1354 he acquired the Wappersdorf estate from his brother-in-law Friedrich Schoderl . He was a member of the Amberg council, church administrator of St. Georg and hospital administrator. He worked mainly as an iron wholesaler and moneylender; in this function he would have to take action against defaulting debtors more often. Since he died without a physical heir, his property passed to his wife Osanna , who continued his business. This joined the Upper Palatinate hammer cleaning company with the Neumühle hammer in 1387 . She had made a larger foundation for the Stefansmesse near St. Martin for her deceased husband and herself. After the death of Osanna (probably † 1395) the hammer Neumühle came to the descendants of Friedrich Castner the Elder , probably the older brother of Hans Castner .

Coat of arms of the Kastner von Schnaittach

Holzhammer Castle (2010)

In 1383 a Hans Castner II. The Younger († 1419) appears with his brothers Georg and Urban . This was still called Castner von Amberg . He was also a respected man and sat on the city council of Amberg, was a hospital administrator and probably also mayor. He owned the hammer shell hops in 1397, bought the wooden hammer in 1394 and the hammer Unterschnaittenbach from Count Palatine Ruprecht the Younger in 1398 and received a hammer letter from him . This plant remained in the family's possession for 350 years. He made a donation of 400 guilders from the wooden hammer . With his brother Jörg and his cousin Fritz , he was involved in a mining company on Culmen in the Waldeck district in 1405 . In 1406 he sells “ our two doctor's grub on the doctor mountain in Amberg ” to Urban . In 1416 he acquired the Hofmark Gärbershof near Amberg. He can be regarded as the founder of the “Reiches Almosen” foundation , because he determined a grant of 400 fl , which his son Gregor then set as the basis for the “Reiches Almosen” in 1436 .

His son Gregor († 1444) was probably a sick man who found himself unable to manage his property. In 1419 he sold the wooden hammer to Perchtold Ödenberger from Amberg and left the hammer in Unterschnaittenbach to his cousin Friedrich , son of Paulus Castner . In 1430 he also sold the Neumühle hammer, which had probably passed to him because of debts from his cousin Hans the boy , to his cousin Heinrich .

Gregor's father still had the two brothers Georg (Jörg) and Urban . From the George († 1408/10), little is known; he seems to have been an iron dealer. He left a daughter and son Hans III. He had borrowed large sums of money from his uncle Hans II and had to give him his possessions, including the Neumühle hammer (which Osanna Castner had given him). In 1413 he is listed as administrator of the Amberg hospital. Details about him are not known.

Another brother was Urban Castner († 1409/10), to whom the hammer Althohenburg , which was previously a mill, was handed over to inheritance law on March 29, 1390 by Bishop Johann I of Regensburg . He appears several times as a plaintiff and defendant in lawsuits over monetary claims. His widow Margarete and her son Peter sell half an ore mine on the Erzberg to the Hansen den Alharten on St. Andrea's Day 1410 . The son Peter († around 1423) ran the Hammer Hohenburg, was a citizen of Amberg and also acquired large forests of the Ensdorf monastery for decaling. In 1412 he had to move his house in Amberg as a pledge because of debts, and since he could not redeem his debt, it came to Fritz Scharlinger . He is named as a defendant in court cases even more often. He seems to have died without offspring and that ended this sideline of the Kastner.

Hammer Rosenberg (2016)

Friedrich Castner the Elder († between 1370 and 1375) was a council member and mayor of Amberg. He owned the Hammer Rosenberg and built the Hammer Holzhammer in 1366 . Only his son Paulus (* around 1340, † 1378) is known of him, who was married to Anna , probably von Hirschberg († around 1390), in his second marriage (nothing is known about the first wife, but came from this marriage the son Friedrich). He is also on the city council. The couple had three children, the son Hans is named as pastor of Theuern in 1405 († June 12, 1408), the daughter Anna († 1412) was married to an Otto Gewandschneider and the son Friedrich from his first marriage continues the family line. Since these children were minors when their father died, the hammer works were initially transferred to third parties.

This Friedrich Castner the Younger (* around 1360, † before 1430), a son of Paul , was a formative person . He dealt mainly with the iron trade. In addition to the Hammer Unterschnaittenbach received from his cousin Gregor in 1420 , he also owns the Hammer Neumühle from his aunt Osanna . He was also a member of the city council of Amberg, was a hospital administrator, from 1403 church caretaker of St. Martin and from 1414 mayor of Amberg. In his first marriage he was married to Agnes Schmidin von Laman , she died early († 1393) and the marriage was childless. His second wife was Katharina Giesser , daughter of Jordan Giesser , mint master of Amberg († before 1439). Shortly before, she had donated 100 Rhenish gold guilders to Engelthal Monastery for an eternal anniversary with sung vigil and soul ministry for her deceased husband and all members of the Kastner and Giesser families.

From this marriage there were eight sons and three daughters. The daughters Elsbeth and Margarete died early, a second Margarete married Heimeran Alhart , hammer master and citizen of Amberg. Sigmund and Sebald of their sons died unmarried, Peter was an iron merchant and received the tanner's farm, he married a Barbara , daughter of Mathes von Scharfenberg , no children from the marriage are known. On October 6, 1460, he is described in a document as deceased. In his last years, he seems to have lived as a “tenant” (tenant) in Amberg. Georg Castner the Elder († 1467) owned the Laubhof and Moos hammer works and was a wealthy citizen. He was involved in a civil revolt against Duke Friedrich in 1451 and therefore had to flee Amberg. In 1453 he swore primal feud and was able to return to his possessions. His first marriage was to N. Baumgartner , daughter of the Nuremberg patrician Conrad Baumgartner . The daughter Margarete emerged from the marriage and later married Georg Baumgarten († 1503) from Nuremberg, who was related to her . His second wife was Anna , daughter of Heinrich Part von München († 1466), no children emerged from this marriage.

The brother Hans Castner († 1455) lived for a long time at the court of Emperor Sigismund and had traveled a lot with him. He inherited the Hammer Neumühle. From 1443 he was married to Dorothea , daughter of Georg von Hirschberg . Children did not result from marriage. The next brother Friedrich lived in Denmark for a long time in the entourage of Duke Christoph von Pfalz-Neumarkt . In 1442 he married Barbara , daughter of Hans Castner , hammer master of Pechofen , and his wife Elsbeth. No children from the marriage are known.

The oldest brother was Heinrich (* 1394, † 1438), who owned the hammer Kötzersricht , in 1430 he received the hammer Neumühle from his cousin Gregor , he was also significantly involved in ore mining in Amberg. He was also the Schröter of Duke Johann . His first marriage was with Johanna Junkerin , daughter of Niclas Juncker von Eger ; the son Hans the Elder came out of the marriage. After the death of his first wife, he married Barbara Gross († December 11, 1472), daughter of the mint master Hermann Gross from Nuremberg, with whom he had the son Gregor . Heinrich thus founded a sideline of the Castners , which died out again with the grandchildren. His widow Barbara married Hans Stromer von Nürnberg, she died shortly before December 11, 1472.

The son Hans Castner the Elder († on Leonhard's Day, November 8, 1494) received the hammer Kötzersricht and therefore got into a lawsuit with the Ensdorf monastery. The monastery demanded annual interest, whereas he claimed to be only liable to the Count Palatine. But he was sentenced to pay 1 pound of Regensburg pfennigs to the monastery. In the course of time he became very prosperous and owned a large number of properties and houses in Amberg. He was also a mining entrepreneur with the Kastnerin mine on the ore mountain of Amberg. In 1436 he married Margarethe († 1471), daughter of the late Hans Steinhauser , who spent 2,400 fl. After the death of his wife, he married Margaretin Grafenreutherin († 1490) in 1472 . Both marriages had remained childless. The fortune was divided equally between the sons of his brother George and his cousin Hans the Black . For the church of St. Martin in Amberg he donated a. a. the so-called Kastner chapel and a barbara mass, he had a mount of olives built for the church of St. George, but it was destroyed in the time of Calvinism (1605).

