Wolf (Upper Palatinate noble family)

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The Upper Palatinate aristocratic family of the Wolf can be counted because of their early appearance in the category of noble families in the Upper Palatinate . It is documented in the 11th century with the Wolfs von Gögglbach (today a district of Schwandorf ); the last aristocratic representatives of the Wolf can be found at the beginning of the 15th century as judges in Schmidmühlen . Then they lose themselves in Nabburg under the family name Wolf , which has become a civilian .

history

The family name Wolf appears in the Upper Palatinate since early times and in many documents: Around 1100 the free nobleman ( vir strenuissimus liber atque ingenuus ) is mentioned as a benefactor of the Schottenkloster in Regensburg in the Vita St. Mariani of Marianus Scottus .

Wolf von Gögglbach

A residence in Gögglbach ( tower hill castle ) already existed in the 11th century (1028). Several times in Gögglbach 1123 a Ruotprecht and an Adalbero Wolf von Göggelbach are mentioned. For example, in 1126 when the Hovestetten estate from Pilgrim von Ebermundesdorf was purchased by the Ensdorf monastery , they joined Margrave Diepold , the burgrave Otto I of Regensburg and his son Heinrich III., Count Gebhard III. von Sulzbach , Count Albert II von Bogen as a witness. They are also mentioned in this exquisite environment for further notarizations. A Rupertus von Geggilbach hands over the Hattenreut estate (presumably Hatzenreuth ) to the Ensdorf monastery as Salmann of Adalbero von Gutenberc . In 1178 a Marquard von Gegkilbach bought a property in Roith in the Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg market from Ensdorf Abbey . A Conrad Wolf von Gögglbach is still mentioned in 1314 and 1321 ; his widow married a Walther von Chadoltsdorf in 1321/22 . In 1322 King Ludwig pledged goods to the latter in Schmidmühlen, Krachenhausen and Gögglbach, which Conrad Wolf von Gögglbach had already owned . Since certain of his goods go to the Wolf von Lengenbach (mentioned in 1344), he could have been a son of Conrad .

The different lines of this family are in the following in Bocksberg near Landshut ( Adalbero de Pochsperc , 1129), Bruckberg ( Rupertus Wolf de Bruggeberc , 1178, "right hand" of Duke Ludwig der Strenge ), Lengenfeld ( Adalbero Lupus de Lenginfelt , 1164) , Naabeck ( Albero Lupus von Nabecke , 1205, 1224, founder of the Ansitz or Veste Naabeck; Arnolf Wolff von Nabeckh married an Ottilia von Hauzendorff in 1283 ), Rohrdorf ( Friedrich von Rohrdorf , 1282), Nabburg ( Wolf von Nabburg , 1315) , Schönleiten ( Otto Wolf von Schönleiten , 1305) and also in Wolfsegg ( Wolfhart von Wolfsegg , 1351) at home. So one can assume that there is a long-established family in this area entrusted with important offices (castle keeper, judge, carer). They are prominently mentioned as witnesses in the documents, which indicates a respectable social position. They often appear in the vicinity of the Burgraves of Regensburg , the Regensburg bishops and the Wittelsbachers .

Tower of Schönleiten after a pen drawing by Hans Laßleben
Castle in Wolfsegg

Wolf von Schönleiten and von Wolfsegg

An Otto the Wolf von Schönleiten (identical to the later Wolf von Nabburg or the old Wolf von Nabburg mentioned in 1330 ) is first mentioned on September 29, 1305 in Schönleiten, today a district of Regenstauf . He was a cousin of Albrecht von Pilsheim , the place Pilsheim now belongs to Burglengenfeld . Otto the Wolf von Schönleiten acts as guarantor for the sale of the Haimprechtshof from this Albrecht von Pultzhaim to Irmgard von Regeldorf .

The Wolfs had built a simple defensive tower in Schönleiten . This stood in the middle of their property, as can be seen from the recording of the original cadastre. A pen drawing by Hans Laßleben around 1932 gives an impression of the tower. On the occasion of an auction in 1867, the name of house no. 4 was given as Wolf von Schönleiten , this house name is now attached to house no. 1 in Schönleiten. Remnants of the tower were preserved until the end of the 20th century, when the foundation walls disappeared under a new road. These simple walls were only partially suitable for residential purposes. So it is not surprising that the wolf in the nearby Wolfsegg at the beginning of the 14th century with the construction of a castle on allodialem have begun reason. Bruno Wolf von Schönleiten is considered to be the builder of the castle . This is mentioned for the first time as Lupus de Schoennleitten in 1326 in the land register of the Vizedomamt Lengenfeld . In 1335 he appears under the name Wolf von Schönleiten as guarantor and sealer for Otto von Winpuch , when he sold his seat in Winpuch to the citizens Alhard and Gebhard Reich from Amberg . This purchase does not seem to have come about, however, because in 1343 Praun (= Bruno) Wolf ze Schönlaiten is mentioned again as a seal witness for this Ott Winpuchär when he sold his estate at Winpuch to the Ensdorf monastery . In 1345 a wolf von der Schönleiten appears again as a servant in the court servants of King Ludwig the Bavarian , possibly a sign that this wolf has relegated from noble freedom to the ministerial class . After that his track is lost.

