Wettstein from Westersheimb
Wettstein von Westersheimb is an Austro-Hungarian family with roots in Switzerland.
history
origin
Located in the former county of Kyburg Zürcher Oberland, Ulrich Wettstein appears in 1331 as the manager of a property in Madetswil . He is considered the ancestor of the sex. From the ownership structure, it can be concluded that Ulrich was one of the children of Rudolf Wettstein, who was registered in the nearby Küsnacht, and was mentioned without a name in the Habsburg Urbar of 1305. One can assume that all bearers of the name can be traced back to this common origin.
Spread
Numerous branches of the family originate from Russikon-Madetswil, which today mainly bloom in Switzerland , but also in many other countries. Among the descendants, the mayor of Basel, Johann Rudolf Wettstein (1594–1666), stands out, to whom the de facto recognition of Switzerland's sovereignty in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 is owed.
The tribe "von Westersheimb"
When the father of Basel's mayor Johann Rudolf Wettstein (politician) moved from Russikon to Basel , Jakob Wettstein - the progenitor of the Austro-Hungarian line - emigrated from neighboring Madetswil to Günzburg an der Donau, where he was granted citizenship in 1572. He and his descendants soon held various offices in the Habsburg service, as did his grandson Hans Jakob Wettstein (1628–1705), who was the imperial administrator of the Hornstein (Szarvkő) estate in the 1670s, then located in Sopron County (Ödenburg) when First established in Hungary. Franz Leopold Wettstein von Westersheimb (1666–1705), son of Hans Jakob, was court and field war secretary, and participated in the campaigns of Prince Eugene of Savoy in the wars of liberation against the Turks. For his services he received the Hungarian indigenous class from King Leopold I in Vienna in 1704, with the predicate nobilis dominus a Westersheimb and an increase in coat of arms. Also in Vienna in 1709 was the elevation to the imperial knighthood by Emperor Joseph I, cum iure denominandi (right of use of the predicate instead of the name).
The two grandchildren of Franz Leopold, Franz and Sigismund received a Hungarian nobility letter from King Leopold II in 1790 because their grandfather could no longer take the indigenous oath before his death. The descendants of Sigismund (1738–1816) still live today in the three branches of his sons Karl, Sigismund II and Josef.
Most of the descendants of Karl Wettstein von Westersheimb (1771–1820) did their best in the Hungarian Army until World War II.
From the second son Sigismund II. Wettstein von Westersheimb (1774-1854) comes a branch living mostly in Austria, with important personalities in the natural sciences, starting with the botanist and rector of the University of Vienna Richard Wettstein von Westersheimb (1863-1931).
The third branch or second Hungarian line descends from the youngest son Josef Wettstein von Westersheimb (1784–1849) and his son Anton (1818–1899). Anton held various offices in the Temescher Banat until he was appointed to the royal court in Pest in 1865, and from 1870 served as a judge of the royal curia. When he moved from Timisoara to Buda in 1865, he acquired the family house in the Castle District at Landhausgasse 4, and in 1885 the Galgamácsa estate. Both properties were nationalized when the Communists came to power after World War II.
The three grandchildren of Anton Wettstein von Westersheimb, János, András and Miklós all served as kuk hussar officers as a rule. at the front in World War I. The diplomat Johann Wettstein von Westersheimb (1887–1972) died childless, while the descendants of András (1889–1960) and Miklós (1892–1974) continue to flourish today.
Status surveys
- Hungarian Indigenous (recognition of the nobility); Leopold I, Vienna, May 16, 1704
- Knights of the Holy Roman Empire; Joseph I, Vienna, March 27, 1709
- Hungarian nobility diploma; Leopold II., Vienna, December 23, 1790
Name bearer
- Richard Wettstein von Westersheim (1863–1931), Austrian botanist
- Johann Wettstein von Westersheimb (1887–1972), diplomat
- Otto Wettstein-Westersheimb (1892–1967), Austrian zoologist
- Fritz von Wettstein (1895–1945), Austrian botanist
- Diter von Wettstein (1929-2017), Danish biologist and geneticist
swell
- Szabolcs de Vajay: A Máltai Rend Magyar Lovagjai 1530–2000 (Hungarian Knights of the Order of Malta 1530–2002), Mikes kiadó Budapest, 2002
- Nagy Iván, Magyarország családai, XII. 171
- Kempelen: Magyar nemesi családok, XI. 97
- Királyi Könyvek 1527–1867, 237
- Gerő, Igazolt nemesek, 1867–1937, 396
- Magyar Nemzetségi Zsebkönyv, 104-105
- Bona: Kossuth kapitányai, 660
- Bona: Kossuth hadnagyai, 460
- Sieve maker; Hungary, 714, t. 488
- Áldásy: Nemzeti Múzeum címeres levelei, VI. 167-168, no 188
- Szinyei: Magyar írók élete; XIV. 1548-1549
- v. Frank: Status surveys, V. 219