Machwitz

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Coat of arms of those of Machwitz

Machwitz is the name of an old Vogtland noble family with the same name as the Magwitz an der Weißen Elster .

history

The family first appeared in a document on May 1, 1236 with Cunradus de Machewic and on January 29, 1244 as miles (knight). In addition to the ancestral castle, their possessions include the nearby Stein Castle .

Machwitzer in Unterlauterbach

Unterlauterbach is now part of the town of Falkenstein in the Saxon Vogtland . Unterlauterbach first appeared in documents in 1416. At that time, the knight's seat belonged to the brothers Hans, Georg and Heinrich von Machwitz. In 1537 the manor came into the possession of Eberhard von Feilitzsch on Treuen .

Machwitzer in Wiedersberg and Reichenfels

In 1503 Hans von Machwitz zu Wiedersberg bought the care (rule) and castle Reichenfels near Hohenleuben from Heinrich the Elder von Schleiz and Greiz . Members of this family also sat in Wiedersberg (Castle and Wiedersberg Castle ) and Reichenfels Castle near Hohenleuben on January 29, 1244 .

Machwitzer in Prussia

Already in the 14th century a line of the family came to Prussia . From this line closely connected with the order , Sander von Machwitz was Vogt of Neumark in the years 1413–1420 . The family also took an active part in the class struggles in Prussia in the 15th century.

Machwitzer in the Regnitzland

The von Machwitz family can also be traced in the Regnitzland . a. in the district of Hof in Upper Franconia . In the Castle of Döhlau are still grave plates seen by family members. They sat in Konradsreuth from 1599 to 1610 . The von Machwitz family is related, among other things, to the Franconian knight families of Lüchau , the Rabensteiners zu Döhlau and the von Sparneck family.

coat of arms

The coat of arms in Siebmacher's coat of arms book
The coat of arms in Siebmacher's coat of arms book
 Blazon : “The shield is divided by red, silver and black. On the helmet with red-silver-black blankets a pointed hat drawn like the shield with a silver cuff, which is studded with rooster feathers. "

Coats of arms related to the families v. Veilsdorf , v. Feilitzsch , vd Heyde / Heydte, v. Hundelshausen, v. Zedtwitz , v. Perglas , v. Röder, v. Gößnitz , v. Quingenberg and the v. Radwitz / Rebitz / Redwitz . The extent to which there is a tribal relationship has yet to be proven.

Important representatives

literature

  • Curt von Raab : Contributions to the history of the Vogtland nobility: 2. The von Machwitz, von Gößnitz, Thussel von Taltitz and von Quingenberg , pp. 1-42. in: 6th annual publication of the Plauen antiquity association for the years 1886/1887
  • Curt von Raab: Regests on the local and family history of the Vogtland , II. Volume 1485–1563, Plauen i. V. 1898, addendum No. 20.
  • August Gebeßler : City and District of Hof . Munich 1960.
  • Enke, Hagen: The life of Friedrich von Machwitz on Remptendorf and Ebersdorf in the mirror of his funeral sermon and other sources, in: Remptendorf 1325-2000. Festschrift on the occasion of the 675th anniversary, ed. from the community of Remptendorf, Lobenstein 2000, pp. 18-27.
  • Hagen Enke: The life of Friedrich von Machwitz on Remptendorf and Ebersdorf in the mirror of his funeral sermon and other sources . In: Yearbook of the Museum Reichenfels-Hohenleuben , booklet 46 (160th annual report of the Vogtland Altertumsforschenden Verein zu Hohenleuben eV), pp. 69–80.
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume VIII, Volume 113 of the complete series, pp. 150–151, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1997, ISSN  0435-2408

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clemens Freiherr von Hausen, vassal families of the Margraves of Meißen, Landgraves of Thuringia and Dukes of Saxony in VJH 18 (1890) pp. 404–405
  2. ↑ http://www.nuz-vogtland.de/chronik.php
  3. ↑ The Unterlauterbach manor at www.sachsens-schlösser.de
  4. ^ Burgruine Reichenfels - A hike through history and landscape, Museum Reichenfels, City of Hohenleuben, probably published around 1992, p. 20
  5. ↑ Reinhard Wenskus : Prussia as a territorial state. In: Selected essays on the early and Prussian Middle Ages. Sigmaringen 1986, pp. 338, 421