Obernitz (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Obernitz

Obernitz is the name of an old Thuringian - Eastern noble family . The Lords of Obernitz belonged to the Vogtland nobility . Branches of the family still exist today.

history

origin

On June 19, 1258, the family appeared for the first time in a document with Heinrich von Obernitz on Ziegenrück as feudal and castle man of the Counts of Orlamünde . The family line begins with Apel von Obernitz auf Liebschütz , who is mentioned in documents from 1369 to 1394.

The original headquarters of the same name in Obernitz , which was first mentioned in 1228, is now part of the city of Saalfeld in Thuringia. The present-day Obernitz Castle , however, was only built in the Renaissance style by the Lords of Thüna , who took over the Obernitz estate in 1534.

Other family origins are also mentioned in older literature. Johann Friedrich Gauhe derived the family from the old tribe of Brandenstein . This is what an ancestor of this family, Friedrich von Brandenstein (around 1295), is said to have named himself after his knight seat von Obernitz. Valentin König mentions even earlier origins. An Apel von Obernitz, Vogt zu Ziegenrück, is supposed to appear in an old Vicedomic manuscript in 1152. In the same year, he is said to have traveled to a Reichstag in Frankfurt on behalf of Bishop Wichmann von Naumburg .

Expansion and possessions

Ziegenrück Castle

The family acquired considerable property over time. The lords of Obernitz were still the late 13th century as ministerials to the Castle Ziegenrück , they also acquired the resalable 1448th Other Thuringian goods included Tausa , Liebschütz (until 1760), Liebengrün , Külmla , Möckern , Grobengereuth , Henfstädt , Neidenberga and Eßbach . The successors of her ancestral seat were her coats of arms, those of Poseck , since 1328 .

Feudal relationships also existed with the Thuringian landgraves and the counts of Schwarzburg . In 1448 Duke Wilhelm of Saxony resold the town and castle Ziegenrück for 2000 guilders to Veit von Obernitz. In 1455 Hans von Obernitz bought Castle Voigtsberg, including the Vogtsberg office and Vogtsberg with the towns of Oelsnitz , Adorf and Neukirchen, from Heinrich the Younger von Reuss zu Plauen . Another Hans von Obernitz zu Oschalling was Reichsschultheiss in Nuremberg from 1505 to 1530 .

In 1558 members of the family were accepted into the Frankish imperial knighthood of the canton of Gebürg . Membership also existed in the knight canton of Rhön-Werra and probably in the knight cantons of Baunach and Staigerwald .

In the 19th century, properties in Lower Lusatia , including Klein Gaglow (1811-1840), Türkendorf and Weißag , were acquired. In Silesia the family zu Burgwitz, Gorschel and Machnitz (all in the district of Trebnitz ) owned.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, members of the family distinguished themselves primarily in the Saxon, Württemberg and Prussian military services.

Of the two main lines of the sex, that of Tausa was extinguished as early as 1778. The Liebschützer line is still in bloom today. A family association was established on October 9, 1925 .

Status surveys

Johann Heinrich von Obernitz imperial Reichshofrat , mint master and Duke of Saxony-merseburgischer privy , was on 30 April 1695. Vienna by Emperor Leopold I in the realm baron conditions applicable.

Ludwig Karl, the natural son of the Duke of Württemberg Chamberlain and Lieutenant Colonel Georg Ludwig Freiherr von Obernitz and Henriette Caroline Renzler, received nobility legitimation in Donaueschingen on October 16, 1789, with the settlement of his father's name and coat of arms, but without the title of baron. The confirmation was issued by the Imperial Palatinate Count Joseph Maria Benedikt Fürst zu Fürstenberg.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a red pole in silver. On the helmet is a red hat with an ermine lapel, which is equipped with two short quivers, each of which has a white pheasant feather. The helmet covers are red-silver.

Well-known namesake

Hugo von Obernitz (1819–1901), Adjutant General of Kaiser Wilhelm I.

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Diplomatarium Portense, page 46a
  2. ^ Gerhard Köbler : Historical Lexicon of the German Lands. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 , p. 484.