Urschenbeck (noble family)
The Urschenbeck (also Ursenbeck, Ursenpeck, Ursenbecken ) is an extinct male line, originating from Bavaria, aristocratic family ( Uradel ) from the Ursenbach ancestral home that was resident in Styria in 1450 and later also in Austria ; In 1606 they became barons and in 1632 they were made counts and, according to Johann Siebmacher's coat of arms, belong to the Lower Austrian rural nobility.
history
The knights Friedrich and Philipp Ursenpeck attended the tournament in Zurich in 1165. Before 1450 members of this family were wealthy in Styria. In 1470 Ludwig, Hansen and Peter Urschenbeck were involved in a conspiracy against Emperor Friedrich III. involved. The Ursenbeck owned some Gülten zu Judenburg and Edling (near Trofaiach) in Styria , which Jörg Bernhard Urschenbeck bought on December 7, 1586 from Christoph von Galler (noble family) .
The Urschenbeck were hereditary master masters in Styria, Christoph Urschenbeck received this office from Archduke Karl II of Austria in 1579 . In 1618 Jörg Christoph Freiherr Urschenbeck bought the Riegersburg estate from Karl Freiherrn von Stadl and sold it to Jörg Seyfried Wechsler in 1637. Christoph David Graf von Urschenbeck was the last of his tribe, he was raised to the rank of count on September 15, 1632. Count Franz Christoph von Massini, the grandson of this Count Christoph David, called himself von Urschenbeck and Massini from 1698 with the imperial approval . In 1735 Joseph von Urschenbeck and Massini became heiress masters in Styria, and this line also died out in 1790.
Personalities
- Georg Bernhard von Urschenbeck studied at the University of Padua, was knighted in 1596, Landuntermarschall in Austria under the Enns in 1595, Landmarschall 1606, heirloom master in Styria. In 1605 he was elevated to the baron class by Emperor Rudolf II, and he was accepted into the Lower Austrian gentry in 1606.
- Christoph David von Urschenbeck (1576–1636), was first a soldier, from 1610 governor of Carinthia, and in 1632 was raised to the rank of count by Emperor Ferdinand II.
- Franz Bernhard Freiherr von Urschenbeck (1615–1672) was the treasurer of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm .
- See also two family members who are named at Urschenböckgasse in Simmering (Vienna district) .
coat of arms
I. Family coat of arms after Siebmacher, Lower Austria nobility
Blazon: The first coat of arms according to Siebmacher, Lower Austria nobility shows an eight-spoke wheel in the shield and on the helmet .
II. Coat of arms (1441) after Siebmacher, Lower Austria nobility
The II. Coat of arms from 1441 shows black gold divided [resp. is divided diagonally by black and gold and is considered to be the "family coat of arms" according to the blazon according to Von Medings: Messages from noble coats of arms ] , the helmet with a black and yellow cover carries an eight-spoke wheel between two black and yellow buffalo horns with alternating colors.
III. Coat of arms after Siebmacher, Lower Austria nobility
The III. The coat of arms appears split in the shield , on the right the family coat of arms as before in II., On the left in red two diagonally crossed silver lily sceptres with yellow lilies (PFaffendorf); the shield is decorated with two crowned helmets, the one on the right with a black and yellow cover carries two black and yellow split buffalo horns between a black and yellow split open eagle flight and between them a black and yellow split eight-spoke wheel, the left helmet with a red and silver cover There are three red ducal hats, each with two diagonally crossed silver sceptres and yellow lilies, placed one on top of the other, with ermine stuples; Above the top protrudes the tip of a red pagan hat, decorated with six ostrich feathers in red, red, silver, silver, red, and red.
IV. Coat of arms (1561) after Siebmacher, Lower Austria nobility
The IV. Coat of arms from 1561 is quartered in the shield ; 1 and 4 coat of arms as in II, 2 and 3 Pfaffendorf as in III. Two crowned helmets as before, but the flight black and yellow and the horns yellow and black, each divided with alternating colors and the ring of the wheel black and yellow, the rim of the wheel completely yellow.
V. Coat of arms after Siebmacher, Lower Austria nobility
The V coat of arms from the Hertzenkrafft coat of arms is shown in the shield as in IV, but without horns on the first helmet.
VI. Coat of arms (1632 and 1650) after Siebmacher, Lower Austria nobility
The VI. The coat of arms of the sieve maker is from 1632 and 1650 and shows the family coat of arms as in II., Five helmets, crowned, and with black and yellow covers, the right one wearing a black and yellow eagle wing covered with the beveled lily scepter and the second the yellow and black one Fourth wheel with black rim, as well as the middle one shows the three hats as before, but the top one is equipped with seven alternating red and silver ostrich feathers, the fourth helmet has two yellow-black buffalo horns with alternating colors and the left one with a yellow covering the sloping scepter -Black eagle wings.
Alternative blazon of the described coat of arms after Christian von Meding
Coat of arms according to von Meding: Square shield, in the first and fourth field is the family coat of arms. In the second and third red field in the St. Andrew's cross there are two silver lily scepter (this was the coat of arms of the Pfaffendorf). Two crowned helmets: on the one to the right, between two eagle wings divided by black and gold across the corner, two buffalo horns also divided by gold and black across the corner, and in turn a wheel floats between these. On the helmet to the left there are three broad, red caps silver flap, one on top of the other. They are not unlike the princely hats. On top of the hats are three (to five) silver and red ostrich feathers. Helmet covers golden and black on the right, silver and red on the left.
literature
- Carl Schmutz: Historical-topographical lexicon of Steyermark . Volume 4, Graz 1823, pp. 128, 245f.
- Johann Christian von Hellbach: Adels-Lexikon or manual on the historical, genealogical ... Volume 2, Ilmenau 1826, p. 628.
- Christian Friedrich August von Meding: Messages from aristocratic coats of arms. Volume 3, Weißenfels, Leipzig 1791, pp. 693ff
- Johann Baptist Witting : The Lower Austrian rural nobility. Tables, S – Z. In: J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms . Volume 4. Bauer and Raspe, Nuremberg 1918, p 450: Table 117, p 241: panel 210 - 212th
- Johann Baptist Witting: The Lower Austrian rural nobility. Text, S – Z. In: J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms . Volume 4. Bauer and Raspe, Nuremberg 1918, pp. 445-446.
