Vrints to Falkenstein

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Coat of arms of the Counts Vrints von Treuenfeld and zu Falkenstein 1860

Vrints zu Falkenstein (also Count Vrints von Treuenfeld and zu Falkenstein ) is the name of a Bremen family who rose to the Austrian nobility through marriage .

history

Vrints to Treuenfeld

The Vrints family is of Spanish origin. A Don Fernando Vrints is said to have fought under Alfonso of Aragon as early as 1115. The verifiable line of ancestry begins in 1267 with Gaston Vrints. The family lived in the Netherlands from the 16th century. In the 17th century, Johann Gerhard Vrints von Treuenfeld settled in Bremen. Up until the 19th century, the family held the office of business agent of the empire at the city council and the postmaster's office. Carl Vrints von Treuenfeld lost his office during the French era and moved to Frankfurt.

Vrints to Falkenstein

Maximilian von Vrints around 1840

Carl Vrints von Treuenfeld was connected with the Flemish family Osy von Zeegward, who in turn were related by marriage to the Freiherr von Bartenstein . Due to the family relationships, Maximilian Vrints and Elisabeth Bartenstein married. After the death of her uncle Karl von Bartenstein (1794–1847), the goods including the Poysbrunn Palace center fell to Maximilian and Elisabeth.

In 1850 Maximilian von Vrints-Treuenfeld , who referred to an increase in status on September 26, 1744, acquired the Poysbrunn - Falkenstein dominion through marriage . On July 5, 1860 it rose Emperor Franz Joseph I with the title to Falkenstein in the Austrian title of count to Count Maximilian Vrints of good field and Falkenstein .

As one of 64 counts, it had a hereditary seat in the manor house , the upper house of the Austrian Imperial Council .

family members

  • Johann Gerhard Vrints von Treuenfeld (* 1611; † 1685): Imperial postmaster and resident in Bremen
  • Theobald Georg Vrints von Treuenfeld (* 1671; † 1745): Imperial postmaster and resident in Bremen
  • Konrad Alexander Vrints von Treuenfeld (* 1707; † 1780): Imperial postmaster and resident in Bremen
  • Theobald Vrints von Treuenfeld (1734; † 1812)
  • Maximilian Joseph Vrints von Treuenfeld (1744; †?): Canon in Lübeck
  • Karl Vrints von Treuenfeld (1765-1852): ∞ Kornelia Osy von Zeegwaard (* 1768; † 1844)
  • Maximilian von Vrints zu Falkenstein (* 1802; † 1896): (1st) ∞ Franziska von Bartenstein (* 1819; † 1847), (2nd) ∞ Eugenia Osy von Zeegward
    • Maximilian Vrints zu Falkenstein (1844; † 1900): ∞ Maria Konstanzia Countess von Althan
      • Alexander Vrints zu Falkenstein (1872; † 1932): ∞ Anna Wolf (* 1878; † 1953), daughter of a small farmer in Poysbrunn
        • Maria Vrints (1900; † 1974): The adopted son is Georg Thurn -Vrints
        • Eugenie (* 1908; † 2001): ∞ Botho Seutter von Loetzen
        • Constanze (* 1911; †?)
    • Sophie (* 1846; † 1905): ∞ (September 20, 1865) Joseph Graf v. Thurn and Valsassina .
    • Eugenie Vrints zu Falkenstein (born October 31, 1847 in Copenhagen , † February 13, 1879 in Vienna): Countess; ∞ (May 15, 1872) Georg Graf v. Thurn and Valsassina; a descendant of this compound was adopted by Maria Vrints.

Possessions

In 1847 Maximilian Vrints von Trauenfeld inherited the palace and rule of Poysbrunn from Karl Freiherr von Bartenstein , the uncle of his wife Franziska. In Falkenstein he has the family crypt renewed. 1887–89 Maximilian Graf Vrints von Treuenfeld and zu Falkenstein had Ludwig Richter (1855–1925) and Alois Schumacher (1838–1910) build and equip the Palais Vrints zu Falkenstein in Vienna, as well as the apartment buildings on Gußhausstrasse at the corner of Argentinierstrasse and the apartment building in Taubstummengasse at the corner of Argentinierstrasse. It has served as the seat of the Greek embassy since 1921.

coat of arms

Blazon : The coat of arms from 1860 shows a shield, quartered with blue central shields and in the same a four-petalled, silver field rose on a green stem with four green leaves, two on the right and two on the left. 1 and 4 a black double-headed eagle covered with an imperial crown in gold. 2. and 3 a diagonal, blue bar in black, which is covered with a six-pointed golden star between two quarter moons that turn upwards. The count's crown rests on the shield, above there are two open, crowned helmets. The crowned double-headed eagle from 1 and 4 appears above the left helmet, the field rose of the central shield above the right. The helmet covers are black and gold on the left and blue and silver on the right. Shield bearers are two outward-looking, standing black eagles.

literature

Web links

Commons : House of Vrints zu Falkenstein  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New General German Adels Lexicon, Volume 2, Page 422
  2. ↑ a b † Count Maximilian Vrints. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 11423/1896, June 12, 1896, p. 6, center left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  3. ^ Vrints of Treuenfeld, barons and counts . In: Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 9: Steinhaus - Zwierlein . Voigt, Leipzig 1870, p. 421 ff. - Text online .
  4. ^ Prelate Franz Stubenvoll, Poysbrunn - The history of the village, its rule and its parish, EV 1994

Remarks

  1. ↑ Maximilian Alexander Count Vrints von Treuenfeld and zu Falkenstein (* 1844), son of the builder (who worked at Poysbrunn Palace ), died on February 8, 1900 in this palace. - See: Little Chronicle. (...) † Count Maximilian Alexander Vrints. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 12737/1900, February 8, 1900, p. 1, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.