Leipzig (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Leipzig

Leipzig , also Leipziger , is the name of an old Saxon noble family . The family, which later also acquired property and reputation in Brandenburg and Silesia , belongs to the Meissen nobility . After a Prussian and Saxon approval at the beginning of the 20th century, the von Leipziger family called themselves again after their old gender name von Leipzig.

history

origin

The family was first mentioned in 1185 with Burtzlaus and Albertus de Lybz , nobiles ( lat. Noble). Leipzig , the name-giving parent of sex is now the largest city in Saxony .

The spelling of the family name changes from Lipzke, Lipzik, Leiptzk, Leibzcigk, Leiptzigk, Leiptziger and Leipziger. On July 5, 1905, at Gjenner Föhrde, the von Leipziger received a Prussian approval to take the old surname of Leipzig again. A Saxon approval was given on December 23, 1905 in Dresden and for the Wildenauer line on February 26, 1906.

A part of the written estate of the von Leipzig family, with a term from 1880 to 1930, is in the Saxon Central State Archives in Dresden . It consists of 29 folders with pedigrees, family trees, heraldic legends, restoration of the name of Leipzig, private correspondence, copies of historical works on military history as well as photographs and fascicles.

Lines and personalities

Conrad von Leipziger appears in 1348 as a witness in a document from the city of Wurzen . Johann von Leipziger accompanied the Elector Rudolf of Saxony to the Council of Constance in 1413 . Christoph von Leipzig was electoral Saxon advice and bailiff . In 1486, Elector Friedrich the Wise gave him the little country Bärwalde near Jüterbog because of his loyal service .

The sex was divided into two lines, the Zwethau-Friedersdorfer and the Wildenauer line, the presumed common progenitor of which was Kaspar von Lipczik. Kaspar appears in a loan letter in 1421 and died in 1424.

Zwethau-Friedersdorfer line

Georgen came from the Zwethau-Friedersdorfer line from Leipziger to Zwethau , a district administrator and vice judge at Wittenberg. He married Maria von Scheiding . Heinrich von Leipzig , Electorate of Saxony Amtshauptmann to Torgau and Liebenwerda was married to the same Mary of Scheiding out of the house Schenkenberg.

Hans Heinrich von Leipziger on Zwethau and Friedersdorf (today part of Herzberg ), the son of Peter von Leipziger († 1597) and his wife Anna von Rungen from the House of Triestewitz , became an electoral Saxon assessor at the court in Wittenberg . His two sons, Wolf Christoph and George Friedrich from his marriage to Anna von der Droessel, divided the Zwethau-Friedersdorfer line into the branches of Zwethau and Friedersdorf.

Branch to Zwethau

Wolf Christoph von Leipziger (1607–1664) was the founder of the branch in Zwethau. His grandson Christoph Heinrich von Leipziger auf Zwethau und der Mahla (* 1678), the son of Balthasar Hieronymus von Leipziger (1644–1731) and his wife Katharina Margarethe, born von Berbisdorf from the Mittelseyda family , became Saxon chamberlain and stable master . He died in 1749 as governor of Torgau. Christoph Heinrich was married twice, his first marriage to Johanne Elenore von Loß († 1718), lady-in-waiting of Queen Christiane Eberhardine of Poland , and his second marriage to Henriette Friederike von Erdmannsdorff († 1751), maid of honor to the Queen. His heir and successor was Karl Heinrich von Leipziger auf Zwethau (1718–1761), a son from his first marriage. He was initially a captain in the Saxon electoral Garde du Corps and later, like his father, a stable master in Saxony. Karl Heinrich married Christiane Charlotte von Tettau in Tobertitz in 1749 . Their son August Wilhelm Gotthelf von Leipziger (1753–1816) was a royal Saxon secret finance advisor and chamberlain .

