Penzig (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of the von Penzig family

The Lords of Penzig (today von Pentzig) are an Upper Lusatian noble family who had their headquarters in Penzig (today Pieńsk ). The first mention dates from the year 1241, in which Reinhardus de Pinzig is mentioned as a witness.

history

In addition to the first mention of the year 1241, there were other mentions as early as the 13th century. In 1268, Penzig Castle and a burgrave were documented. The definite family relationship begins with the naming of the brothers Gerhard, Konrad and Zdyslaus in 1321.

The family owned extensive land and a number of villages on both sides of the Lusatian Neisse . In 1329 the lords of Penzig were given essential privileges for the entire area of ​​the Görlitzer Heide between the Neisse and Queis rivers. In 1390 the Muskau dominion came into their possession. In 1395 the forest area between the Neisse and Kleiner Tschirne became part of the Penzig dominion as Penziger Heide .

In the course of the 15th century, the domain within the family was split up into numerous small estates and lost all meaning. In 1491/92 the city of Görlitz acquired the Penziger Heide, which it combined in 1499 with the forest area between Großer and Kleiner Tschirne to form Görlitzer Kommunalheide . Apart from a brief loss of property as a result of the Pönfall, this 279 km² forest area remained in the possession of the city of Görlitz until 1945. From 1491 the entire town of Penzig also belonged to the city of Görlitz . In order to make Penzig's affiliation with the city clear and to prevent it from being used again as an aristocratic residence, the Görlitz council had the castle demolished in 1514 with royal permission.

In addition to the possessions in Saxony and Silesia, the family also acquired goods in East Prussia. In the 18th century in particular, it provided numerous high-ranking military personnel, especially in the Saxon and Polish services. In the 1790s the sex in the male line became extinct. The remaining heir, Christiane Sophie von Penzig, married Johann Friedrich von Prenzel, who in 1801 was given the status of imperial baron with the title of Penzig.

coat of arms

Coat of arms from Pentzig after Siebmacher

In blue, a left-sweeping eagle's wing, butchered by red and silver. On the helmet with red and silver covers a closed flight , marked on the front like the shield and blue on the back .

Tribe list

The stem list is controversial in the literature because of the names that often appear several times; the one shown here is based on Köhler (1838).

  • Gerhard von Penzig (1321-1329)
    • Leuther I of Penzig (1368)
      • Hans I. von Penzig (1382–1397, † around 1397)
      • Nikel I of Penzig (1382)
        • Leuther III. von Penzig (1397–1413)
          • Nicolaus II von Penzig (1437–1475, † 1475), married to Barbara von Köckritz (1462–1481, † after 1481)
            • Nicolaus III. von Penzig (1480–1484)
              • Hans V. von Penzig (1491–1492)
              • Leuther V. von Penzig (1491–1510)
              • George II of Penzig (1491–1492)
              • Balthasar von Penzig (1491–1492)
              • NN von Penzig (1494), married to Christoph von Talckenberg (1494)
            • George I. von Penzig (1480-1490)
            • Hans IV. Von Penzig (1480–1490)
          • Hans III. von Penzig (1481–1491)
        • Reintsch von Penzig (1397–1413)
        • Hans II von Penzig (1397-1413)
      • Leuther II of Penzig (1382)
        • Johannes von Penzig, pastor of Beuthen (1397–1413)
        • Czaslaus II von Penzig (1397–1437)
        • Leuther IV. Von Penzig († 1414)
      • Czaslaus I von Penzig (1382–1397), knight since a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1396.
        • Heinrich von Penzig (1401)
        • Hans von Penzig (1401), knight
        • Georg von Penzig (1401–1405)
  • Konrad von Penzig (1321-1329)
  • Zdyslaus von Penzig (1321-1329)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Codex diplomaticus Lusatiae superioris . 1, p. 59
  2. ↑ a b Hans Schulz: Beyond the Neisse . 1st edition. StadtBILD-Verlag Görlitz, 2007, ISBN 978-3-939655-38-1 , p. 106 .
  3. ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility . Adelslexikon Volume X, Volume 119 of the complete series, p. 251, Limburg (Lahn) 1999

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