Krafft from Festenberg
The lineage of the Krafft von Festenberg auf Frohnberg derives its origin from the lineage of the Krafft, which was one of the most respected families in the imperial city of Ulm . It later linked its ancestry to the extinct noble family of those von Vestenberg .
history
Emperor Charles V confirmed the power of Festenberg along with other Ulm families on October 29, 1552 in Diedenhofen their nobility. In the imperial baron diploma for Carl Anton von Krafft , dated August 21, 1805, it is expressly confirmed that the progenitor Dominicus Krafft (1271 Magister civium zu Ulm, 1286 chancellor and town clerk) was in the service of Rudolf I of Habsburg as early as the 13th century . It is also stated that Hanns Krafft († August 19, 1564), Lord of the Festenberg (mhd. Also Vestenberg ) in the Nordgau and district judge of Count Palatine Philipp Ludwig zu Burglengenfeld in the Upper Palatinate , was also his father and grandfather in the service of Austrian ore house . In a description of the monasteries, lordships, etc. located in the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg (Freiherr von Reisach, Regensburg 1780), the lordship of Fro (h) nberg , parish Schwandorf , district court district Burglengenfeld was owned by Hanns Krafft von Festenberg zu Frohnberg in 1552. This is "chamber councilor" and in 1559 "landscape commissioner". In 1562 he signed the state parliament farewell between Duke Wolfgang and the estates of Neuburg adDonau . It is noted that the same ständischerseits the four provincial assemblies from 1559, 1562, has "been living" in 1565 and the 1567th
His descendants are Johann Jacob Krafft von Festenberg auf Frohnberg from Höchstädt an der Donau , town clerk in Ehingen (Danube) († March 6, 1704) and Christophorus Anton Krafft from Festenberg auf Frohnberg (born November 4, 1693 in Ehingen (Danube), † August 5, 1765 ibid) and their descendants, the brothers Johann Nepomuk von Krafft (* 1737, † 1805), Oberamtmann zu Wiblingen , Privy Councilor and Burgrave of Augsburg and Carl Anton von Krafft (* 1743, † 1830), Oberamtmann and District judges of the county of Nellenburg , both named von Festenberg auf Frohnberg, should be mentioned. The latter was raised to the status of imperial baron in 1805 .
coat of arms
The coat of arms (from 1770) is square in silver and blue. In fields 1 and 4 an inwardly curved bare arm with a wooden club , leaning against the edge of the shield. In fields 2 and 3 a golden eagle growing from the lower edge of the shield. On the crowned helmet , to the left with blue-silver blankets on the right and blue-gold on the left , a silver crane with a silver stone in the raised right muzzle and a silver quill in its beak on a green three-mountain , on the right, however, a brackish head with a knocked out red tongue.
literature
- Otto von Alberti: Württemberg nobility and coat of arms book. Volume 1: A - M. Written on behalf of the Württemberg Antiquities Association. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1898, p. 419 ff. (Reprographic reprint: Bauer & Raspe, Neustadt ad Aisch 1975, ISBN 3-87947-105-3 ( J. Siebmacher's large Wappenbuch E)).
- Friedrich Cast (Ed.): South German noble heroes, or history and genealogy of the princely, counts, baronial and hereditary houses residing in the southern German states or associated with them, with details of their possessions, coats of arms, the statesmen, diplomats who emerged from them, Heroes, scholars and artists and their members living in the presence of them. Section 2, Volume 1. Verlag der JF Cast'schen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart 1845, p. 272 ff.