Neuhoff (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Neuhoff

Neuhoff is the name of an old Westphalian noble family from the county of Mark , which can be traced back to the 14th century.

Numerous sidelines emerged from the family. The headquarters are at Neuenhof Palace (near Lüdenscheid ). Other possessions were Pungelscheid (near Werdohl ), Ley House (near Ründeroth ), Eibach Castle (near Lindlar , today ruins) and Koverstein Castle (near Meinerzhagen , today remains of ruins). For generations, the family held the Drosten in some offices in the region and occupied other influential positions. The only king of Corsica , a bishop and several abbots emerged from it. Branches of the family still exist today.

history

Trunk line

Rötger (Rütger) vam Nienhave (Niggenhove) is the oldest known representative of the family and was first mentioned in a letter to Soest in 1326. In 1331 "Rütger van dem Niggenhove, a well-born Knape" was enfeoffed with a sum of money by Count Heinrich von Nassau-Siegen . The Niggenhove was probably a moated castle. Rötger had two sons, Engelbert and Rötger.

Engelbert "dey Kelner" van dem Niggenhove was named in 1338 and 1352 as the owner of the Neuenhoff house. He was married to Judit (Gudeke) von Düdenscheid, their children were Rötger, Eberhard (Evert) and Engelbert.

Engelbert (II.) Van dem Niggenhove "dey Schnacke" still owned half the Neuenhoff house. He married Agnes (Neyse) von Deisinghausen in 1361 and had two sons with her, Engelbert and Johann.

Rütger von Neuhoff auf Kaltenbach bei Ründeroth appears in 1370.

Engelbert (III.) Vam Nyenhofe married Elisabeth von Fremersdorff and had six children with her.

Johann von dem Neyenhofe appears in a document in 1395 and seals.

Röttger (II.) Von Neuhoff "dey Duve" (the dove) (* 1378, † 1447), son of Engelbert, defended Bergneustadt Castle in 1404 in the service of Count Adolf von Kleve , conquered the Wolffsburg in Hesse, the city of Lennep in Bergischen and moved to Mülheim am Rhein . Because of his services, he was appointed bailiff to Lüdenscheid , Bergneustadt, Breckerfeld and Plettenberg . In 1408 he acquired his brothers and cousins' shares in Neuenhoff Castle and thus became the sole owner. In 1419 he married Elisabeth von Plettenberg and had two sons, Johann and Hermann, and a daughter with her. In 1435 he was mayor of Lüdenscheid.

Adolf von Neuhoff called von der Ley began the uninterrupted line of trunks in 1420 .

Johann von Neuhoff "dey Duve", inherited Neuenhoff Castle and the Drostenamt in Lüdenscheid and Breckerfeld. He married Margret von und zu Cobbenrode .

Georg von Neuhoff († 1538), Johann's only son, inherited the Drostenamt zu Lüdenscheid and Breckerfeld. He married Bilie (Wigile) Steck zur Steinkulen and had four children with her.

Jacob von Neuhoff († 1578), Georg's son, was Drost zur Bergneustadt and had been married to Elske Quad von Wickrad zu Stadteck since 1529 , with whom he had five children.

Steffen von Neuhoff († 1609), son of Jacob, became truchess of Duke Wilhelm zu Jülich-Kleve-Berg and inherited the Drostenamt in Bergneustadt. In 1572 he married Margret von und zu Canstein and thus came to her inheritance at Horstmar and Neuchâtel. The couple had 10 children, the oldest was Leopold.

Leopold von Neuhoff (* 1574, † 1634) became a councilor of Brandenburg as a result of the Jülich-Klevian succession dispute around 1614 . In 1632 he became Drost to Hörde and Lünen and gave up the office in Bergneustadt. He was married to Elisabeth Schenckinck zu Bevern, Haselünen and Horstmar.

Steffen von Neuenhoff (* 1608, † 1671), his son, and was also councilor of Brandenburg as well as Droste zu Altena and Iserlohn. In 1643 he had Neuenhoff Castle expanded into a two-story residential building after war damage. He married Adolpha von Ascheberg in 1638 and had nine children with her.

Johann Leopold von Neuhoff (* 1641, † 1701), Steffen's eldest son, was Mr. zu Neuenhoff and Laer . He traveled through France and Italy and in 1666 became a captain in Brandenburg. Furthermore, he was Clever and Märkischer Judicial and Court Judge and Droste zu Altena and Iserlohn. He had the castle extended on the east side with two flanking towers. In 1695 the work was completed by putting on a weather vane with the year.

Elisabeth Josina Neuhoff, his daughter from his second marriage to Ida von und zu Laar, became the sole heir due to the lack of male offspring. In 1714 she married the baron Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Christian von Bottlenbeck called Kessell zu Hackhausen.