In addition to houses and land in Amberg, his brother Georg Kastner also owned the Neumühle hammer, for which Elector Philipp von der Pfalz issued him a hammer letter on August 29, 1478 in Heidelberg . In 1459 he was badly mistreated and insulted by Gregor Allhart and a Stromer during a dispute in the drinking room in Amberg . This must have been so traumatizing for Gregor that he gave up his citizenship in Amberg, which turned out to be a problem for him because he wanted to ship iron across the Vils and the city council did not allow him to do so, as this was a privilege of the Ambergers Be a citizen. He later returned to Amberg, was a member of the council, hospital administrator and mayor from 1478 to 1489. He too was a great benefactor for the churches in Amberg. In 1479 he married Magdalena , daughter of Stephan Eschenbeck von Ammerthal , with whom he had four children. The daughter Margarethe died in 1494, the sons Hans , Sebastian and Georg survived . Georg Kastner died on April 25, 1490. In 1491 his widow married Hans von Floß , rent master von Weiden . Guardian of the still underage sons was next to Hans von raft of Heinrich Baumgartner , mayor of Amberg.

The eldest son Hans (* around 1482, † April 19, 1539) inherited the hammer Kötzersricht from his uncle Hans . Since his parents gave him a large fortune, his cousin Sigismund Kastner , hammer master at Fronberg , begged him in 1521 to give a guarantee to a Georg Baumgartner from Regensburg. Since Sigismund died of the plague with his wife and child in the same year, the hammer Fronberg came to the Gant. Hans married a scholastica in 1510 († 1519), daughter of Hans Frank von Heringnohe . This brought him several ore mines. The marriage had three children ( Hans , Rosina , Barbara ), but all of them died early.

The son Sebastian († September 24, 1539) inherited the hammer Neumühle. He was also in high regard and was mayor from 1518 to 1538, as was the mountain judge in Amberg. His fortune enabled him to issue loans, including to Count Palatine Friedrich . In 1512 he married Margarethe Seiler von Würzburg. The couple had daughter Barbara , who died early. His widow did not die until January 25, 1558. His fortune went to the children of the late Wilhelm Kastner .

The third son Georg († April 24, 1538) was a councilor and caretaker of Hirschau . Since 1515 I was married to Euphemie († October 10, 1566), daughter of Sigmund Löneysen von Sulzbach and Anna Sauerzapf . From the marriage only the daughter Genoveva (* 1516, † January 3, 1570) emerged, who married Albrecht Nothracht von Runding († June 14, 1580), Vicedom von Straubing, in 1535 ; This marriage resulted in eight children, five of whom died early. Georg became very wealthy, which also allowed him to give a large loan to the Count Palatine Philip . Georg's widow († October 10, 1566) moved back to Amberg after his death from Hirschau, initially having problems with civil rights (since she was not a citizen of Amberg, the city demanded that she become a citizen within one month otherwise “the door would be lifted for her”), which could only be solved through the mediation of the Count Palatine Friedrich.

The most important offspring for the family tradition was Leonhard (* around 1400, † 1468), son of Friedrich II. ( Friedrich Castner the Younger ), who inherited the Hammer Unterschnaittenbach. This became the ancestral home of the family. Leonhard was a successful iron wholesaler who sold his goods as far as Ulm and Alsace , and he was also the mayor of Amberg. In 1428 he married Barabara Löneysen († 1470), daughter of Ulrich Löneysen , mayor of Sulzbach. They had two children: Katharina and Hans, called the black one . Katharina († 1483) was married twice, first to Stefan Haller zu Traidendorf and then to Michael Walrab von Traidendorf and Harlanden . The two marriages resulted in two sons ( Hans and Sebastian ) and three daughters. The daughter Barbara became a nun in the Pielenhofen monastery , Catharina married the knight Hans von Saher zum Weissenstein and Margarete married Joachim von Pertolzhofen zu Fronhof and Traidendorf .

Hammerschloss Röthenbach (2012)

Hans the Black (* around 1440, † 1497) took over the business of his father Leonhard , d. H. the hammer Unterschnaittenbach and the iron trade, he too was at the head of Amberg for a long time (mayor 1476–1489 and 1491–1492). In 1467 he married Dorothea Saurzapf († June 24, 1492), daughter of the hammer mill owner Georg Sauerzapf von Röthenbach and Dorothea , née. Gnendorfer from Wackerstein . The marriage resulted in seven sons and four daughters. The eldest daughter Barbara died soon after the birth, of the sons Philipp (* 1477) also died early, Leonhard (* 1472, † 1505) died unmarried, as did his brother Friedrich (* 1485, † 1505 in Landshut). Magdalena (* 1480) married Hans Walrab von Hautzendorf (near Bernhardswald ) in her first marriage and after his death Hans Schnitzer ; Both marriages resulted in a son and three daughters. The daughter Regina (* 1481, † 1570) was first married to Linhard Viechberger zu Irlbach († 1519), mayor of Amberg; The marriage resulted in two sons ( Leonhard and Dominicus ) and three daughters. In her second marriage she married the rider Hans Schnitters (or Schweitzer ). The fourth daughter Dorothea (born September 26, 1482, † December 24, 1545) married the episcopal mint master of Regensburg, Martin Lech von Regeldorf († February 22, 1538) in 1506 . As atonement for a manslaughter, he had to have a crucifixion group built in the Dominican church of Regensburg . From the marriage the son Balthasar († March 22, 1571), married to Lucia von der Saken († August 13, 1573) and the daughter Agnes († August 13, 1573 at the plague) emerged, who was the Chancellor of Regensburg, Augustin Rosen , married.

The son Heinrich of Hans the Black (* April 10, 1474, † 1512) married Anna Polland von Regensburg. He was an iron dealer. The brother Friedrich (* 1485, † 1505 in Landshut) remained single. His brother Sigmund (* 1478) owned the Fronberg hammer . In 1507 he married Anna Stadler , daughter of Ludwig Stadler , licentiate from Regensburg. In his attempts to open up ore mines, he was unsuccessful. The hammer Fronberg came to the Gant and thus into other hands. Her daughter Barbara died with her parents in 1521, presumably of the plague .

The Andreas the Elder , eldest son of Hans the Black (born November 29, 1470, † 31 October 1547), inherited the headquarters Unterschnaittenbach. He was also an iron wholesaler and mine owner. In 1499 he married Clara Plech († October 11, 1540), daughter of Conrad Plech , mayor of Amberg, and Anna , daughter of Heinrich Heider von Neumarkt. The marriage resulted in six daughters and four sons. In 1520 he acquired the hammer property Holzhammer, which his ancestors had built. He had several lawsuits to fight with Amberg, as the city claimed that he had taken the best mines away and caused great damage. Ultimately, these claims could not be proven and the Kastner and Plech continued to be the richest trades in Amberg. Ultimately, Andreas was also elected to the city council and was also mayor. The couple had ten children (six daughters, four sons). At his death, Andreas determined that his three surviving sons should decide their inheritance by lot. Then Andraes II received the mallet, Veit the Amberg houses and estates and Paul (* 1509) the Hammergut Unterschnaittenbach. The marriage of Andreas the Elder to Clara Pech resulted in six daughters and four sons. Dorothea (born January 20, 1503) married Paulus Hegner von Altenweiher in 1525 (one son Andreas and four daughters: Dorothea ⚭ 1st marriage N. Linkh , ⚭ 2nd marriage Hieronymus Imhoff ; Margarethe ⚭ Hans Steinhauser , electoral rent master; Barbara ⚭ 1st marriage . Marriage to Dr. Augustin Eck , ⚭ 2nd marriage to Leingard Kastner von der Weiden; Catharina died unmarried). Her sister Magdalena (* 1505) died of the plague in 1521. Barbara (* May 16, 1511, † July 3, 1581) married Michael Schwaiger , Mayor of Amberg in 1536 (three sons: Georg , Jobst , Paulus , daughter Magdalena ). Anna (* December 13, 1513, † March 9, 1542) married Michael Zollner von Brand zu Bamberg in 1536 (no children). Catharina (* 1516, † February 12, 1582) was married to Lorenz Moller von Heitzenhofen in 1538 (son Georg , three daughters: Maria , died unmarried, Cordula ⚭ Mathes Altmann von Burglengenfeld, Clara ⚭ 1st marriage Georg Eder von Regensburg [two Sons: Christof , Hieronymus ], ⚭ 2. Marriage to N. Polag [two sons]). The sixth sister Margarethe (* September 7, 1519) died in 1520. The brother Alexander (* 1507) died in 1531 unmarried.

