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Family coat of arms of those of Purlins

Pfetten , also Pfettner , is the name of an old Upper Bavarian noble family . The family, some of which still exist today, belongs to the ancient nobility in Old Bavaria .

history

origin

The sex probably came from the noble lords of Pürgen . It is first mentioned in 1146 with Ortholphus de Phetine . The unbroken line of the family begins with him . In older literature, the knight Ulrich Pfettner , who appeared in 1150, is assumed to be the progenitor .

Landsberg am Lech around 1580

Phetine , the family's name-giving ancestral home and today located in the urban area of Landsberg am Lech , was first documented in 1135. The village initially had no town charter . In the middle of the 12th century, Duke Heinrich the Lion had a castle built above Phetine, which was called Landespurch or Landesperch. The castle was also the Vogtburg of the Wessobrunn monastery and served to secure the border to the Augsburg monastery , but also to protect an important bridge over the Lech . Alongside Phetine, Pürgen and Penzing were the oldest possessions of the purlins. The Landsberg fiefdoms , which had been owned by the von Pfetten family without interruption since the 12th century, became part of a family foundation in 1848 through a capital settlement .

It was only relatively late that the members of the gender adopted the predicate of in their names. Like many other Bavarian nobility families, they initially called their family name adjectivistically Pfettner. From the 17th century until 1803, the Lords of Purlins were given the office of inheritance of the Regensburg bishopric .

Lines and spread

Hermann and Ulrich are mentioned in a document from Duke Ludwig of Bavaria in 1258 . Marquard von Pfetten and his brother Paulus appear as citizens of Augsburg in 1337 . Members of this branch of Augsburg, which died out early, belonged to the patriciate of the city. They had the same coat of arms , but had a different crest , a flight that repeated the coat of arms .

Niederarnbach moated castle

Ulrich Pfettner received the Rauhenlechsberg estate as pledge from the dukes Johann and Stephan of Bavaria in 1380 . He later exchanged it for the Purlin Castle. Jacob Pfettner, a descendant of Ulrich in the ninth generation and stable master of Duke Albrecht of Bavaria , became the caretaker of Kling . In 1552 he got the seat of Weeg zu Lehn from the Hochstift Freising through marriage to Anna Lanzenberger. Jacob also owned all of the Pfetten fiefs in and around Landsberg after his cousins ​​died.

His grandson, Marquard Freiherr von Pfetten, acquired Niederarnbach as a loan from Elector Maximilian Emanuel against assignment of the Hofmark Manzing in 1665 . He donated two entails from Niederarnbach and his other assets for his descendants , which he initially determined for his two sons from his marriage to Catharina Freiin von Tauffkirchen von Hohenrain, Johann Franz Marquard and Sigmund Marquard. They became the progenitors of the two baronial lines to Mariakirchen and Arnbach.

Older line to Mariakirchen

Johann Franz Marquard Freiherr von Pfetten (1638–1692), the progenitor of the older line of Mariakirchen, married Franziska Freiin von Brunn. Their descendants established two branches.

The founder of the first branch was Ignaz Judas Thaddäus Freiherr von Pfetten (1742–1806), royal Bavarian treasurer and councilor. The eldest son from his marriage to Maria Magdalena Freiin Horneck von Hornberg , Joseph Freiherr von Pfetten († 1852), was a lord of Grunertshofen and Windach in Upper Bavaria and a royal Bavarian treasurer. According to the will of the last baron Ferdinand Don von Füll, Joseph added the name and coat of arms of the Füll family to his ancestral name and coat of arms. His marriage to Maximiliane Countess von Törring-Jettenbach , widowed Countess von Waldkirch , remained childless. The Fideikommisgüter zu Windach, Grunertshofen and Erasing went to his brother Ignaz Freiherr von Pfetten (* 1801), royal Bavarian forester at Friedberg. The branch went out in 1944 with the death of Lieutenant Karl Ignaz Heinrich Marquard Freiherr von Pfetten.

Mariakirchen Castle remained in family ownership from around 1689 to 1810.

Ramspau Castle

The founder of the second branch at Ramspau was Baron Ignaz Marquard von Pfetten (1751–1831), brother of Baron Ignaz Judas Thaddäus von Pfetten. Joseph Freiherr von Pfetten († 1816) emerged from his marriage to the heiress of Ramspau Castle (1803), Maria Anna Freiin von Schneidt. He was the royal Bavarian chamberlain and chief postmaster in Munich . He married Josepha von Kobell († 1847). Her descendants included Baron Maximilian Carl Marquard Ludwig von Pfetten (1861–1929), who was retired as a royal Bavarian chamberlain and first lieutenant . D. died in 1929. Ramspau became the property of Count Ledebur by inheritance .

