Faster to Lottstetten
The Schneller came from Lottstetten in what is now Klettgau , Baden-Württemberg. The Landgraviate of Klettgau belonged to the Schwarzenberg rule until 1806 and, as a result of the mediatization, fell to the Grand Duchy of Baden . The family worked for generations as ministerials and bailiffs of the Counts of Sulz and the Provost of Öhningen . In addition to owning property, the Schneller family in Lottstetten always held inheritance through the hospital and donation office of the city of Schaffhausen , the Öhningen provost and the Rheinau monastery .
history
According to the nobility act of 1639, the family has belonged to the nobility since the 12th century: “because our previous noble family has already stretched for 400 years. The coat of arms already in possession of it: and the letter of nobility, however, by the Swedish enemy, has been taken down and burned away; so it would have been robbed of it. ”(In the said fight and defense of Lottstetten against the Swedes on May 8, 1633, three members of the family died.)
As a further special services which the ennoblement led, participation was more family members in the campaign against the Turks in Hungary in 1599. Led the army it was Karl Ludwig zu Sulz , Landgraf to Klettgau , imperial Feldzeugmeister and president of the War Council .
Branches of the family now live in Germany (including Berlin), Hungary, Austria and Switzerland. In Hungary, the family is called Schneller or Selényi in addition to Schneller.
Family coat of arms
A silver rafter, on the main shield a gray-blue bar with three six-pointed gold stars. - On the helmet a red and silver blanket between two buffalo horns bound in red and silver, the rafter on the top of which rests a golden six-pointed star.
Ennobled 1639
Roman-Catholic / Hereditary-Austrian nobility and coat of arms improvement, Vienna June 20, 1639 for the brothers Andreas and Jacob Schneller because of the services of their ancestors in the Turkish war.
- coat of arms
A shield divided by gold and blue; above a blue-clad, bearded man with golden buttons and a waistband of the same kind, a blue pointed cap with a golden cuff, holding three tulips in his left hand, his right hand propped up on his hip. Below four (1, 2, 1) golden balls. On the helmet with blue-and-gold covers on both sides between two outward-facing, gold and blue buffalo horns on the left, the man with the three tulips in a skirt split lengthways by gold and blue.
Ennobled 1747
Roman-Catholic / Erbländisch-Austrian knighthood and coat of arms improvement, Vienna November 9, 1747 for Anton von Schneller, kk council and secret court and state chancellery registrar (born July 10, 1691 in Lottstetten, died August 2, 1762 in Vienna) .
- coat of arms
Quartered. 1 and 4 in gold a gold-crowned red-tongued black eagle at the slit. 2 and 3 a silver rafter in red, on the main shield a gray-blue bar with three six-pointed gold stars. - On the two helmets, on the right with black and gold covers, a gold-crowned, red-tongued black eagle and on the left with red-silver covers between two buffalo horns bound in red and silver, the rafter on the top of which rests a gold six-pointed star.
Waldkirch house in Rheinau
For generations, the Rheinau branch of the Schneller family owned the Waldkirchschen house in Rheinau . The house is considered the proudest secular building in the monastery town and was also called "Gut Schroffenberg" or "Alte Post". The Rheinau post office was housed here from 1890 to 1957. The Rheinau parish center is located in the building today. The noble seat of the von Waldkirch family was built in 1602. Above the entrance there is a sandstone relief with the coat of arms of those of Waldkirch – Muntprat. The building has a half corner tower and a stair tower. The Muntprat were a Ravensburger patrician family and those of Waldkirch a Schaffhausen noble family.
Significant family members
- Melchior Schneller (named 1531), Vogt of Lottstetten
- Laurentz Schneller (died 1629), Vogt of Lottstetten
- Johann Leonhard Schneller (1660–1726), chaplain in Tiengen, from 1702 pastor in Oberlauchringen
- Franz Anton Schneller (1697–1762), theologian, pastor in Lienheim, Weissenhorn and Wolkersdorf
- Anton von Schneller (1691–1762), kk councilor and secret court and state chancellery registrar
- Franz Xaver Blasius Maria von Schneller (1728–1777), Imperial and Royal Secret Court and State Chancellery Conzipist
- Christoph von Schneller (1731–1771), theologian, kk Hofspital - chaplain, writing and consistorial advice, pastor in Wolkersdorf
- Andreas von Schneller (1755–1840), Privy Councilor, Field Marshal Lieutenant, Real General of the Cavalry, Knight Grand Cross of the Leopold Order, owner of the 5th Chevauxlegers Regiment. From 1823 to 1836 he was the commanding general in the Banat.