The son of August Wilhelm Gotthelf from his first marriage in 1783 with Josepha Karoline Elisabeth Freiin von Wiese (1762–1796) was born in 1784 in Dresden. He entered the royal Prussian state services and became a secret judge of justice and appeals court. He worked as a judge in the convent for the Prussian province of Saxony and became a legal knight of the Order of St. John . Christian Heinrich August von Leipziger died on July 4th, 1863 in Naumburg . His marriage to Auguste Wilhelmine Antoinette von Byern (1786–1863), which he concluded at Parchen in 1809, resulted in four sons: Heinrich Adolf, Heinrich August Eduard, Heinrich Alfred Hugo and Rudolf Heinrich Arthur.

The eldest son Heinrich Adolf von Leipziger (* 1811) became a royal Prussian appellate judge and died in 1887 as captain a. D. in Kosen . Of his four sons from his marriage to Laura von Stangen (1829–1888), the two firstborn died before their parents, of the two born later Heinrich Erdmann Arndt (1858–1921) became a Prussian lieutenant general . Heinrich August Eduard von Leipziger (1818-1851), the second eldest son of Christian Heinrich August, became a Prussian second lieutenant and battalion adjutant in the 31st Infantry Regiment . He married Emma von Suckow († 1848) in 1845 and had two sons. The younger son Wolf was only five years old, the older Kurt (* 1846) died as a midshipman in New York in 1866 . Heinrich Alfred Hugo von Leipziger (* 1822), the third son of Christian Heinrich August, entered the service of the ducal Saxon-Altenburg and became a real secret councilor and state minister as well as a legal knight of the Order of St. John. His marriage to Marie Wilhelmine Gasparine von und zu Mannsbach in 1854 gave birth to his son Heinrich August Erich von Leipziger, who served as Prussian cavalry captain and squadron chief in the 1st Grand Ducal Hessian Dragoons Regiment . The youngest of the four brothers Rudolf Heinrich Arthur von Leipziger (1829-1892) became a Prussian major general. Most recently he was in command of the 31st Infantry Brigade . His marriage in Potsdam to Auguste Hedwig Freiin Hiller von Gärtringen in 1869 remained childless.

Branch to Friedersdorf

George Friedrich von Leipziger on Friedersdorf and Klitzschen († 1667), Wolf Christoph's brother, was the founder of the branch in Friedersdorf. He married Elisabeth von Bünau from the House of Prößdorf . Her grandson Heinrich Siegfried von Leipziger (1680–1747), the son of Georg Heinrich von Leipziger (1648–1704) and his wife from his first marriage Martha Elisabeth von Karas from the Grossen family, served as a chamberlain in the service of princely Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen . Friedrich Wilhelm Kurt von Leipziger on Kropstädt , Jahmo, Weddin, Assau and Boßdorf (today districts of Lutherstadt Wittenberg ) as well as Ließnitz and Wüstemark (today districts of Kropstädt) (* 1761), a grandson of Heinrich Siegfried and son of the royal Saxon Oberforst- und Wildmeister Friedrich Adolf von Leipziger (1724–1760), died in 1824 as a royal Prussian district administrator for the district of Wittenberg . In 1788 he married Sophie Friederike Charlotte von Krosigk (1762–1801). The couple left two sons and a daughter.

Kropstädt Castle
Kropstädt Castle around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

