Nordhausen (noble family)

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The knight dynasty of Nordhausen had been recorded as a mayor of the imperial city of Nordhausen since 1157 .

history

Rixner mentions an early medieval representative of the imperial city in his tournament book: "In 969 Christoph von Nordhausen registered for the tournament in Merseburg, but not allowed to play because he could not prove his nobility". Reinhard von Nordhausen , who - also according to Rixner's report - was allowed to take part in the tournament in Göttingen, had more luck in 1119 . Since in 969 the added "von Nordhausen" meant much more the place of origin than the family name, and because Reinhard does not appear in any document book, her affiliation with the otherwise well-documented von Nordhausen family has not been proven.

The proper lineage of the family begins with Hermann, the first mayor of the imperial city of Nordhausen , recorded in 1157 . The family may have come from the Scherinburg in Thuringia , as may other Thuringian noble families who had a scissor coat of arms, including that of Schernberg and the marshals (the latter had two scissors in the coat of arms, like the Frankish von Giech ). It is uncertain whether his successor, Cunemund de Nordhusen , who handed over his land to the Counts of Honstein in 1203, was the same person as Cunemund of Scherinburg, who also acted in 1203. However, the tribal relationship of the two families must have been very close, not only because of the identical lead names and the single coat of arms, but also because of their common second seal, the billy goat.

In the 3rd generation, the family splits into two lines. The descendants of Heinrich I stayed in Nordhausen and took part in the politics of the imperial city as mayors, councilors and councilors. The name and size of their fiefs are not recorded. Hans I, who was mayor of Nordhausen after his brother Heinrich I (1229–1239) in 1242, later moved to Halle an der Saale . There he died in 1304 as the owner of the salt works ("Pfänner") after he donated the St. Andrew's altar in the St. Gertrud Church "for the salvation of his soul". He and his descendants were enfeoffed by the Magdeburg bishop with Kollenberg (Collenboy), Kreypan, Deutschbrunnen, Beesen an der Saale and the Radewell estate.

While the Nordhauser line expired with the death of the mayor of Mühlhausen Friedrich in the 15th century, the Halle line flourished until the Thirty Years' War . Like their cousins ​​in Nordhausen, they too played important roles as city councilors in the politics of the city of Halle and in the saltworks industry. Only a few went to the military or to court service. B. Curd Christoph, the assoc. Saxony-Eisenach stable master .

After the representatives of the 11th generation, Elisabeth (* 1604) and her three brothers, Caspar IV (* 1612), Reinhard (* 1616) and Conrad Caspar (* 1619), the genealogy of those von Nordhausen researched by Dreyhaupt no longer has any family members , the sex is likely to have died out in the 30 Years War. The family membership of the v. Kneschke's "German Adelslexicon". Nordhausen (without first name), who was postmaster in Neustadt-Eberswalde in 1845, is therefore not likely.

Personalities

  • Bertho (1290) was a German knight.
  • Caspar III (* 1584, † 1633) was town hall master of Halle and Salzgraf of the region.
  • Three clergy are notarized: Werner (1253), monk of the Heudorf monastery, Konrad II (1387), vicar of St. Severi in Erfurt and Georg II, Protestant canon and dean in Merseburg († 1623).

coat of arms

Like the von Schernberg family, the von Nordhausen family also featured the billy goat coat of arms in addition to the armorial bearings.

See also

literature

  • Dobencker, Otto: Regesta diplomatica necnon Epistolaria Historiae Thüringiae (Jena 1896-1939).
  • Dreyhaupt, Johann Christoph von: Genealogical tables (1770).
  • Förstemann, EG: Documented history of the city of Nordhausen (1927).
  • Kneschke, Ernst: German Adelslexicon (1885).
  • Linke, Günther: Nordhäuser document book (1936).
  • Meissner, Gerhard: Document book of the imperial city of Nordhausen 1267–1703 (1939).
  • Müller, Walter: Official Register of the Imperial City of Nordhausen 1312-1345 (1956).
  • Silberborth, Hans : History of the free imperial city of Nordhausen (1997).
  • Siebmacher's heraldic books (1596–1999)
  • Document books of the imperial city of Nordhausen, the city of Halle, the Erfurt founders and monasteries and the St. Johann monastery near Halberstadt.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ O. Posse: "Scherensippe"