Andreas II. Son of Andreas the Elder , (* March 16, 1501, † January 31, 1552) received the mallet and founded a branch of the Kastners. He is to be addressed as a large industrialist and represented his father in matters relating to the Kastner and Plech company . Under him, 80 people were employed on the mallet. In 1540 he took an oath to sail on the iron, the iron letter is issued together with Hans Müntzer and Hans Kastner . In 1532 he married Margarethe († July 3, 1557) daughter of the Regensburg patrician Wolfgang Portner and his wife Margarethe, daughter of Lukas Fugger from Augsburg . Of the couple's twelve children, four sons and four daughters died very young. The only surviving daughter Walburga (* 1536) married Hans Gerstner von Görlitz in 1562 , the couple had three daughters: Susanne married the pipe smith and gunsmith Paulus Kappelberger on July 5, 1608 , Dorothea married Hans Bitterer , Hafner zu Amberg, the third sister Walburga died unmarried on April 13, 1578. For the underage sons of Andreas the Younger ( Kaspar , Willibald and Hans Ludwig ) the Hüttkapfer Jacob Pelchinger took over the running of the business.

Kaspar , the youngest son of Andreas II (* January 7, 1550, † July 9, 1624) married Justine († April 13, 1578), widow of Kaspar Ottmayer von Amberg, a née Modler on March 27, 1587 . The marriage remained childless. He had the angle castle in Hirschau from the heirs of Dietrich Schwarz acquired (Kagerer Burghut house no. 13) and had a country aces in war a horse make. Due to illness, he could not take part in the homage to Elector Maximilian . The Winkelburg came to his cousin Hans David Kastner and in 1633 to his brother Georg Willibald Kastner . The brother Willibald (* August 11, 1546, † May 7, 1604) married Margarethe , daughter of Hanns Sauerzapf the Younger of Altendresswitz and his wife Agnes Pfinzing (* 1553) on January 14, 1574 . He owned the hammer Pfrentsch and also took over the hammer Altendresswitz . The marriage gave birth to seven daughters and four sons. The eldest son of Andreas II was Hans Ludwig (* 1541, † 1572). On June 12, 1564 he married Barbara Grafenauer († March 6, 1586), daughter of Sigmund Grafenauer von Straubing and his wife Barbara Förstl . She gave birth to three sons ( Alexander , Hans Christoph , Hans Ludwig ) and three daughters. All sons died unmarried. The daughter Christine (* December 25, 1567, † June 11, 1596 in Vilseck ) married Georg Zerreiß , owner of a hammer mill in Langenbruck , on December 1, 1589 . The couple had five children, three of whom died in childbirth. The other daughter Barbara (born April 11, 1569, † July 1, 1603) had married Veit Hanns Sauerzapf († May 25, 1613) von Altendreßwitz on July 29, 1590 . The third daughter Anna Maria (born December 8, 1571) took over the wooden hammer.

The widow of Hans Ludwig , Barbara, b. Grafenauer , had to take care of the hammer business after the untimely death of her husband. Again it was the Hüttkapfer Jacob Plechinger who unselfishly supported them. Their application for the granting of the freedom of the local people for the mallet in 1581 was rejected. She married Stefan Frey , Palatine secretary in Amberg, with whom she had the son Hans Sigmund (* 1583). She died giving birth to her second child on March 6, 1586. Hans Sigmund married Anna Catharina Castner , the daughter of Paul Castner and Catharina , née Seydl and widow of Heinrich Sauerzapf von Schönhofen , on January 15, 1605 . The couple had the daughter Ursula Salome (* 1612).

Since the brothers of Hans Ludwig Alexander (* 1566, † 1592) and Hans Christoph (* 1570, † 1597) had died without descendants, after the death of their mother Holzhammer came to the third daughter of Hans Ludwig , namely Anna Maria (* December 8, 1571). On February 19, 1598, she married Daniel Modler (* 1569, † September 29, 1615) from Amberg, who was considered a capable hammer master. Modler was council member and administrator vac. (= unoccupied) priesthood, but died at the age of 46. The marriage had eight sons and five daughters, most of whom died at a young age. The son Philipp Ludwig (* 1605) joined the Swedish army and died in 1621 at a meeting between Merseburg and Leipzig . His only surviving sister was Barbara (* 1598, † 1662), who first married her cousin Hans Wilhelm Castner († 1634) von Unterschnaittenbach, whereby the two hammer mills were reunited in one hand. The only daughter from this marriage was Eva Maria , who in turn married her cousin Jacob Christoph Kastner from the Pfrentsch -Altendreßwitz line in 1650. It remained in the possession of the paternal inheritance. After Barbara's husband died after only seven years of marriage, she married Philipp Jacob von Steinling on Steinbach and Weickersried († August 18, 1641 in Hirschau), Leuchtenberg forest and hunter master on April 9, 1635 . From this marriage comes the daughter Maria Elisabeth , who married Johann Münsterer von Stefling . Barbara , who soon became a widow again, married a third time in 1649, namely hammer master Claudius Schorri († 1679), who knew how to keep the business going despite the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War and who thereby became a co-owner of Holzhammer. He obtained the ore from Sulzbach because the Amberg mines were exhausted. In 1651 he was charged with the manslaughter of a N. Artenberger and was therefore sentenced to a fine of 300 Reichstalers, which he paid immediately.

After the death of Claudius Schorri , his step-daughter Maria Elisabeth Steinling (married Münsterer ) came into the possession of Holzhammer; the other stepdaughter Eva Maria Castner (married Kastner) kept the hammer Unterschnaittenbach. The only daughter Anna Margaretha Franzisca emerged from this marriage . The son of Maria Elisabeth Münsterer was a Johann Friedrich Josef Münsterer († 1742), who married his cousin Anna Margaretha Franzisca . Both plants were now in one hand again. In 1747, with the support of her son Rudolf Ferdinand Adam Münsterer, the widow sold the wooden hammer to Nicolaus Burger , who already owned the Hammer Theuern .

The Veit (June 15, 1521, † 16 July 1555), son of Andreas the Elder , possessions had fallen in and around Amberg. On January 17, 1541 he married Ursula († July 6, 1567), the daughter of Sebald Pfinzing von Nürnberg-Lichtenhof and Catharina Ploben . The marriage produced seven daughters, three of whom ( Barbara , Katharina , Magdalena ) died early, and three sons. Veit belonged to the inner council of Amberg and operated a lively iron trade to Nuremberg and Ulm. He was also involved in ore mines at Khueperg near Amberg, which he and Kastner & Plech operated together. The regional court clerk Hans Pachmann (later replaced by Leonhard Müntzer ) and Gabriel Plech were the guardians for the underage children .

The daughter Ursula des Veit (born November 23, 1541, † 1604 in Eger) married Leonhard Müntzer († 1588), city treasurer of Amberg , on November 19, 1560 . This marriage produced seven children (three daughters died young). Apollonia (* July 18, 1546 in Nuremberg-Lichtenhof, † December 6, 1583) married Leonhard Renner († January 21, 1596), a councilor in Amberg , on August 25, 1567 . Most of the children from this marriage died early, Leonhard survived , who married Sibylla , daughter of Christoph Dietherr and Martha Ketzel von Nürnberg, in 1596 , his brother Christoph died unmarried in Vienna in 1613, his sister Barbara married Gabriel Preu von Weiden in 1596 . Apollonia's marriage was very unhappy, as her husband often violated her; according to the council book, he even threatened to murder her with a dagger; apparently she died as a result of his mistreatment of her pregnant body. Anna (* December 16, 1549, † January 2, 1615) married Caspar Ering († January 13, 1589), church administrator at Amberg , on July 21, 1571 . The marriage had eleven children, eight of whom died young. Have Survived Barbara (born March 11, 1572), married to M. Wolff Weber († 4 June 1601), Dr. jur. utr. zu Heidelberg, Leonhard (born December 10, 1574), married in 1607 to Catharina , daughter of Christoph Schober , and Matthäus . Anna's marriage was also "troubled". Anna had the twin sister Clara (* December 16, 1549, † March 11, 1577), who married Hieronymus Pirkner († April 23, 1594), councilor of Amberg (⚭ 2nd marriage with Susanna Lerchenfelder , none ) on February 9, 1574 Children). From the marriage of Clara the son Balthasar (born October 4, 1580) emerged, who died as a soldier in Hungary.

