Kospoth
Kospoth is the name of an old German noble family from Thuringia , whose parent company Kospoda is located near Neustadt an der Orla . It was elevated to the rank of count on July 27, 1776 . The name changes between Kozzibate, Cozebode, Kossebode, Kossepot, Koßbod, Kospod, Cospot, Kospode and Kospoth, in Mecklenburg to Kosboth.
history
The family first appeared in a document in 1216 with Heinricus de Kuzebude and 1237 with Meinhold von Kozinbude . The family line begins in 1425 with the Prussian Rittmeister and Fideikommissherrn Carl von Kospoth on Schilbach and Seubtendorf . The family spread in the Vogtland as well as to Silesia, Prussia and Mecklenburg.
Possessions
The family was based in Thuringia on Schilbach , Seubtendorf , Wölfis and Burgau . In 1764 in the Saxon Vogtland came into the possession of the family through heir Leubnitz bei Plauen. Heinrich Wilhelm von Kospoth built the late Baroque Leubnitz Castle here in 1794 , which was owned by the family until it was expropriated in 1945. Around 1800 Mühltroff Castle was also temporarily owned by Count Kospoth.
In Lower Silesia the Fideikommiss Briese , founded in 1729, existed with Grünhof, Hönigern , Kritschen , Crompusch , Zantoch and Mittel-Mühlatschütz (together 4,641 hectares). From the middle of the 18th century to 1862, the Schlesisch Halbau estate was also owned by the family.
Leubnitz Castle , Vogtland
Ruins of Briese Castle , Lower Silesia
coat of arms
The family coat of arms shows three silver hexagonal stars, 2: 1 set on blue. A pointed blue face-top hat on his helmet. Seven black cock feathers are attached to the golden button. There are two silver heron feathers in the silver brim. The blankets are blue-silver.
The coat of arms of Count Kospoth (from 1796) is quartered and covered with a golden heart shield showing a gold-crowned black double-headed eagle . Parts one and four show the family coat of arms, three (2: 1) silver stars in blue, parts three and four a gold armored arm with a Turkish saber; above the coat of arms three helmets: on the right one with black and gold blankets the double-headed eagle, on the middle one with black and gold blankets on the right, blue and silver blankets on the left a silver-tipped blue cap, with black feathers on top and silver feathers on the side on the left the arm with the saber with its black and silver cover.
Well-known namesake
- Friedrich von Kospoth (1569–1632), Councilor, 1618 Privy Councilor, Director of the Weimar Government, Court Judge in Weimar and Jena 1621, City Governor of Jena 1627
- Johann von Kospoth (1601–1665), Prussian Chancellor
- Friedrich von Kospoth (1630–1701), Electoral Saxon Privy Councilor, supervisor of the County of Mansfeld
- Ernst Christian von Kospoth (1723–1815), Prussian lieutenant general
- Carl Graf von Kospoth auf Schilbach (born August 15, 1736 in Schilbach; † March 1, 1799 in Halbau ), received the Prussian count on July 27, 1776 in Berlin; ⚭ October 10, 1776 Halbau with Karoline Burggräfin and Countess zu Dohna-Lauck (* December 5, 1758 Landsberg, † July 30, 1842 Halbau), heiress of Halbau and Burau; they are mentioned in the Goethe correspondence
- Siegfried Freiherr von Kospoth (1740–1809), kk general of the cavalry
- Otto Carl Erdmann Freiherr von Kospoth (1753–1817), composer, writer, Prussian chamberlain, canon in Magdeburg
- Friedrich August Karl von Kospoth (1767–1832), German local politician, Lord Mayor of Breslau
- Karl August Graf von Kospoth (1836–1928), real Privy Councilor, Majoratherr auf Briese, lawyer, member of the Prussian mansion for life.
- August Graf von Kospoth (1864–1917), District Administrator in Öls
- Karl-Edward von Kospoth (* 1934), General in the Bundeswehr
- Carl-August Graf von Kospoth (1965–2017), industrial engineer, board member of the Eberhard von Kuenheim Foundation and the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, member of the Order of St. John
literature
- Beerend: On the genealogy of those from Kospoth. In: The German Herald. Berlin 1889. pp. 181-183
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume VI, Volume 91 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1987, ISSN 0435-2408
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 5, Voigt, Leipzig 1864, pp. 244–246 ( full text in the Google book search)
- Anton von Mach: About the names of Kospoth and Kosboth. 1885.
- Koßboth or Kosper, Koßboden, Kossebode, Kosboda. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 15, Leipzig 1737, column 1578-1580.
Web links
- The Lords of Briese in Silesia on www.gca.ch
- Literature about families (from) Kosboth in the state bibliography MV
- Coat of arms of the Kospoth in Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1605
- Timeline of the history of Leubnitz Castle on www.muehlenviertel-vogtland.de
- The von Kospoth family in the Wildenfels Castle Archives
- Gender of Kospoth on www.schlesischesammlungen.eu
- Genealogy v. Kospoth - 149 people on www.geneall.net
Individual evidence
- ^ Otto Dobencker : Regesta diplomatica necnon epistolaria historiae Thuringiae , Volume 1, Jena 1896, No. 1348.
- ↑ Manor Krompusch
- ↑ Majorate Briese
- ^ Obituary notice Carl-August Graf von Kospoth , FAZ from October 28, 2017