Voit von Rieneck
The Voit von Rieneck family was a Franconian noble family with possessions in the knight canton of Gebürg .
origin
The eponymous place Rieneck is today a town in the Lower Franconian district of Main-Spessart . The Voits von Rieneck were first mentioned in a document in 1272 and were initially Ministeriale of the Counts of Rieneck .
In 1697 Carl Friedrich Freiherr Voit von Rieneck zu Trun- und Traustadt bought the Wildenstein estate from the Bamberg monastery . Shortly afterwards, the family was raised to the rank of imperial count by Emperor Leopold I.
After the Count Voit von Rieneck died out in 1823, their property fell to the Kingdom of Bavaria and was awarded to the royal finance minister Freiherr Maximilian von Lerchenfeld .
distribution
Burg Gaillreuth , Grafengehaig , Heinersreuth, Helmershausen , Presseck , Herrschaft Wildenstein
Personalities
- Ulrich Voit von Rieneck , Canon of Würzburg
- Jörg Voit von Rieneck († February 25, 1467), bailiff of the cathedral chapter in Würzburg
- Philipp Valentin Voit von Rieneck (1612–1672), Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (1653–1672)
- Karl Friedrich Voit von Rieneck († 1703), provost in the diocese of Würzburg
coat of arms
The heraldic shield shows a silver ram with golden horns on a red background. The ram is also repeated as a crest .
It is assumed that the coat of arms of Voit von Rieneck forms the basis of today's municipal coat of arms of Burgsinn . The coat of arms of the former municipality of Trunstadt reminds of the gender.
Coat of arms of the Burgsinn market
Coat of arms of the Voit Counts of Rieneck
