Kirchbach (noble family)
Kirchbach is the name of an originally Saxon noble family , which probably comes from the village of Kirchbach in Saxony and first appeared in Roßwein and Döbeln in 1472 . The progenitor is Paul Kyrpach (Kirchbach), house owner and cloth maker in 1490, and councilor in Roßwein in 1515 .
Nobility uprisings
Strain A
- Knightly imperial nobility with the predicate "auf Lauterbach" on July 26, 1663 in Vienna for Jonas Kirchbach and his sister Veronika, widowed Beyer.
- Imperial nobility on April 20, 1682 in Laxenburg for both brothers Gottfried Kirchbach as imperial lieutenant .
- Electoral Saxon recognition on August 16, 1690 in Dresden for the same as electoral Saxon staff officer .
Tribe A, Pomeranian lines
- Swedish baron on June 18, 1720 in Stockholm for the royal Swedish lieutenant general Julius von Kirchbach (1663–1745), lord of Hohenmühle, etc., colonel of the Pomeranian aristocratic flag and chief hunter in the Duchy of Pomerania . After the death of his son Hans Friedrich Wilhelm von Kirchbach (1727–1800), his cousin Hans Julius von Kirchbach (1739–1819) took over the title of baron.
- Prussian approval to use the title of baron on February 8, 1836 in Berlin for Julius Freiherr von Kirchbach (1801–1884) as royal Prussian prime lieutenant and his siblings.
Tribe A, Saxon line
- Entry in the royal Saxon nobility book on August 4, 1904 for Hugo von Kirchbach (1833–1914; No. 120) as a royal Saxon secret councilor , for his brother Eugen von Kirchbach (1835–1911; No. 121) as a royal Saxon general of Cavalry , for their half-brother Carl von Kirchbach (1847–1929; No. 122) as General Director of the Royal Saxon State Railways and finally for his brother Hans von Kirchbach (1849–1928; No. 123) as Royal Saxon Major General .
- Austrian prevalence of the baron class as an Austrian nobility and approval for the resumption of the title “auf Lauterbach” on May 31, 1909 at Schönbrunn Palace with a poster from January 3, 1913 in Vienna for the Karl von Kirchbach (1856–1939) siblings as kuk major general, Ferdinand von Kirchbach (1858–1920) as kuk major general, Eleonore von Kirchbach , married baroness Ritter von Záhony , and Marie von Kirchbach , married knight Grois von Seinsberg .
- Austrian count on December 8, 1917 with a diploma from April 21, 1918 in Vienna for the first named Karl Freiherr von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach as kuk Generaloberst .
- Entry in the Saxon nobility book on July 25, 1924 for Harry von Kirchbach (1896–1945; No. 570) as lieutenant and adjutant in the 10th Infantry Regiment, later lieutenant general .
Strain B
- Prussian count ( primogenitur ) on February 3, 1880 in Berlin for Hugo von Kirchbach (1809–1887) as royal Prussian general of the infantry .
coat of arms
Tribe A: Imperial nobility (1663/1682)
Above a shield base in blue, three times divided by silver and red, on a green lawn, a silver church with a crossed red roof and the same tower, from the gate of which a silver brook flows; in the right upper corner a bright golden sun. On the helmet with red and silver blankets, a silver church tower between an open aisle, divided across the corner by silver and red .
Tribe A, Pomeranian lines: Swedish barons (1720)
Quartered by a golden cross of paws and covered with a heart shield , in it a silver church with a red roof and a silver cross, with a silver brook flowing out of the gate, over a shield base in blue on a green lawn, divided three times by silver and red; 1 and 4 in blue over two slanted gold-tipped silver swords a golden aristocratic crown , 2 and 3 in red each a right-facing, upright silver leopard . Two helmets with blue hermeline covers; on the right, between the open aisle divided across the corner by silver and red, a silver church tower with a red roof; on the left between two flags on golden tournament lances with two golden tassels each , the right silver with a blue border, the left blue, a golden lily. Shield holder : Two forward-looking natural leopards.
Tribe A, Saxon line: Austrian counts (1918)
As from 1663. Shield holder: Two natural deer , the necks of which are pierced diagonally upwards and inwards by a silver arrow with red flaps . Motto : Semper fideliter - Always loyal .
Tribe B: Prussian counts (1880)
Above a shield base in blue on a green hill, three times divided by silver and red, a silver church with a crossed red roof and the same tower, from whose gate a silver brook flows; in the right upper corner a part of a formed golden sun with golden rays. Two helmets with red and silver covers; on the right a silver church tower between an open aisle divided by silver and red across the corner; on the left five alternating red and silver ostrich feathers , in front of them two slanted swords with gold grips, raised by a black iron cross . Shield holder: Two opposing royal crossed Prussian black eagles , on the breast of which lies the Hohenzollern shield , quartered in silver and black . Motto : Pietate et armis - Through piety and honor in arms .
Known family members
- Arndt von Kirchbach (1885–1963), superintendent
- Esther von Kirchbach (1894–1946), Christian writer
- Eugen von Kirchbach (1835–1911), Saxon general of the cavalry
- Friederike von Kirchbach (* 1955), theologian
- Günther Graf von Kirchbach (1850–1925), Prussian Colonel General
- Hans von Kirchbach (1849–1928), Saxon Colonel General
- Hans Carl von Kirchbach (1704–1753), electoral Saxon miner and miner captain
- Hans-Peter von Kirchbach (* 1941), General Inspector of the Bundeswehr
- Hugo Graf von Kirchbach (1809–1887), Prussian infantry general
- Karl von Kirchbach (1847–1929), General Director of the Royal Saxon State Railways
- Reinhard von Kirchbach (1913–1998), German Evangelical Lutheran pastor and provost, pioneer of interreligious dialogue
- Karl von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach (1856–1939), General of the Austro-Hungarian Army
- Johann von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach (1858–1920), General of the Austro-Hungarian Army
literature
- Genealogical manual of the nobility . Nobility Lexicon. Volume VI, p. 237, volume 91 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1987, ISSN 0435-2408 .
- Genealogical manual of the nobility . Noble houses B. Volume XVII, p. 215, Volume 89 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1986.
- Günther von Kirchbach : The gender of those v. Kirchbach. 1st edition, Charlottenburg 1912.
- Hans Hugo von Kirchbach: The Kirchbach family, 1490-1939. 2nd expanded edition, CA Starke Verlag, Görlitz 1939.
- Hans Hugo von Kirchbach, Erwin von Kirchbach: The Kirchbach family 1490–1963. 3rd expanded edition, Kassel 1963.
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 5, p. 108 ( digitized version )
- Hans Christoph Graf von Seherr-Thoss: Kirchbach. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 635 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses, 1905, p.372ff