Order of the old hoe

The order of the old hoe , also known as the knightly order of the old hoe , was established in the Duchy of Liegnitz .

It was donated in 1290 and the aim was to sensitize knights to the times of need and danger.

The medal was a gold hoe with a silver handle. The symbol was affixed to the order's clothing, i.e. coat of arms, tabard and helmet. The sign of the order was most important on the coat of arms. How long the order existed is not certain.

An order of the old hoe , which was mainly dedicated to cultivating friendship among its members, was founded by the Imperial Privy Council, Governor of the Principality of Schweidnitz-Jauer , Count Johann Anton von Schaffgotsch (1675–1742), who was involved in the implementation as the Imperial Commissioner the Altranstädter Convention was significantly involved.

literature

Economic encyclopedia or general system, Dr. Johann Georg Krünitz, online version, p. 551
Latest women's conversation lexicon, Rossberg, Leipzig 1856, Verlag der Roßberg'schen Buchhandlung

Individual evidence

↑ Michael Sachs: The flight of the evangelical wife Anna Magdalena von Reibnitz (1664– ~ 1745) with her five children from Silesia, threatened by forced Catholicization, in 1703 - a mood picture from the age of the Counter Reformation and Pietism. In: Medical historical messages. Journal for the history of science and specialist prose research. Volume 34, 2015 (2016), pp. 221–263, here: p. 231.

[1] Michael Sachs: The flight of the evangelical wife Anna Magdalena von Reibnitz (1664– ~ 1745) with her five children from Silesia, threatened by forced Catholicization, in 1703 - a mood picture from the age of the Counter Reformation and Pietism. In: Medical historical messages. Journal for the history of science and specialist prose research. Volume 34, 2015 (2016), pp. 221–263, here: p. 231.