The next in the line of sex is a Wolfhard Wolf von Wolfseck . In a document from the parish of Kallmünz dated August 24, 1351, he is only called Wolf von Wolfseck . The name Osann as the wife of Wolf von Wolfseck also emerges from this document, and the name "von Wolfseck" appears here for the first time; the couple had settled in Wolfsegg before 1351 and chose this name as their designation of origin. The presumed father Bruno Wolf von Schönleiten died before 1353 and apparently shortly afterwards his son Wolfhart von Wolfseck too . In 1358, the two heirs, Margret and Katharina Wolfsegg, received Wolfsegg as a fief from Duke Ludwig the Brandenburger , a son of Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian. The daughter Katharina is no longer mentioned in the following, so she seems to have passed away. Margret, however, married Ulrich von Lichteneck zu Egersberg . On March 10, 1367, the couple sold the Veste Wolfsegg with all its affiliations to Ulrich I von Laaber and his cousin Hadamar IV von Laaber for 700 pounds of “good Regensburg pfennigs ”. Heinrich and Otto from the Bavarian family of the Zenger zu Schwarzeneck , Dietrich von Sazenhofen and Dietrich von Hexenacker appear as witnesses to this sale . All of the named were members of respected Bavarian aristocratic families; this also means that both buyers and sellers had a high social position. At the same time, this sales act sealed the end of the Wolfs in Wolfsegg.

Upper castle in Schmidmühlen

Wolf von Schmidmühlen

As early as 1371, Count Palatine Ruprecht I lent the house to Schmidmühlen to Ott the Wolf von Nabburg , his sons Ortlieb (later Richter zu Murach ) and Heinrich and his nephew Heinrich Wolf . In the middle of the 14th century he bought Karl von Schmidmühlen's "house" (= Upper Schmidmühlen Castle ). A descendant of Wolf von Nabburg , Margrave Ludwig the Brandenburger served as master chef . Heinrich Wolf , the son of Otto von Nabburg , is mentioned as a judge in Rieden in 1385, 1387, 1389. In 1381 he married Osanna Paulsdorferin , the widow of Roger Punzinger († 1391), who had previously served as judge in Rieden (1371, 1373, 1375, 1379) . Heinrich Wolf also calls himself Wolf von Schmidmühlen . Their daughter Osanna is mentioned in 1408 as the wife of Georg Ettenstatter , who takes over the judge's office and the "permanent house" at Schmidmühlen as his successor.

Coat of arms of Wolf von Nabeck according to Siebmacher's book of arms
Coat of arms of Wolf von Nabeck from the Chronicle of the Nothaff von Wernberg

coat of arms

A clearly attested coat of arms of the wolf is only partially available. In the documents of the Ensdorf monastery, in which Bruno Wolf appears as sealer for Otto Winpucher , his seal has not been preserved. The coat of arms of Albertus Lupus de Nabeck (1224) with a wolf's trunk facing to the left (without colors) is attested in Siebmacher's book of arms . A colored coat of arms of Wolff von Nabeckh in the Chronicle of the Nothracht von Wernberg from 1625 also shows a wolf's head turned to the left with a rolled out red tongue.

Ulrich Lichtenecker zu Egersberg and his wife Margret also became known because of a donation for the St. Christoph am Arlberg hospice . Its founder, Heinrich Findelkind , traveled across Germany in 1386 to raise funds for the establishment of the hospice. As a thank you, the donors were entered in a brotherhood book with their coat of arms, several of which are still preserved today. The Wolfsegger castle owners are among them; their coats of arms were added later. With Margret , however, a mistake has crept in: She was incorrectly registered with the coat of arms of the Schönstetter (black eagle in the white field), a mix-up that might go back to the name of the Wolf von Schönleiten . Incidentally, the “ Brotherhood of St. Christoph ” foundation is still active on the Arlberg today .

