Zedtwitz

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Family coat of arms of those of Zedtwitz

Zedtwitz is the name of a Franconian and Bohemian noble family that has been demonstrably existing since the 13th century. The family is divided into several (imperial) counts and baronial lines and branches.

history

origin

Burgstall Zedtwitz , today called "Insel"

The family's ancestral seat was the rule of Zedtwitz in the Bavarian Vogtland (also Regnitzland ). Zedtwitz is now a district of Feilitzsch in the Hof district in Upper Franconia . The Franconian aristocratic family probably came from the Thuringian town of Veilsdorf in the wake of the Weida bailiffs . As imperial-free ministerials, they were initially directly subordinate to Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa and belonged to the Vogtland imperial knighthood .

The Zedtwitzer family was first mentioned in a document in 1235 with the knight Georg von Zedtwitz. The next verifiable mention of the family dates back to October 13, 1288 with Berthold von Zedwitz. The uninterrupted family line began in 1377 with the Burggräflich Nürnbergschen councilor Peter von Zedtwitz on Asch , Krugsreuth , Grün , Schönbach and Neuberg .

Middle Ages to modern times

Libá Castle (Liebenstein), owned by the family from 1426–1945
Neuberk Castle , owned from 1392

From the 13th to the 16th century, the Zedtwitzer ruled the Zedtwitz estate in the knightly canton of Gebürg . This included the well-fortified Zedtwitz moated castle , now a castle stable , which was preceded by the Munichreuth Vorwerke with 16 estates (1502) and knight seats in Isaar (1412) and Töpen . In 1502 the castle in Zedtwitz passed from the Zedtwitz to the neighboring noble family von Feilitzsch .

The Zedtwitzer can also be found on a former manor in Joditz and in Fattigsmühle . They have left traces with coats of arms in Töpen and on the Döhlauer Altar and with boundary stones in Mühlbach from the 16th century and in Dobeck. Five grave slabs of the Zedtwitzer are in the parish church Isaar (among others 1572, 1614, 1628).

From 1349 the family ruled over the rule Asch in the Bohemian Vogtland for around 600 years and from 1426 also over the rule Liebenstein through purchase from the previous owner Hans von Sparneck . Asch had until the fall Staufer to Reichsland Eger heard and was at the center of a 1254 around the castle Neuberk become educated own rule. This included the city of Asch and 18 villages. The rule Asch was an imperial fiefdom of the crown of Bohemia and did not belong to any imperial circle . The Reformation was confirmed to her in the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 . After the unsuccessful attempts of 1736 and 1746 , Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria mediated the rule of Asch on December 16, 1774 after long resistance from the Zedtwitzer. As a result, the Ascher Ländchen lost its independence and became part of Bohemia . On the site of the former Zedtwitz castle in Asch, there is now the Aš City Museum .

At the end of the 16th century by a Zedtwitz could Renaissance Fort (water castle-like fortress) in Königswart build, the later owners for repeatedly reshaped, today's historicist Kynžvart have remodeled. In 1623 or 1631 the rule and fortress of Königswart were sold to the Counts of Metternich.

The Liebenstein tribe was raised to the rank of imperial count in 1766 (confirmation together with the Neuberg tribe in 1790) . The status of the Zedtwitz lines on Asch and Schönbach etc. as well as the entire line on Asch in the imperial count and Bavarian count was raised on August 25, 1790 by the imperial vicar elector Karl Theodor von Pfalzbayern in Munich.

Modern to the present

The Asch branch settled in Moravan ( Slovakia ) and Duppau (rule with castle, destroyed around 1950, Zedtwitz's burial chapel preserved as a ruin) in the second half of the 19th century . With the expulsion from Czechoslovakia after the Second World War , however, the history of all Zedtwitz lines and branches in Bohemia and Slovakia came to an end. Today family members live all over the world.

Lines and branches

  • 1st line progenitor: Konrad (documented 1403; † 1422)
    • 1st branch progenitor: Karl-Joseph (1663–1742)
      • 1st branch Ober-Neuberg progenitor: Wolf Christoph (1691–1739)
      • 2. Unter-Neuberg branch extinguished in its own tribe
      • 3rd branch Neuschloß-Sorg progenitor: Karl Joseph Ferdinand (1730–1811)
    • 2nd branch progenitor: Hans Christoph (1664–1746)
      • 1st branch of Moravan and Duppau (formerly Asch) progenitor: Georg Adam (1692–1774)
      • 2nd branch Schönbach progenitor: Ludwig (1735–1795)
  • II. Zedtwitz-Liebenstein line progenitor: Klemens (1814–1896)

coat of arms

The family coat of arms is divided by silver and red and black. On the helmet with black and silver covers, a pointed hat labeled like the shield with a button between two buffalo horns labeled like the shield.