Younger line to Arnbach

The progenitor of the younger line of Arnbach Sigmund Marquard Freiherr von Pfetten (1641–1709) was married to Catharina Hörwarth von Hohenburg. Her great-grandson Marquard Ignaz became a royal Prussian chamberlain and captain . His eldest son from his marriage to Theresia Freiin von Müller, Joseph Marquard zu Oberarnbach and Niederarnbach (* 1784) was a royal Bavarian treasurer, colonel and district inspector of the Landwehr . He was married twice, his first marriage from 1806 to Countess Walburga von und zu Daun († 1822) and his second marriage from 1827 to Countess Theresia von Spreti. From his first marriage there were five daughters and five sons. From the sons, the barons Maximilian and Nepomuk were able to continue the male line in two branches.

Maximilian Freiherr von Pfetten-Arnbach (* 1807) was the founder of the first branch. He married Adelheid Freiin von Aretin in Munich in 1843 and died in 1880 as a Fideikommisherr on Ober- unter Niederarnbach and as a royal Bavarian treasurer. Son Sigmund Freiherr von Pfetten (* 1847) was a royal Bavarian chamberlain and Knight of Honor of the Order of Malta . He married Ottilie Freiin von Lerchenfeld in Munich in 1883 . The couple left four daughters. Sigmund's brother Theodor Freiherr von Pfetten (* 1852) died in 1922 as a royal Bavarian chamberlain, lieutenant general ret. D. and Knight of Honor of the Order of Malta. Niederarnbach Castle is still owned by the family today.

The founder of the second branch was Nepomuk Freiherr von Pfetten (1808–1895). One of his descendants was Friedrich Joseph Marquard Freiherr von Pfetten-Arnbach, who in 1938 served as royal Bavarian chamberlain, court marshal of Prince Alfons of Bavaria and retired lieutenant general. D. passed away. His son Hans-Carl Freiherr von Pfetten-Arnbach (1892–1962) was a royal Bavarian major and head of the ducal Saxon-Meiningen court administration. In 1920 he married Theresia Freiin von Gumppenberg . His brother Franz Jakob Freiherr von Pfetten-Arnbach (1894–1956) was a royal Bavarian lieutenant colonel.

A family association founded on December 7, 1911 was entered in the register of associations of the Schrobenhausen District Court under number 6 on February 14, 1912.

Status surveys

Marquard Pfettner at Landsberg and Niederarnbach, electoral Bavarian chamberlain, Hofkammerratsdirektor and caregivers to Kling, was born on 4 April 1668 to Neustadt as Edler outdoor and Panierherr of Pfettner, Lord of Niederarnbach and the salutation Honor in the realm baron conditions applicable. Associated with this was a coat of arms association with those of the Tauffkirchen von Hohenrain and the Lanzenberg zum Weeg. He received an electoral Bavarian tender as Pfetten Freiherr von Niederarnbach on December 12, 1668.

Joseph Freiherr von Pfetten-Arnbach auf Niederarnbach, royal Bavarian treasurer, together with his siblings and Marquard Freiherr von Pfetten auf Warth, royal Bavarian treasurer, and his brothers were registered with his brothers on January 8, 1814 in the baron class of nobility registers in the Kingdom of Bavaria.

A Bavarian name and coat of arms association with those of the expired barons of Füll as barons of Pfetten-Füll took place for Joseph Freiherr von Pfetten and the respective owners of Windach and Grunertshofen on June 22, 1826 by the highest decree.

coat of arms

Family coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows a black bar in silver with a black panther walking to the right . On the crowned helmet with black and silver blankets, a seated forward-looking black panther between two silver buffalo horns, each covered with a black bar.

The black bar, perhaps a roof beam - a cross bar of a roof truss construction - could talking point to the family name.

Baron coat of arms

1668

The coat of arms of the Lords of Pfettner, barons from and to Niederarnbach, awarded in 1668, is quartered and covered with a central shield , the family coat of arms. 1 and 4 a half golden lion in black that sticks a sword into its throat (coat of arms of the Taufkirchen von Hohenrain). 2 divided three times, the first and third place blue, the second divided by silver and red and the fourth divided by red and silver. 3 divided three times, the first place split by silver and red, the second and fourth place blue, the third place split by red and silver (coat of arms of Lanzenberg zum Weeg). The coat of arms has three helmets, on the right one with black and gold covers, a growing lion with a sword pushed through the throat (helmet of the Taufkirchen von Hohenrain), in the middle the trunk helmet, on the left helmet with red and silver helmet covers an inward looking one silver unicorn (helmet of the Lanzenberg zum Weeg).

