Pergler from Perglas

Coat of arms of the Pergler von Perglas

The family of Pergler von Perglas , also Pergler or Perglas (Czech Perglar z Perglasu ), was originally a Meißnisches or Bohemian noble family.

Origin and Distribution

The ancestral seat that gives it its name is Perglas ( Chlumek ), which is known as a monastery village owned by the Waldsassen monastery together with cockroaches . The first documentary mention of Beneda de Perglins was on December 5, 1308. The family has a coat of arms related to the Machwitz and Gößnitz . It first appears in the local history of various places in what is now Okres Sokolov in the Czech Republic, including Dasnice and Habartov . The family owned Katzengrün for over 300 years . The other possessions temporarily included the goods Luhov, Mostov , Mokrosuky , Pořejov, Strádal and the Velhartice castle .

In later centuries family members occupied important military and political posts in Germany and Austria-Hungary. Lines of the family were awarded the title of baron in Germany, the Kingdom of Bavaria, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Württemberg. Quite a few family members emigrated to America in the 19th century. Name bearers still exist today.

coat of arms

Depiction in the register of arms of the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1850

	Depiction in Siebmacher's coat of arms as part of the Meissen knighthood
	Blazon : “The shield is divided by red, silver and black. The crowned helmet is adorned with a pointed hat with a silver cuff, which is studded with cock feathers. Hat and helmet covers repeat the colors of the shield. " Coats of arms related to the families v. Veilsdorf , v. Feilitzsch , vd Heyde / Heydte, v. Hundelshausen, v. Zedtwitz , v. Röder, v. Machwitz , v. Gößnitz and the v. Radwitz / Rebitz / Redwitz . The extent to which there is a tribal relationship has yet to be proven.

Known family members

• Heinrich Pergler von Perglas (1871–1941), Rear Admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
• Karl Pergler von Perglas (General, 1793) (1793–1868), Austrian general of the cavalry
• Karl Pergler von Perglas (General, 1800) (1800–1869), Grand Ducal Hessian Lieutenant General and Chamberlain
• Maximilian Joseph Pergler von Perglas (1817–1893), German diplomat

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Pergler von Perglas, genealogy . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1870, p. 18 ( digital copy ).
• Genealogical manual of the nobility . Nobility Lexicon. Volume X, Volume 119 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1999, ISSN  0435-2408 p. 261 f.
• Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon published in association with several historians. Seventh volume: [Ossa – Ryssel]. Leipzig 1867 ( online in the Google book search ).
• Pergler from Perglas. In: Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen houses. 60th year 1910, part 2, pp. 556–557 ( in the Internet Archive ).
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses, 1855 p.420ff , Historischer Abriss

Web links

Commons : Pergler von Perglas  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The von Perglas in the Wildenfels Castle Archives

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heinrich Gradl : Monumenta Egrana. Egerland monuments as a source for its history . Eger 1866, p. 211.
2. ↑ http://www.perglers.com/