List of Thuringian knight families

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Hans von Werthern (1555–1633), progenitor of all flowering lines of the family
Reitzenstein knights as altar donors in Sparnberg
Gottfried Heinrich zu Pappenheim
Epitaph of Sylvester von Schaumberg in the church of St. Maria Magdalena in Münnerstadt
Coat of arms of the von Bibra family from Siebmacher's coat of arms book
Wilhelm of Bibra
Grave slab of Rudolf von Bünau in Liebstadt
The Mannerist epitaph altar of Bishop Martin von Schaumberg (1560–90) in the south transept of Eichstätt Cathedral
Wildensteiner Altar, kneeling donor Countess Apollonia von Henneberg with coat of arms

The list of Thuringian knight families provides an overview of the small Thuringian noble families who had their ancestral seat in what is now the Free State of Thuringia or who owned castles and palaces and possessions. Smooth transitions from Thuringia to Franconia or Saxony (also via scattered holdings) are often to be found (see for example Vogtland ). Some families, as imperial-free ministerials or as members of the imperial knighthood , for example in the entourage of the bailiffs of Weida , contributed to the expansion of settlements, the establishment of small knightly seats and thus also new family lines in Franconia (see also list of Franconian knight families ). Many of the families are inextricably linked by kinship or property. While some families became extinct in the male line at different points in history, others still have numerous living names in Germany and beyond.

Delimitation criteria of the list

Even if there are usually always flowing or differently permeable boundaries to the following criteria, this delimitation was used when selecting the families in this list:

  • Spatial delimitation: The family is represented in today's Free State of Thuringia with at least one knight's seat or larger estates / fiefs .
  • Temporal delimitation: The family is in the region before the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806.
  • Demarcation according to class: The focus of the list is on the lower nobility (no high nobility, see nobility ). As a landed gentry, they may also have emerged as a line from the bourgeoisie .

List of Thuringian knight families

The extinct Thuringian noble families of the Eisenacher Land: Altamann, v. Archfeld, Azze, v. Behringen, v. Bern, v. Besa or Bysa, v. Buttelstädt, v. Creuzburg, v. Dankmarshausen, v. Döhln, v. Dorndorf, v. Ebeleben, v.Ellende, v. Enzenberg, v. Farnrode, v. Flarchheim, v. Frymar, v. Gerstungen, v. Goldbach, v. Grotzbrechtrode, v. Greußen, v. Halunder, v. Hayn, v. Hellegreve, v. Heylingen, v. Hischingerode (then called Hofmeister), v. Hörschelgau, v. Kieselbach, v. Kobstädt, Koller, v. Laucha, v. Leimbach, v. Lengsfeld, v. Lina, v. Luptz, v. Lusse, v. Madelungen, v. Mila, v. Nettle roden, ..., v. Mülverstedt, ..., from the Sachsen, ..., v. Teutleben, ..., v. Uelleben, v. Wartberg ...

(see W. Rein; in: Zeitschrift des Verein für Thüringische Geschichte und Altertumskunde, fourth volume, first and second issue, Jena 1860, p. 188)

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See also

History of Thuringia

Noble families from other regions

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  1. ↑ cf. List of regiments of the Frankish Reichskreis
  2. ↑ Chronicle Arnstadt (PDF; 7.1 MB)
  3. ^ Walter Bosch: Der Marienberger Bergbau, Böhlau Cologne Graz 1966, p. 58
  4. ↑ The story of Völkershausen

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