Schaufuß (patrician)

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Schaufuss is the name of a patrician family from Alsfeld / Hessen.

origin

The origin of the family is not so easy to determine. It is assumed that it was formed from the combination schouwen (see, look at, look at) and vuoz = foot. The family has left significant traces in Alsfeld. As knightly aldermen / mayor families, they lived in Rittergasse. They were among the wealthiest families in the city and donated to numerous public institutions. The family can be found in Goethe's ancestral list. A street in Alsfeld is named after the Schaufuss family. It is located in the historic city center (Schaufussgasse).

Schaufussgasse in Alsfeld

coat of arms

The family's coat of arms shows a direct visual implementation of the family name: an angled, bare human leg on a red background with a golden frame. From 1469 the assignment to the lower nobility can be proven. The coat of arms is u. a. on the back of the town hall and at the passage to this "bell string". The coat of arms is depicted on the keystone in the ceiling of the choir of the Walpurgis Church.

Front coat of arms, sites: Alsfeld town hall, bell tower, passage to town hall, nave of Walpurgis Church

Important representatives of the family in Alsfeld

  • Nikolaus Schaufuss, aldermen (1288–1295)
  • Nikolaus Schaufuss II, Schöffe (1303–1349), † 1351
  • Hen (Johann) Schaufuss, Schöffe (1334-1356)
  • Hartmud (Happel) Schaufuß, Schöffe (until 1369)
  • Contze, Konrad (Kurt) Schaufuss, aldermen, mayor (1373–74, 1384, 1387–88, 1392, 1395)
  • Happel (Hartmud) Schaufuss, aldermen, mayor (until 1439)
  • Hen Johann Schaufuss, Burgmann, Mayor (1461/1463)

In the 15th century the following Burgmanns emerged from the Alsfeld family:

  • Hen (1466)
  • Junker Caspar (1466)
  • Junker Hen (1484)
  • Caspar (1490)
  • Jorg (1509)
  • Caspar (1517).

Well-known namesake

  • Gertrud (Gele) Schaufuss (* before 1295, † before 1351)
  • Nikolaus Schaufuss (* before 1290, † before 1351)
  • Sifrid Schaufuß (* before 1235, † after 1279 in Alsfeld)
  • Dietrich Schaufuss (* before 1190, † after 1239)
  • Castellan Schaufuß (* before 1255, † after 1280)
  • Castellan Konrad Schaufuss († after 1231)
  • Hildegund Schaufuß (* before 1320, † after 1356 in Alsfeld)

literature

  • Galéra, Dr. Karl Siegmar Baron: The history of the city of Alsfeld: From the beginning to the end of the Seven Years War . Self-published by the city of Alsfeld, 1974
  • Schaufuss, Thomas: Traces of known and unknown show feet: A journey through time through several centuries . Cardamina Verlag, November 2014, ISBN 978-3-8642420-14
  • City Archives Alsfeld
  • Becker, EE: The city's citizen lists . Darmstadt 1907
  • Historical documents University of Marburg
  • Konrad Schaufuss 1445, Fritzlar. Grave monuments in Hesse until 1650. (As of March 23, 2006). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ahnentafel Johann Wolfgang Goethe after Carl Knetsch, Central Office for German Personal and Family History, Leipzig 1932, www.goethe-genealogie.de

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