The eldest son Karl Heinrich Adolf von Leipziger on Kropstädt, Jahmo, Weddin, Assau, Boßdorf, Ließnitz and Wüstemark (1789-1851) was the royal Saxon chief forestry officer in Schneeberg . His only daughter Clara von Leipziger (1823-1885) married the royal Saxon privy councilor and president of the Protestant state consistory Eduard Freiherr von Könneritz in 1842 . Her younger brother Kurt von Leipziger (1835-1893) became a royal Saxon chamberlain. From his marriage in 1865 he left two daughters and a son, Heinrich . His wife Anna Amalie Karoline Brandt von Lindau received as a widow on January 5, 1906 an entry in the royal Saxon nobility book under number 238. Karl Heinrich Adolf's successor and heir was Friedrich Adolf Karl von Leipziger (1821–1872), his eldest son first marriage with Isidore von Burgsdorff († 1832). Friedrich Adolf Karl became district deputy and served as a lieutenant in the royal Hanoverian Garde du Corps. In 1855 and 1856 he had Kropstädt Palace built in the neo-Gothic style according to plans by the Berlin architect Friedrich Hitzig . The Liesnitz moated castle stood in its place in 1150. Today it houses a hotel. After two marriages, Friedrich Adolf Karl left three children, a son and two daughters. The only son from his first marriage to Marie Therese von Könneritz, Karl von Leipziger (1848–1924), was a member of the Reichstag for the German Conservative Party from 1893 to 1898 . In 1900 he was elected to the Prussian House of Representatives, to which he belonged until 1918. Of his two sisters, Isidore Clara Auguste von Leipziger married the royal Prussian chamberlain and writer Victor Amadeus Adolf Graf von Westarp and Wanda Clara Felicie von Leipziger in their first marriage to Ludwig Max Joseph von Ziegler and Klipphausen, Prussian colonel and commander of the 2nd Silesian Hussar. Regiment and in second marriage the royal Saxon lieutenant Albert Gustav Emil von Prollius .

Georg Adolf Moritz von Leipziger auf Niemegk (* 1795), the second eldest son of Friedrich Wilhelm Kurt and brother of Karl Heinrich Adolf, became provisional district administrator for the Bitterfeld district in 1822 . An office that he finally took over in 1823 and held it until his death in 1865. In 1847 he became a member of the United State Parliament and from 1850 to 1861 was also a member of the Prussian House of Representatives and Knight of Honor of the Order of St. John. Georg Adolf Moritz married Thekla Adolfine von Selmnitz (1801–1857) in Merseburg in 1824 . They were the parents of Adolf Hilmar von Leipziger auf Niemegk (* ​​1825), who became district administrator of the district of Oschersleben in 1854 , police president of Königsberg in 1864 , Landdrost in Hanover in 1869 and regional president of the district of Aachen in 1872 . In October 1882 he was appointed to the Real Privy Council with the title of Excellency . From 1878 to 1888 he was President of the Prussian Province of Hanover and in 1888 President of the Province of West Prussia . He married Amalie Louise Franziska (Fanny) von Funcke in Halle in 1853 and left behind two daughters and a son. His younger brother Wilhelm Ernst von Leipziger (* 1837) died in 1903 as a Prussian general of the cavalry and governor of Cologne . His marriage to Charlotte Friederike Louise von Wyschetzki in 1869 resulted in a son and a daughter. Both brothers had four sisters, of whom Karoline Thekla von Leipziger was married to the Prussian cavalry general Hermann von Guretzky-Cornitz (1828-1892).

Karoline von Leipziger (1796–1840), the only daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Kurt and sister of Karl Heinrich Adolf and Georg Adolf Moritz, married Friedrich von Krosigk auf Großböhla (1784–1871) in Kropstädt in 1818 . Friedrich von Krosigk was Royal Prussian Real Privy Councilor and District President of the Merseburg administrative district and provost of the Merseburg Cathedral Monastery . The couple had a son, Kurt von Krosigk (1819–1898), who became a Prussian privy councilor and district administrator.

Wildenauer line

From the Wildenau line, Albrecht von Leipziger came to Wildenau and Haus Ostrau , the son of Albrecht von Leipziger († 1518). He married Margarethe von Schönfeld from the Loebnitz family . Their son Ernst von Leipziger auf Wildenau, who appeared from 1600, became an assessor at the Saxon court in Wittenberg. Ernst married Anna von Angern from the Barleben family . Her fourth generation descendant, Hans Dietrich von Leipziger († 1741), was the progenitor of the two branches of the Wildenauer line. His two sons Heinrich Ernst and Johann Dietrich from their marriage to Gertrude Elisabeth von Schlieben founded the first and second branch.