The son Sebald des Veit (born April 29, 1548) was married to Barbara Ölper († May 3, 1574 of the plague) of Esslingen. On February 25, 1577 he married Jacobe , nee Lerchenfelder and widow of Wolf Hayfelder , market judge of Rosenheim. Nothing more is known about their daughter Dorothe . Like his father, Sebald was an iron dealer, mainly with Regensburg. In 1573 he went to Regensburg and did not return despite requests from the Amberg council. He acquired the citizenship of Regensburg and died here on January 23, 1615. His brother Christoph (* 1551) took up the soldier's trade. When he was back in Amberg in 1572, he delusionalized assaults against third parties (he stabbed people with his sword). Admonitions from the council were of no avail, but his relatives vouched for the damage he caused with 500 fl. From 1574 to 1576 he served again in the Spanish Netherlands. When he returned, he acted as before and was detained. The family succeeded again in accommodating him in Eger during the occupation of Hungary. Probably because of another attack, he was shot in 1590. The third brother Veit (born February 29, 1556 in Amberg, will of January 11, 1613) was again an iron wholesaler. He was married three times, but all of his wives died after a short marriage (no surviving children). His first marriage was Ursula (* 1553, † June 20, 1586), daughter of Heinrich Schwarz von Haselbach, keeper of Hirschau, and the widow of Christoph von Frankenreuth († 1582). He had a second marriage on January 14, 1589 with Helene († April 26, 1593 in Regensburg), born Doles von Rosenberg and widow of the princely Neuburg council and land clerk Georg Sauerzapf . Helene died as a result of an accident in the Schelmengraben on the way to Regensburg. On July 21, 1595 he married Catharina († July 21, 1595), born von Spornberg and widow of Wolf Kellner von Biberach. Eight weeks after the marriage, she was found dead in bed. He moved to Sulzbach and, as a private citizen, was mainly concerned with the history of his family. He dedicated the majority of his fortune to a senior citizens' foundation for the benefit of the elders of the family.

Wilhelm (* October 24, 1475, † July 19, 1539), brother of Andreas the Elder , married Ursula Sauerzapf († March 9, 1560 in Regensburg), daughter of Paul Sauerzapf , mayor of Amberg, and Anna Hornung from Nuremberg in 1507 . The marriage produced five sons and six daughters. He owned the Hammer Unterteunz and established a major sideline for the Kastners. His widow married a Plech von Amberg. The eldest daughter Anna Catharina was born in 1508 and died in the same year. Barbara (* November 18, 1509, † 1574) married Claus Stolz († May 24, 1541) von Amberg in 1530 and Georg Baumeister († 1554) in 1550 ; their first marriage had five children. Margarethe (* 1511, † 1586 in Amberg) married Jacob Fischer († 1576), mayor of Kemnath (three children) in 1534 or 1535 . The sister Magdalena (* 1517, † 23 June 1590) married Melchior Vogt in 1538 († 9 October 1567), Palatine and ducal witness master in Munich (nine children). Another sister named Margarethe (* 1522, † 1546) married Martin Kodaus , powder maker from Regensburg in 1544 ; their daughter died young. The sixth sister, who was also called Barbara (* 1533, † 1570), married Magister Wolf Kueffer († 1566) in Regensburg in 1559 , vice-principal of the local poet school. The marriage had four children. The widow then married David Lang († 1605) in Memmingen, a saltpeter from Regensburg (two children) in 1569 .

Wilhelm's eldest son was called Leonhard (* August 3, 1513, † June 7, 1573), mint master of Amberg, he was married twice. His first marriage was on January 15, 1545 Martha († January 29, 1548), daughter of Paul Schneider von Holzhammer. The two children from this marriage died early. In his second marriage, he married Ursula on June 13, 1548 (* 1526, † May 25, 1589), daughter of Erhard Plech von Amberg. After the death of his cousin Paul II von Unterschnaittenbach, he and Hans von Freudenberg took over the administration of the underage children at the Hammergüter Röthenbach and Unterschnaittenbach. He applied for land beating for both of them, but this was only approved for Röthenbach.

His eldest son was Gabriel (born June 15, 1549 in Neumarkt, † January 25, 1611 in Freihung), an iron trader and involved in the ore mines on the Kühberg. His first marriage was on July 5, 1575, with Veronika († February 6, 1601), daughter of the Eucharius Geißler , Hofkastner zu Amberg, and his wife Katharina . Nothing more is known about the daughter Ursula . In his second marriage he married Anna , née Eck , widow of Hans Ficht , councilor of Amberg. Through them he came several Bleierzzechen in possession Freihung ; he is described as the most distinguished trade and publisher of Freihung. Even after the death of her husband, she dealt with several suspicions for new lead ore deposits (Altendorffberg near Pressath ).

One of Gabriel's brothers was called Georg Thomas (born January 2, 1551 in Neumarkt, † March 19, 1615 in Holzhammer). On November 9, 1579, he married Barbara , daughter of Achatius Roggenbach and Ursula Schütz of Nuremberg. The daughter Anna Maria died in the second year of life. On July 23, 1582 he was appointed guardian of the children left behind ( Daniel and Magdalena ) of the late Daniel Modler , from then on he lived as an iron merchant in Holzhammer.

The sister Ursula (born May 30, 1552, † May 1, 1601) married Carolus Apianus († March 9, 1600), called Bienwitz zu Ittlhofen, on August 16, 1575 ; his father Peter Apian was born in Leisnitz in Saxony in 1595, one of his sons was Philipp Apian , the editor of the Bavarian country tables. There were no children from the marriage. The Ittlhofen estate was acquired by Ursula's brother Hans Christoph Kastner .

His brother Hans Christoph (born September 6, 1563 in Amberg) married Susanna on March 5, 1593 , widow of Christoph Hegner von Moos , née Trainer von Prebrunn near Regensburg. From this marriage there were eight children:

Paul III (* 1515, † 1561), son of Wilhelm Kastner , married on September 27, 1547 Dorothea († March 7, 1574), daughter of Martin Wahl , mint master of Regensburg. Of the couple's eight children, three died early. Paulus was first an iron dealer in Regensburg. When he wanted to cross the ice of the Danube on February 9, 1561, he collapsed and drowned. His widow Dorothea married Hans Vischer von Bruck for the second time . The marriage remained childless. His daughter Afra (* 1549, † 1606) married Ambrosius Schuß von Regensburg on September 27, 1573 (seven children). Ursula (born November 9, 1550) married Thomas Schuß von Regensburg in 1579 (seven children). The third daughter Barbara (* August 4, 1556, † August 9, 1594) married Christoph Schäfer († 1590) from Regensburg in her first marriage , and the marriage resulted in five children, of which only the son Hans (* 1583) survived . Her second marriage on June 12, 1592, she was married to Hans Wiedemann , no children arose from this connection.

