Valzner (patrician)

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The Valzner (also: Falzner , Valzner von Haimendorf ) were a patrician family of the imperial city of Nuremberg , first mentioned in a document in Nuremberg around 1387. The Valzner were represented in the Inner Council from 1403 to 1418 and, according to the dance statute, belonged to the new sexes eligible for advice.

history

The Valzner originally came from Grossenfalz near Sulzbach , the center of Upper Palatinate mining.

The most famous representative of the family in Nuremberg was Herdegen Valzner from Prague , who acquired his wealth in the Bohemian mining industry. Among other things, he was administrator of the royal copper mines in Kuttenberg and was closely associated with King Wenceslaus. Valzner broke this connection before his deposition in 1400 and emigrated to Nuremberg, where he accepted citizenship in 1401. Since he had already received the imperial mint as a pledge as well as many other possessions and privileges in and around Nuremberg from King Wenzel, he was co-opted into the patriciate and member of the Inner Council as early as 1403.

Herdegen Valzner was the nurse of the Heilig-Geist-Spital from 1403 to 1416 and was considered one of the richest Nuremberg residents of his time. In addition to the Schürstab, Rummel von Zant and Lonnerstadt, Stromer von Reichenbach and the Harsdorf von Enderndorf, he was the financier of the kings Wenzel , Ruprecht and Sigismund and Duke Stephan III. from Bavaria-Ingolstadt . In the following years, alone or together with his brother Peter, he acquired large properties in the Nuremberg area or was lent them as pledge by the respective rulers.

In the following years he donated some chapels and founded alms.

With Herdegen Valzner's son of the same name, the male line of the family died out in 1427, and with the death of Margaretha Valzner in 1448, the family's name in Nuremberg.

The Valznerweiher and the Valznerweiherstrasse in Nuremberg- Zerzabelshof are a reminder of the family.

Former possessions (extract)

Foundations (extract)

  • The Valzner Chapel (also: Allerheiligenkapelle), formerly Hans-Sachs-Platz 2 (destroyed in 1945) was donated by Herdegen Valzner around 1403.
  • The Mauritius Chapel and the Brother House on Moritzberg were donated by Herdegen Valzner in 1419.
  • Herdegen Valzner's Guldein Trunk charity foundation

Known family members

Grave of Herdegen Valzner in the crucifixion courtyard of the Heilig-Geist-Spital
  • Peter II. Valzner von Haimendorff (1360–1420), merchant, brother of Herdegen Valzner
  • Albert Valzner (???? - 1421) Dean of the Augustinian Canons' Monastery in Neunkirchen am Brand
  • Herdegen Valzner (???? - 1423), mining entrepreneur, banker, caretaker of the Heilig-Geist-Spital

coat of arms

In black an elongated golden bench placed obliquely to the left

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Valzner  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ First mention with reservation!
  2. ^ History of Deinschwang with the castle and the places Ballertshofen and Mettenhofen ( Memento from September 12, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b The Augustinian Canons Neunkirchen am Brand –pdf
  4. ^ Heinrich Wilhelm: Marloffstein Castle. A contribution to Franconian history. Self-published by the old gentlemen's association of the former Frankonia fraternity in Erlangen, 1938
  5. ^ History. Saint Mauritius - namesake of our riding club. In: rc-mauritius.de. Reitclub Mauritius eV, accessed on January 5, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Mention of the Guldein Trunk Foundation