Lerchenfeld (noble family)

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younger family coat of arms of those of Lerchenfeld

Lerchenfeld is the name of an old Bavarian noble family . The lords of Lerchenfeld belong to the old Bavarian nobility. Branches of the family still exist today.

history

origin

Gutskapelle in Lerchenfeld ( consecrated by Bishop Albertus Magnus in 1260 )

As early as 1070, the family with Wernhard (also Bernardus ) de Lerchinfelt was first mentioned in a document. The original headquarters was probably a castle stable on the road between Regensburg and Straubing in Lerchenfeld, today a district of the city of Neutraubling in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg . According to Kneschke , the castle was destroyed and abandoned during the Hungarian invasions . Members of the family later settled in Regensburg and Straubing and soon belonged to the municipal patriciate there .

Hugo Lerchenfeld , who died after 1216, as a citizen and canon of Regensburgcollectedolder but also his own records as "Annales Ratisbonenses" . Albrecht Lerchenfelder moved to Regensburg on November 11, 1309 after ceding half of his property to Lerchenfeld. The continuous line of tribe begins with Heinrich Lerchenvelder , probably the son of Albrecht, who appears in a document in Regensburg from 1347 to 1357.

Expansion and possessions

Heymeram Lerchenfelder, ducal Bavarian Mautner and city treasurer of Straubingen, received a confirmation of the heraldic coat of arms with a helmet crown on May 25, 1427 in Sankt Georgen in Szeklerland in a coat of arms from the Roman-German King Sigismund .

The Gebelkofen moated castle (now part of Obertraubling ) was one of the family's early possessions as early as 1410 . Caspar von Lerchenfeld († 1589), ducal Bavarian councilor, acquired Köfering and Prennberg (today Brennberg Castle ). Together with Andreas Lerchenfelder zu Prennberg, ducal Bavarian council, Heinrich Lerchenfelder zu Welchenberg, episcopal Passau council, Hans Lerchenfelder zu Gabelkofen and Georg David Lerchenfelder zu Prennberg on April 26, 1587 in Prague, he received a coat of arms improvement and imperial nobility confirmation with the title of Lerchenfeldt. The coat of arms of the extinct noble family von Prennberg, in silver three green burning mountains open at the bottom, butting together, was added to the family coat of arms.

Caspar von Lerchenfeld divided the entire family estate between his sons, which included the five lines to Lerchenfeld on Ober-Prennberg, Lerchenfeld on Unter-Prennberg (extinguished 1652), Lerchenfeld on Gabelkofen (extinguished 1649), Lerchenfeld on Welchenberg (extinguished 1597) and Lerchenfeld based on Köfering. The later Counts of Lerchenfeld come from the two lines of Ober-Prennberg and Köfering.

From the line Lerchenfeld to Ober-Prennberg came Wilhelm Carl Freiherr von Lerchenfeld († 1739), curb-Bavarian treasurer , general field sergeant and head of the regiment . His first marriage was to Maria Margarethe Freiin von und zu Perfall († 1730). His son Max Emanuel Franz Graf von Lerchenfeld († 1792) became a Bavarian Chamberlain, Real Privy Councilor and Lieutenant General . In 1779 he married Franzisca Freiin von Leoprechting for the second time . Her son Anton Joseph Graf von Lerchenfeld († 1840) was the royal Bavarian treasurer and city court director of Munich . His brother Philipp Graf von Lerchenfeld († 1854) became a royal Bavarian treasurer, district president of Lower Franconia and, most recently, president of the court of appeal of Upper Bavaria .