The older son Wolfgang of Paulus III. (* October 30, 1554) was awarded his doctorate in theology on May 13, 1583 at the University of Padua . In 1606 he was ducal Bavarian councilor and canonicus at St. Maria in Munich and in 1607 canon . His brother Philipp (born August 15, 1560) was first a Junker with the Palatinate Duke, then he fought for Venice against the Turks and fell in Hungary in the Battle of Raab. The fourth son of Paul III. was Egidius (* 1518, † 1577), he married Anna on May 28, 1554 († September 27, 1573), daughter of Hans Eytel Rechberger von Klingenau. In 1557 Egidius was court advisor to the Margrave of Baden-Hochberg . This marriage had seven children, four of whom died early. Carl (* 1557, † 1594) survived , he was a soldier in France and married Ursula Söllner on April 8, 1583 , the marriage resulted in the children Egidius (* 1584 in Wimpfen ) and Clara Anna . Ruprecht , Carl's brother (* 1562, † January 8, 1599) became the margrave of Baden's court and chamber councilor, he died while riding through the Elz . The sister Clara Anna (* 1555) was mentally limited, she was housed in the monastery of St. Margarethen in Strasbourg and died there. The other four siblings died early.

Martin , son of Paul III. (* 1525, † March 19, 1564) came as a soldier through many European countries. He died in Graben when he wanted to travel from Livonia to Pforzheim to see his brother Egidius . The youngest son of Paul III. was Jacob (* 1529), he owned the Wischenhofen estate ; He was married to Anna Hertenhammer from Bohemian Budweis, who was married to Erhard Niedermeier for the first time . The children Domenicus and Ursula came from the marriage . Domenicus was married twice, his first marriage to Margarethe Vischerin , widow of Ferdinand von Taxis , and his second marriage to a daughter of Hans Schaller von Augsburg. Children are not known. He died as a lieutenant in Kalo in Hungary in 1591. Ursula (* 1548) married Wolf Poblinger († October 17, 1601), Kastner zu Vohenstrauss , on July 23, 1582 . No children from the marriage are known. Ursula was also characterized known that the Bader Jacob Hübner of Pulnrieth her amputated the left foot below the knee and it survived the operation. She is mentioned again at a family meeting in 1631, where she is referred to as a poor beneficiary who receives ten Reichstaler from the Castener foundations.

The . Castner Paul II (born April 28, 1509 † 1556), son of Andreas the Elder was fallen to the hammer Unterschnaittenbach; he was a successful entrepreneur and mine owner. In 1539 he was able to acquire the Röthenbach hammer from the brothers Friedrich and Christoph von Pappenberg zu Unterfrankenohe and Tagmanns , which his great-grandfather Georg Sauerzapf had already acquired through marriage. His first marriage was Anna Klötzl (Kletzel) (* 1511, † 1552), daughter of the Nuremberg trader Georg Klötzl (* 1463, † 1533) and his wife Martha Haller von Hallerstein (* 1511, † 1552). From this marriage three daughters ( Sabine , Helene , Barbara ) and six sons (see below) were born. In his second marriage, he married Ursula Schütz († March 31, 1604) on November 22, 1552 , daughter of the doctor Johann Schütz from Nuremberg and his wife Margarete Lochner . The marriage had three children: Paulus (* 1556, † 23 August 1595 in Neuchâtel on the Danube), Ursula and Anna . On August 2, 1585, Paul had given up compulsory land compulsory for Loch . On May 18, 1585 this Catharina , widow of Wolf Heinrich Sauerzapf von Schönhofen , married a born Seydlin from Regensburg. With her he had five children, four of whom died young. The daughter Anna Catharina (* 1586) survived , she married Hans Sigmund Frey von Finsterweyling in 1605 . Ursula, b. After the untimely death of her husband on September 19, 1559, Schütz married Dr. jur. Achatius Roggenbach , son of the goldsmith Achatius Roggenbach and his wife Barbara Bayer from Nuremberg. The daughter Barbara emerged from the marriage and married Georg Thomas Kastner in 1579 . After the death of her second husband, Ursula married David Modler from Amberg on November 15, 1568 . They had a daughter Magdalena , who died unmarried, and their son Daniel , who married Anna Maria Kastner von Holzhammer in 1598 . Her fourth marriage was on June 27, 1604 with Christoph Kohl , Mayor of Amberg.

The daughter Ursula of Paul II. Castner (* 1553) married Nicolaus Flechsner from Nuremberg (no children ) in 1571 on January 16, 1571 (no children), then on November 5, 1583 to Christoph Großes , son of the margravial court advisor Dr. jur. Christoph Grösser zu Ansbach and Cordula Ketzel . She had seven children with the second husband. The daughter Anna (* 1554, † 30 May 1614) married Peter Scheuerl (* 26 September 1555, † 17 October 1618), son of Albrecht Scheuerl and Margarete Imhoff , on March 17 . The marriage had four children.

The son Daniel (born November 27, 1542, † April 25, 1590) from the marriage of Paul II and Anna Ketzel received the hammer Röthenbach near Weiden. He improved the Kastner Family Foundation and acquired the house of Georg Pfaffelhuber as the new head office of the Kastner family. In 1605 he acquired the Rablmühle. In his first marriage on February 9, 1574 he was married to Dorothea , daughter of Wilhelm Schlüsselfelder and Magdalena Imhoff of Nuremberg. After the early death of his wife, on February 21, 1576, he married Ursula (* 1548, † 1605), daughter of Caspar Vorteilel and Ursula Paumgartner . The couple had the daughter Anna Maria (* May 9, 1579, † September 4, 1630). On December 10, 1599, she married Christof Paul Gugel (* December 12, 1570, † 1617), son of Christoph Fabian Gugel and Martha Imhoff . From this marriage four children were born ( Maria Magdalena , Maria Saloma , Johanna Eleonore , Anna Rosina ). In her second marriage, she married Paul Schlaher von Nimbkau in 1619, who bought the Hammer Steinfels , and the marriage had two children ( Georg Daniel , Maria Sabine Ursula ).

Raymund (* January 8, 1546, † October 17, 1618 in Röthenbach) married on March 8, 1575 Dorothea († March 17, 1603), widow of Egidius Stüblinger , pfaffenhofen care taker, and a born Steinhauser . In 1599 he acquired the Oberlauterhofen estate from Georg Steinhauser and was enfeoffed with this seat on March 10, 1600. According to his will, Oberlauterhofen was to remain an ancestral property of the Kastener family forever. He bequeathed this property and his considerable cash fortune to his brother Tobias . After his early death († 1605) it passed to his son Paul Sigmund von Woffenbach .

Joachim (* 1549, † May 24, 1588) married Regina , widow of Bernhard Rehlinger , district judge of Burglengenfeld (no children), a born Meythingen von Augsburg. He called himself von Arlesberg after his possession . The couple had no children. His posthumous widow married Hans Münsterer von Nürnberg for the third time .

Tobias (* March 24, 1547, † October 20, 1605) was the nurse of Lauf in the service of Nuremberg . On May 14, 1582 he married Sibylla , daughter of Sigmund Haller von Hallerstein and his wife Sibylla Scheuerl . There were three sons and three daughters from the marriage. Paul Sigmund (born January 26, 1583 in Engelthal ) was in the military service of Nuremberg, later became Lieutenant Colonel of Württemberg and Landsasse von Oberlauterhofen, during the Thirty Years' War he was appointed captain of the Freystadt Fähnlein on July 1, 1620 . In his first marriage he was married to Maria Salome († November 10, 1630), daughter of Georg Gewandschneider and his wife Maria Bräuning (two sons who died young). From his wife's dowry, he acquired the Woffenbach estate . He and his wife were of the Lutheran creed. In his second marriage he was married to N. Holzschuher (no children). He later seems to have joined the Swedes († before August 11, 1636). Woffenbach then passed to Sigmund Gabriel Holzschuher . Andreas Ernst (born June 22, 1589 in Lauf, † December 7, 1627) was a carer in Reichenbach, and on May 15, 1622 married Maria Salome , daughter of Hans Joachim Nutzl , Kastner zu Hersbruck , and his wife Margarethe Völkher from Frankfurt. The two sons from the marriage died early. The brother Georg Friedrich (* March 21, 1591, † November 17, 1592) died in childhood. The sister Sybilla (born June 6, 1584 in Engelthal, † 1634) married Gabriel Ölhafen (born August 29, 1576, † August 20, 1652) from Nuremberg on April 20, 1607 , son of Hans Ölhafen and Susanne Harsdörfer . The marriage produced nine children. Barbara (born January 1, 1586 in Engelthal) married Dr. med. Christoph Heinrich Ayrer , son of Jacob Ayrer and Susanne Neukam . This was the Privy Councilor of the Princely Brandenburg and Leibmedicus. Justina (* May 21, 1587, † May 22, 1591) died as a child. Tobias married Martha Fürer (* August 20, 1558, † May 2, 1628), daughter of Christoph Fürer and Magdalena Tetzel, on May 7, 1593, as a second marriage . The surviving daughter Susanne Marie (* March 23, 1596) married Johann Hieronymus Imhof (* March 23, 1591, † November 5, 1669) on (November 10, 1632 ), son of Philipp Imhof and Catharina Rieter . The couple had no children. Helene Jacobine (* May 22, 1598, † May 8, 1666) married Jacob Imhof (* July 12, 1600, † June 5, 1649), son of Jacob Imhof and Maria Beheim , on (November 16, 1643) . The couple had no children. Tobias Magnus (born October 15, 1601) was slain by peasants in military service in 1630 when he was traveling with letters for his master, the royal French ambassador de la Charnasse .