First branch

Heinrich Ernst von Leipziger (* 1718) was the founder of the first branch. In 1756 he became the Prussian captain of the grenadiers and fought in the battles of Leuthen and Hochkirch in the Seven Years' War . During the War of the Bavarian Succession he fought at Schatzlar and received the order Pour le Mérite . In 1784 he became head of the regiment and promoted to major general. In May 1788 he received his departure and a pension of 1200 thalers . Heinrich Ernst retired to Glogau where he died in 1790. His son August Wilhelm von Leipziger (1764-1829) became a Prussian captain and district president in Posen . He wrote several works, including Vom Geist der National-Oekonomie und Staatswirthschaft, for national representatives, businessmen and those who want to become one (1813), Ideal of a standing army in the spirit of the time (1808), Dumourier in 1792 : Overview of the political and military events of this time (1796) and some plays. August Wilhelm was married to Marie Auguste von Wolfframsdorff, the daughter of Lieutenant General Adam Heinrich von Wolfframsdorff , and his second marriage to Wilhelmine Friederike Sophie von Steinwehr .

Pietronke manor around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

He was the father of Hermann von Leipziger (* 1814), who was a member of the Prussian National Assembly in 1848 and several times a member of the Prussian House of Representatives. In 1867 he was also a member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation for the National Liberal Party . In 1839 he married Eveline Clementine Molly von Rittberg (1817–1895). In 1840 he took over the manor Pietronke (today part of Chodzież ) in the district Kolmar by his mother, where he died on October 19, 1886th Of his nine children, four sons and five daughters, Hermann Wilhelm Ernst and Konrad Wilhelm Hermann were able to continue the line with offspring. The eldest son Wilhelm August Hermann von Leipziger (* 1841) became a royal Prussian city ​​judge . He died unmarried in Görbersdorf in 1878 . His younger brother Hermann Wilhelm Ernst von Leipziger (* 1846) was a Prussian lieutenant colonel . He last served as an engineer officer in Poznan and married Elisabeth Karoline Marie Ida von Unger in 1891. The youngest brother Konrad Wilhelm Hermann von Leipziger on letters (* 1852) became the tenant of Morsk (now part of Świecie ) in the district of Schwetz . His marriage to Agnes Minna Karoline Stumm in 1881 resulted in three daughters and two sons. Eveline Adelheid von Leipziger (* 1856), the youngest daughter of Hermann and Eveline Clementine Molly, married the Prussian major general Ewald Otto Küster in Pietronke in 1880 .

Second branch

The founder of the second branch was Johann Dietrich von Leipziger auf Wildenau (1728–1796), the son of Hans Dietrich and brother of Heinrich Ernst. He married a daughter from the von Bestebostel family . His grandson Heinrich Adolf Karl von Leipziger (* 1803), the son of the captain of the royal Saxon army Hans Heinrich Seyfried von Leipziger (1762–1829), became a bank adviser and accountant at the royal maritime trade . He died as a Prussian captain a. D. on October 17, 1862 in Berlin. Heinrich Adolf Karl married Ida Jeanette von Maltitz in Glatz in 1845 . They had two daughters of whom the younger Ulrike Auguste Martha von Leipziger married Alfons Julius Hugo Materne in 1869, a Prussian major and senior bailiff as well as tenants of Chwalkowo with Zartki in the Schroda district .

Friedrich Otto Ludwig von Leipziger (* 1811), the brother of Heinrich Adolf Karl, died in Berlin-Steglitz in 1878 as a Prussian lieutenant colonel a. D. He last served in the 8th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 61. Friedrich Otto Ludwig was married twice, in his first marriage from 1844 to Amalie Charlotte von Lettow-Vorbeck (1805-1852), and in his second marriage from 1860 to Mathilde von Braunschweig (1822–1890). Otto Hans Heinrich von Leipziger (* 1846), his son from his first marriage, was initially a Prussian second lieutenant. He emigrated to South America and became a landowner in Colombia . In 1878 Otto Hans Heinrich became Chief of the General Staff of the Colombian Revolutionary Army. He died on November 16, 1885 in Colon , Panama .

