Truchseß von Wetzhausen

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Truchseß von Wetzhausen family coat of arms

The Truchseß von Wetzhausen are an old Franconian noble family .

history

origin

Wetzhausen Castle
Bundorf Castle
Bettenburg
Waizenbach Castle

The name Truchseß von Wetzhausen is derived from the court office Truchseß and the headquarters in Wetzhausen in Lower Franconia . Wetzhausen is now a district of the market town of Stadtlauringen in the Lower Franconian district of Schweinfurt . The moated castle and 31 epitaphs in the church indicate the family. The beginnings of the family can be traced back to 1176. The family first appeared in a document in 1217 with the Graeflich henneberg ministerial "Thegen dapifer". Miles ( knight ) "Dietricus dapifer de Weczhusen" first appeared in 1346 with the nickname. With Theodoricus dapifer junior, the uninterrupted line of tribe began in 1289 , whose members were in the service of the prince-bishops of Würzburg and were richly enfeoffed in their lands .

Middle Ages and Early Modern Times

Knight Hans Truchseß zu Wetzhausen from the first half of the 14th century was the progenitor of several main lines. He was married to the daughter of another odenwäldische Truchsessen family, Anna Truchseß von Baldersheim. Through Martin Truchseß von Wetzhausen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1477 to 1489 , the family came to Prussia , where they were also able to acquire important properties in the 15th and 18th centuries, e.g. B. Big Klitten. In Franconia, members of the family belonged to the imperial knighthood of the canton of Baunach . They have held the title of baron since the 17th century after an imperial diploma from 1676.

Over the centuries, the Wetzhausen main line split into several secondary lines.
The secondary lines differ by the addition of the respective place in the name:

  • Truchseß von Schweickershausen - founded in 1469 as a separate line with a new name by Hartung Truchseß von Wetzhausen zu Sternberg - then Hartung Truchseß von Schweickershausen

In the Franconian area there were several families starting with the previous title of Truchseß, such as the Truchseß von Pommersfelden , the Truchseß von Baldersheim and the Truchseß von Henneberg , also with various side lines. There are also relatives among each other through marriages, but basically these are different families.

The following knight families were related to the Truchseß von Wetzhausen family in the Middle Ages:
Kotzau , Sparneck .

The Truchsesse von Wetzhausen can be found in the following localities:
Friesenhausen Castle , Altenmünster , Rappershausen and Bahra , Schwanhausen , Serrfeld , Unsleben and Zimmerau (the last three are near Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke )

Modern times until today

At the beginning of the 20th century there were still two lines. The older line owned the Wetzhausen condominium and the younger line the Bundorf-Bettenburg condominium, both in Lower Franconia. These goods are still owned by the family, and Waizenbach Castle has been owned by a family foundation since 1732.

Wetzhausen Castle was dilapidated due to a long period of vacancy. Among other things, it was used as a recording studio and used for university exercises for the Bamberg master’s degree in monument preservation and filming. The commitment to the preservation of monuments has received several awards, also outside of Bavaria. The castle was sold to the sculptor Daniel Egli in 2018.

As Protestant knights in the vicinity of the Catholic dioceses of Bamberg and Würzburg, the Truchsessen were repeatedly exposed to denominational repression. However, they always understood how to increase their wealth and influence by marrying into wealthy families. For example, with the marriage of the American industrialist daughter Clara Erhart, the sensational construction of Craheim Castle was financed. Today this castle is the seat of the Protestant community Jesu Weg , which is supported and supported by the Truchessen.

coat of arms

Blazon of the family coat of arms : “Two red and silver bars in gold. On the helmet (in side view on the upper left corner of the leaning shield) with red-silver helmet covers between two bull horns labeled like the shield, a red-clad, gold-crowned maiden's torso with a thick blond braid. "

Historical coats of arms

Coat of arms elements in municipal coats of arms

Personalities

Christian Truchseß von Wetzhausen

Epitaphs in the Martinskirche Wetzhausen

In the Martinskirche in Wetzhausen , built in 1708 by Veit Heinrich Truchseß von Wetzhausen, there are numerous well-preserved epitaphs of the family from earlier times.

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  • Wetzhausen Martinskirche 036.JPG
  • Wetzhausen Martinskirche 011.JPG
  • Wetzhausen Martinskirche 012.JPG
  • Wetzhausen Martinskirche 013.JPG
  • Wetzhausen Martinskirche 014.JPG
  • Wetzhausen Martinskirche 017.JPG
  • Wetzhausen Martinskirche 020.JPG
  • Wetzhausen Martinskirche 022.JPG
  • Wetzhausen Martinskirche 026.JPG
  • Wetzhausen Martinskirche 032.JPG
  • Wetzhausen Martinskirche 045.JPG

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Archive Würzburg, Standbuch 169, 50.
  2. ↑ State Archive Würzburg, Lehnbuch 4, 7.
  3. ↑ Achim Hubel (ed.): New research on medieval building and art history in Franconia. Lectures of the lecture series of the Center for Medieval Studies of the Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg in the summer semester 2010. University of Bamberg Press, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86309-060-9 .
  4. ↑ Nationwide initiative - building and living in existing buildings. (PDF; 56 kB) on: arge-online.org
  5. ^ Wolfgang Eger: History of the city of Speyer. Volume 3, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-17-010490-X , p. 356.
  6. ↑ contains u. a. Paintings of two women of the same sex who married into the von Rossau family

Web links

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