Wiesenthau (noble family)
The von Wiesenthau family is an old Franconian noble family .
history
Origin and headquarters
The von Wiesenthau family was associated with Wiesenthau from 1128 until it died out in 1814 - today a municipality in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim . The von Wiesenthau family belonged to the knightly canton of Gebürg .
Originally owned by the von Wiesenthau family, part of the Wiesenthau family castle was sold to the Bamberg Monastery on June 25, 1379 . In the following time the castle came completely under Bamberg suzerainty. In 1397, the brothers Heinrich and Hartung von Wiesenthau seem to have had a dispute with the gentlemen of Cronheim, who were related to them. They burned down the tithe barn there and moved into Cronheim Castle, which was then decried as a robber barons nest, until 1403 the Nuremberg burgrave Johann III. moved out and the castle burned down. Then the original owners, the Lords of Cronheim, rebuilt the castle. The Lords of Wiesenthau then probably sat again in their ancestral castle, which was badly damaged by the Hussites in 1430 . Another destruction took place in the Peasants' War in 1525. The castle underwent a fundamental renovation in 1566. Apart from a short period of time, the complex - or at least part of it - was always in their possession until the von Wiesenthau family died out in 1814. The current building is a three-wing complex with four corner towers from the middle of the 16th century. There are also remains of a surrounding wall. After extensive renovation between 1985 and 1992, the complex is now used as an inn and hotel.
distribution
Hundshaupten Castle was first mentioned as a castle in 1369 owned by the Lords of Wiesenthau. Veldenstein Castle was also in their possession for a short time. The last lien holder of Wolfsberg Castle was Wilhelm von Wiesenthau from 1568. Under him the castle was neglected, so that when it fell back to the bishopric in 1609 it was uninhabited and neglected. In the Thirty Years' War there was further destruction in 1631–1632 by the Swedes and in 1633 by Tilly riders and Bavarian troops.
The von Schöffstall family owned Reckendorf until it died out in 1544 . The later manor passed to the barons of Wiesenthau through marriage and after the mediatization by Bavaria during border adjustments in 1810 it fell to the Grand Duchy of Würzburg (Grand Duke Ferdinand III. (Tuscany) ), with which it finally fell back to Bavaria in 1814.
Several family members were involved in various feuds with the imperial city of Nuremberg .
The von Wiesenthau family was related to the von Sparneck family , among other things .
coat of arms
The coat of arms shows a vertical red bar consisting of diamonds on a golden background . Elements of the coat of arms can be found in today's municipal coat of arms of Wiesenthau .
Coat of arms of the Wiesenthau community
Coat of arms from the Scheibler coat of arms book with assignment "Weissenau" and Bavaria
literature
- Johann Gottfried Biedermann : gender = register of the realm - Frey - immediate knighthood of the country to Francken praiseworthy place = Gebürg… . Bamberg 1747. Tabula CCLI. - CCLXII.
- Hellmut Kunstmann : The castles of south-western Franconian Switzerland
- T. Eckert among others: The castles of Franconian Switzerland. ISBN 3-9803276-5-5
- Handbook of Historic Places. Volume 7. ISBN 3-520-27703-4
- Gustav Voit, Walter Rüfer: A castle tour through Franconian Switzerland . ISBN 3-7896-0064-4
- Walter Heinz: Former noble residences in the Trubach valley . ISBN 3-7896-0554-9
- Voigt, Gustav; the nobility on the Obermain. The Plassenburg - Writings for local research and cultural maintenance in East Franconia, Vol. 28, Kulmbach 1969.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ralf Rossmeissl and Evelyn Gillmeister-Geisenhof: Microcosm of Cronheim: one village, three religions. Ed .: Kreisverband der Arbeiterwohlfahrt Roth-Schwabach eV self-published, Roth-Schwabach 2000, ISBN 3-933474-09-4
- ↑ Johannes Müllner: The Annals of the Imperial City of Nuremberg from 1623, Part II: From 1351-1469 . Nuremberg 1972. z. BS143,209,252,519,576.