Rabenswalde (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the Counts of Rabenswalde

The Counts of Rabinswalde, Rabenswalde belong to the Thuringian aristocracy and come from the family of the Counts of Kevernburg .

family

Günter II of Kevernburg-Schwarzburg (* around 1135, † after 1197), eldest son of Sizzo III. , was enfeoffed in 1160, after the death of his father, Count von Kevernburg-Schwarzburg, with the Grafschaft Wiehe and Grafschaft Rabenswalde. A Berthold, Count von Rabenswalde, was mentioned as a crusader in 1190.

In 1227 Albert I, Count of Kevernburg († 1236) came into the unrestricted possession of Wiehe by dividing the Keverburg inheritance. Albert called himself Count von Wiehe, 1225 Albertus de Wie comes , 1233 comes Albertus de Wie or Albertus de gratia comes de Wie (Albert, by God's grace Count von Wiehe). After 1233, he had the new Rabenswalde Castle built not far from Wiehe Castle in the Rabenswald and moved there. He was called Albertus dei gratia comes de Ravenswalt (November 23, 1237) and Albertus dei nutu de Ravenswalt (1248, Albert, by God's advice Count von Rabenswald). This castle then served the family as the residence and seat of power in the county of Rabenswalde of the same name.

With the death of Friedrich Graf von Rabenswald († 1312), the male line of the Counts of Rabenswalde-Wiehe became extinct.

As a result of the Thuringian Count's War (1342-1346), the Rabenswald Castle (around 1350) was destroyed and razed to the ground.

Gisela, Countess of Rabenswalde (* 1241; † 1278), daughter of Albert II of Rabenswalde; ∞ with Burchard X. (* approx. 1215; † 1273) since 1247 titular burgrave of Magdeburg (Maydburg), Count of Hardegg and Retz from the family of the Lords of Querfurt and Counts of Mansfeld .

County of Rabenswalde

The origins of the county of Rabenswalde go back to the beginning of the 11th century in the rule of Wiehe . At this time, Heinrich III. the castle and lordship of Wiehe with all associated localities these as imperial fiefs to the Counts of Kevernburg. The Counts of Kevernburg named themselves for the first time in 1190, documented in 1237 as Counts of Rabenswalde after this county. The seat of the rulership was Rabenswalde Castle, built after 1233.

In 1255 the Buch dominion also became part of the Rabenswald-Wiehe County, and around 1280 the Berka dominion as well .

To rule Wiehe-Rabenswalde were documented more than twenty villages among others Allerstedt , Donndorf , Bachara, Burkersroda , Byla, Bottendorf , Dietrichsroda, Friedrichroda, Lower Möllern and Great Möllern, Größnitz , Harder ford Hardisroda, Heroldsrode, Hoendorf, Jeperitz, Lossa, castle Hessler u. Marktheßler, Hirschroda , Laucha , Neuroda, Offleben, Billern, Pleissmar, Pomnitz, Rossbach, Rüdersdorf, Schimmel, Schwabesdorf, Steinbach, Spielberg, Deutleben, Wallenrode, Wischenrode etc.

After the counts of Rabenswalde died out in 1312, the counts of Orlamünde received the county as a fief.

Georg von Werthern , as the owner of the Wiehe estate, saw himself as the heir of the extinct noble family and in 1702 obtained the exception of the Rabenswalder coat of arms in the emperor's overall coat of arms.

Say

The knight and count of Rabenswalde-Wiehe, known as the wild raven, is said to have turned his castle into a robbery. In order to stop him and punish him, Rudolf I besieged the castle. Since the siege of his castle by Rudolf's troops remained unsuccessful for a long time, Rudolf withdrew from the castle with his army. Only a cart full of wine barrels is said to have remained. The count had the carriage brought to his castle and broken the barrels to celebrate the victory with royal wine. In other barrels, however, loyalists were also hiding, who waited for a favorable time and, on the night when everyone was drunk from victory and wine, opened the gates of the castle to the troops who had secretly returned from the inside.

Coat of arms of the Counts of Rabenswalde in Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1900

coat of arms

The shield shows an upright blue lion in gold. The crowned lion grows on the helmet with the blue-gold helmet cover , the crown is covered with a natural peacock feather or on the helmet a green seven- to nine-leaf shrub or linden branch. In Siebmacher's helmet there is a horizontal comb wheel behind which a peacock feather protrudes.

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Hoffmann: Historical news of the rule Wiehe. In: Collection of some selected pieces from the Society of the Liberal Arts. Part II, 1755, pp. 290-326.
  • Johann Ehrenfried Böhme: Diplomatarium comitum de Rabinswald. In: Death healing with its consequences in Thuringia from the Count's Kevernburg-Rabinswald family history. Klaubarth, Leipzig 1795, p. 437, (attached 30 documents from 1144 to 1327)
  • Karl August Gottlieb Sturm : Rabeswald, stories and legends from the Saal- and Unstrutthale. In: Querfurther weekly circular sheet. 1858.
  • On the history of Castle Rabenswald. In: Local history contributions. Volume 7, 1997.
  • History of Wiehe and Rabinswalde. Special print from: Thuringia and the Harz Mountains. Volume VI, Thüringer Chronik-Verlag Müllerott, 1997, ISBN 3-910132-62-6 .
  • Heinz Kubatz: History of the castle Rabenswald. In: Saale-Unstrut-Jahrbuch, yearbook for cultural history and natural history of the Saale-Unstrut region. Druckhaus Naumburg, 4th year 1999.

See also

Single receipts

  1. ↑ see JF Hoffmann: Historical message from the rule Wiehe , 1755.