The son Paul (* 1556, † 1595) was a successful entrepreneur. After the early death of Paul II. Kastner , his son David received Unterschnaittenbach (* November 27, 1541, † April 25, 1590). Since he was still a minor when his father died, he came under the guardianship of Hans von Freudenberg and his uncle Leonhard Kastner , mint master of Amberg. On October 18, 1569, 1569 he married Sidonie Persch von Hohenburg († September 28, 1585), daughter of Wilhelm Persch von Harburg, Öttingischer Chancellor, and her mother, a cowl from Nuremberg. The marriage remained childless. On May 31, 1586, he married Margarethe , widow of the late Hans Lorenz von Plassenberg and née Sauerzapf von Rohrbach . Only the daughter Anna Eva (born October 17, 1590, † May 4, 1594) survived briefly . Thanks to his business acumen he was able to acquire Köttnitzmühle and Dammelsdorf (today a district of Kirchenthumbach ). In 1572 he received the freedom of the Landsassen for Unterschnaittenbach and his family has called himself Kastner von Unterschnaittenbach since then . All the children were already dead.

His widow Margarethe married Hans Wilhelm Kastner (* July 5, 1561, † 1620) from the Teunzer line, mint master at Neumarkt and son of Leonhard Kastner and his mother Ursula Plech . Through various strokes of fate, he lost the fortune accumulated since David Kastner . The couple had five children, of which their son Hans Andreas (* 1596, † 1604) died early. The daughter Catharina Maria (* 1592) had married the hammer mill owner Christian Hegner von Altenweiher in 1618 , her sister Margarethe (* January 20, 1596) married Veit Philipp Schürstab († 1627) in the same year . The daughter Anna Eva was still single when her father died, the son Hans Wilhelm (* 1603) went under the soldiers. The son Hans Andreas (* 1598, † 1604) died early. The daughter Eva († 1625) died in the fire of Unterschnaittenbach (see below).

In 1621 Unterschnaittenbach was plundered and devastated by the Mansfeld troops , and in 1625 another fire broke out that destroyed the hammer and the castle. The widow Margarete burned to death with her daughter Anna Eva . After this catastrophe, Hans Wilhelm returned home and tried to rebuild the plant. But he could only build a mill with two grinding aisles and a cutting mill, and that with a debt burden of 11698 fl. 1627, Hans Wilhelm († 1634) married Barbara Modler († 1662), the only daughter of Daniel Modler and his wife Maria ( nee Kastner) . On this way Holzhammer and Unterschnaittenbach came into one hand for the third time. When he dies, he leaves his three-year-old daughter Eva Maria alongside the widow . The daughter Eva Maria of Hans Wilhelm married in 1650 to Jacob Christoph Kastner from Pfrentsch . Their son Hans Ludwig died early, their daughter Anna Margarete married Johann Franz von Steinhauser and in 1700 the property passed to the Steinhausers. From this marriage there was only one daughter, namely Maria Anna Francisca Ernestine Steinhauser , who later took her cousin Johann Friedrich Joseph Münsterer von Stefling († 1742) as her husband. Since he owned the wooden hammer, the wooden hammer and Unterschnaittenbach were united in one hand for the fourth time. His widow sold the mallet on February 19, 1749 and the Unterschnaittenbach estate on May 10, 1748 to Maria Anna von Eberts , née. Reisser on Troschelhammer . The almost 300-year-old estate of the Kastners in Unterschnaittenbach came to an end.

Tribe list of the Kastner von Schnaittenbach

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

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Hans I the Elder († 1383), owner of the Hammer Neumühle near Amberg ⚭ Osanna († 1395, probably née Schoderl, no children)

Conrad Castner, citizen of Amberg
1. Hans II the Younger , named 1383 († 1419), owner of Eisenhammer shell hops , wooden hammer and the hammer Unterschnaittenbach
  Gregor († 1444, dies without an heir), founder of the "Reiches Almosen" foundation

Friedrich Castner the Elder or Friedrich I († between 1370 and 1375), owner of the Rosenberg hammer and founder of the wooden hammer , Mayor of Amberg
Paulus (* around 1340, † 1378) ⚭ 1st marriage NN, ⚭ 2nd marriage Anna (probably von Hirschberg , † around 1390)

Hans is named as pastor of Theuern in 1405 († June 12, 1408)

Anna († 1412) ⚭ Otto Gewandschneider

Friedrich Castner the Younger (* around 1360, † before 1430), owner of Hammer Unterschnaittenbach, Hammer Neumühle, from 1414 mayor of Amberg ⚭ 1st marriage to Agnes Schmidin von Laman († 1393), ⚭ 2nd marriage to Katharina Giesser, daughter of Jordan Giesser, mint master of Amberg († before 1439) (eight sons, three daughters)

Elsbeth († minorenn)

Margarete († minorenn)

Margarete (2) ⚭ Heimeran Alhart, hammer master and citizen of Amberg

Sigmund († 1437, single)

Sebald († 1423, single)

Leonhard (* around 1400, † 1468), iron wholesaler and owner of Hammer Unterschnaittenbach ⚭ 1428 Barabara Löneysen († 1470), daughter of Ulrich Löneysen , mayor of Sulzbach

Katharina (* around 1430, † 1483) ⚭ 1st marriage to Stefan Haller zu Traidendorf († 1454), ⚭ 2nd marriage to Michael Walrab von Traidendorf and Harlanden (two sons: Hans and Sebastian, and three daughters: Barbara, nun in the Pielenhofen monastery , Catharina ⚭ Knight Hans von Saher zum Weissenstein, Margarete ⚭ Joachim von Pertolzhofen zu Fronhof and Traidendorf.)

Hans the Black (* around 1440, † March 2, 1497), iron merchant and owner of the Hammer Unterschnaittenbach, Mayor of Amberg 1476–1489 and 1491–1492 ⚭ 1467 Dorothea Saurzapf († June 24, 1492), daughter of the hammer mill owner Georg Sauerzapf von Röthenbach and Dorothea, geb. Gnendorfer von Wackerstein, seven sons and four daughters

Barbara (died early)

Magdalena (* 1480) ⚭ 1st marriage to Hans Walrab von Hauzendorf (four children: Melchior, Sabina, Margarethe, Barbara), ⚭ 2nd marriage to Hans Schnitzer (no children)

Regina (* 1481, † 1570) ⚭ 1st marriage Linhard Viechberger zu Irlbach († 1519), Mayor of Amberg (two sons, Leonhard and Dominicus, and three daughters, Anna and Helene, Margarethe, Dorothea), ⚭ 2nd marriage Hans Reaper

Dorothea (born September 26, 1482, † December 24, 1545) ⚭ 1506 Martin Lech von Regeldorf († February 22, 1538), episcopal mint master of Regensburg (son Balthasar, daughter Anna)

Philipp (* 1477, † after three days)

Leonhard (* 1472, † May 25, 1505 in Landshut)

Heinrich (born April 10, 1475, † 1512, iron merchant) ⚭ 1500 Anna, daughter of Georg Polland von Regensburg (no children)

