Romans (noble family)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coat of arms of the Romans (Meißen)
Coat of arms of the von Römer (Hesse)

Roman is the name of one from the Mark county Meissen originating noble family whose regular series with that of Chemnitz starts coming Hans Romans and by the end of five centuries of World War II the Saxon mining was closely associated.

history

In 1401 the Chemnitz councilor Paul Romer is mentioned in a document. The noble family was founded by the two brothers Martin Römer and Nicol Römer from Zwickau , who received a letter of nobility in 1470 . Martin made a large fortune as a mountain tenth in Schneeberg through the silver mining he initiated there . As governor of Zwickau , he also had important buildings erected in his hometown and acted as a patron . Both brothers had late Gothic town houses built in Zwickau and also acquired manor in the area, such as the Untersteinpleis manor in 1470 and the Neumark manor in the Vogtland in 1478 . Two of Nicol Römers s sons founded the two lines of the family: Wolf the older Neumark-Rauensteiner line, Martin the younger Steinpleiser line.

Schönfels Castle was acquired for a family foundation in 1770 , and further property ownership followed in the 18th and 19th centuries.

In 1945 the von Römer family was expropriated as part of the land reform and some of them were deported to the island of Rügen . The Neumark estate was bought back by the family in 1990, as was the Steinpleis estate in 2015.

Nobility matriculation

After they were already in possession of a letter of arms , on February 3, 1470 Martin Römer and his brother Nicol Römer received from Emperor Friedrich III. a letter of nobility . An electoral and ducal Saxon enfeoffment with Steinpleis and Niederalbertsdorf , both in what is now the district of Zwickau , took place on February 6, 1476.

The official entry (nobility enrollment) in the royal Saxon nobility book was not made until March 7, 1912.

Coat of arms (Meissen)

Blazon : “In red, two diagonally crossed golden (silver) pilgrim staffs (Roman staffs, also donkey whips) with the point downwards. On the helmet, with red and silver blankets, the crossed pilgrim's staffs. "

Coat of arms (Hessen)

Blazon : “In a shield divided by gold and black, two inclined pilgrim sticks of mistaken color. On the helmet with black and gold blankets, a black topped golden hat with two slanted black pilgrim's staffs stuck between the hat and the top, each topped with a gold plume. "

Courland Line

Romans (Courland)

There is also a Livonian family whose reliable line begins in Riga with Symon Romer , mentioned in a document in 1561. However, on August 1, 1670 in Zwickau, the official recognition of membership of the Meissen noble family described above for the brothers and cousins ​​resident in the Kingdom of Poland , the royal Polish chamberlain and Colonel Matthias Römer , the royal Polish cavalry master Christoph Römer , landlord at Halswigshof ( Courland ), the royal Polish lieutenant Johann Römer , the royal Polish captain Heinrich Römer , lord of the manor at Marzendorf, and for the royal Polish lieutenant Stephan Römer , pledge lord at Gut Marzendorf. The electoral Saxon confirmation of this membership was made on September 19, 1670 in Dresden . The enrollment with the Courland Knighthood for their descendants followed on May 10, 1841.

Coat of arms (Courland)

Blazon : “In red, two slanted silver pilgrim sticks with two buttons on each handle. On the helmet with red and silver blankets the pilgrim's staffs, each topped with three silver ostrich feathers. "

Possessions

Schönfels Castle , owned by the family foundation from 1770 to 1945

Name bearer

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The von Römer family near Gut-Neumark and the surrounding area .
  2. ^ The one from Römer at Schlossarchiv.de .

literature

  • On the history of the von Römer family in Saxony , in: Vierteljahrsschrift für Heraldik, Sphragistik und Genealogie 1888, 16th year, pp. 369–390
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XI, pages 483-485, Volume 122 of the complete series, c. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2000, ISBN 3-7980-0822-1 , ISSN  0435-2408

Web links