From the Lerchenfeld line to Köfering came Phillip Ernst Graf von Lerchenfeld († 1746), curb-Bavarian treasurer and councilor, married to Maria Walpurga Countess von Trauttmansdorff († 1770). He was the son of Franz Adam Graf von Lerchenfeld, episcopal privy councilor of Augsburg and high court marshal . His son Philipp Nerius Graf von Lerchenfeld († 1800) became a Bavarian chamberlain, real secret councilor and envoy to the Reichstag in Regensburg. In 1764 he married Countess Maria Theresa von Nesselrode-Erishoven . His grandson Maximilian Joseph († 1859), royal Bavarian chamberlain and envoy at the kuk Hof zu Vienna , was raised to the position of hereditary imperial councilor of the Bavarian crown in 1845 with the established family entourage. He married Countess Isabella Waldbott von Bassenheim in 1835 .

Around 1800 a Count von Lerchenfeld became a member of the imperial knighthood in the knightly canton of Odenwald as a personalist in the Franconian knight circle . An important representative from more recent times was the Bavarian politician Hugo Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld auf Köfering and Schönberg (* 1871, † 1944). He belonged to the Bavarian People's Party and was Prime Minister of Bavaria from September 21 to November 2, 1922 . He later became a member of the Reichstag and from 1926 to 1931 Ambassador to Vienna.

The baronial line from Unter-Prennberg to Siessbach (today Obersüßbach ) became extinct in the male line with the death of Franz Freiherr von Lerchenfeld, Herr zu Unter-Prennberg, Taufkirchen , Riegerting (today district of Mehrnbach ) and Viehhausen (today district of Sinzing ), royal Bavarian Chamberlain, June 3, 1832.

The baronial line to Aham , formerly the Ammerlander line, was divided into an older and a younger branch. From the older Ahamer branch came Caspar Freiherr von Lerchenfeld, ducal Bavarian councilor , truchess and Kastner of Munich. He received lower jurisdiction from Duke Wilhelm on February 17, 1587 . From his marriage to Maria Weiller von Garatzhausen came from Johann Albrecht Freiherr von Lerchenfeld († 1620), Bavarian General War Commissioner and Chamber Councilor . His son Georg Conrad Freiherr von Lerchenfeld († 1689), Bavarian treasurer and auditor, acquired Aham in 1679 and sold Ammerland Castle in 1681 (now part of Münsing ). His grandson Franz Benno Freiherr von Lerchenfeld († 1700), curb-Bavarian treasurer and caretaker at Stadtamhof , was the founder of the Ahamer line. He was married to Maria Freiin von Muggenthal .

From the younger Ahamer branch on Heinersreuth (Heinersreuth Castle in Presseck ) came Franz Xaver Freiherr von Lerchenfeld († 1783), curb-Bavarian treasurer, caretaker to Kraiburg and Kastner in Ingolstadt . His grandson Maximilian Emanuel von Lerchenfeld († 1843) became Minister of State and Minister of the Bundestag . He received Heinersreuth Castle in the Stadtsteinach district court in Upper Franconia from King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria as a fiefdom , which is still owned by the family today.

The castles Rauhenzell in the Allgäu and Frankenberg were inherited by the Barons von Lerchenfeld in 1929 and 1971 respectively (the latter sold again in 2008).

  • Heinersreuth Castle in Presseck (owned by the Barons von Lerchenfeld since 1823)

  • Castle Rough cell , Allgaeu (since 1929 owned by the Barons of Lerchenfeld)

  • Frankenberg Castle (owned 1971-2008)

Status surveys

In the course of time, numerous class surveys have come to the sex . The nobility elevations already mentioned are no longer listed here.

Georg Lerchenfelderstraße and his cousin received on 26 August 1525 furnace by King Ludwig II. , A Hungarian noble confirmation.

On March 19, 1540, Christoph Lerchenfelder was raised to the knightly imperial nobility and on January 25, 1555 his brothers Caspar Lerchenfelder to Köfering and Balthasar Lerchenfelder. For himself, Caspar Lerchenfelder auf Prennberg, ducal Bavarian councilor to Straubing, received a ducal Bavarian noble freedom on July 23, 1548 and a hereditary freedom on July 29, 1557.