Possessions

In Saxony, the von Leipzig family was in Wildenau from the 15th century to 1799 , in the 17th century in Wunschwitz , in 1605 in Nudersdorf (until 1622), in 1610 in Deutschenbora bei Nossen , Freywalde (today part of Schönewalde ) and Friedersdorf (today District of Herzberg ) (until 1747), 1626 to Möst (today district of Raguhn-Jeßnitz ), 1650 to Bergendorf, Heyda and Gaditz near Wittenberg (until 1750), 1686 to Wiederau (until 1732) and Weßnig , 1690 to Bennewitz , 1700 zu Jagsal , 1710 to Klitzschen near Torgau (until 1790), 1750 to Leetza near Wittenberg and Moderwitz in Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (until 1830), 1789 to Jahmo near Wittenberg (until 1803), Kropstädt (until 1855), Obereula (today District of Nossen), Ostrau and Weddin near Wittenberg (until 1803), in 1800 to Berg vor Eilenburg (today district of Eilenburg ), Niemegk (until 1855) and Wedelwitz .

In Brandenburg from 1440 to 1734 the little country Bärwalde near Jüterbog , from 1473 to 1482 Dahme , during the 15th century Welsickendorf and during the 16th century until 1728 Wiepersdorf , 1512 Koppatz (today part of Neuhausen / Spree ), Riesdorf and Rinow as well Rogosna bei Cottbus , 1518 Mehlsdorf (today part of Ihlow ), from 1686 to 1696 Weißen and up to 1699 Kossin , from 1690 to 1715 Meinsdorf , from 1720 to 1764 Herbersdorf, 1728 Casel (today part of Drebkau ), from 1789 to 1855 Boßdorf and from 1803 to 1855 Assau (today part of Wittenberg ) owned or partially owned by those of Leipzig.

In Silesia, members of the family owned by Peltschütz (now part of Domaniów ) near Breslau , Mittel-Sohra (now part of Pieńsk ), Schmograu and Würchland (now part of Pęcław ) near Glogau . In Posen , Pietronke (now part of Chodzież ) was owned by them in 1855 .

coat of arms

Family coat of arms

The coat of arms shows in gold a jumping red fox with four to six alternating silver and black cock feathers at the place of the fuse . The fox growing on the helmet with the red and gold helmet covers .

Heraldic saga

In a feud in 1294 between Margrave Albrecht the Naughty and his sons, a certain Heinrich von Leipzig, who was also called the Schwarzburger or the Sterner, is said to have been captain of Margrave Friedrich over a troop of foot soldiers. He is said to have sneaked into the camp of Prince Eberhard von Anhalt near Dommitzsch , an enemy of his master, and opened the gate to the margrave's people. Numerous rebels were killed in the process, the others driven to flight. The Prince of Anhalt himself was taken prisoner. For this, Margrave Friedrich ennobled this Heinrich von Leipzig under the name of Leipziger and knighted him. He received a country estate near Leipzig as a gift and a leaping fox as a coat of arms, which instead of the tail is endowed with a number of cock feathers, because like a cunning fox he has crept into enemy entrenchments and dared life and limb as a joyful rooster.

Known family members

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Genealogical manual of the nobility . Nobility Lexicon. Volume VII, Volume 97 of the complete series, p. 253.
  2. ^ Secret State Archives Dresden
  3. ^ Entry about Leipzig (er), family von in the central database of bequests
  4. ^ New general German Adels-Lexicon, Volume 5, pp. 450–451.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Yearbook of the German Aristocracy, Volume 2, pp. 392–402.
  6. ↑ a b c Adelslexikon der Prussischen Monarchy Volume 2, p. 22.
  7. ↑ a b c d e f today part (s) of the municipality of Niederer Fläming
  8. ↑ Johann Georg Theodor Grasse : Legends of gender, name and coat of arms of the nobility of the German nation. Reprint-Verlag, Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3-8262-0704-1 , pp. 90-91.