Winkler von Mohrenfels

Coat of arms of those Winkler von Mohrenfels, copper engraving by Konrad Tyroff

Coat of arms of those Winkler in Siebmacher from 1703

The Winkler von Mohrenfels (also Winckler ) are a Franconian noble family who were raised to imperial nobility in 1709.

history

The origin of the Winklers is unclear. They should originally come from Nuremberg and, according to family tradition, they were first mentioned in a document with Ulrich Winkler in 1156. Ulrich Winkler is said to have owned the Edelmannshof near Forchheim as early as 1156 . In Nuremberg, the Winkler had a property in Winklerstrasse, which was later named after them. They owned goods in Zeckern, Hemhofen (there also the castle of the same name), Buch and Uttenreuth . The Reichs-Freye-Ritterguth Hemhofen acquired the Winkler von Mohrenfels family in 1722 from Baron von Töstelberg. They completed the baroque palace complex by 1724. In 1799, they acquired the Wingersdorf palace .

In 1709 the Winklers were raised to the imperial nobility and were incorporated and enrolled in the knight cantons of Altmühl and Steigerwald until their dissolution in 1806 . On November 14, 1812, they were enrolled in the aristocratic class of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Georg Winckler the Elder (1471–1542), councilor in the Inner Council of Nuremberg

The presumed belonging to the Nuremberg patriciate cannot be proven. At least there was connubium to the Nuremberg patrician family Holzschuher and the Nuremberg family Petz , as evidenced by the marriage alliance coat of arms on the portrait from 1519 of Georg Winckler the Elder (1471–1542). He was councilor of Nuremberg, who represented the tinsmiths in the inner council of the imperial city. The coat of arms of the Nuremberg patrician families Tetzel or Holzschuher is also shown as ancestral coat of arms in the corners of the portraits of Hanns Winckler the Elder (1516–1593), keeper of the Nuremberg General Alms Box , and of Hanns Winckler the Younger (1542–1603), merchant Nuremberg. Wolff Christoph Winckler von Mohrenfels zu Hemhofen (1659–1727) was also married to a born Tucher von Simmelsdorf , whose daughters in turn married into various families of the Nuremberg patriciate. A Winkler's daughter married a son of Christoph Carl Kress von Kressenstein .

Hanns Winckler the Elder
Hanns Winckler the Younger

Possessions (extract)

The coat of arms of Hemhofen

Hemhofen Castle since 1722

Former possessions (extract)

1708–1731 Uttenreuth
???? - ???? Twitching
1799 - ???? Castle in Wingersdorf
???? - ???? Property in Nuremberg
???? - ???? A property in Weidenbach (today: Gögelein Garden)

Personalities

Hanns Winckler the Elder (1516–1593), caretaker of the common alms in Nuremberg
Wolfgang (Wolff) Christoph Winckler (von Mohrenfels zu Hemhofen) (1659–1727), Imperial Real Council, Kurmainzischer and Hochfürstlich Bambergischer Privy Council. He was ennobled in 1709
Georg Christoph Winckler (1711–?), High Princely Hesse-Darmstadt Government Councilor and Chamberlain, High Princely Brandenburg-Kulmbach Privy Councilor and Oberamtmann zu Baiersdorf
Karl Winkler von Mohrenfels (born January 6, 1849 in Cadolzburg , † May 11, 1906 in Buch near Höchstadt an der Aisch ), major in the Bavarian Army
Ludwig Winkler von Mohrenfels (born December 8, 1824 in Hemhofen, † November 13, 1906 in Hemhofen), President of the District Court
Ludwig Winkler von Mohrenfels, Dr. med. (* June 18, 1893 in Erlangen ; † December 13, 1963 in Forchheim ), medical councilor, senior medical officer, district doctor, senior medical officer.
Peter Winkler von Mohrenfels (* 1943, maiden name: Görgens), professor emeritus , chair of civil law , labor law, international private law and comparative law at the University of Rostock

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Winkler von Mohrenfels in the Egidienkirche in Erlangen-Eltersdorf (left part, right below)

In silver on a golden three-mountain, a naked moor pointing to the right with his index finger. On the crowned helmet with black and silver covers, two horns divided by silver and black.