Wiehe (noble family)
The von Wiehe , also Wie or Wy , were an old aristocratic Thuringian , knightly castle man family at the castle of the same name .
family
The Lords of Wiehe are not to be confused with the Counts of Rabenswald- Wiehe and are not related to them. However, they were among the vassals of the Counts of Kevernburg and Rabenswalde. Albrecht von Wiehe, first mentioned in 1231 and 1236, is certainly the Count of Rabenswalde-Wiehe. The first to be attributed to the family are Heinrich von Wie, named in 1237 , Conversus in Pforta and a Cornelius miles de Wiehe and his son Conrad. In 1243 a knight Friedrich von Wiehe and in 1244 the same Friedrich, with Hugo, Gerung and Ernst von divorces , are mentioned. A Heinrich von Wiehe is attested in 1244. In 1257 the knights Heinrich and Friedrich von Wiehe appear. In 1270 Hermann, Friedrich and Hermann milites de Wihe and in 1280 Friedrich are mentioned as a Kevernburg vassal. In 1297 a Heinrich von Wiehe appears in a document from the Ichtershausen monastery . Heinrich von Wyhe, mentioned in 1324, is described as a friend of Count von Hohnstein . The knights Heinrich von Wiehe and Heinrich von Kutzleben are mentioned as witnesses in a Schwarzburg document in 1338 . In 1390 the knight Heinrich von Wiehe was a Schwarzburg vassal. Albrecht von Wiehe lived in 1421 and in the middle of the 15th century the brothers Ludwig and Dietrich von Wyhe appear in Gebesee , Utenhusen and Weissensee . The brothers Heinrich and Otto von Wiehe lived on Herbsleben in 1497 . From 1509 to 1531 Heinrich von Wiehe, captain of the state of Jerichow and councilor of the Archbishop of Magdeburg , held the Loburg as a pledge. In 1536 Heinrich von Wiehe received Burgscheidungen Castle as Anhaltisches Afterlehn. 1629 dies with Ludwig Friedrich von Wiehe zu Burgscheidungen, the last of the family.
coat of arms
Blazon : “A slanting or standing black column (originally a mill iron) on a silver shield. On the helmet a quiver-like goblet with five peacock feathers on top, between two pointed flags, the first of which is diagonally to the left and the other diagonally divided. The ceilings are black and white. "
The von Wiehe family is related to the von Zenge and von Kutzleben family in tribal and coat of arms.
literature
- Johann Friedrich Hoffmann: Historical news of the rule Wiehe , in: Collection of some selected pieces of the Society of the Free Arts, Part II, 1755, pp. 290–326