Noé-Nordberg

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Noé-Nordberg was an Austrian noble family , which was originally called "Noé Edle von Nordberg". With the fall of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and the ban on all titles of nobility, the name was shortened to Noé-Nordberg.

The Noé-Nordbergs estate is located in Meires , in the northern Waldviertel of Lower Austria, and consists of the moated castle there, the courtyard in Meires, a bulk box , the castle and the courtyard in nearby Grünau, as well as the associated lands. These consist in equal parts of field ownership, forest ownership and pond farming with the associated carp production and are still family-owned today.

history

The Noé family were French Huguenots who were expelled from France under Louis XIV at the beginning of the 18th century and emigrated to Austria. When a descendant of Noé was supposed to go to Paris as an ambassador, the Viennese court was of the opinion that a French name was not appropriate, and it was agreed with him that he should use the name Nordberg for his posting to Paris .

The family was ennobled by Franz the First after Karl Gustav Adolf Noé (1789–1885) had earned services as a diplomat for the emperor and then for 14 years (today as doubtful) successes as police director of the kk police headquarters in Vienna had recorded, temporarily also deployed as such from Innsbruck , Linz and Mainz : Here he set up the Mainz information office and organized the notorious informers under Metternich ; its confederate network spanned France, Belgium, England, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. In October 1841 Noé returned to Vienna from Mainz, made a career in the police department, but was unexpectedly dismissed in November 1850. "The reasons for his dismissal are not clear, speculation on land possibly played a role, which under certain circumstances also helped his later acquaintance Friedrich Hebbel to a house on Lake Traunsee."

Since 1831 he carried the title of Police High Commissioner , and in 1836 Noé was elevated to the nobility with the title Edler von Nordberg . In 1899, Nordbergstraße in Vienna- Alsergrund (9th district) was named after him, which is still called that today.

coat of arms

Family coat of arms Noé-Nordberg, graphic new creation based on old templates and descriptions

Essential elements of the nobility and family coat of arms are:

  • the five-pointed crown of the letter nobility
  • the crane , in heraldry an allegory of vigilance, holding a stone on the right (if the stone falls to the ground, the crane wakes up)
  • the Noah's Ark on mountains
  • two roses, each in the center in red and gold roughened free quarters
  • the crane on the crown is framed by eagle wings in open flight
  • imaginative crown ceilings
  • the motto Omnia Vi Divina (Everything through divine power)

The use of aristocratic and family coats of arms has been prohibited in Austria since the Nobility Repeal Act 1919.

Descendants

The best-known descendants of the noble family are the actors Maximilian Schell and Maria Schell , whose mother was Margarethe Noé von Nordberg , and Hermann Noé-Nordberg (born January 4, 1907 in Klagenfurt , † July 10, 1998 in Vienna), professor at the Vienna University of Music and his son Kurt (1946–2010), who was the innovative spirit of the Austrian Automobile, Motorcycle and Touring Club for over 30 years and is considered to be the founder of the ÖAMTC air rescue under the umbrella of the Christophorus Air Rescue Association .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fritz Antonius: On the Confederacy of the Vormärz. In: Lothar Gross: Historische Blätter, on behalf of the officials of the House, Court and State Archives , 7th issue, Vienna 1937, p. 97 ff.
  2. ↑ Hans Adler (Ed.): Literary Secret Reports. Metternich agents' logs. Vol. 1. Köln, Leske, 1977, p. 39.
  3. ^ "Mister ÖAMTC" Kurt Nordberg died after a long illness. In: nachrichten.at . April 23, 2010, accessed July 31, 2016 .