Murring

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The von Murring family was an early knight dynasty in the Hof area .

history

The history of the von Murring family in the Hof area goes back to the time when the city of Hof was founded . Like the Weißelsdorf , Feilitzsch or Rabensteiner families, they were represented with a knight's seat within the courtyard wall from the first half of the 13th century.

The town house was located in the immediate vicinity of the Hofer monastery , which was also connected to the history of Murring and the closely related Uttenhofen in the early days: Gertrud von Uttenhofen, born Murring as the daughter of Heinrich Murring the elder, belonged to Murring after her husband's death Johann von Uttenhofen, the marshal of the Margrave of Meißen , was one of the founders of the Poor Clare Monastery and was its first abbess.

The importance of the town house for the family was transferred to Hofeck Castle , which was originally called Murringhof. It is documented there from the first documentary mention in 1250 until the beginning of the 15th century. In 1388, the Murringhof together with the Vorwerk Forsteck was a retreat in a feud with Eger . Mercenaries from Cheb stormed both fortifications and later burned them down. In 1402 the court magistrate von Aufseß acquired the Murringhof.

At times, the family owned the moated castle in Unterkotzau , the hilltop castle in Brandstein and the castle estate Forsteck, later called Schartenmauer , as a Vorwerk. She was wealthy in Köditz , Unterkotzau , Wölbattendorf and Leupoldsgrün, among others . A seal shows a knight's helmet with an open flight .

Payments from Burgrave Friedrich prove that the Murring participated in the emperor's procession against Duke Gian Galeazzo Visconti of Milan . In 1412 the Murring were with the army at the battle of Tirschenreuth . In the Waldenfels feud of the von Waldenfels against the imperial cities of Rothenburg , Windsheim and Nuremberg , the Murring were also on the side of the Waldenfels in Lichtenberg . The last known family member was Hildbrand von Murring, mentioned in 1461 when a copper mine was awarded in Rudolphstadt.

literature

  • Hans Hofner : Murringhof and Gut Hofeck - history of a Vogtland knight's seat and its afterlehen on the outskirts of Hof . Hof 1972. pp. 7-30.
  • Hans Hofner: The Murringhof and Hofeck Palace - On the history of a Vogtland knight's seat on the outskirts of Hof . In: Special print from the Kulturwarte - Nordostoberfränkische monthly for art and culture . Hof 1974.