- Michael Schneller (1763–1835), Vogt of Lottstetten
- Johann Jakob Schneller (1789–1846), medical officer
- Karl Schneller (1821–1899), justice of the peace and captain.
- Eduard Schneller (1838–1896), Cantonal Councilor of the State of Zurich
- Eduard Schneller (1873–1925), district doctor
- Hans Walter Schneller (1893–1982), composer
literature
- Max Iseli: Rheinau memorial for the 1200 year celebration. Rheinau local council (ed.). 1978.
- Hans Rapold and Stefan V. Keller: The restaurant and department store zum Salmen on the Rheinau bridgehead. 1991.
- Stefan V. Keller: From the history of the Rheinau School from the Middle Ages to the end of the 19th century. 1993.
- Stefan V. Keller: owner of Waldkirchsches house. In: Rheinauer Buch. Village chronicle, Rheinau City Council 2000, p. 132 ff.
- Karl Friedrich Frank: Status surveys and acts of grace for the German Reich and the Austrian hereditary lands up to 1806. Senftenegg Castle 1973, Vol. IV (O – Sh), p. 263.
- History Association Hochrhein e. V. Waldshut: State Chancellery registrar Anton v. Faster (= contributions to the history of the Waldshut district ). 2018, pp. 133–152.
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- Depictions of the coat of arms of the Vienna State Archives
- Documents from the Schaffhausen and Zurich State Archives
- Documents General State Archive Karlsruhe
- Schneller family archive in the Zurich State Archives
Individual evidence
- ^ Austrian State Archives , court nobility files, Schneller Andreas, Jakob, Brothers, nobility (Vienna, June 20, 1639)
- ↑ Karl Friedrich Hoggenmüller: From the history of the community Lottstetten. , Lottstetten Municipality, Lottstetten 1981, p. 122
- ^ Austrian State Archives , court nobility files, Schneller Andreas, Jakob, Brothers, nobility (Vienna, June 20, 1639)
- ^ Austrian State Archives , Imperial Nobility Files, Schneller Anton, Ritterstand (Vienna, November 9, 1747)
- ↑ Baptism, marriage and death register 1686–1731 of the parish of Lottstetten.
- ↑ St. Stephen's death book, Vienna 1761–1764, p. 100.
- ^ Zurich State Archives, TAI 5.56; PB Alice Faster.
- ↑ City Archives Schaffhausen, Old Archive, Documents, AI / 0265 .
- ↑ Baptism, marriage and death register 1613 - 1686 of the parish of Lottstetten.
- ^ Archbishop's Archive Freiburg A1 / 717, church visits 1705-1809, Deanery Neukirch.
- ^ Archbishop's Archive Freiburg A1 / 717, church visits 1705-1809, Deanery Neukirch.
- ↑ Ludwig Gschwind, Die Pfarrer von Weißenhorn, Yearbook of the Association for the History of the Augsburg Diocese, 1975, pp. 97–98.
- ^ Diocesan Archives Vienna, priest database, Franz Anton Schneller.
- ^ Geschichtsverein Hochrhein eV Waldshut, State Chancellery registrar Anton v. More quickly. In contributions to the history of the Waldshut district, 2018, pp. 133–152.
- ^ Geschichtsverein Hochrhein eV Waldshut, State Chancellery registrar Anton v. More quickly. In contributions to the history of the Waldshut district, 2018, pp. 133–152.
- ^ Geschichtsverein Hochrhein eV Waldshut, State Chancellery registrar Anton v. More quickly. In contributions to the history of the Waldshut district, 2018, pp. 133–152.
- ↑ General State Archives Karlsruhe, 230/11312.
- ↑ Zurich State Archives, TAI 5.54; PB Alice Faster.
- ↑ Zurich State Archives, QQ I 14.2, p. 261.
- ^ Zurich State Archives, Dm 13, Zurich Post 1896, July-December, there September 16, 1896.
- ^ Zurich State Archives, TAI 5.55; PB Alice Faster.
- ↑ Solothurner Zeitung, 1951, No. 59, v. March 10th, a village doctor-Dr. Eduard Schneller, Derendingen.