Neuhoff to Pungelscheid

Hermann (I.) von Neuhoff, the second son of Röttger (II.) And Elisabeth von Plettenberg (see above) was in 1465 lord of Pungelscheid , pledge of the house of Rade auf der Volme and Droste zu Nienrade.

Hermann (II.) Von Neuhoff, Hermann's son, owned Neuenrade and was married to Catharina von Bonzel. Their sons Volmer, Caspar and Bernd were named as brothers and witnesses in a letter from Herdecke Abbey in 1524 .

Volmer von Neuhoff († before 1544) inherited the Drostenamt and the property in Neuenrade and was mentioned in 1509–1543. Around 1520 he married Anna von Voss zu Rodenberg and had three sons with her, Hermann, Wilhelm and Volmer. However, Pungelscheid Castle fell to his brother Caspar. From him she inherited his son-in-law Jaspar Rump von Varenbert.

Volmer (II.), Son of Volmers (I.) von Neuhoff, still lived in 1560. He was married to Sophia Knipping zum Grimberg and Grevel and had eight children with her, including Gert and Hermann.

Gert von Neuhoff inherited the Drostenamt Nienrade and was master of Rhade, Gelinde and Grevel. In 1573 he accompanied Duke Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg to Prussia and took part in a tournament in Düsseldorf in 1585 . In 1598 he became Drost to Bergneustadt. In 1607 he was enfeoffed with Lüneburg and was now called Drost zu Lünen, Herr zu Grevel. He was initially married to Cecilia von Ingenhaven and had a son with her, Wilhelm. After that he was married three more times and had many more children.

Wilhelm von Neuhoff, Herr zu Rhade und Gelinde, was also Drost zu Lünen and Nienrade. During the Thirty Years' War he became War Commissioner of the Kurbrandenburg region in 1627. In 1636 he married his 14-year-old cousin Anna Henrica von Neuhoff called Ley, heiress to Pungelscheid and thus brought Pungelscheid back into family ownership. The marriage had four children.

Diedrich Steffen von Neuhoff († 1694), Wilhelm's eldest son, became master of Pungelscheid, Gelinde, Brandenburg Drost of Nienrade and Cleve and Märkischer Justizrat. In 1622 he also married a cousin, Anna Elisabeth von und zu Neuhoff. With her he had 10 children, including Frantz Bernhard Johan and Leopold Wilhelm, the father of the brief king of Corsica, Theodor von Neuhoff .

Frantz Bernhard Johan von Neuhoff (* 1664, † 1747) became master of Pungelscheid, Rade, Ebach, Gelinde, Muckhausen and Sassenrade. In addition, he became a royal Prussian secret councilor and Drost zu Nienrade, Altena and Iserlohn . With his second wife Amalia Wilhelmina Elisabeth von der Mark zu Vilgeste he had three sons and four daughters. The von Neuhoff family still exists today

Neuhoff to Ahausen

Hermann (III.) Von Neuhoff (* around 1530, † 1581), son of Volmar II von Neuhoff zu Pungelscheid, married Elisabeth von Schnellenberg , heiress of Ahausen , before 1559 and through her came into possession of Gut Ahausen . Their children were called Wilhelm, Johann and Anna.

Wilhelm von Neuhoff zu Ahausen inherited Ahausen. His brother Johann von Neuhoff was mentioned in 1586 as Lord of Förde , Niedermarpe and Weuspert . Johann's daughter Theodora Guida inherited Niedermarpe in 1633 and later married Ernst Jobst von Schledorn . His sister Anna von Neuhoff married in 1592 the Cologne councilor and Drosten of the offices of Eversberg and Medebach Heinrich von Schade , who owned a castle manor in Grevenstein .

Johann Adrian von Neuhoff, Wilhelm's son, inherited Ahausen Castle.

His son, who lived as a princely Fulda bailiff in Bieberstein , sold the Ahausen estate to his cousin Johann Moritz von Schade zu Grevenstein in 1642.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a hanging chain of mostly three links. A tournament hat with more or less flight feathers on the helmet. The tinctures are different. The Neuhof without nicknames have a silver chain in black, the Neuhof called von der Ley have the silver chain in blue and those with flight feathers one after the other black and silver, these blue and silver. Initially, the Neuhof, called Ley, seem to have only had two half rings in their coat of arms.

Known family members

Theodor von Neuhoff

literature

  • Dietrich Woeste: Knights, hunters and soldiers: the history of Pungelscheid Castle, a small aristocratic seat in the Märkisches Sauerland. Mönnig, Iserlohn 1991.
  • Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon. Volume IX, Volume 116 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1998, ISSN  0435-2408

See also

Web links

Commons : Neuhoff  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume IX, pp. 388–389, Volume 116 of the complete series, Limburg (Lahn) 1998
  2. ↑ Lippische Regesten No. 1437