Maschwitz (noble family)

Family coat of arms of those of Maschwitz

The von Maschwitz were a noble Saxon family from the town of the same name Maschwitz near Halle (Saale) .

history

The von Maschwitz family is documented from 1257 to 1669. It was first mentioned with Conrad von Maschwitz (Maswiz) in 1257, then Conrad von Maschwitz (Maswiz) with his relative Johann (Jennikus) von Maschwitz (Maskuiz) in 1285. Their main estates were Groß Lissa (1501-1604), Zschölkau (1596–1607), Mensdorf (1533–1650), Klein Liebenau (near Merseburg ), Selben (1522–1581), Hohenprießnitz , Zschepplin and Großzscherba. In Halle they held Solgüter and from 1456 to 1473 the mayor's office. In the Guttenberg feud of 1380 family members fought on both sides, with Erhart von Maschwitz, with his seat in Weißdorf on the Guttenberg side, being far removed from his family's home country.

In Meißner Dom there is the grave slab of Sibylla von Maschwitz (* October 9, 1612; † July 27, 1637, daughter of Otto von Maschwitz on Groß Lissa) and in the church of Podelwitz the epitaph of Hans von Maschwitz (* May 2 , 1637) 1558 - March 8, 1606, son of Friedrich von Maschwitz on Groß Lissa) on Zschölkau and his wife Katharina von Ebeleben .

With the imperial lieutenant colonel Friedrich von Maschwitz (1593–1650), the male line died out on Mensdorf; his sandstone grave slab with an inscription and the official coat of arms was preserved in the church in Mörtitz .

Official coat of arms of those of Maschwitz

Coat of arms of the von Maschwitz in Meissen Cathedral

Well-known namesake

Rule (Rudolph) von Maschwitz, († 1453), owner of the "Black Bear" in Bärgasse 2, one of the oldest restaurants in Halle (Saale). Parts of this building still exist.
Herrmann von Maschwitz, mayor of Halle (first documented mention 1456–1473)
Johann Friedrich von Maschwitz, imperial colonel in the Thirty Years' War , documented in 1593–1650

coat of arms

Family coat of arms: a black bull's head on silver. Helmet: head and neck of a sideways turned bull. Covers: black silver. Later they adopted the Saxon coat of arms (three black bars on gold, covered by a green diagonal diamond wreath) as the gender coat of arms. Only on the helmet did they keep the heraldic motif (crowned, a black or red bull's head with golden horns). The helmet covers are black gold.

literature

Collection of marriage foundations and personal commemorative letters, p. 182
Collections on Village and Peasant Rights, Volume 3, p. 536
The grave monuments in Meissen Cathedral, p. 426
New communications from the field of historical and antiquarian research, Volume 9, pp. 16-18
New general German nobility lexicon, p. 160
Document book on the history of the von Kleist family, Volume 2 p. 227
Vassal families, p. 284
Messages from Noble Wapen, Volume 1, 1786
Document from the Saxon Main State Archives under SächsHStA, Older documents, OU 575

Web links

Literature on the von Maschwitz family in the Wildenfels castle archive

Individual evidence

↑ Eckard Lullies: The feud of Guttenberg against the bailiffs and the feud of the nobility against Eger . Kulmbach 1999. ISBN 3925162194 . P. 34f.
↑ Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Historical grave monuments and their inscriptions in the Dübener Heide . Ed .: AMF. No. 165 , August 2005, p. 74-75 .

[1] Eckard Lullies: The feud of Guttenberg against the bailiffs and the feud of the nobility against Eger . Kulmbach 1999. ISBN 3925162194 . P. 34f.

[2] Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Historical grave monuments and their inscriptions in the Dübener Heide . Ed .: AMF. No. 165 , August 2005, p. 74-75 .