Brandt (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the von Brandt family according to Siebmacher's book of arms

The von Brandt family is an old Franconian noble family .

The family can be distinguished from numerous other families of the same name, Brand (t) , to which neither tribe nor coat of arms is related.

Family name Brandt

The family name Brandt or Brand is widespread. As here, the name Brandt is a reference to clearing activities , but it can also refer to conflagrations (e.g. the Zollner vom Brand ). There were other noble families with the same name.

history

origin

Brand Castle near Marktredwitz

The original Franconian noble family von Brandt began at Brand Castle , today part of Marktredwitz in the Wunsiedel district in Upper Franconia . With Meino de Brande , the place and family are first documented in 1221. Since the Brand Castle was under the feudal rule of the von Notthracht family until the 19th century, the von Brand can be counted as the nobility of the von Notthracht family. Hans Wilhelm and Hans Wolf von Brand were the last family members to live in the original Brand Castle; Hans Wilhelm's widow sold her share after 1662 to her son-in-law Wolf Ernst von Gravenreuth and to Georg Christoph Renner. Hans Wolf sold his share in 1682 to Wolff Adolph Marschall , who came from Thuringia .

Between 1165 and 1172, the district judge Hugo von Wartha from Plzeň together with the imperial marshal Rudolf von Brand (d. 1195) had Waldenburg Castle built in the valley of the Zwickauer Mulde (in present-day West Saxony). Whether this person belonged to the Franconian Brand family cannot be clarified.

distribution

Neidstein Castle and Castle Ruins (1832)
Neidstein Castle
Ruins of Neidstein Castle behind the castle

Erhard Prantner, born around 1380/90, is considered to be the oldest common ancestor of the family, which was divided into several lines and is still flourishing today. His eldest son Hans acquired Neidstein Castle near Sulzbach-Rosenberg in the Upper Palatinate in 1466 . The second son Stephan founded the Pleysteiner line of the family, the youngest brother Thomas the Flossenbürger line of the family.

In 1504 Neidstein Castle was destroyed by Duke Albrecht of Bavaria in the course of the Landshut War of Succession . Then the new Neidstein Castle was built by Jobst von Brandt and completed in 1513. The Neidsteiner line with goods in Etzelwang , Kürmreuth , Nasslitz , Burggrub and Freiung owned the eponymous castle for 14 generations. In 2006 the American descendants of the Brandt von Neidstein family, heirs of the last owner of the castle, sold it to the actor Nicolas Cage . A large part of the historical furnishings of the palace was auctioned off at the Munich auction house Neumeister .

The second main line to Pleystein with the side branches to Leutzenhof , Bodenstein , Biebersreuth , Woppenhof , Stein etc. died out at the end of the 17th century.

The Flossenbürger line, which later became wealthy in Franconia ( Bühl , Gereuth , Christanz ) and belonged to the Franconian Imperial Knighthood , died out in 1872.

The von Brandt family also lived in the former castle in Reislas near Kirchenpingarten .

Related sexes

The von Brandt family is directly related to the following noble families: Feilitzsch , Kotzau , Rabensteiner zu Döhlau and Sparneck .

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows three mutilated black tree branches arranged vertically next to each other on a golden background. Small flames blaze at the ends of the branches. The motif is also repeated in the crest.

The coat of arms of the municipality of Etzelwang reminds of the gender with strongly symbolized burning branches. The coat of arms of the former municipality of Brand also refers to the family in one half of the shield.

  • Brand zu Neidstein coat of arms

  • Coat of arms of the Etzelwang municipality

Personalities of the name von Brand (t)

Epitaph of a clergyman in the von Brandt family in Eichstätter Dom
Children's grave stone of the von Brandt family in Arzberg in 1632

(but not all members of the Franconian noble family!)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walter Schlesinger , edited by Thomas Lang: Contributions to the history of the city of Glauchau, editor: Enno Bünz, Thelem Verlag, Dresden 2010, Rudolf von Brand in the register p. 147
  2. ↑ K. Fleck, Ralph Zenker and others: Waldenburg. On the history of the city and its sights: local history museum and natural history cabinet Waldenburg. Revised edition. Edited by the Waldenburg city administration. Waldenburg 1990, p. 5