Saß (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those of Sass

Saß or Sass , historically occasionally also Sasse or Sachse , is the name of a Baltic German aristocratic family whose branches are currently still in existence.

There is no regular relationship to the Pomeranian Saß-Jaworski , who call themselves Sas after the Polish coat of arms .

history

In Gotha , attempts were made to establish a connection with the Westphalian nobility family of the same name, but with different coats of arms , which is now extinct and which was first mentioned in documents with Gerhard's Saxo before 1204 and Albert's Saxo in 1234.

Even if a Westphalian original home of the family, as it has been proven for many of the Baltic States' peers , cannot be ruled out and a transfer of the gender with the Teutonic Order to Livonia must be considered probable, according to recent research the historically tangible beginning of the family is scheduled for Ösel . Earlier authors had already committed to this point.

The family first appears in a document with Hinrik Saß , who had been the lender of Cabbil on Oesel since May 22, 1453 and with whom the secured and continuous line of tribe begins. Cabbil, which was owned by the family for a long time, still bears the family name Sassi or Sassi mõis

In the 16th century the family spread to Livonia, and in the 17th century it was documented in Courland . By enrolling with the respective knighthoods, von Saß acquired the öselsche in 1741 , the Livonian in 1742, and on May 10, 1841 the Courlandish indigenous .

The Prussian general Gerhard Alexander von Saß (1718–1790) was raised to the baron status in Berlin on September 1, 1779 . The line he founded was able to acquire some goods in Silesia , but has already died out with his two grandchildren who died young in the male line .

Through the Senate Treasury on June 10, 1853 and September 21, 1862, the Baltic houses received Russian recognition of the right to use the baron title .

Anton von Saß (1739–1807) entered Prussian service from the Oesel tribe, the Livonian line . He donated a house that was largely wealthy in East Prussia , and on June 24, 1874, the Prussian baron was recognized by the highest cabinet order . Its descent died out in the male line at the end of the 20th century. From the Oesel line, the Livonian court judge and editor of the German Adelsblatt Georg von Saß (1853–1931) was granted the Prussian approval to use the title of baron through the highest cabinet order on April 13, 1908. Six sons of the Oesel line held the position of Oesel district administrator, and the family was able to fill the post of land marshal twice .

A Swedish tribe was donated by the Swedish lieutenant colonel Henrik von Saß († 1660), heir to Ovanmalm and Mälkkilä in Finland . In 1645 he received the Swedish nobility naturalization as Sass and in 1650, already with the rank of colonel and commander of Riga , was introduced to the nobility class of the Swedish knighthood . The Swedish lieutenant a. D. and heir to Toivoniemi Otto Fredrik Sass (1749-1822) was introduced to the Finnish knighthood on January 30, 1818. The Swedish tribe found their way out in the male line in 1874.

Family coat of arms of those von Sass in Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1887

coat of arms

The family coat of arms is divided and shows a growing , red lion in gold above , and three (2, 1) six-pointed golden stars below in blue . On the crowned helmet with blue and gold covers a six-pointed, gold star between open, blue on the right, golden flight on the left .

The baronial coat of arms (1779) is quartered and shows in 1 above a crowned silver Johanniterkreuz in black , below in silver a crowned black eagle . Fields 2 and 3 show the family coat of arms. 4 As 1, but with mixed up division fields. Three helmets with blue and gold covers: on the right a closed blue flight, on the middle a crowned, gold-armored black eagle head and on the left a closed golden flight. Shield holder : two wild men .

Historical property

Scheden Mansion (2011)
Weesen Manor (2011)

Further information on property ownership can be found in the spreads of Hagemeister , Ledebur , Stryk and Zur Mühlen . Goods that were still with the families in the Baltic States at the time of the confiscation (1919) by the young Estonian or Latvian government are highlighted. The goods were not all owned at the same time and, for the most part, not all of them. Some of the places had or have a direct family reference in their historical or current names.

Baltic states
Prussia
Sweden / Finland
  • Mälkkilä and Ovanmalm

Family members

Saß (noble family)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Emilian von Źernicki-Szeliga : The Polish family arms, their history and their legends. Henri Grand, Hamburg 1900, p. 82
  2. ↑ Westfälisches Urkundenbuch , Vol. 6, No. 13 and No. 277.
  3. ↑ GGT AA, Volume 12, 1911, p. 641 (lit.).
  4. ↑ August Wilhelm Hupel : Materials to an öselschen nobility story , In: " Nordische Miscellaneen " St. 20-21, Riga 1790, S. 159-162 .
  5. ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Preussisches Adels-Lexicon , Volume 1, Leipzig 1836, p. 48 .
  6. ↑ Gustaf Elgenstierna : Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor , Volume 6, Stockholm 1931: Adliga ätten SASS, nr 382, ​​utdöd.
  7. ↑ Tor Carpelan : Ättartavlor för de på Finlands Riddarhus inskrivna ätterna , Volume 2, Helsinki 1965
  8. ^ Heinrich von Hagemeister : Materials for a history of the country estates of Livonia. Part 1–2, Eduard Frantzen's Buchhandlung, Riga 1836–1837 ( various pages )
  9. ^ Leopold von Ledebur : Adelslexikon der Prussischen Monarchy , Volume 2, Berlin 1856, p. 342
  10. ^ Leonhard von Stryk : Contributions to the history of the manors of Livonia. Dorpat u. Dresden 1877–1885, ( various pages )
  11. ↑ Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia) (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1985–1990, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 .