Katzmair (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the Katzmair

Katzmair (also Kazmair ) is the name of a Munich patrician dynasty who had already sat on the council in 1318 and were wealthy in the city and in the country.

history

At the time of Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria , Martin Katzmair was a member of the Outer City Council in 1318, and Konrad Katzmair was a member of the Inner Council of the Twelve in 1346. In 1330 , the emperor from the Wittelsbach family gave Martin the forest interest to Moosach , Laim and St. Martinsried as a fief and it was not until 1442 that the Katzmair sold the inheritance to Duke Albrecht . Jakob and Johann Katzmaier belonged to the Inner Council in 1355. Jörg Kazmair has been elected to the Inner Council since 1396, as its member in December 1397 he administered the mayor's office, which then changed monthly. Stripped of power, he went into exile in 1398 , from which he was only able to return in 1403 with the assistance of the ducal. A younger Martin Katzmair is attested from 1447 to 1468 as an interior councilor; In 1450 he became provost of the Frauenkirche in Munich .

The Katzmair Castle on Mausinsel, built in 1446

In 1446 the Katzmair built a castle on the Mausinsel in Wörthsee , which Hans Katzmair had brought into family ownership in 1369. The Katzmair belonged to the Inner Council until 1533, when the male line in Munich died out .

The family's epitaphs adorned with coats of arms are in the Frauenkirche in Munich , but the Katzmair's hereditary burial was originally in the St. Michael's Chapel.

coat of arms

The talking coat of arms shows a silver cat jumping up in a red shield. On the helmet with red and silver blankets a red pillow with gold tassels. Another silver cat sits on it.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Upper Bavarian Archive for Patriotic History, Volume 6, p. 389
  2. ^ A b c Felix Joseph von Lipowsky : Urgeschichten von München , Volume 3, p. 253 f.
  3. ^ Oefele, Edmund Freiherr von: "Katzmair, Jörg", in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 15 (1882), pp. 459-460 ( online version )
  4. ↑ Helmut Stahleder: Munich patricians. In: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria (May 28, 2016)

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