Schenk von Geyern

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Coat of arms of the Schenk von Geyern in Scheibler's book of arms

The family of the Schenk (en) von Geyern is a Franconian noble family named after the place Geyern , today a district of Bergen in the Middle Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen .

history

origin

The Schenk von Geyern family emerged from the local nobility of Hofstetten (1122: "Purchard de Hovestete"). However, due to the few documents, no reliable ancestral line can be drawn to the Schenk von Geyern. The knights of Hofstetten were ministerials of the Eichstätt bishops and at the same time the Hirschberg bailiffs. Around 1270, Count Gebhard (VI.) Von Hirschberg transferred the office of (mouth) giving to Heinrich von Hofstetten, who also held the Eichstätt castle hat at Nassenfels ; 1276 Henry by the Duke of Bavaria was Ludwig is severe with the castle Geyernenfeoffed. Since his sons, the family called itself the "Schenk von Geyern" (first in 1310 with Heinrich, the son of Heinrich above; the plural also knows the name form "Schenken von Geyern"), but the old suffix "von Hofstetten" was also used occasionally " in front. The same parentage meant that both the subsequent Ritter von Hofstetten and the Schenk von Geyern continued to use the same coat of arms for a while.

Development, possessions

The Schenk von Geyern developed favorably in terms of power politics through acquisitions, marriage agreements and inheritance, especially among neighboring noble families. Long-distance ownership was sold off and exchanged for more conveniently located objects in order to obtain a closed domain as far as possible. Their possessions - lands and rights such as tithe and church patronage - were predominantly in the vicinity of the Eichstätt monastery and the principality of Ansbach . They were organized in the knightly canton of Altmühl , after the genealogist Johann Gottfried Biedermann because of Geyern, Syburg and Wiesenbruck .

In detail, the Schenk von Geyern acquired:

  • 1383 the fortress Neuhaus near Reuth ,
  • 1406 Burgsalach at the latest (later with patronage rights, but with the obligation to select from three Brandenburg-Ansbach proposals),
  • 1470 Syburg Castle ("Purch ze Sigberch") as a margravial fief, later the actual seat of the family,
  • around 1500 and before 1505, the petrified neck court district Nennslingen (together with the relatives (who remained Catholic) gentlemen von Ehenheim as condominium partners, after their extinction in 1599 by the margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach as Fraisch- and administrator's office Geyern of the Oberamt Stauf-Landeck),
  • Bergen and Thalmannsfeld , where the von Geyern Schenk also had the right of patronage and introduced the Reformation in 1543 ,
  • half of the wild bans on the Weißenburger Wald (assigned to the taverns by Georg von Ehenheim)
  • 1566 Wiesethbruck Castle as a margravial fief.

Although there is a partnership with the Margraviate of Ansbach, the Principality of Ansbach repeatedly tried to depress the Schenk von Geyern to subordinates of the country, but they knew how to maintain their imperial immediacy as imperial knighthood in the canton of Altmühl. If the Schenk von Geyern and the Margraviate joined the Reformation in the 16th century, a Catholic branch emerged around 1600, as the four sons of Hans Wilhelm Schenk von Geyern followed their mother's Catholic faith (three were in the service of Eichstatt, the fourth became a Jesuit). This branch died out.

At the end of the Old Kingdom , around 1800, the Geyern Schenk and the Geyern administrator's office owned around 200 subject properties, namely in

With the end of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, the territory of the Schenk von Geyern was incorporated into the new Kingdom of Bavaria (1806). Until 1848 they were able to exercise at least the lower court patrimonial jurisdiction 2nd class Syburg and Wiesenthbruck.

Personalities

  • Ulrich I. Schenk von Hofstetten, from 1314 Schenk von Geyern, imperial bailiff in Weißenburg (1314–1349), is considered to be the builder of the fortified church in Kinding
  • Berthold Schenk von Geyern, robber baron in a dispute with the Eichstätter Bishop Raban Truchseß von Wilburgstetten
  • Martin Schenk von Geyern, 1463 Commander of the Teutonic Order in Würzburg
  • Amalie Schenk von Geyern, wife of the last Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen Constantine
  • Philipp Albrecht Ernst Schenk von Geyern, imperial and Brandenburg council, senior bailiff in Gunzenhausen, Hessen-Darmstadt major general, knight captain of the canton Altmühl and knight director in Franconia, renovator of Syburg Castle, † 1798
  • Karl Friedrich Sigmund Ernst (III.) Schenk von Geyern (* 1876, † 1935), Bavarian lieutenant, then a surgeon in Eichstätt
  • Emma Schenk von Geyern (* 1876, † 1955)

coat of arms

The original coat of arms can be traced back to the second half of the 13th century. It is divided by black over silver, in the upper field a growing lion turned to the right; the shield figure served as a helmet ornament . Around the middle of the 15th century, the new crest was a right-turned growing bird with open flight - probably a vulture based on the family name. The lion last appeared in the coat of arms in 1544, from 1585 the divided shield was without a figure. After that, the coat of arms did not change. Elements of the coat of arms were adopted in the local coat of arms:

See also

literature

  • Johann Gottfried Biedermann: genealogy of the Reichsfrey immediate knighthood Landes zu Franken Praiseworthy place on the Altmühl… . Bayreuth 1748. Plates LXXXI. to XCVI.
  • Karl Hannakam and Ludwig Veit (edit.): Archives of Barons Schenk von Geyern at Syburg Castle, Munich 1958
  • Gerhard Hirschmann: Historical Atlas of Bavaria. Part of Franconia. Row I, Issue 6. Eichstätt. Beilngries-Eichstätt-Greding. Munich 1959

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hannakam / Veit, p. 1 f.
  2. ↑ Hannakam / Veit, p. 6
  3. ↑ Hirschmann, pp. 33 f., 36, 62 f.
  4. ↑ Hannakam / Veit, p. 10
  5. ↑ Hannakam / Veit, p. 11
  6. ↑ Hannakam / Veit, p. 12 f.
  7. ↑ Hannakam / Veit, p. 14
  8. ↑ Hirschmann, pp. 70, 81 f., 91–152
  9. ↑ Hannakam / Veit, p. 13
  10. ↑ Hannakam / Veit, p. 16
  11. ↑ Hannakam / Veit, pp. 14, 17
  12. ↑ Hannakam / Veit, pp. 14, 17
  13. ↑ Hannakam / Veit, p. 3 f.