Trausnitz (noble family)
Trausnitz is the name of an old Bavarian noble family . The widely branched family rose in part to the baron class .
History of the Zenger-Trausnitz line
The family first appears in a document around 1333 with Weichnand von Trausnitz im Tal and Konrad Zenger von Trausnitz im Tal, who are named as witnesses in a waiver certificate from the Stetten estate in favor of the Bürgen monastery.
The Wittelsbacher gave their victum Weichnand the castle Trausnitz in the valley . Although he did not come from the nobility, he enjoyed the greatest favor with Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian , which is shown, among other things, in the fact that the emperor handed the prisoner Friedrich over to his care. From this battle between Ludwig the Bavarian and Friedrich on the Ampfinger Heide near Mühldorf on September 28, 1322, the Habsburgs emerged as the loser and was imprisoned at the castle. This fight also represents the last great knight battle on German soil. After the vicarage died without male descendants, the castle came into the common possession of the Zenger - who they had to share with the vicarage beforehand.
The trunk series begins around 1356 with "the Zengern" from Trausnitz in the Landshut area. The oldest headquarters, however, was Fronhof, in the Oberpfalz-Mitte region, southeast of the city of Nabburg. At that time there was a castle in Fronhof that was common at the time. Only the remains of the wall overgrown by grass and built over by agricultural buildings remain. Fronhof was owned by the Zenger von Trausnitz im Tal. Friedrich der Zenger is mentioned in 1356, Jordan der Zenger in 1359, Andre der Zenger in 1377 and Allt der Zenger in 1383. The Leuchtenberger Lehenbuch reports on a castle "Frunhof and what belongs to it".
In the late 14th and early 15th centuries, the Zengers of Trausnitz held important court posts. A well-known representative was Parzefal, he was court master of Duke Ernst around 1400. His brother Ott the Zenger von Trausnitz was court master of Duke Stephan III. (1392-1406). Ulrich Zenger, Marshal of the Teutonic Order around 1422 in the Comtur of Königsberg. According to tradition, two Zenger brothers are said to have fought in the Battle of Gammelsdorf around 1313 as Lower Bavarian knights under Duke Ludwig. It is unclear whether these belonged to the stem series. The relatives of the Zenger von Trausnitz were owners and administrators of court brands until the middle of the 16th century. This line received, among other things, the baron status and thus carried the title "Baron Hofmarksherr zu Trausnitz". Extract from the register of documents around 1485: “Hanns Zenger zu Trausnitz und Schneeberg sells the Ald monastery. The independent farm in Siglsdorf in Perndorffer parish including accessories ”. Around 60 subordinate estates belonged to the Hofmark, mainly farms. From the middle of the 16th century, individual von Sparneck can also be identified at Trausnitz Castle. After they came to the Upper Palatinate through the destruction of their ancestral castles by the Swabian Federation through family relationships in Trausnitz via the Erlbeck to Trausnitz, the family flourished again here until it died out in 1744.
Irlbeck (Erlbeck) line to Trausnitz
The line around Caspar Irlbeck (previously Erlbeck) zu Trausnitz, who married a sister of the Zenger line, first appeared in a document around 1520. Excerpt: “... in the dispute between Hans Notthracht zum Weissenstain [BA Vohenstrauß], Caspar Irlbeck zu Trausnitz [BA Nabburg], Hans Cress zum Diesfurt [BA Eschenbach] as guardian of the widow of Sebastian Wylld zu Wyllden Reut [Wildenreuth, BA Kemnath] and her son Wolf on the one hand, namely for herself and her co-guardian Weybrecht von Kindsperg zu Weydenbergk [BA Bayreuth], as plaintiff against Wilhalm Schenckh, Herr zu Trauttenberg [BA Kemnath], and his wife Kunigunde on the other hand, the pledge of the Newenhaus Castle [Neuhaus, BA Neustadt adW]. ”This is how the line came to Rhineland-Palatinate.
In the late 18th century there was an exchange deal. Joseph Freiherr von Karg was to take over Fronhof (the oldest ancestral seat of von und zu Trausnitz). In return, Caspar Irlbeck the Third received the Reichenstein fiefs in Silesia and Frauenstein in Trausnitz. In order to solve inheritance problems, the barons of Karg-Bebenburg sold Fronhof Castle and parts of Trausnitz Castle to King Ludwig I of Bavaria with a certificate dated September 2, 1830. The Hofmarks buildings and other properties were sold individually.
Reichenstein-Badzinksy-Trausnitz line
Overall, the sex was now widely ramified. The castle and manor house built by the Barons von Reichenstein remained in the possession of the von Reichenstein family until 1857. In 1773 the von Reichenstein barons were also recognized by France. The family has been missing since the 19th century for reasons that are not clear. When the family was about to die out, Emperor Ferdinand allowed the grandson and descendant of a sister of the Reichenstein line, who was second married to the Badzinsky (formerly Baczinski) line from Silesia, to manage the nobility and coat of arms of the families of and to Trausnitz. He was awarded the knighthood diploma with improved coat of arms. However, without entitlement to countries and goods. This line still exists today.
See also
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- GDA Bavaria
- Doris Baumert - Genealogy in Silesia
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