Zessner-Spitzenberg
Zessner-Spitzenberg is the name of a Bohemian noble family. The Barons von Zessner (also Zeßner or Zesner) are originally a Luxembourgish family who later settled in Bohemia .
history
The oldest evidence of the Zessner family dates back to 1580. On an epitaph at the Peter and Paul Church in Bilin for the late wife Kristina Zahradkowna, a very high born "Mathias Czeznar" is named as a citizen of the city of Dux. This Mathias Czeznar, married again to Anna Maria von Blektin (from the family of the Knights Blektin von Audishorn, Czech Blekta z Útěchovic) was raised to the bohemian knighthood by Emperor Rudolf II with the predicate "von Spitzenberg" in 1593 and achieved at the same time that bohemian inkolat .
Since this ennobled Mathias Czeznar lived in Dux , the addition "von Spitzenberg" could refer to the mountain of the same name northwest of Ossegg near Dux. There is no historical evidence of any reference to the former municipality of Alt and Neu Spitzenberg near Salnau (Želnava) in the Bohemian Forest .
A descendant of Johann Adam Zessner († 1708), married to Konstanze Zucker von Tamsfeld (Cukr z Tamfeldu), is named.
Johann Georg Ulrich Zessner, a son of Johann Adam Zessner, married to Clara Magdalena von Haugwitz and Biskupitz was in 1698 by Emperor Leopold I in the kingdom knighthood levied and 1708 by Emperor Joseph I confirmed again. His sons:
- Johann Ulrich Zessner (* 1665; † around 1745), married to Anna Elisabeth de Janequin (* 1692 in Kramitz; † 1750), inherited the estate in Hareth (Hořany) and bought Stranitz (Stránce) near Hochpetsch (Bečov), both in located near Brüx (Most). The possession of another property in Kramitz (Chrámce), OT von Skirschina (Skršín), which he bought or inherited in 1720, is mentioned in Otto's encyclopedia . In Procházka the place is called Kramnich .
- Johann Heinrich Zessner (1669–1742) devoted himself to forestry and was in royal service in Podiebrad in 1721 .
- Wenzel Gottfried Zessner (* 1672) embarked on a military career.
Johann Franz Zessner von Spitzenberg (* 1720; † 1772 in Seltsch), a son of Johann Ulrich, married to Maria Theresia Freiin Kulhanek von Klaudenstein and Podpusch (1724-1810), was a landlord on Hareth (Hořany), Stranitz (Stránce) and Seltsch near Michelob (Želeč near Měcholupy ), which he had bought in 1747. He sold the Hareth and Kramitz estates in 1767.
In 1768 Empress Maria Theresa raised him to the status of a Bohemian baron in her capacity as Queen of Bohemia . His two sons:
- Emanuel Vincenz Zessner von Spitzenberg (1751–1791) joined the military.
- Vincenz Eusebius Zessner von Spitzenberg und Weinbergen (* 1759 in Seltsch; † 1830 in Dobrichan) also served in the military, was then kk chamberlain and then took over the rule. In 1810 he sold Seltsch. He was married three times - to Karolina Freiin von Steinsdorf (1773–1792), Marie Anna Freiin von Elmpt – Dammerscheid (1784–1811) and Theresia Freiin von Schönau (* 1786) - and had nine children.
After the death of his older brother in 1803 he had already bought the estates / villages of Tschernowitz (Černovice) with Chwalkow (Chválkov) near Mnich and Markwaretz (Markvarec) near Neu Cerekwe . They are located between Tabor (Tábor) and Pilgrams (Pelhřimov) in South Bohemia, in what is now the Highlands (Kraj Vysočina) region. In 1823 he ceded these three South Bohemian villages to the imperial princes of Schönburg in exchange for the rule of Dobrichan .
As a result, in 1823 the rule of Dobrichan, which had been in the possession of Clary-Aldringen until 1804 , passed to Vincenz Eusebius Freiherr von Zessner-Spitzenberg (1759-1830). To Gutsherrschaft Dobritschan (749 ha) were next Dobritschan the places Liebeschitz , Litschkau and Tuchorschitz and with it the patronage Office of the churches in Dobritschan and Liebeschitz. In 1830, his son of the same name, Vincenz Freiherr von Zessner-Spitzenberg (* 1799 in Seltsch; † 1879 in Prague), married since 1830 to Therese de Longueval, Countess von Buquoy (1807-1869), took over the hereditary property in 1843 Until 1865 also owner of Litschkau Castle . From 1861 to 1872 he was a member of the First Curia (large landowners) of the Bohemian Landtag . His brother Karl Freiherr von Zessner-Spitzenberg (* 1801 in Seltsch, † 1849 in Raab / Hungary) started a military career after completing his training at the Wiener Neustädter Military Academy and was colonel and regiment commander of the Kaiser-Uhlans . The brother August von Zessner-Spitzenberg (* 1803; † 1887 in Cluj-Napoca ) was the Imperial and Royal Rittmeister and painted the altarpiece of St. Martin (1872) for the parish church in Liebeschitz and the altarpiece of the Birth of Mary (1879) for the branch church in Dobrichan.
