Spitzemberg
Spitzemberg , from 1893 also Hugo von Spitzemberg , is the name of a noble family from Lorraine and later from Württemberg .
Ancestral castle
Spitzemberg Castle stood on a 641 meter high mountain cone about 8 km east of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges . A first fortress was supposedly built over Gallo-Roman remains during the time of the Hungarian invasions . In the 12th century, Spitzemberg belonged to the Lords of Paroye. In 1243, Duke Matthew II of Lorraine took possession of the castle. In 1550 the complex served as a widow's residence for Christina of Denmark . In the Thirty Years' War and in the First World War , the Spitzemberg was used as a military base; On the summit is a memorial of the 152nd French Infantry Regiment , which commemorates the costly battles with German troops in September 1914. Only small remains of the surrounding walls and the foundation walls of the keep have been preserved from the castle .
Nobility uprisings
- Elevated to the nobility of Lorraine on January 4th (or April 14th) 1535.
- Elevation to the Lorraine knighthood on November 20, 1736 for Charles Hyacinth Hugo ; after his marriage to Anna l'Huillier de Spitzemberg, he took the name "von Spitzemberg".
- Royal Württemberg recognition of the nobility and baron class on December 4, 1833 for Franz Xaver Freiherr von Spitzemberg .
- Royal Württemberg license to use the full family name "Hugo von Spitzemberg" on October 7, 1893 in Stuttgart for the royal Prussian chamberlain and district administrator Lothar Freiherr von Spitzemberg .
coat of arms
Divided, above in silver two black merlettes , below blue (water) without picture. A black merlette on the helmet with the blue and silver covers . Shield head : Two silver greyhounds with red collars.
Name bearer
- Amélie von Soden , née Freiin von Spitzemberg (1869–1953), Württemberg politician
- Franz Xaver Freiherr von Spitzemberg (1781–1864), Württemberg court official and general
- Hildegard Baroness von Spitzemberg , née Freiin von Varnbuler (1843–1914), Berlin salonière during the imperial era
- Lothar Freiherr Hugo von Spitzemberg (1868–1930), Prussian chamberlain and district administrator
- Wilhelm von Spitzemberg (1825–1888), Württemberg royal chamberlain and general
literature
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume V, Page 418, Volume 84 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1984