Metzsch
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The von Metzsch are an old knightly Saxon-Meißnisch-Vogtland noble family (1699) and counts (1703-1740) noble family . They are of the same tribe and coat of arms as those of Pölnitz . The Metzsch often appear without the nobility predicate “von”.
It is unclear to what extent there is a connection with the Anhalt count family Metsch , from which the name of the princely line of those of Khevenhüller- Metsch is derived (via Johann Joseph Khevenhüller-Metsch and Carolina von Khevenhüller-Metsch ).
history
The family appears for the first time in 1238 with Gotscalcus von Polnicz and takes the name after the inherited village Mesitz ( Miesitz ) near Neustadt an der Orla . On March 15, 1314, Lutoldus Metsch appears for the first time under this name, also Lutold von Metzsch or Lutold v. Poellnitz . In 1474 Hans Metzsch zu Altenburg is mentioned. At the beginning of the 16th century, knight Konrad von Metzsch zu Mylau was a member of the Burggräflich-Meißnischer and Episcopal council and Heinrich was canon in Naumburg in 1594 . In Naumburg Cathedral there are various epitaphs and coats of arms of the canon Johann Heinrich von Metzsch and other family members. August Friedrich and Joachim Christian von Metzsch were members of the Fruit Bringing Society .
The family was wealthy among others in Groß- and Kleinaga (Reuss), Brunfrisch, from the middle of the 15th century for 500 years at Friesen Castle in Vogtland (which was demolished in 1945), Golmengelin , Gorenzen (from 1713), Irfersgrün , Kleyt , Kreischau , Kleinliebenau , Mosel ) (manor Obermosel II), Mutschau , Mylau Castle (mid-15th to late 16th century), Niedermylau , Polentzke , Reichenbach , Reinsdorf (Reuss), Roßlau , Schkeuditz , Schönfeld (Reuss), Schweta ( 1728–1840), Sornewitz , Wehlitz , Wildenau , Wildschütz , Zobes (until 1719) and Netzschkau Castle , which Caspar von Metzsch built in 1490 (sold in 1578).
coat of arms
The family coat of arms shows a blue rafter (also curved rafter) in silver. A blue and a silver buffalo horn on the crowned helmet. The blankets are blue-silver.
The emperor's coat of arms is quartered and covered with a crowned heart shield. The shield with the imperial eagle as a heart shield was placed on the imperial count's coat of arms.
Important representatives
- Friedrich von Metzsch (1579–1655), Electoral Saxon Privy Councilor, Consistorial President, Reichspfennigmeister
- Georg von Metzsch-Reichenbach (1836–1927), Saxon politician
- Georg von Metzsch-Reichenbach (1864–1931), Saxon high court marshal and chamberlain
- Gustav von Metzsch (1835–1900), Saxon politician
- Hans von Metzsch († 1483), governor in Altenburg
- Heinrich Christoph Metzsch (cathedral dean) († 1680), German manor owner and cathedral dean
- Heinrich Christoph Metzsch (Konsistorialpräsident) (1655–1712), German manor owner, canon and Konsistorialpräsident
- Horst von Metzsch (1874–1946), general of the artillery and military historian
- Joachim Christian von Metzsch , member of the fruitful society ( the efficient )
- Joseph Levin von Metzsch (1501–1571) humanist, Lutheran, introduced the Reformation in 1526 in the Mylau rule
- Karl von Metzsch (1804–1880), German manor owner and politician
- Sebastian Hildebrand von Metzsch (1623–1666), Electoral Saxon Minister
- Thuisko von Metzsch (1918–1994), German entrepreneur
literature
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (Ed.): New General German Adels Lexicon , Volume 6: Loewenthal - Osorowski, Leipzig 1865, pp. 256-258 (with references to older literature)
- Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Ed.): Yearbook of the German Adels , Volume 3, 1899, published by WT Bruer, p. 247 - digitized
- Richard Freiherr von Mansberg: Erbarmannschaft Wettinischer Lande. Documentary contributions to the Upper Saxon regional and local history in Regesten from the 12th to the middle of the 16th century, Vol. 1: Das Osterland, Dresden 1903, pp. 573–632.
- G. von Metzsch: Alliances of the von Metzsch family. In: Vierteljahrsschrift für Wappen-, Siegel- und Familienkunde, 1908, pp. 155–177 and 1908 36th year pp. 62–78
- Franz Menges : Metzsch (Metsch), from. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 262 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume IX, Volume 116 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1998, ISSN 0435-2408
Web links
- Coat of arms of the Metzsch in the register of arms of the Westphalian nobility
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Franz Menges : Metzsch (Metsch), from. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 262 f. ( Digitized version ).
- ^ Original in the Saxon Main State Archives Dresden , No. 350
- ↑ Princely Reussian house archive in Schleiz (in communications from the Plauen VI antiquity association, p. 26)