Stetten (patrician)
The Stetten ( von Stetten ) are a widespread evangelical Augsburg councilor and merchant family.
history
The family, documented for the first time in 1254 at Kirchheimbolanden Castle , located in the former Electoral Palatinate , came from Frankfurt am Main to the imperial city of Augsburg:
- There are already An. 1254. Gerbodo de Stetten & Otto de Stetten milites, lived and were named as witnesses in a purchase letter between the Kabra monastery and the Falkenrieden church. A. 1360. Cunz von Stetten lived there and A. 1376. Peter von Stetten and Heinze Schildknecht kept watch on the towers when Emperor Carl IV was there with his wife. From this Frankfurtischen von Stetten, A. came in 1426. Hans von Stetten… to Augsburg… This Hans von Stetten was under the guild of merchants. He produced various sons.
Hans von Stetten married Veronica Erdwein, who came from a respected Augsburg family. Through this connection, von Stetten not only acquired the burger rights, but also the several companies. His grandson Hans was the treasurer of Emperor Maximilian I. In 1538 the family was admitted to the Augsburg patriciate, acquired the rule and castle of Bocksberg in 1542 and was given imperial nobility in 1548 by Emperor Karl V. From Augsburg a line returned to Frankfurt / Main, but it went out in 1734.
The noble family still owns the castles in Aystetten , Hammel and Burtenbach . In the past, Gailenbach Castle in Edenbergen and Elmischwang Castle near Fischach were family-owned.
Many members of the family were buried in the Protestant cemetery in Augsburg .
gallery
Family grave in the Protestant cemetery in Augsburg
Family grave in the Protestant cemetery in Augsburg
Grave of Anna Barbara von Stetten in the Protestant cemetery in Augsburg
Coat of arms on the family grave in the Protestant cemetery in Augsburg
Known members
City caretaker or mayor of Augsburg
| Life dates | Surname | Term of office |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 1583 to June 27, 1643 | Paul of Stetten | 1633-1635 |
| 1595-1675 | David II of Stetten | 1653-1675 |
| 1643-1729 | Paul von Stetten | 1716-1726 |
| 1658-1738 | Johann von Stetten the Elder | 1726-1735 |
| 1703-1774 | David IV of Stetten | 1767-1774 |
| August 24, 1731 to February 11, 1808 | Paul von Stetten | 1792-1806 |
| 1736-1817 | Albrecht of Stetten | 1806 |
Other members
- September 23, 1754 to February 19, 1805: Anna Barbara von Stetten
- December 9, 1811 to September 14, 1895: August Ernst Marcus von Stetten
- March 18, 1862 to August 7, 1937: Otto von Stetten
- July 5, 1960: Heio von Stetten
coat of arms
Coat of arms 1548: In shields divided diagonally from blue and gold, half an ibex in mixed colors. On the blue and gold puffed helmet with the same blankets, an ibex hull split by blue and gold between open, golden on the right, blue on the left, eagle wings.
literature
- Paul von Stetten: History of the noble families of the free imperial city of Augsburg, Augsburg 1762, pp. 215-219
- Günther Grünsteudel , Günter Hägele, Rudolf Frankenberger (eds.): Augsburger Stadtlexikon. 2nd Edition. Perlach, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-922769-28-4 , ( online )
