Oer (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Oer

Oer is the name of an old Westphalian noble family of Vestes Recklinghausen .

history

Cologne Ministeriale

The origin of the von Oer family was the Villication Oer. The present-day district of Oer von Oer-Erkenschwick emerged from this. A moth was unearthed there . The Oberhof Oer with numerous lower courtyards came into the possession of the Archdiocese of Cologne and had been a manorial rule of the cathedral chapter since the 12th century.

The first known bearer of the family name was Henricus de Ore , who is mentioned in a document in 1189 as a witness. The family line begins with the knight Godefridus de Uore (Gottfried von Oer), who is documented in 1204 when the office of mayor was hereditary.

The sex was one of the ministerials in the Electoral Cologne side Country Vest Recklinghausen . Some of the family's daughters entered the Cistercian convent in Flaesheim . Via Vest Recklinghausen, the Oer also played an important role at times in the Duchy of Westphalia , the second Westphalian possession of the Archbishops or Electors of Cologne. Two of them officiated as Marshal of Westphalia and Landdrost, that is, as deputy to the Elector in his capacity as Duke of Westphalia. Members of the family also held similar important functions in the 14th and 15th centuries in Vest Recklinghausen.

Approach to independent rule

Kakesbeck Castle , owned by the family from around 1385 to 1684

In 1389, Oer became pledged or owned by a Heidenreich von Oer . This was now based on the Horneburg in what is now the city of Datteln . His son Heinrich tried to transform the property into a rule independent of Cologne. However, he failed because of an alliance between Archbishop Dietrich von Moers and Count Adolf von Kleve and Berg . The allies took the Horneburg in 1410. In 1417, Emperor Sigismund succeeded in obtaining the right to high jurisdiction, but this too was withdrawn from the von Oer family. Heinrich von Oer had to submit again in 1418.

The von Oer family then lost their property in Vest Recklinghausen. The family initially lived on the Rauschenburg in the area of ​​the bishopric of Münster . From there she was also expelled in 1436 at the behest of the Archbishops of Cologne and then lived at Kakesbeck Castle near Lüdinghausen .

Early modern age

Bruche manor

In 1500, through marriage, the Bruche manor in the Osnabrück Monastery came into the possession of the von Oer family. This was followed by other possessions in this territory, namely in 1683 Gut Langelage in Bohmte . After the Reformation, most of the family converted to the Lutheran denomination. Hermann Philipp von Oer , among others, emerged from the Bruche line . He was a Lieutenant General from Hanover who fought against the Ottomans in the service of the Republic of Venice .

Other members of the family served as droste in various offices. Canons in Münster and Osnabrück came from the parts that remained Catholic . There were also numerous canons of Oer in a range of ladies' pens .

Most of the property in the Osnabrück bishopric fell in the second half of the 18th century through marriage to the Counts of Münster , who have also called themselves Barons von Oer since then.

19./20. century

House Nottbeck
Egelborg House

Ludolf von Oer bought Haus Nottbeck in 1458 . The lawyer Maximilian von Oer (1806–1846) and the painter Theobald Reinhold von Oer (1807–1885) came from there. One of his daughter, Anna Maria von Oer (1846–1929), also became a painter. The son Alexander von Oer (1841-1896) became professor for road and railroad construction and was second rector of the Technical University of Dresden . Ernst von Oer (1845–1925) was initially an educator at the Saxon court, later joined the Benedictine order and was the author of spiritual writings. Franz von Oer (1852–1930) was cathedral dean in Graz and church historian.

In the 17th century, the Egelborg House came from the Lords of Billerbeck to the Barons of Oer, who still own it today. From the Egelborg line come:

Nobility uprisings

  • Imperial baron on November 12, 1677 in Vienna for the landgrave of Hesse's Privy Councilor Burghard von Oer , landlord of Kakesbeck , Dinkelburg (today part of Körbecke ) and Crumbach . Since then, the entire family has been holding the title of baron without objection, the leadership of which is recognized in Prussia through its inclusion in the official "list of families whose baron status appears unquestionable" in 1844 .
  • Royal Saxon baron on June 13, 1906 in Dresden for the brothers Klemens Freiherr von Oer , royal Saxon lieutenant colonel zD, Theobald Freiherr von Oer , royal Saxon colonel zD . and Maximilian Freiherr von Oer , royal Saxon governor in Marienberg , as well as for the female members of this line. The entry in the royal Saxon register of nobility took place on October 13, 1906.

coat of arms

The Oer coat of arms at Kakesbeck Castle

The family coat of arms shows in gold a blue diagonal right bar covered with four strung together, top and bottom adjoining silver tips . On the helmet with blue and gold covers an open golden flight , each diagonally inwardly covered with the sloping beam .

Name bearer

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudolfine von Oer:  Oer, von, Ritter, Freiherren. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 446 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Westfälisches Urkundenbuch , Vol. 7: The documents of the Cologne Westphalia from the year 1200-1300 . Regensbergsche Buchhandlung, Münster 1908, No. 31.
  3. ↑ Rudolfine von Oer:  Oer, von, Ritter, Freiherren. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 446 f. ( Digitized version ).

See also

Web links

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