Miltitz (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those of Miltitz

Miltitz is the name of an old Saxon- Meissn noble family from the parent house of the same name from Miltitz near Meißen . Baron branches of the sex continue to the present day.

history

The family with Theodericus de Miltitz appears for the first time in a document in 1186 . The direct line of trunks begins with Johannes de Miltitz (mentioned in 1334). The headquarters in Miltitz near Meißen remained in the family's possession until the 17th century.

Scharfenberg Castle (1827), painting by EF Oehme
Batzdorf Castle

The Naumburg canon and dean of the Canons' monastery Bibra Johann I von Miltitz († 1352) was elected Bishop of Naumburg in 1348 . In the 15th century the family belonged to the knighthood of the diocese of Naumburg .

From 1403 Dietrich von Miltitz owned Scharfenberg Castle on a rocky promontory above the Elbe Valley near Meißen, which remained in the family's possession until 1941. In the first quarter of the 19th century Scharfenberg Castle became a center of Romanticism (the so-called “Scharfenberg Circle”) by the art-loving Dietrich von Miltitz and Karl Borromäus von Miltitz .

In 1437 Batzdorf Castle was acquired. At the beginning of the 16th century, Ernst von Miltitz had the manor house, which had been in existence since the second half of the 15th century, expanded and gave it the shape that is still visible today. Batzdorf remained in the family's possession until 1945.

In 1433, Bernhard von Miltitz bought the villages of Oberau , Gohlis and the Droschkewitz desert near Meißen and assigned them to his wife Afra. In 1436, however, he sold it to the Altzella monastery , whose secularized property became an electoral prince during the Reformation in 1534. In 1550 Ernst von Miltitz bought the former monastery of Oberau Castle on Batzdorf , which then remained in the family until 1817.

Sigismund von Miltitz the Elder was a Saxon bailiff and bailiff as well as the owner of Rabenau Castle . With his wife Katharina von Miltitz (1454), the children Tietze von Miltitz , Caspar von Miltitz (1548) (buried in 1559 in the Rabenau church), Heinrich von Miltitz , Karl von Miltitz and Maria von Miltitz († in the Malter works , buried in 1593 in the Seifersdorf church). Heinrich von Miltitz was the owner of Rabenau Castle from 1533 to 1565 and owner of the Malter Vorwerk from 1565 to 1539. The children Caspar Ulbricht von Miltitz (1592) and Sara Maria von Miltitz (1596) were born in the Vorwerk Malter with his wife von Lüttichau .

Siebeneichen Castle

In 1543 Ernst von Miltitz acquired Siebeneichen Castle on the slope of the Elbe upstream from Meißner's old town, which he had expanded into a Renaissance castle from 1553. In 1748, under Heinrich Gottlob von Miltitz, a three-wing building was added to the west side of the castle. Siebeneichen was also an important place of romanticism in Saxony, where u. a. Heinrich von Kleist, Novalis and Johann Gottlieb Fichte frequented.

The elevation to the imperial baron status took place on October 25, 1678 for Moritz Heinrich von Miltitz , landlord of Batzdorf and Robschütz , electoral Saxon chamberlain and court and judicial councilor . George III recognized the baron status on May 8, 1686 in Dresden. The elevation to the royal Saxon baron status took place on June 13, 1885 for Alfred von Miltitz , landlord of Siebeneichen and Scharfenberg, royal Saxon chamberlain and master of ceremonies .

Marie Freiin von Miltitz auf Batzdorf married Karl Freiherrn von Friesen (1847–1928), who was given the name Freiherr von Friesen-Miltitz in 1880 through a name association with a royal Saxon diploma . The family lived on Batzdorf until 1945.

The founder of a Pomeranian line was Hans von Miltitz (1571–1621), Lord of Klein Podel , Falkenhagen , Reinfeld and Heinrichsdorf . He was court junker, later chief steward , secret councilor at the court in Stettin, as well as court president and castle captain in Stolp . Later the Miltitz were able to take possession of the goods Daber, Repkow, Mackwitz, Neuenhagen and Lietzow. With Dietrich Friedrich August Karl von Miltitz (1821–1876), Herr auf Stupnica, the Pomeranian line found its starting point.