1826

The coat of arms of the Barons von Pfetten-Füll, awarded in 1826, is square and covered with a red central shield, in it on a silver base an upright horse (coat of arms of the Barons von Füll). 1 in blue a silver oblique stream (Windach), 2 like 1668 coat of arms of Lanzenberg zum Weeg, 3 like 1 and 4 from 1668 (coat of arms Taufkirchen von Hohenrain), 4 in red a slanted silver battle ax (Kammerberg). The coat of arms has three helmets, on the right with black and gold blankets on the right and red and silver blankets on the left, the half lion (helmet of the Taufkirchen von Hohenrain), on the middle one with red and silver blankets on the right and blue and silver blankets on the left, the horse between two the mouths each with three (red-silver-red) ostrich feathers decorated with red buffalo horns (helmet of the barons von Füll). On the left helmet with blue-silver helmet covers on the right and red-silver helmet covers on the left, a seated forward-looking black panther (trunk helmet of the purlins).

Coat of arms history

Martin Carl Wilhelm von Wölckern describes the baronial coat of arms from 1668 in his descriptions of all the coats of arms of the princely, counts, baronial and aristocratic families living in the Kingdom of Bavaria. (1821–1829) as follows: “The 2nd and 3rd are blue and the 2nd has a crossbar divided lengthways by silver and red and then a crossbar divided lengthways by red and silver and then one by Roth and Silver foot split lengthways; the 3rd field, however, has a head divided lengthways by silver and red and a crossbeam divided lengthways by red and silver. ” Hefner mentions in The Arms of the Bavarian Nobility. (1856) in fields 1 and 4 half a lion and no growing one. The 2nd field is divided three times by blue and silver, the upper space has a right half, the lower a left red half. The 3rd field like the 2nd but fell. Tyroff's book of arms of the entire nobility of the Kingdom of Bavaria. (1818-1852) seems wrong in the color drawing, everything should be black in the coat of arms is blue tinged . The lion in the 1st and 4th field and on the helmet is silver. In addition, the colors in fields 2 and 3 have changed and the heraldic animal in the middle shield and on the middle helmet is a tiger. Spotted in the shield and unmarked on top of the helmet. All helmets have blue-silver helmet covers and are crowned with five-pearl crowns.

Hefner wrote about the baronial coat of arms of 1826 in The coat of arms of the Bavarian nobility. (1856) the horse ( filling ) in the middle shield jumps up on a silver mountain of three and the helmet covers are black-gold on the right and blue-silver on the left. He mentions that the unification of the Pfetten coat of arms with the Füllschen coat of arms accrued through inheritance was not followed strictly according to the principles of heraldry . Kneschke adds to this in The coats of arms of the German baronial and noble families. (1857) that the shield of the coat of arms of the purlins is completely missing as well as half of the helmet decoration. The middle shield and places 1 and 4 are given to the Füllschen coat of arms and the arms of the Taufkirchen von Hohenrain and Lanzenberg zum Weeg, which were added when the purlins were raised to the baron status in 1668, appear in fields 2 and 3. The crest is missing from the latter shield.

Local and municipal coats of arms

Elements and colors from the coat of arms of the Pfetten family still appear today in some Bavarian local and community coats of arms.

  • Coat of arms of the community of Brunnen

  • Coat of arms of the municipality of Pürgen

Well-known namesake

literature

  • Otto Hupp : Munich calendar 1917. Book a. Art Print AG, Munich / Regensburg 1917.
  • Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 7, Friedrich Voigt's Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1867, pp. 124–126. ( Digitized version )
  • Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: The coats of arms of the German baronial and noble families. Volume 4, TO Weigel, Leipzig 1857. pp. 339-344. ( Digitized version )
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume X, Volume 119 of the complete series, pp. 318-320. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1999, ISSN  0435-2408
  • Genealogical handbook of the nobility, Freiherrliche Häuser A, Volume III and X, Volume 21 and 65 of the complete series, pp. 334–343 and 276–285, respectively. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1959/1977.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monumenta Boica , Volume VII, p. 347.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume X, Volume 119 of the complete series, pp. 318-320.
  3. ↑ a b c New General German Adels Lexicon Volume 7, pp. 124–126.
  4. ↑ www.landsberg.de ( Memento from January 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ a b c d e Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility, Freiherrliche Häuser A, Volume III and X, Volume 21 and 65 of the complete series, pp. 334–343 and 276–285, respectively.
  6. ↑ a b c d e The coats of arms of the German baronial and noble families , Volume 4, pages 339–344
  7. ↑ Johann Andreas Schmeller, Bavarian Dictionary, a collection of words and expressions that occur in the living dialects as well as in the older and oldest provincial literature of the Kingdom of Bavaria, especially in its older lands, and in today's general German written language either not at all, or not customary in the same meanings, with documentary evidence, etymologically sorted according to the stem syllables - alphabetically , Volume 1, JG Cotta Verlag, Stuttgart and Tübingen 1827, p. 326.
  8. ↑ Bavaria's communities in the House of Bavarian History
  9. ↑ It's a palace, not a hall: French baron's stately home is renamed in The Independent on April 5, 2015, accessed on July 4, 2018