Kaufungen (noble family)
The von Kaufungen family , also known as Kauffungen , were a middle German noble family.
Origin and Distribution
The family is one of the Meissen Uradelsgeschlechtern and 1231 with de Henricus Khoufungen first documented tangible. The head office that gives it its name is Kaufungen , which is now incorporated in Limbach-Oberfrohna . In addition to the Kaufungen manor, the neighboring castle Wolkenburg and the castle Stein (Saxony) belonged to the family . In the 15th century the Kaufungen manor was owned by Kunz von Kauffungen and his brother Heinrich. At that time, her cousin Dietrich von Kauffungen ruled in Callenberg and cousin Hans von Kauffungen at Wolkenburg Castle. According to tradition, Kunz von Kauffungen, leader of the Altenburg prince robbery on July 8, 1455, is said to have used a rope ladder for the robbery from Altenburg Castle , which came from the knight seat in Callenberg, which at the time belonged to his cousin Dietrich von Kauffungen. The fountain figure "Kunz von Kaufungen" and two information boards at the original location of the manor in the center of Callenberg reminds of this today.
coat of arms
The coat of arms is jagged in gold and red. The crest with a closed flight repeats the motif. The helmet covers also wear the colors red and gold.
Personalities
- Heinrich von Kaufungen, abbot in the Bürgel monastery
- Kunz von Kauffungen († 1455), knight, known for the Altenburg prince robbery
- Hildebrand von Kauffung († 1497/98), a son of Kunz, grew up at the Bohemian royal court and received in 1477 from Duke Heinrich d. Ä. , a son of the Bohemian King Georg von Podiebrad, the Hummel lordship, which has belonged to the County of Glatz since that year, with the associated Landfried Castle as a fief.
literature
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume VI, Volume 91 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1987, ISSN 0435-2408
- Curt von Raab : The von Kauffungen, a historical-genealogical study , special print of the 70th / 71st. Annual report of the "Vogtland Antiquities Association of Hohenleuben" from P. Aderhold, Hohenleuben-Weida 1901
- K. von Brunn called von Kauffungen : The von Kauffungen, supplements and corrections to the study by C. v. Raab , In: "Mitteilungen des Altertumsverein Plauen" No. 16, 1902
- Heinrich Theodor Flathe : Kauffungen, Kunz from . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 463 f.
- Hans Jürgen Rieckenberg: Kauffungen, Kunz from. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 345 ( digitized version ).
- Wolf-Dieter Röber , Steffen Winkler: "Family seat of those von Kaufungen", in: Series of publications Heft 6, Museum and Art Collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, City of Glauchau, 1986, GDR, p. 22-25 (Schloss Kaufungen near Limbach-Oberfrohna: on the history of construction, family history of those from Kaufungen and the Saxon prince robbery)