The family is related to the von Maltitz family in tribal and coat of arms.

possession

The family's possessions included (documented since 1186) the headquarters of Miltitz near Meißen (until the 17th century), from 1403 Scharfenberg Castle (until 1941), from 1437 Batzdorf Castle (until 1880, in the female line Friesen-Miltitz until 1945 ), from 1543 the Siebeneichen Castle (until 1945), from 1454 the Rabenau Castle and the Malter works. Above the Elbe, the Miltitzer Ländchen extended from Scharfenberg via Batzdorf to Siebeneichen. Oberau Castle was owned by the family from 1550 to 1817, the Schenkenberg manor from 1558 to 1791.

Coat of arms from the Siebmacher from 1605

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows three black bars in silver . On the crowned helmet with black and silver covers two buffalo horns marked like the shield.

In some historical images, such as Siebmacher 1605, shield and horns are shown divided seven times by silver and black. In the case of the tribal and coat-of-arms related Maltitz , the order of the seven-fold division of the shield is reversed.

Known family members

  • Karl von Miltitz (* around 1490–1529), papal nuncio, negotiated with Luther
  • Ernst von Miltitz (1495–1555), builder of Siebeneichen Castle near Meißen (1545–1553), captain of the Meißnian district , ducal court marshal, chief steward to the duchess and advisor to Prince Moritz of Saxony
  • Bernhard von Miltitz († 1626), German military, traveler and diplomat
  • Hans von Miltitz (1577–1644), Provost of Meißen
  • Haubold von Miltitz (* around 1613–1690), Electoral Saxon Chancellor
  • Heinrich Gebhard von Miltitz (1633–1688), Chief Chamberlain, Court Marshal, Privy Councilor, Chancellor
  • Moritz Heinrich von Miltitz (1654–1705), landlord of Batzdorf and Siebeneichen, chamberlain, envoy, privy councilor
  • Dietrich von Miltitz (court official) (1664–1747), electoral Hesse-Darmstadt secret council
  • Ernst Haubold von Miltitz (1684–1733), son of Moritz Heinrich von Miltitz
  • Heinrich Gottlob von Miltitz (1687–1757), builder of the New Palace (1745–1748), lawyer, judge of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce in Wetzlar
  • Dietrich Alexander von Miltitz (1726–1792), Major General of the Electorate of Saxony
  • Ernst Haubold von Miltitz (1739–1774), friend and sponsor of Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , educator and sponsor of Johann Gottlieb Fichte
  • Carl Werner Ernst von Miltitz († 1764), royal Polish and electoral Saxon chamberlain and manor owner
  • Dietrich von Miltitz (1769–1853), Prussian lieutenant general and founder of the Scharfenberg Circle at Scharfenberg Castle and Siebeneichen Castle.
  • Sarah Anna von Miltitz (1774-1819), b. Constable (an Englishwoman), wife of Dietrich von Miltitz, creator of the English landscape park below Siebeneichen Castle
  • Karl Borromäus von Miltitz (1781–1845), Catholic, poet and composer, co-initiator of the Scharfenberg Circle
  • Bernhard von Miltitz (1824–1880), royal Saxon lieutenant general and commandant of Dresden
  • Therese von Miltitz (1827–1912), daughter of Karl Borromäus von Miltitz, leading old Catholic
  • Ludwig Carl von Miltitz († 1948), last landlord at Siebeneichen Castle, expropriated in 1945
  • Monica von Miltitz (1885–1972), b. Baroness von Friesen, wife of Ludwig Carl von Miltitz, last landlady at Siebeneichen Castle

as well as the members of the Fruitful Society

literature

Web links

Commons : Miltitz family  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility. Adelslexikon Volume IX, p. 76, Volume 116 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1998.
  2. ^ Alfred Leicht: Siebeneichen and Ernst von Miltitz. In: Messages from the Association for the History of the City of Meißen. Volume 5 (1900), Issue 2, pp. 111-164, see digitalisat
  3. ↑ Saxon Biography Moritz Heinrich von Miltitz (accessed on May 3, 2016)
  4. ^ Batzdorf Castle Catalog with numerous members of the von Miltitz family (accessed on May 3, 2016)
  5. ↑ Maja Rehbein: Monica Freifrau von Miltitz - Kulturimpuls (accessed on May 3, 2016)