Heir to the rule was Heinrich Freiherr von Zessner-Spitzenberg (* 1839 in Dobritschan; † 1922 ibid), son of Vincenz Freiherr von Zessner-Spitzenberg, married to Henriette Countess Nostitz-Rieneck (1846–1928). He was a member of the Bohemian Landtag from 1883 to 1901. The last patron saint and owner of the Dobritschan castle and estate until 1945 was Josef Johann Freiherr von Zessner-Spitzenberg (* 1883 in Dobrichan, † 1971 in Vienna), married to Countess Elisabeth Razumovsky von Wigstein (1886–1946). His brother Hans Karl Freiherr von Zessner-Spitzenberg (* 1885 in Dobritschan; † 1938 Dachau), married to Elisabeth Freiin von Handel, was imprisoned in Vienna shortly after the Nazis invaded Austria and died on August 1, 1938 in Dachau concentration camp . The son of the patron saint Josef Heinrich Zessner-Spitzenberg (* 1919 in Dobritschan; † 1983 in Gnadenwald ), married to Maria Freiin von Cornaro (* 1927), was a lawyer and librarian and from 1980 to 1983 Director General of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. The other sons of the last patron saint were Karl-Matthias (1921–1996) and Rudolf Vinzenz (1923–1942, died in Stalingrad ).
The family members of the former patron saint Zessner-Spitzenberg are buried in the crypt chapel of the pilgrimage church in Liebeschitz or, after 1922, in the cemetery in Liebeschitz.
coat of arms
An upright rounded peak, in the blue of which a greenish, pointed mountain can be seen, on a shield divided by silver and red. The baron's crown rests on the shield, on which an open, crowned tournament helmet rises. Its crown bears a green fir tree between an open wing squared of silver, blue, and red. The helmet covers are red on the right, blue on the left, and lined with silver on both sides.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Biographical Lexicon of the Empire of Austria . Vienna 1890, Volume 59, pp. 346 to 348 ( digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical Lexicon of the Empire of Austria. Vienna 1890, Volume 59, pp. 346–348 (accessed on May 6, 2016)
- ↑ Castle Archives - Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility (accessed on June 4, 2016)
- ^ Procházka novel: Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian gentry families. Neustadt an der Aisch, Verlag Degener & Co., 1973, p. 84
- ↑ Genealogy of the Bohemian families - Zessner (accessed on May 6, 2016)
- ↑ August von Dörr: The nobility of the Bohemian Crown Lands, Prague, 1900, No. 12a (accessed on May 6, 2016)
- ^ Procházka novel: Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian gentry families. Neustadt an der Aisch, Verlag Degener & Co., 1973, p. 374
- ↑ August von Dörr: The nobility of the Bohemian Crown Lands. Prague, 1900, No. 111 (accessed May 6, 2016)
- ↑ Otto's Encyclopedia, Volume 27, Prague, 1908, p. 588 (Czech) (accessed on July 9, 2016)
- ^ Procházka novel: Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian gentry families. Neustadt an der Aisch, Verlag Degener & Co., 1973, p. 160
- ↑ Hareth Castle Archives (accessed on May 5, 2016)
- ^ German aristocratic samples from the Deutscher Ordens-Central-Archiv (accessed on May 6, 2016)
- ↑ August von Dörr: The nobility of the Bohemian Crown Lands, Prague, 1900, No. 221 (accessed on May 6, 2016)
- ^ ÖCV - Hans Karl von Zeßner-Spitzenberg (accessed on May 5, 2016)
- ↑ Vincent Eusebius Vrijheer Zessner van Spitzenberg (accessed on August 5, 2016)
- ↑ Genealogy of the place Seltsch bei Saaz (Želeč u Žatce) (accessed on July 9, 2016)
- ↑ Litschkau Castle Archives (accessed on May 10, 2016)
- ^ Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt (accessed on May 8, 2016)
- ^ Royal Genealogy: Razumovsky von Wigstein (accessed on August 5, 2016)
- ↑ Genealogy of the place Seltsch bei Saaz (Želeč u Žatce) (accessed on July 9, 2016)
Remarks
- ↑ Some members of the aristocratic family (namely the respective head of the family) were temporarily called "Zessner von Spitzenberg und Weinbergen".
- ↑ His entire name is: "Vincentius Maria Eusebius Johannus Nepomucenus Nicolaus Georgius Philippus Franciscus de Paula Zessner von Spitzenberg and Weinbergen".