Rosenberg (Franconian noble family)

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Coat of arms of those von Rosenberg in Scheibler's book of arms
Epitaph of Konrad von Rosenberg in the church of Gnötzheim
Rosenberg tombs in the Frankendom in Boxberg-Wölchingen

The von Rosenberg family was a Franconian - Swabian noble family.

history

The von Rosenberg family is said to have emerged from the von Uissigheim family , Ministeriale of the same name Edelfreier . They have been recorded in Rosenberg since 1285 and were renamed after the much older town. In addition to the castle and town, they held fiefs from Würzburg and Wertheim .

For Archbishop Balduin of Mainz , Eberhard II was also on the road as Vogt in diplomatic matters. He was present at the election of the Würzburg bishop in 1333 and stood up for the candidate Hermann II. Hummel von Lichtenberg, who was favored by Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian . Under Henry III. von Virneburg he was a member of a custodial government over the Mainzer Hochstift. Subsequently, the family's influence in the diocese of Mainz declined, but they held important positions in the Palatinate . Konrad IV was vice chairman of Amberg and Heidelberg .

Her acquisitions included parts of Niederstetten , Waldmannshofen , Essingen , Schüpf and Boxberg . From the nobles of Boxberg , Schüpf and Boxberg had come to the Order of St. John , which was forced to sell due to heavy debts. The Rosenbergs raised the high purchase price with the support of the Electoral Palatinate and apparently also Würzburg. As part of the Frankish imperial free knighthood, the family was organized in the knightly canton of Odenwald .

In 1419, Kunz von Rosenberg zu Röttingen bought the Zent Bartenstein for 5500 Rhenish guilders . These include: part of the Bartenstein Castle, the Riedbach Castle, half of the village of Riedbach, the Tenth of Schweigern, Stuppach, Dörtel, Ermershausen, Hirschbronn, Reckertsfelden, Leopoldsweiler and Hornungshof, as well as the villages of Herren- / Wildentierbach, Wittenweiler, Raboldshausen , Heuchlingen, Zell, Leopoldsweiler, Stuppach, Adolzhausen, Ganertshausen, Ettenhausen, Hirschbronn and Kottmansweiler. Around 1440 Kraft and Albrecht von Hohenlohe took over the above-mentioned possessions. Kunz von Rosenberg zu Bartenstein owned a quarter of Boxberg, his cousin Arnold von Rosenberg was married to Christina von Handschuhsheim (near Heidelberg ).

On January 23, 1470, Mainz, Würzburg and the Electoral Palatinate formed an alliance against the Rosenbergs. With a force of 200 foot men and 300 horsemen, they advanced against Boxberg Castle with a crew of 120 men armed with rifles. The reason was the accusation of robbery knighthood, but territorial interests certainly also played a major role. Georg II was able to absorb the consequences of the defeat with negotiating skills. In 1486 he moved into feud against the Würzburg bishop Rudolf II von Scherenberg , whom he believed to be the main responsible for the distress.

As a helper to Hans Thomas von Absberg and through their own Rosenberg feud , the Rosenbergs came under pressure again in the Franconian War in 1523 , this time from the Swabian Federation . He advanced with an overpowering army to put a stop to robber baronism and destroyed several Rosenberg castles. The Wandereisen woodcuts from 1523 depict the federal procession that fought against Rosenberg Castle Boxberg , the town of Aub , Castle Waldmannshofen , Castle Gnötzheim and the moated castle Dietenhofen . The Boxberger line of the Rosenberger expired in 1542 with Hans Ulrich.

Under Knight Albrecht, due to a systematic accumulation of rights and a union of different fiefs in one hand, it was possible to build up an almost closed rule, which also incorporated church rights in the course of the Reformation . These are fiefs from Mainz , the Palatinate, Würzburg, Hohenlohe , Wertheim and Limpurg . Involved in Grumbach's Handel , Albrecht was arrested in 1566 at the Augsburg Reichstag and died in custody in Vienna in 1572. With the death of Albrecht, who himself had no descendants, the educated rule fell apart again.

The genealogist Johann Gottfried Biedermann , who is to be viewed critically in detail, describes the family relationships of the gender on several family tables. He distinguishes a first and a second main line and divides the latter into lines to Gnötzheim , Uttenhofen , Rosenberg and Haltbergstetten . At the end of the 15th century, several people were in the service of the Principality of Ansbach as councilors, officials of Uffenheim and other positions . After Biedermann, the last bearer of the family name was Albrecht Christoph von Rosenberg, who survived his sons who died early in 1619. He was u. a. Captain of the knightly canton of Odenwald .

The Rosenbergs' tombs can be found in Aub , in the Johanniterkirche of Wölchingen (also known as the "Cathedral of the Baden Franconia") in Waldmannshofen and in Gnötzheim . There are still numerous epitaphs with sculptures of knights, depictions of married couples and women in religious costumes.

Personalities

The crest

The Rosenberg coat of arms is divided and split five times. The upper half shows alternating six red and silver rectangles, the lower half alternating six silver and red rectangles. On the helmet with red-silver covers, a red and a silver gooseneck each turned outwards, which enclose a golden flower.

Historical coats of arms

Coat of arms

Legend

A Rosenberger is said to have called the mayor of Boxberg under a pretext - with the intention of hanging them up. One was late because of a love affair. A farmer is said to have called out to the belated man to run away, the others would hang out. Today crosses on a mountain are supposed to draw attention to this story.

See also

literature

  • Johann Gottfried Biedermann : gender = register of the Reichs Frey immediate knight creates land to Francken praiseworthy place Ottenwald… . Kulmbach 1751. Plate CCCL. B. to CCCCXIII.
  • Helmut Neumaier: Knight aristocracy formation in Schüpfergrund - The letter book of Albrecht von Rosenberg († 1572) . Würzburg 2006.
  • Alfred F. Wolfert: Groups of coats of arms of the nobility in the Odenwald-Spessart area. In: Winfried Wackerfuß (Ed.): Contributions to the exploration of the Odenwald and its peripheral landscapes II. Festschrift for Hans H. Weber. Breuberg-Bund , Breuberg-Neustadt 1977, pp. 325-406, here p. 378f.
  • A. and C. Reimann: Bartenstein as it used to be, by craftsmen, councilors and lackeys . Niederstetten 2009.

Web links

Commons : Rosenberg (Herrschaft)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Unterschüpf ( Memento of March 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ City of Boxberg ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )