Rastenberg (noble family)
The von Rastenberg family was a Thuringian knightly Burgmann family from Rastenberg an der Finn.
history
The family has been documented since 1252. Members appear as witnesses in various document books. You were u. a. Lieutenants of the Counts of Rabenswald , Hohnstein and Stolberg .
In 1265 Dietrich von Rustiberg was Commander of the Teutonic Order in Plauen . Philip was in the Diet in 1317. Dietrich was in Heldrungen in 1331 and Hans in Allstedt Burgmann in 1346 . In 1357 the squire Dietrich is mentioned. In 1368 Hans, Johann and Heinrich von Rastenberg were Burgmannen zu Heldrungen, and in 1371 Ludwig von Rastenberg zu Erfurt . In 1456 Barbara was prioress of the monastery in Arnstadt , and in 1516 Sophia was conventual there and later prioress. Stolbergian bailiffs were Friedrich von Rastenberg in 1454 and Heinrich von Rastenberg in 1502.
The family owned goods and a. in Rudersdorf (1323) and Orlishausen (1411). In Arnstadt Hermann had a free house and a farm on Kolgasse, and Heinrich, Friedrich, Dietrich and Hans had a free farm there in the second half of the 15th century and in 1508 also owned Frohndorf.
Finally, in 1494/95 Heinrich von Rastenberg became the ducal Saxon bailiff of Plauen , on October 22, 1531 Philipp von Rastenbergk in a Schwarzburg document, and finally in the years 1533 to 1543 the honorable advice and strict and firm Hans von Rastenberg, bailiff and mayor officially named zu Ballenstedt .
The family died out between 1576 and 1580 due to the death of Philipp von Rastenberg on Nausitz .
legend
"The last robber barons on the Raspenburg were two brothers, Hayno and Wolfram von Raspenburg. They had already inflicted endless suffering on the peaceful inhabitants of the country as well as on passing strangers, when they dared to attack a bridal procession than the same one from the wedding All requests of the country folk were in vain; the knights dragged not only the young woman, but also their parents themselves to their robbery nest. When they reached the castle, the young woman's father spoke out against them Knights Hayno and Wolfram looked rather coarse and shouted threateningly to them: "Just be patient, you will be punished and before you think so, my oath will free me and my dear daughter." Oho, laughed the knights, who wants us up come too close to our fortress ? If the swallows do not arm themselves against us, we will probably live safely. The old father was silent and waited for the help of his son-in-law, but forget as well. However, when Landgrave Friedrich approached with his troops, there was also a poor knight by the name of Luitfried von Schwalb, whose armed troops were called the swallows after their commanding officer. Luitfried heard about the robbery perpetrated by Hayno and Wolfram and soon learned that the woman who had been stolen was once his chosen. He immediately asked his sovereign for permission to storm the castle and bring the robber barons alive or dead to his master. Since Luitfried von Schwalb knew the castle well, he was gladly given the requested permission. When he now appeared in front of the Raspenburg, the two roosters mocked the young knight and said that he would in any case grit his teeth in vain at their fortress. But Luitfried took hold of the castle on the weakest side he knew well, stormed it bravely, and before Hayno and Wolfram knew it, they were in his power. They did not want to surrender to him and were therefore killed. The young woman was now released. She soon recognized Luitfried von Schwalb as her darling and savior, so she left her wedded husband and gave her hand to the knight, whom the landgrave rewarded with goods and honors in recognition of his bravery ".
literature
- Johann Heinrich Falckenstein: Von der Grafschaft and Grafschaft von Raspenburg , In: Thüringische Chronik , Bd. 2, Erfurt 1738, 4. S. 911–912 [1]
- Die Raspenburg , In: The Pfennig magazine for instruction and entertainment , F. Brockhaus, 1855, pp. 109–110 [2]