Wolf (Thuringian noble family)

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Coat of arms of those von Wolf

Wolf is the name of an old Thuringian noble family in Eichsfeld .

history

The Wolf family's head office was in Worbis , where they were also wealthy. Another line of the noble family had their residence in Kefferhausen . In the 13th and 14th centuries, several members of the knight dynasty appeared in documents from the Eichsfeld. They had come to possessions and feudal rights there and beyond. With Wezel Wolf, the Wolf family probably died out in the male line in the 16th century. The Wolfischen feudal estates then partly came to the lords of Bültzingslöwen or fell back to the feudal lords.

Fortress of those von Wolf in Worbis

The family had their ancestral home in Worbis, presumably in a fortified complex, which was called Burgstette in 1656 . This was near the former city mill outside the city wall that is no longer in existence today. There are no direct written references to this castle complex. In 1684, on the instructions of the electoral superior office in Heiligenstadt, an investigation was carried out into hidden treasures in the old castle, but only vaulted cellars and burned-out stones were found.

coat of arms

The shield of the coat of arms shows the head and neck of a wolf . The crest and tinging are not known.

Representative of the noble family

  • Brothers Heinrich Wolf (Henricus Lupus) and Eckhard von Kefferhausen (1290) are witnesses, Eckhard called von Wolf (1300) Burgmann at Hagen Castle
  • possibly the same: Eckhard Wolf (1320), Burgmann at Worbis Castle (1336)
  • Conrad Wolf (1307) lives in Kefferhausen, probably the father of Heinrich and Berthold (Berthous)
  • Brothers Heinrich, Dietrich and Johann (1319) sell land in Tesfeld to the Reifenstein Monastery
  • Heinrich Wolf (1337) together with Bertold von Worbis , Hans von Wintzingerode and Otto von Rusteberg lord of the castle at Bodenstein Castle as a tenant of the Counts of Hohnstein
  • Conrad Wolf (1384) donates half a hoof and a farm in Oberkühla (Hokühle desolation near Kallmerode) to the Reifenstein monastery
  • Thile Wolf (1414) formed an alliance with Landgrave Ludwig I of Hesse against the Landgraves of Thuringia (1429) as benefactors of the pilgrimage site Elende and owned fiefs in Brochthausen , Kreffterode and Hugsthal
  • Wezel Wolf (1518), possessions in Märtefeld, Wackenrode and Fromelderode, sold the possessions in Martinfeld to the von Bodungen noble family , lived as captain in Mühlhausen in 1525

literature

  • Johann Vinzenz Wolf : Memories of the market town of Dingelstädt in the Harz department, District Heiligenstadt, Göttingen 1812, pp. 51–52
  • Johann Wolf: Memories of the city of Worbis and its surroundings. Göttingen 1818, pages 77-83.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Adalbert von Mülverstedt: The dead nobility of the province of Saxony, excluding the Altmark. In: Siebmacher's large and general Wappenbuch, Vol. VI, Department 6 Nuremberg 1874, page 189
  2. ^ Paul Grimm and Wolfgang Timpel: The prehistoric and early historical fortifications of the Worbis district. In: Eichsfelder Heimathefte special edition, Worbis 1966, p. 70
  3. ^ Johann Wolf: Memories of the city of Worbis and its surroundings, Göttingen 1818, p. 63ff
  4. ↑ History of Bodenstein Castle
  5. ↑ Landgrave Regesten online No. 12357. Regest of the Landgrave of Hesse. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  6. ↑ Thomas T. Müller in Gabriela Sigmori: The Wonder Book of Our Dear Lady in the Thuringian Misery (1419-1517). Vol. 12, Verlag Böhlau 2006, page 20

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