Spiegel (Saxon noble family)

Coat of arms of the von Spiegel family

The von Spiegel family is an old Meissen noble family. There are different families of Spiegel in Germany , cf. also Spiegel (Westphalian noble family) .

history

Older authors (v. Mülverstedt) attribute the family to several castle men of the Naumburg bishops who lived on the Rudelsburg in the 13th century: Berthold Spiegel is the last witness in a document from Bishop Engelhard of Naumburg in 1213. Due to the lack of documentary records in the early 14th century, newer researchers (Fischer, Knothe) only see Otto Spiegel (around 1349/50 in Wengelsdorf near Weißenfels) or Hans Spiegel (1349/50 in possession in Altwunschütz near Naumburg) as possible ancestors of the Spiegel family and let their lineage begin with Hans Spiegel (* around 1330) mentioned in a document by Landgrave Wilhelm I of Thuringia in 1386. In the following years, the family often provided officials (Dietrich 1488 Amtmann zu Graefenhainichen, 1492 Electoral Saxon Council ;, Hans 1491/95 Amtmann zu Grimma, Hans 1491 Captain zu Köpenick, 1494 zu Bötzow and Liebenwalda; Caspar 1500/30 Captain zu Radeberg and Ortrandt , Otto 1525/35 Amtmann zu Leipzig, Dietrich 1532/33 Amtmann zu Leipzig, Hans 1532 Amtmann zu Leipzig, 1539 zu Schlieben und Belzig, as such concerned with the feud of Hans Kohlhase; Georg 1540 Amtmann zu Delitzsch, Asmus around 1545 Amtmann zu Wittenberg , Bernhard, 1563 governor in Potsdam, Georg 1598 captain zu Delitzsch, Bitterfeld and Zörbig) Vögte (Otto 1429/30 Vogt zu Leuchtenburg, Orlamünde and Coburg, from 1439 electoral council) and also electoral councilors (Hans 1448, Friedrich 1487, Hans 1560/70 council, also Stiftshauptmann zu Wurzen) and thus played an important role in the 15th and 16th centuries in Electoral Saxony and in the Duchy of Saxony.

In 1434 Heinrich (around 1390 - around 1450) acquired Gruna Castle near Eilenburg as the family headquarters.

The Spiegel implemented the Reformation in their localities at an early stage . Asmus Spiegel (around 1490/95 - 1551) worked as a visitor since 1529 in the implementation of the Reformation in the rural communities. In 1664, after the death of Carl von Spiegel, Gruna passed to the von Dieskau family.

The church in Gruna, open to visitors since 2010, shows 21 epitaphs from the Spiegel family.

The von Spiegel family, which can be traced back to Silesia since 1252, possibly goes back to a Heinrich Spiegel, who is documented as the son of the aforementioned Berthold Spiegel (* around 1180) in 1238 and appears as a witness in a document from Naumburg Bishop Dietrich II in 1250

Possessions and goods in Saxony

Gruna, Badrina , Hohenprießnitz , Neuhaus (dredged) Paupitzsch (dredged) Pristäblich , Niederglaucha , Kossa , Laußig , Mörtitz , Görschlitz , Falkenberg , Göritz , Zschettgau , Zschepen , Werbelin ( dredged ) Same , Grebehna , Brodau , Wölkau , Krensitz , Gollmenz , Boyda , Beerendorf , Zschortau , Püchau , the Sprödaer Holz, the castle loan at Delitzsch Castle .

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows two red bars (threads) in a silver shield. On the helmet a red-clad hull with a golden braid and a red and silver bead , set with red and silver feathers.

Some namesake

Burgmannen zu Rudelsburg:

• Berthold Spiegel, around 1213
• Henricus Spiegel, around 1238, 1250, maybe 1252

In the 15th and 16th centuries:

• Otto Spiegel, around 1430 Vogt in Coburg
  • Dietrich Spiegel, around 1487 Privy Councilor of Duke Friedrich of Saxony
    • Asmus (Erasmus) Spiegel zu Gruna (* 1490/95 † January 28, 1551), Electoral Saxon councilor and court marshal, official captain of Wittenberg, church inspector, colonel and 1547 commander in the Schmalkaldic War ; stood in front of Wittenberg against Duke Moritz and Emperor Charles V , but was re-enfeoffed in 1547; Woman: Anna born Cunning; Children:
      • Philipp Spiegel zu Gruna (* 1542); I.oo Anna born Schleinitz; II.oo Christina born from mirror; Children:
        • Dietrich Spiegel zu Gruna (November 12, 1581 - November 27, 1616)
        • Asmus Spiegel zu Gruna († December 23, 1605)
      • Paul von Spiegel zu Hohenprießnitz ; Children:
        • Hans von Spiegel; Son:
          • Erasmus Spiegel (23 May 1593 - 13 February 1617)
      • Friedrich von Spiegel; Children:
        • Maria Spiegel
        • Ditterich Spiegel († 1599)
        • Philipp Spiegel (born November 11, 1602, † February 7, 1629)
• George Spiegel, 1540 bailiff at Delitzsch
• Bernhard Spiegel, 1563 captain in Potsdam
• Hans Spiegel zu Pristäblich , 1560/70 councilor of the Electorate of Saxony and captain at Wurzen

In the 17th century and later.

• Otto Spiegel zu Badrina , Electoral Saxon court adjudicator at Wittenberg
• Carl von Spiegel († 1664)
• Heinrich Wilhelm von Spiegel (born October 22, 1765 in Schleiz , married "von Schlieben"; † December 1, 1844 in Zwickau) major and lieutenant colonel (campaigns 1794, 1806, (1808–1809 in Poland), 1812, 1813, 1814) ; Children:
  • Amalia Louise von Spiegel (born March 7, 1797)
  • Auguste Louise von Spiegel (born April 8, 1798)
  • Franz Hermann Karl von Spiegel (born March 26, 1800)
  • Henriette Antonia von Spiegel (born November 10, 1801)
  • Gustav Wilhelm von Spiegel (* Zwickau April 29, 1805, † Dresden June 14, 1873), royal. Saxon major general and adjutant general (member of the Federal Military Commission from the Saxon side and from the 9th Army Corps)
• Emil von Spiegel, lieutenant and state elder , gentleman at Schurgast and Weisdorf in the Falkenberg district, as well as at Spittelndorf in the district of Liegnitz
• Wilhelm von Spiegel, Lord of Wendzin in the Lublinitz district, Opole district

Web links

• Notes on family

literature

• Klaus Knothe: The first mirror, in: Family and history. 2012 p. 529ff.
• Klaus Knothe: The Saxon-Thuringian noble family Spiegel . Publication series of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mitteldeutscher Familienforscher (AMF) No. 183. 2nd edition Kleve 2007.
• Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Historical grave monuments and their inscriptions in the Dübener Heide series of publications of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mitteldeutscher Familienforscher (AMF) No. 165. 1st edition Kleve 2005.
• Mülverstedt, GA v .: The dead nobility of the province of Saxony. Nuremberg 1904/1972

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neuhaus
2. ↑ [1]
3. ↑ Epitaphs in the church at Gruna
4. ↑ Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Historical grave monuments and their inscriptions in the Dübener Heide
5. ↑ New General German Adels Lexicon , Volume 8, 1868 ( Online )