Münster (Franconian noble family)

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Family coat of arms in the Ingeram Codex

The von Münster family was a Frankish noble family .

history

The family was wealthy in Trabelsdorf in the 15th and 16th centuries . Other possessions were at Lisberg Castle , Eichelsdorf with the local castle , Vasbühl , Euerbach with the local Lower Castle , Kleineibstadt Castle , Niederwerrn (1436-1803), Poppenhausen , Maibach , Hain , Ebenhausen , Pfändhausen , Pfersdorf and Rannungen with the local castle .

Members of the family belonged to the Society of Fürspänger . The genealogist Johann Gottfried Biedermann wrote a family tree in his volume about the Steigerwald in the 18th century . The von Münster family was organized with Niederwerrn in the knightly canton of Rhön-Werra .

The family still exists in the Niederwerrn-Pfändhausen line today.

Relatives

coat of arms

The heraldic shield shows an open flight on a blue background. The flight is divided into silver and red. The helmet covers and the flight of the crest are kept in the same colors.

Construction activity

In the villages in which the von Munster were fortunate, some traces of their building activity can be found to this day, especially the castle in Lisberg and the Trabelsdorf castle. However, two other outstanding buildings have disappeared, namely the Kleineibstadt Castle and the Lower Castle in Euerbach: In Kleineibstadt, a lightning strike around 1900 destroyed the impressive Renaissance complex, in Euerbach the castle was demolished in 1968 due to alleged disrepair (the Catholic parish center and the new Catholic parish church). In contrast, the smaller castles in Vasbühl and Rannungen are still partially preserved. The church buildings in the Münster villages also go back at least in part to the initiative of the noble family, such as the Protestant church in Trabelsdorf, the old Catholic. Parish church St. Michael in Euerbach or the old branch church Heiligkreuz in Pfändhausen.

See also

literature

  • Cord Ulrichs: From feudal court to imperial knighthood - structures of the Franconian lower nobility at the transition from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period . Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-515-07109-1 .
  • Gender register of the Reichs-frey immediate knight creates Landes zu Francken praiseworthy place Steigerwald , 1748, panel LXXXIX following
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses 1890. Fortieth year, p.563ff