Caspar Lerchenfelder auf Ammerland, ducal Bavarian paymaster , received the imperial nobility in Prague on April 11, 1567 with an improved coat of arms and on February 17, 1587 the ducal Bavarian noblemen's freedom. The award was extended on February 2, 1616 to include the brothers Albrecht auf Ammerland and Christoph Lerchenfelder, both ducal Bavarian councilors.

Hans Lerchenfelder received an Erbländisch - Austrian coat of arms with fief article on December 2, 1567 in Vienna. The imperial nobility with confirmation and improvement of the coat of arms awarded to their cousin Georg in 1524 was given to the brothers and cousins ​​Hans, Caspar and David Lerchenfelder on May 28, 1583 in Vienna. The brothers Alexander, Mayor of Straubing, Haymann Andreas, Imperial Ensign and Tobias Lerchenfelder received confirmation of imperial nobility and an improvement in the coat of arms in Prague on January 22, 1597.

The brothers and cousins ​​Johann Jacob, Johann Victor, Johann Caspar, Georg Conrad, Georg Christoph and Georg Caspar von Lerchenfeldt received together with their sisters and bases on February 22nd, 1653 in Regensburg the imperial baron status with an improved coat of arms.

On March 20, 1698, Franz Adam Freiherr von Lerchenfeld auf Köfering and Schönberg, Prince -Bishop of Augsburg Oberhofmarschall, was granted the imperial count status with an improved coat of arms and the salutation high and well-born . An electoral Bavarian tender was issued on April 2, 1699.

The electoral Bavarian privy councilor, chamberlain and major general Maximilian Emanuel Franz Freiherr von Lerchenfeld-Prennberg was raised to the rank of imperial count on March 31, 1770 with the salutation high and well-born. An electoral Bavarian tender was issued on February 20, 1771. His son Phillip Nerius Graf von Lercheneld-Prennberg zu Gabelkofen, royal Bavarian treasurer, and his siblings were announced on November 16, 1812 and Franz Carl Joseph Graf von Lerchenfeld-Köfering and siblings on November 2, 1812. March 1813 registered with the count class of the nobility register in the Kingdom of Bavaria . Joseph Freiherr von Lerchenfeld auf Egglkofen and Aham , royal Bavarian treasurer and forester , with his cousins ​​and bases was enrolled in the baron class on March 2, 1814 .

The Counts of Lerchenfeld had a hereditary seat in the Chamber of Imperial Councils until the end of the monarchy in Bavaria . In 1917 Otto Graf von und zu Lerchenfeld held this position on Köfering and Schönberg.

coat of arms

Family coat of arms

The younger family coat of arms shows a silver rafter in red with a natural lark turned inwards and ready to fly on a red spike at the top . On the helmet with red and silver covers an open eagle flight , as marked as the shield .

Baron coat of arms

The increased baronial coat of arms from 1653 is quartered and covered with a silver central shield , in it eight (4: 4) red alarm clocks (= older family coat of arms). Fields 1 and 4 show the younger family coat of arms, fields 2 and 3 three fire-breathing green mountains with openwork below each other († von Prennberg). Three helmets with red and white blankets on the shield. On the right the flight of the younger heraldic coat of arms, on the middle a crowned golden tournament hat decorated with five black feathers, on the left five alternating silver and red ostrich feathers. The coat of arms from 1698 shows a crowned central shield and silver larks.

  • Family coat of arms of Otto Hupp in the Munich calendar of 1901

  • Coat of arms of the extinct family of Prennberg from Scheibler's book of arms

  • Coat of arms of the Counts of Lerchenfeld from 1698

Local and municipal coats of arms

Elements and colors from the older and younger coats of arms of the Lerchenfeld family still appear today in numerous Bavarian local and community coats of arms.

Well-known namesake

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cod. Bav. No. 783, 54b; Document IX, 74
  2. ^ New general German Adels Lexicon , Volume 5, p. 476.
  3. ^ Regensburger Urkundenbuch 1 and 2, Munich 1912/1956.
  4. ^ Gerhard Köbler : Historical Lexicon of the German Lands. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 , p. 371.