Wienand Ruttger from Quadt zu Alsbach
The Rittmeister Wienand Ruttger von Quadt zu Alsbach was lord of the noble residence Haus Alsbach in Engelskirchen in the 17th century .
During this time he was also the patron saint of the Catholic parish of St. Peter and Paul in Engelskirchen. In the Thirty Years War (1618–1648), vagabond hordes of Sweden invaded Engelskirchen in 1638 to plunder the village at dawn. A resident of the village managed to make his way to Haus Alsbach and wake the Rittmeister von Quadt. He rode at the head of his servants to Engelskirchen and drove the Swedes to the Hardt district . Having got up quickly from his bed, he hadn't had time to put on his right boot. He then waved it in his hand while pursuing the Swedes. In the Battle of Hardt, the Swedes were put to flight. This commitment to the defense of the village was recorded in a local poem and several pictures that show Quadt high to horse with a boot. The poem was taught in the Engelskirchen elementary school until the 1930s. In 2002 members of the Senate of the KG Närrische Oberberger von 1893 eV took up this topic and founded the Castle Guard Rittmeister von Quadt zu Alsbach. In a mercenary costume, with a heavy saber and to the sounds of the castle guard march, this guard reminds of the Rittmeister von Quadt zu Alsbach in the carnival.
Karl Heinrich Steinheuer wrote the poem in 1887. A variant of the poem, which was to be learned in the elementary school of Engelskirchen, reads:
- Wake up from Quadt! The enemy approaches
- The wild hordes of Sweden
- Desolate the mountainous country all around
- With looting and murder.
- He jumped up quickly from the camp,
- Had quickly sat on horseback
- That he was in a hurry
- Forgot the boots.
- What holds us sacred above all,
- The old faith of the fathers
- We protect him with fist and sword,
- And don't let him be robbed.
- It was an uphill battle on the mountain
- At the dark hour at night.
- Many a hero was bleeding
- From a gaping wound.
- And in memory of this act
- In the Ehreshoven castle
- If you see Herr von Quadt,
- Without boots up to horses.
See also
- Quadt - noble family from the Lower Rhine
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quadt zu Alsbach, Wienand Ruttger von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Quadt zu Alsbach, Rittmeister Wienand Ruttger von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lord of the noble residence House Alsbach in Engelskirchen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th century or 17th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th century |