Ostau (noble family)

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Ostau is the name of an old Prussian noble family . The Lords of Ostau belong to the East Prussian nobility . Branches of the family still exist today.

Coat of arms of those of Ostau

history

origin

The family originally called itself Ponnau, after the parent company of the same name in the former district of Königsberg . The first mention one of Ponnau 1380. His sons Hans and Jacob of Ponnau on Kisitten be on 15 March 1414 Jacobsdorf invested . Kneschke names Johann von Ostau , who appeared in 1435, as a family member. At the time of Paul von Rusdorf , the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order , he is religious Ensign and Panierführer have been. In a family certificate it says"His descendants have been famous warriors, chancellors and wise counselors from time to time" .

According to the Genealogical Handbook , the name of Ostau was only adopted around 1535, for reasons that are no longer comprehensible today. The family line begins with Georg von Ostau († 1551) on Kisitten and Kegels.

Spread and lines

Two of the three sons of the progenitor Georg von Ostau became the founders of the two lines of the family. Fabian von Ostau auf Kisitten and Kegels was the founder of the older line and Siegmund von Ostau auf Kleszowen the founder of the younger line. The third son Johann von Ostau auf Ilischken and Jacobsdorf died without offspring. The older line went out in the middle of the 18th century, while the younger line could get into the present day. Branches later also settled in the Jerichower district of the Duchy of Magdeburg .

From the older line came Albrecht von Ostau (1613–1678), a grandson of Fabian, Herr auf Nerfken , Kegels, Sedlienen and Schönfliess. He became a privy councilor and court judge . Ludwig von Ostau (1663–1737), Herr auf Lablacken , was secret budget minister, chancellor and feudal director. He married Maria Casimira Elenore Countess von Schlieben . In 1756 with the death of Albrecht Siegmund von Ostau (* 1712), captain in the "von Canitz" regiment, the older line in the male line became extinct .

From the younger line, Johann von Ostau (1592–1631) came to Kampken and Taktau, son of Siegmund von Ostau. He became a Prussian court judge and married Catherine von Kunheim from the Lablacken family . His brother Fabian von Ostau (1595–1645) on Kleszowen was Prussian Chancellor. His son Johann Siegmund († 1700) on Kleszowen became the Tribunal Vice-President. From his grandchildren, Christoph Albrecht (1735–1805) to Lablacken and Frödau, Budget Minister and Upper Burgrave of the Kingdom of Prussia , Ludwig August (* 1736) to Puschkeiten, District Administrator and Julius Wilhelm (1738–1808) to Quanditten, Country Director and District Administrator, could only the latter continue the male line.

Friedrich Aegidius von Ostau (* 1772), son of Julius Wilhelm, died in 1857 as a Prussian major and district administrator. His brother Heinrich Carl von Ostau (1790–1872) left the Prussian army after 40 years of service as major general .

Possessions

Gut Lablacken around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection
Dretzel Castle around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

According to Ledebur , Kisitten in what would later become the Prussian Eylau district and Kegels in the later Bartenstein district (East Pr.) Were owned by the von Ostau family. In 1550 Kleszowen in the district of Darkehmen could also be acquired. The largest part of the property was thus in the East Prussian districts of Preussisch Eylau and Friedland. Puschkeiten , Stockheim and Dommelkeim in the Friedländer district were still family-owned in 1800 and Lablachen from 1643 to the middle of the 19th century.

Later, relatives in the province of Prussia also owned the Dretzel and Ringelsdorf (Genthin) manors in the Jerichow II district .

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a silver chevron as black bracer, accompanied by three (2, 1) red roses . On the helmet with the red and silver helmet covers, a rose in front of a black cock plume.

Known family members

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ George Adalbert von Mülverstedt : Historical news of the old Prussian noble family von Ostau. Magdeburg 1886, p. 100, No. 3.
  2. ↑ a b New general German nobility lexicon. Volume 7, pp. 3-4.
  3. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility . Nobility Lexicon. Volume X, Volume 119 of the complete series, p. 68.
  4. ↑ Dach, Simon: Klag-Geticht Uber Hochbetrawerischem but blissfully absent Des HochEdlen Gestrengen and Vesten Herr Fabians von Ostaw . Koenigsberg, 1645.