Due to the identity of the coats of arms with the von Feilitzsch , von der Heyde / Heydte, von Röder (and von Perglas ?) Families, there is reason to assume that these families emerged from the von Veilsdorf family . Related to the v. Hundelshausen, v. Machwitz , v. Gößnitz and the v. Radwitz / Rebitz / Redwitz . The extent to which there is a tribal relationship has yet to be proven.

The municipal coats of arms of the places Zedtwitz and Liebenstein bear the Zedtwitz colors. In Scheibler's book of arms , the coat of arms is labeled with Zabitz (similar to Rebitz for Redwitz ).

Known family members

Detail from the epitaph of Endres von Zedwitz in the Protestant church of Absberg . The inscription reads: Anno 1602 the 6th Martii died the noble and Vest Herr Endres v. Zedwitz zu Windschbach Fürstl. Advice and caretaker to Sandsch. God just fine. The picture shows next to the knight a very tense depiction of the Last Judgment
  • Adolph Graf von Zedtwitz (1823–1895), hygienist, philanthropist
  • Christoph von Zedtwitz , defending captain at the siege of Hof in 1553
  • Christoph Heinrich von Zettwitz, 1587 lord of Fronberg Castle near Schwandorf
  • Clemens Graf von Zedtwitz-Liebenstein (1814–1896), dialect poet
  • Curt Freiherr von Zedtwitz (1851–1896), envoy, sailor
  • Curt Franz Graf Zedtwitz von Moraván and Duppau (1822–1909), Lord of Duppau with Sachsengrün and Moraván with Duzó, Hubina, Nagy and Kis-Modó, Ó- and Új-Lehota, KuK Chamberlain, Privy Councilor, Lieutenant Colonel
  • Erhard, Heinz, Jork, Kunz, Linhard and Ulrich von Zed (t) witz, members of the tournament association from 1481
  • Ernestine von Fricken, married. Countess of Zedtwitz (1816-1844), pianist, temporarily Robert Schumann engaged
Grave of Ewald von Zedtwitz

See also

literature

genealogy

  • Genealogical handbook of the nobility , Gräfliche Häuser Volume XVI, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2000, ISSN  0435-2408
  • Genealogical manual of the nobility enrolled in Bavaria
  • Petr Mašek: Modrá krev - Minulost a přítomnost 445 šlechtických rodů v českých zemích (Blue Blood - Past and Present 445 noble families in the Czech lands). Prague 2003.
  • Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume XVI, Volume 137 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2005
  • Heinrich Gradl : Regesten von Zedtwitz. In: Vierteljahrsschrift für Heraldik, Sphragistik und Genealogie 1885 13th year, p. 316–373 and 1886 14th year p. 286–348

Home history

  • K. Alberti: Contributions to the history of the city of Asch and the Ascher district. In: Gerhard Köbler : Historical Lexicon of the German Lands. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 .
  • August Gebeßler : City and District of Hof . Munich 1960.
  • Benno Tins: The idiosyncratic history of the Ascher Ländchen . Munich 1977.
  • Engelbrecht, S .: Chronicle of Zedtwitz

Historical sources

Web links

Commons : Zedtwitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Gradl, Regesten der Familie v. Zedwitz, in VJH 12, 1884, p. 23, no. 1.
  2. ↑ Ash . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 1 . Altenburg 1857, p. 798 ( zeno.org ).
  3. ↑ Gotha. Genealogy. Paperback of the Count's Houses, Part A, 115., 1942, p. 660
  4. ↑ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke, New General German Adelslexicon, 1861, p. 218.
  5. ^ List of Frankish knight families # R
  6. ^ Ludwig Fränkel:  Zedtwitz, Adolph Graf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 753-756.
  7. ↑ Ludwig Fränkel:  Zedtwitz-Liebenstein, Clemens Graf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 756-759.
  8. ^ Fricken, Ernestine von - Sophie Drinker Institute. (No longer available online.) In: sophie-drinker-institut.de. Archived from the original on February 14, 2014 ; accessed on January 1, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sophie-drinker-institut.de
  9. ^ Ludwig Fränkel:  Zedtwitz, Ewald von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 759-761.
  10. ↑ Ore Mountains Safari. (No longer available online.) In: erzgebirgs-safari.de. Formerly in the original ; accessed on January 1, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.erzgebirgs-safari.de
  11. ↑ Die Gerechten Österreichs Threatened Antifascists ( Memento of March 20, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) In: gedenkdienst.org
  12. ↑ Würzburg . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 19 . Altenburg 1865, p. 543 ( zeno.org ).
  13. ↑ Music according to pictures - online database ( Memento from July 18, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) In: webapp.uibk.ac.at
  14. ^ Austrian-Albanian Society ( Memento from July 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ^ Johann Nikolaus Prückner : Syncronistics and curricula vitae of the teachers at the Hofer Gymnasium from 1502 to 1817 . Northeast Upper Franconian Association for Nature, History and Regional Studies V. Hof 1999. p. 174. ISBN 3-928626-33-7 .
  16. ↑ E. Dietlein: The city court in the dawn of the Reformation . Hof 1929. p. 59.