Magnis (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those of Magnis

The Magnis (originally Italian Magni ) are an Austro-Bohemian-Moravian and Silesian noble family originally from Lombardy. In 1622 they reached the baron status , on June 2, 1637 they were elevated to the status of imperial count . Through their possessions in the County of Glatz , they also belonged to the Prussian nobility from 1780.

history

The lineage begins its line with Sér Gaspare (Parolo) Magni in Lurago on Lake Como . His grandson Sér Gaspare (Gabbaglio) Magni moved to Como around 1445 . Through successful commercial activities in Como and Milan, individual family members rose socially and entered the imperial service. They reached high positions at the imperial court and acquired properties in Moravia and in the County of Glatz.

Franz Count of Magnis (1598–1652), Colonel

The imperial colonel Franz von Magnis (1598-1652) was one of the commanders of the royal armies in the battle of the White Mountain and was elevated to the status of imperial baron in 1622 and imperial count in 1637 in recognition of his services. In 1628 he acquired the southern Moravian estate of Straßnitz , which had previously belonged to the Protestant lords of Zierotin . The Moravian domains reached 80,000  acres .

Anton Alexander von Magnis (1751–1817) from Straßnitz, lord of Přestavlky , inherited through his mother Maria Franziska, nee. Countess von Götzen , after her death in 1780 a large estate complex around Eckersdorf in the County of Glatz. Between 1795 and 1812 he acquired twelve more properties.

The Moravian possessions (in particular Straßnitz, Přestavlky and Přerov ) belonged to the empire Austria and Austria-Hungary after 1806 , the possessions in the county of Glatz (Eckersdorf with Neurode and others), however, belonged to the Prussian province of Silesia . The lordships of Straßnitz and Eckersdorf / Neurode were later in one hand, most recently by Count Anton Franz von Magnis (1862-1944), who until 1918 represented the constituency of Reichenbach-Neurode in the Reichstag several times. In Neurode, which was bought in addition to the Eckersdorfer Gut in 1810, coal mining was soon practiced, in addition to hard coal, iron ore, copper ore, slate and gold were mined. The Magnis'sche Bergverwaltung , which had its headquarters in Neuroder Castle since 1899, was converted into the “Neuroder Coal and Clay Works Union” in 1901 and remained in the family until 1921. The mining also gave rise to other industrial operations. The sugar beet factory founded in Eckersdorf in 1829 was operated until 1907. In Straßnitz, the Magnis'sche domain administrator Max Hrdliczka defended the domains from 1918 against the beginning of the Czech land reform and was then even able to expand the possessions there. In 1945/46, the expulsion of the Germans from Czechoslovakia and the expulsion of the German population from Silesia, which has now become Polish, resulted in the expropriation of all property.

Possessions in Bohemia

Possessions in Moravia

Possessions in the county of Glatz

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Counts of Magnis
  • The family coat of arms shows a silver oblique left bar in blue. On the helmet with blue-silver covers an open flight, divided over a corner by blue and silver.
  • The Count's coat of arms from 1637 is quartered with a red heart shield, inside a right-facing, gold armored arm, holding a bare sword in his bare fist. Fields 1 and 4 show a crowned black double-headed eagle in gold, 2 and 3 the family coat of arms. Three helmets: on the right with red and gold covers the sword arm between two buffalo horns divided by red and gold across the corner, on the middle with black and gold covers the double-headed eagle, on the left with blue and silver covers the open flight of the family coat of arms.

Personalities

Burial chapel of the Counts of Magnis at the parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Eckersdorf (Bożków)
  • Giovanni Battista Magni († 1562), merchant in Como
  • Constantin Magni (1527–1606), merchant in Como, moved to Milan around 1563, imperial privy councilor in Vienna, from 1588 in Prague
  • Giovanni Pietro Magni (1555–1618), imperial personal physician
  • Valerian von Magnis (1586–1661), Provincial of the Austro-Bohemian Order Province of the Capuchin Order, Imperial Diplomat
  • Franz Graf Straßnitz, Freiherr von Magnis (* 1598 - 6 December 1652), General Field Marshal-Lieutnant Moravia, Governor of the Principality of Opole-Ratibor from 1646 to 1649, then Chief Justice of Moravia, on the rule of Straßnitz in Moravia
  • Maximilian Philipp von Magnis (1685–1738) on Straßnitz and Přestavlk
  • Franz Johann von Magnis (1727–1757) landlord from Straßnitz. Married Maria Franziska von Götzen (1721–1780), a daughter of Count Franz Anton von Götzen (1693–1738). She was a widow in her second marriage to the Hungarian Count Nyary on Sobotič.
  • Anton Alexander von Magnis (1751–1817) on Přestavlk, inherited through his mother Maria Franziska, b. von Götzen, after whose death in 1780 the possessions in Eckersdorf
  • Franz von Magnis (1773–1848), art lover
  • Anton von Magnis (1786–1861), landlord and farmer
  • Wilhelm von Magnis (1787–1851), landlord and farmer
  • Anton Franz von Magnis (1862–1944), industrialist, member of the Reichstag and the Prussian mansion as a member of the German Center Party
  • Ferdinand Graf von Magnis (1905-1996)
  • Gabriele von Magnis (1896–1976), welfare worker, special representative of the Wroclaw Bishop Adolf Bertram for the care of the Catholic "non-Aryans" of Upper Silesia
  • Franz Magnis-Suseno (* 1936 as Franz Graf von Magnis), Jesuit, Rector of the Philosophical College in Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Anton Graf von Magnis (1943–1999), economist, forest manager, managing director of the Association of Hessian Business Associations

literature

Web links

Commons : Magnis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Volume VIII, Volume 113 of the complete series, 1997, p. 170
  2. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Volume VIII, Volume 113 of the complete series, 1997, p. 171
  3. ↑ Richard Plümicke: The large estates of the last imperial count von Götzen from the Silesian line and his heirs in 1771 . In: Glatzer Heimatblätter 1942, issue 2, p. 51