Mozart (family)

Mozart is a German name that can be traced back to about 1321 in Swabia , the area between the Lech , Danube and Allgäu . The original spelling is Moſzhart and means either dirty man or swampy wood, depending on the translation of the term Hardt or Hart. The word Hardt occurs to this day in many village names near Augsburg, Hart is even more common.

Right Leopold Mozart with the violin. Left at the piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister Maria Anna. In the background the latter two mother. Painted by Johann Nepomuk della Croce .

Memorial plaque to Franz Mozart in the Fuggerei , Augsburg

A family of artisans and musicians of this name comes from this area; from her comes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart .

ancestors

Mozart's ancestors came from Swabia. His oldest known ancestor , the carpenter Hans Motzhart (* before 1506; † after 1567) is said to come from today Fischach gehörendem Weiler Heimberg . This can be concluded from the fact that he and his descendants were nicknamed "the Heimberger". His father is said to be Alter Motzhart, mentioned in Heimberg in 1487. In 1506 Hans Motzhart was first mentioned in a document in Leitershofen . In 1515 he acquired an interest-bearing Sölde from Kaisheim Monastery , which he and his descendants managed. This results in the following ancestry:

1. Alterations Motzhart (mentioned 1487)
   1. Hans Motzhart (before 1506 – after 1567), mercenary in Leitershofen
      1. Leonhard Motzhart, mercenary in Leitershofen
         1. Peter Motzhart, mercenary in Leitershofen
         2. Jerg Motzhart (before 1570 – after 1608), village judge

Memorial plaque with reference to the Leitershofen Mozarts.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart comes from the descendants of Peter Motzhart. Peter's son David moved to Pfersee around 1608 .

Tribe list

1. David Moſzhardt († 1625/6), farmer in Pfersee near Augsburg
   1. David Mozart (also Motzhart or Motzhardt), 1620–1685, bricklayer and master builder in Augsburg, built the tower of the parish church in Dillingen on the Danube , which served as the summer residence of the bishops of Augsburg ; married to Maria Negele
      1. Daniel Mozart, 1645–1683, bricklayer
      2. Hans Georg Mozart , 1647-1719, masons and builders, guild-masters , built the provost of St. George in Augsburg, employees at Fuggerhaus
      3. Franz Mozart , 1649–1694, bricklayer , married to Anna Haerrer from Oberbuch near Isen
         1. Johann Georg Mozart , May 4, 1679 - February 19, 1736, bookbinder in Augsburg , second marriage to Anna Maria Sulzer from Augsburg , 1696–1766
            1. Leopold Mozart , 1719–1787, composer, married to Anna Maria Pertl from St. Gilgen, Salzburg
               1. Johann Joachim Leopold Mozart, August 18, 1748 - February 2, 1749
               2. Maria Anna Cordula Mozart, June 18, 1749 - June 24, 1749
               3. Maria Anna Nepomucena Walpurgis Mozart, May 13, 1750 - July 29, 1750
               4. Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart , called "Nannerl", 1751–1829. married to Johann Baptist Baron Berchtold von Sonnenburg (1736–1801)
                  1. Leopold Alois Pantaleon Berchtold zu Sonnenburg, July 25, 1785 - June 16, 1840, Innsbruck
                  2. Johanna Maria Anna Elisabeth, called "Jeanette" Berchtold zu Sonnenburg, May 23, 1789 in St. Gilgen - September 1, 1805, Salzburg
                  3. Maria Barbara Berchtold zu Sonnenburg, November 27, 1790 - April 26, 1791, St. Gilgen
               5. Joannes Carolus Amadeus Mozart, November 4, 1752 - February 2, 1753
               6. Maria Crescentia Francisca de Paula Mozart, May 9, 1754 - June 27, 1754
               7. Joan̄es Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus, known as Wolfgang Amadé Mozart , January 27, 1756 - December 5, 1791, composer, married to Constanze Weber from the southern Black Forest
                  1. Raimund Leopold, 1783–1783
                  2. Carl Thomas , kk. Civil servant, 1784-1858
                  3. Johann Leopold, 1786–1786
                  4. Theresia, 1787–1788
                  5. Anna, 1789-1789
                  6. Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart , composer, 1791–1844
            2. Franz Alois Mozart, † 1791, bookbinder in Augsburg
               1. Maria Anna Thekla Mozart (the "Bäsle"), 1758–1841
            3. 5 more sons, 2 daughters
         2. Franz Mozart , 1681–1732, sculptor in Straubing
      4. David Mozart 1653–1710, clergyman
      5. Johann Michael Mozart, 1655–1718, sculptor
      6. 4 more daughters

The family name Mozart was well known in its time through the composer Leopold Mozart and in particular through his son Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart .

literature

• Veronika Beci : The Mozart family . Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-538-07211-6 .
• Bernhard Graf: Mozart's forgotten ancestors. An artist family from Augsburg and Swabia , Allitera Verlag, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-96233-132-0 .
• Gabriele Krist-Krug: Hans Georg Mozart (1647–1719). Baroque master builder of a famous family from Augsburg: Life and Work , Wißner, Augsburg 2006, ISBN 3-89639-522-X
• Adolf Layer : The Augsburg artist family Mozart , Die Brigg publishing house, Augsburg without a year
• Heinz Schuler : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Ancestors and relatives , Degner, Neustadt an der Aisch 1980, ISBN 3-7686-6018-4

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine: Mozart's oldest known ancestor is a Leitershofer . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed on November 11, 2017]).
2. ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine: "I am an Augsburger!" In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed on November 11, 2017]).
3. ↑ Kluger, Martin., Kleiner, Wolfgang B .: WA Mozart and Augsburg: ancestors, hometown and first love; Locations, history, sights . 1st edition. Context-Verl, Augsburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-939645-05-4 .
4. ↑ Archive materials showcase - 1st archive in Kißlegg , accessed on August 3, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Mozart biography. Accessed March 31, 2020 . 

Web links

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