Friedrich (* 1485, † 1505 in Landshut)

Sigmund (* 1478, † 1521), owner of the Fronberg hammer ⚭ 1507 Anna Stadler, daughter of Ludwig Stadler, licentiate from Regensburg.
Barbara and her parents died of the plague in 1521

Wilhelm, son of Hans the Black, (* October 24, 1475, † July 19, 1539), owner of Hammer Unterteunz ⚭ 1507 Ursula Sauerzapf († March 9, 1560) (⚭ in 2nd marriage with a Plech) (five sons and six daughters) [ see side line of Wilhelm Kastner zu Teunz ]

Line of Andrew the Elder

Andreas the Elder or Andreas I, son of Hans the Black, (born November 29, 1470, † October 31, 1547) owner of Unterschnaittenbach and Hammergut Holzhammer, iron wholesaler and mine owner. ⚭ 1499 Clara Plech († October 11, 1540), daughter of Conrad Plech, Mayor of Amberg, and Anna, daughter of Heinrich Heider von Neumarkt, ten children (six daughters, four sons), his three surviving sons (Andreas II. , Vitus and Paul) were to decide on their inheritance by lot.
1. Dorothea (born January 20, 1503), ⚭ 1525 Paulus Hegner von Altenweiher (son Andreas and four daughters: Dorothea ⚭ 1st marriage N. Linkh, ⚭ 2nd marriage Hieronymus Imhoff, Margarethe ⚭ Hans Steinhauser, electoral rentmaster, Barbara ⚭ 1st marriage Marriage to Dr. Augustin Eck, ⚭ 2nd marriage to Leingard Kastner von der Weiden, Catharina, died single)
2. Magdalena (* 1505, † 1521 at the plague)
3. Alexander (* 1507, † 1531 single)
4. Barbara (* May 16, 1511, † July 3, 1581) ⚭ 1536 Michael Schwaiger, Mayor of Amberg (three sons: Georg, Jobst, Paulus, daughter Magdalena)
5. Anna (* December 13, 1513, † March 9, 1542) ⚭ 1536 Michael Zollner von Brand zu Bamberg
6. Catharina (* 1516, † February 12, 1582) ⚭ 1538 Lorenz Moller von Heitzenhofen (son Georg, three daughters: Maria, died unmarried, Cordula ⚭ Mathes Altmann von Burglengenfeld, Clara ⚭ 1st marriage Georg Eder von Regensburg [two sons: Christof , Hieronymus], ⚭ 2nd marriage N. Polag [two sons])
7. Margarethe (7 September 1519, † 1520)
8. Andreas II, son of Andreas the Elder, (* March 16, 1501, † January 31, 1552) industrialist and owner of the wooden hammer ⚭ 1532 Margarethe, († July 3, 1557) daughter of the Regensburg patrician Wolfgang Portner and his wife Margarethe, Daughter of Lukas Fugger from Augsburg , (twelve children, eight died young)
  1. Walburga (* 1536) ⚭ 1562 Hans Gerstner von Görlitz (three daughters)
  2. Kaspar (* January 7, 1550, † July 9, 1624), owner Winkelburg in Hirschau and Landsasse ⚭ March 27, 1587) Justine († April 13, 1578), widow of Kaspar Ottmayer von Amberg and a née Modler (no children)
  3. Willibald (* August 11, 1546, † May 7, 1604), owner of Hammer Pfrentsch and Hammer Altendresswitz ⚭ January 14, 1574 Margarethe, daughter of Hanns Sauerzapf the Younger von Altendresswitz and his wife Agnes Pfinzing (* 1553) (seven daughters and four sons)
  4. Hans Ludwig (* 1541, † 1572) ⚭ June 12, 1564 Barbara Grafenauer († March 6, 1586), daughter of Sigmund Grafenauer von Straubing and his wife Barbara Förstl (three unmarried sons, Alexander, Hans Christoph, Hans Ludwig and three Daughters)
    1. Christine (* December 25, 1567, † 1596 in Vilseck ) ⚭ December 1, 1589 Georg Zerreiß, hammer mill owner from Langenbruck (two surviving children)
    2. Barbara (* April 11, 1569, † July 1, 1603) ⚭ July 29, 1590 Veit Hanns Sauerzapf († May 25, 1613) von Altendreßwitz
    3. Anna Maria (* December 8, 1571) heiress of the Holzhammers ⚭ February 19, 1598 Daniel Modler († September 29, 1615) from Amberg (eight sons and five daughters, most of them died early)
      1. Philipp Ludwig Modler (* 1605, † 1621), soldier in the Swedish army
      2. Barbara Modler (* 1598, † 1662) ⚭ 1st marriage to Hans Wilhelm Castner († 1634) von Unterschnaittenbach (daughter Eva Maria), ⚭ 2nd marriage to Philipp Jacob von Steinling auf Steinbach and Weickersried († 18 August 1641 to Hirschau (daughter Maria Elisabeth), ⚭ 3rd marriage 1649 Claudius Schorri († April 27, 1663), hammer master
        
        Eva Maria Castner , remained in the possession of Unterschnaittenbach ⚭ 1st marriage 1650 Jacob Christoph Kastner from the Pfrentsch -Altendreßwitz line
        Anna Margarethe ⚭ Johann Franz von Steinhauser
        
        Maria Elisabeth Steinling ⚭ Johann Münsterer von Stefling , remained in the possession of Holzhammer
        Maria Anna Franzisca Steinhauser ⚭ Johann Friedrich Josef Münsterer († 1742), the widow sold the mallet in 1747
        Rudolf Ferdinand Adam Munsterer

Sideline of Veit Kastner

Veit, son of Andreas the Elder (* June 15, 1521, † July 16, 1555), inherited the Amberg houses and estates, iron merchants and ore mine owners ⚭ Ursula († July 6, 1567), the daughter of Sebald Pfinzing von Nürnberg-Lichtenhof and Catharina Ploben (seven daughters, three of whom died early, and three sons), (2nd marriage of Ursula with Stefan Frey, Palatine secretary in Amberg)
1. Ursula (* November 23, 1541, † 1604 in Eger) ⚭ November 19, 1560) Leonhard Müntzer († 1588), city treasurer of Amberg (seven children, three daughters died young)
2. Apollonia (* July 18, 1546 in Nürnberg-Lichtenhof, † December 6, 1583) ⚭ August 25, 1567 Leonhard Renner († January 21, 1596), councilor in Amberg (three children)
3. Anna (* December 16, 1549, † January 2, 1615) ⚭ July 21, 1571 Caspar Ering (January 13, 1589), church administrator in Amberg (eleven children, three surviving)
4. Clara (* December 16, 1549, † March 11, 1577), ⚭ February 9, 1574 to Hieronymus Pirkner († April 23, 1594), councilor of Amberg (⚭ 2nd marriage to Susanna Lerchenfelder, no children) (son Balthasar ( * October 4, 1580)
5. Sebald (born April 29, 1548), iron merchant in Regensburg, ⚭ 1st marriage Barbara Ölper († May 3, 1574 of the plague) von Esslingen, ⚭ 2nd marriage February 25, 1577 Jacobe, née Lerchenfelder and widow of Wolf Hayfelder, Market judge from Rosenheim (daughter Dorothe)
  1. Christoph (* 1551, † 1590), soldier
  2. Veit (born February 29, 1556 in Amberg, will of January 11, 1613), iron wholesaler (married three times, but all his wives died after a short marriage)