Tribe list

NN Creating the master list is a difficult undertaking for several reasons: Sometimes the same people appear under different names, e.g. B. if she has changed location; then different persons can be meant under the same name, sometimes to be distinguished from one another by the addition of the old or the younger ; In addition, the family name Wolf or the first name are often not given in the documents and must be inferred due to other information about family relationships. The fact that the spellings change (e.g. Wolff , Volvelin ) or Latin names are chosen ( lupus ) must also be accepted. For these reasons, the wolf family tree can only be partially explored.

  1. N. Wolf, 1253, 1294 (during the tenure of Duke Ludwig the Strict )
    1. Friedrich Wolf von Rohrdorf (today the district of Pielenhofen ), 1282, 1301, had three farms in Warnbach pledged from Duke Rudolf I for 35 pounds pfennigs, † around 1313 ⚭ Adelheid (after 1313 ⚭ Ulrich Puchpech from Kallmünz ), † before 1 September 1314
      1. Conrad von Gögglbach, 1314, † 1321 or 1322
        1. Wolf von Lengfeld
      2. Geisel (= Gisela), Abbess of Pielenhofen Monastery , 1323 - 1338
      3. N. (?) Wolf von Nabburg (= Ott von Schönleiten), owner of Warnbach, 1305, 1307, † 1330
        1. Friedrich von Nabburg, 1321, † before 1359
          1. Heinrich von Nabburg, 1371, 1399
            ⚭ 1368 Afra, daughter of Diepold Vaesler, citizen of Regensburg
        2. Otto von Nabburg, 1321, 1355, 1371 (house at Schmidmühlen)
          1. Heinrich von Nabburg (= Heinrich von Schmidmühlen), judge of Rieden 1385 - 1389; Richter zu Hohenfels , 1398, 1402, 1408
            ⚭ Osanna Paulsdorfer , widow of Ruger Punzinger, son Andreas Punzinger, † 1391 (?)
            1. Ottilia
              ⚭ (Hartung?) Paulsdorfer
            2. Osanna
              ⚭ Georg Ettenstatter
        3. Ortlieb, 1321, 1359
        4. Jeuta
          ⚭ Conrad der Lengfelder
        5. Praun (= Bruno) von Schönleiten (= Lupus de Schorleiten ), today part of Regenstauf , 1351, 1353, † before 1353
          1. Wolfhart Wolf von Wolfsegg , † before 1358
            ⚭ Osanna
          2. Margret, 1358, 1367
            ⚭ Ulrich Lichtenecker
          3. K (C) atharina, 1358

The following cannot be assigned genealogically:

  • Marquard Wulpo, also known as Wolff de Nabeckh , 1242, † 1275, Canon of Regensburg
  • Wernher Lupus, 1259, possibly a member of the von Scheyern monastery family
  • Hans Wolf zu Nabburg (1425 - 1441), owner of the Schmidmühlen tithe, founder of an early mass there
  • Peter the Wolf of Nabburg (1422)
  • Oswald Wolff (1438)
  • Gregor Wolf (1449 - 1476, † before 1473)

literature

  • Elisabeth Gäde: The Wolf von Schönleiten, builder of Wolfsegg Castle. Die Oberpfalz , 2018, 106, pp. 74–91.
  • Otto Titan von Hefner; Gustav Adelbert Seyler: The coat of arms of the Bavarian nobility. Repro. J. Siebmacher's large book of arms . II. Volume. Nuremberg 1856 Volume 22, Dead Bavarian families. Bauer & Raspe, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1971. ISBN 3-87947-022-7 .
  • Helmut Lukesch: Wolfsegg in the past and present: a local history. Friedrich Pustet , Regensburg 2019, ISBN 978-3791729817 .
  • Hugo Graf von Walderdorff :. On the history of Wolfsegg Castle and the Wolfsegg family, Schönleiten, Gögglbach, Nabeck, Nabburg, Lengenfeld, Bocksberg, Bruckberg, Au (= separate print from the LX. Band of the negotiations of the historical association of Upper Palatinate and Regensburg). J. & K. Mayr, Stadtamhof 1908.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elizabeth Gäde: What Gögglbach to do with Vienna: The damn year 1028. Years tape to the culture and history of LK Schwandorf, 2015/16, Issue 26/27, p 41-61.
  2. ↑ See. To this, the Hugo Graf von Walderdorff, 1908, created Regesten
  3. ^ Hugo Graf von Walderdorff, 1908, p. 16.
  4. ^ Elisabeth Gäde, 2018, 106, p. 83.