Kyaw (noble family)

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The coat of arms of those of Kyaw

Kyaw or Kyau (also pronounced like this) is the name of an old Upper Lusatian noble family . The ancestral home of this family was in Kyau near Zittau .

history

Nieder-Strahwalde Castle
Hainewalde Castle

In 1396 Peter von Kyaw zu Hirschfelde is mentioned as an order commander. At the beginning of the 13th century Heinrich von Kyaw is the master of Hirschfelde, but his descendants later sold the estate to the Zittau council.

The Kurbrandenburg colonel Heinrich Adam von Kyaw († 1673) is named as Lord of Ober-Strahwalde . He was the father of Joachim Bernhard von Kyaw and Friedrich Wilhelm von Kyaw . Niederstrahwalde Castle was built by August Leopold von Kyaw from 1724.

At the beginning of the 16th century, through the marriage of Victoria Tugendreich von Kyaw with Eleuther von Temritz , the Kyaws became the lords of the manor and Castle Hainewalde and remained so until 1927. Samuel Friedrich von Kanitz , husband of Christine Tugendreich von Kyaw, left that from 1749 to 1755 Build a new baroque style castle, which was rebuilt in the 19th century.

Around 1740 the family owned, among other things, the Friedrichsdorf and Lohsa estates . 1734 is Kurmainzer Privy Christian Heinrich von Kyaw as an envoy in Vienna named.

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows a black, half flight on a golden background. The helmet cover is also in gold and black, the helmet gem consists of an open black flight.

Personalities

literature

Kanitz -Kyaw alliance coat of arms at Hainewalde Castle (1753)