Sideline of Wilhelm Kastner zu Teunz

Wilhelm Kastner zu Teunz, son of Hans the Black, (* October 24, 1475, † July 19, 1539), owner of Hammer Unterteunz ⚭ 1507 Ursula Sauerzapf († March 9, 1560) (⚭ in 2nd marriage with a Plech) (five sons and six daughters)
1. Anna Catharina (* 1508, † 1508)
2. Barbara (* November 18, 1509, † 1574) ⚭ 1st marriage 1530 Claus Stolz († May 24, 1541) von Amberg (five children), ⚭ 2nd marriage 1550 Georg Baumeister († 1554)
3. Margarethe (* 1511, † 1586 in Amberg) ⚭1534 or 1535 Jacob Fischer († 1576), mayor of Kemnath (four children: Hans, Wolf, Gabriel, Magdalena)
4. Magdalena (* 1517, † June 23, 1590) ⚭ 1538 Melchior Vogt († October 9, 1567), Palatine and ducal master craftsman in Munich (nine children)
5. Margarethe (* 1522, † 1546) ⚭ 1544 Martin Kodaus, powder maker from Regensburg
6. Barbara (* 1533, † February 4, 1570) ⚭ 1st marriage 1559 Magister Wolf Kueffer zu Regensburg, vice principal of the poet school (four children), ⚭ 2nd marriage 1569 David Lang († 1605), saltpetersieder von Regensburg (two children).
7. Paulus III (* 1515, † February 9, 1561) ⚭ September 27, 1547 Dorothea, daughter of Martin Wahl, mint master of Regensburg (eight children, five of whom survived)
  1. Afra (* 1549, † 1606) ⚭ September 27, 1573 Ambrosius shot of Regensburg (seven children)
  2. Ursula (born November 9, 1550) ⚭ 1579 Thomas Shot of Regensburg (seven children)
  3. Barbara (* August 4, 1556, † August 9, 1594) ⚭ 1st marriage to Christoph Schäfer († 1590) von Regensburg (five children, only one son survived), ⚭ 2nd marriage June 12, 1592 Hans Wiedemann (no children)
  4. Wolfgang (born October 30, 1554), received his doctorate in theology on May 13, 1583 at the University of Padua , 1606 ducal Bavarian councilor and canonicus with St. Maria in Munich and 1607 canon
  5. Philipp (born August 15, 1560), Junker at the Duke of the Palatinate, died in the Battle of Raab
  6. Egidius (* 1518, † 1577), 1557 Councilor of the Margrave of Baden-Hochberg ⚭ May 28, 1554 Anna († September 27, 1573), daughter of Hans Eytel Rechberger von Klingenau (seven children, four died early)
    1. Carl (* 1557, † 1594), soldier in France ⚭ April 8, 1583 Ursula Söllner (two children)
      1. Egidius (* 1584 in Wimpfen)
    2. Clara Anna (* 1555), mentally restricted, died in the St. Margarethen monastery in Strasbourg
    3. Ruprecht (* 1562, † January 8, 1599), margravial court and chamber councilor of Baden, died while riding through the Elz
  7. Martin (* 1525, † March 19, 1564 in Graben), ensign in France and soldier
  8. Jacob (* 1529, † unknown), owner of Wischenhofen ⚭ Anna Hertenhammer from Bohemian- Budweis (⚭ 1st marriage Erhard Niedermeier)
  9. Domenicus († 1591) lieutenant ⚭ 1st marriage to Margarethe Vischerin, widow of Ferdinand von Taxis, ⚭ 2nd marriage to a daughter of Hans Schaller von Augsburg (children are not known)
    1. Ursula (* 1548) ⚭ July 23, 1582 Wolf Poblinger († October 17, 1601), Kastner zu Vohenstrauß (children are not known)
8. Leonhard, son of Wilhelm Kastner zu Teunz, (* August 3, 1513, † June 7, 1573), mint master of Amberg ⚭ 1st marriage January 15, 1545 Martha († January 29, 1548), daughter of Paul Schneider von Holzhammer ( Children died early), ⚭ 2nd marriage June 13, 1548 Ursula (* 1526, † May 25, 1589), daughter of Erhard Plech von Amberg
  1. Ursula (born May 15, 1546, † August 14, 1558 in Regensburg)
  2. Gabriel (born June 15, 1549 in Neumarkt, † January 25, 1611 in Freihung), iron merchant and ore mine owner ⚭ 1st marriage July 5, 1575 Veronika († February 6, 1601), daughter of the Eucharius Geissler, Hofkastner zu Amberg, and his Wife Katharina, ⚭ 2nd marriage March 16, 1602 Anna, née Eck, widow of Hans Ficht, councilor of Amberg
  3. Georg Thomas (born January 2, 1551 in Neumarkt, † March 19, 1615 in Holzhammer), iron merchant ⚭ November 9, 1579 Barbara, daughter of Achatius Roggenbach and Ursula Schütz of Nuremberg
    1. Anna Maria (* 1581, † 1583)
  4. Ursula (born May 30, 1552 in Neumarkt, † May 1, 1601 in Ittlhofen) ⚭ August 16, 1575 Carolus Apianus von Ittlhofen, called Bienwitz († March 9, 1600) (no children)

coat of arms

Red deer antlers on a silver background.

literature

Hans Nikol: The Kastner von Amberg and the Hammer Unterschnaittenbach. The Upper Palatinate , Volume 64, pp. 289-301.
Hans Nikol: The Kastner von Amberg and the hammer wooden hammer. Die Oberpfalz , 1976, Volume 64, pp. 246-249 and 1977, Volume 65, pp. 264-269.
Otto Titan von Hefner; Gustav Adelbert Seyler: The coat of arms of the Bavarian nobility. Repro. J. Siebmacher's large book of arms. II. Volume. Nuremberg 1856 Volume 22, Bauer & Raspe, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1971, ISBN 3-87947-022-7 .

Web links

Hans Nikol: The Kastner von Amberg - history of a montane family. Historical association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg

Individual evidence

↑ Otto Titan von Hefner; Gustav Adelbert Seyler: The coat of arms of the Bavarian nobility. Repro. J. Siebmacher's large book of arms. II. Volume. Nuremberg 1856 Volume 22. Bauer & Raspe, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1971, ISBN 3-87947-022-7 , Dead Bavarian families.
↑ Rector a. D. Wenzel Mrasek investigates - "Stumbling block" in 1563. Wappenstein tells history . Onetz, July 14, 2004
↑ Wolfgang Mährle: poets schools , published on 11 January 2010; Historical lexicon of Bavaria
↑ Parentalia. That is: A Christian consolation sermon / Bey of the burial of the honorable virtues and godly matron / Frawen Ursulen / Weiland des Noble and Ehrnvesten Mr. Leonharden Castners / from undern Schnaitenbach / in Amberg ec. Soulful / hindered Wittibin ec. Held at Amberg / by Martin Oberndorffer the parents / Instead of preachers there / on May 28th / this 1589th Jars. Printed in der Churfürstlichen Statt Amberg / by Michaelem Mülmarckart / MDLXXXIX. Funeral sermon by Martin Oberdörffer to Mrs. Ursula Castner geb. Pleich, died in Amberg, buried on May 28, 1589.
↑ Hans Nikol: Die Kastner von Amberg - History of a Montangeschlechts. Historical association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg .

[1] Otto Titan von Hefner; Gustav Adelbert Seyler: The coat of arms of the Bavarian nobility. Repro. J. Siebmacher's large book of arms. II. Volume. Nuremberg 1856 Volume 22. Bauer & Raspe, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1971, ISBN 3-87947-022-7 , Dead Bavarian families.

[2] Rector a. D. Wenzel Mrasek investigates - "Stumbling block" in 1563. Wappenstein tells history . Onetz, July 14, 2004

[3] Wolfgang Mährle: poets schools , published on 11 January 2010; Historical lexicon of Bavaria

[4] Parentalia. That is: A Christian consolation sermon / Bey of the burial of the honorable virtues and godly matron / Frawen Ursulen / Weiland des Noble and Ehrnvesten Mr. Leonharden Castners / from undern Schnaitenbach / in Amberg ec. Soulful / hindered Wittibin ec. Held at Amberg / by Martin Oberndorffer the parents / Instead of preachers there / on May 28th / this 1589th Jars. Printed in der Churfürstlichen Statt Amberg / by Michaelem Mülmarckart / MDLXXXIX. Funeral sermon by Martin Oberdörffer to Mrs. Ursula Castner geb. Pleich, died in Amberg, buried on May 28, 1589.

[5] Hans Nikol: Die Kastner von Amberg - History of a Montangeschlechts. Historical association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg .