Zollner von Rottenstein

Family coat of arms in the Ingeram Codex

Epitaph in St. Burkhard in Würzburg

The family of Zollner von Rottenstein , also Zöllner and von Rotenstein, was a Frankish noble family.

history

The Zollner von Rottenstein family appears as the ministerial family of the bishops of Würzburg at Rottenstein Castle . The village of Stöckach was also one of their possessions . The last of his line was Philipp Zollner von Rottenstein, who died in 1546 and whose epitaph is in St. Burkard in Würzburg.

Personalities

Konrad Zöllner von Rotenstein († 1390), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
Marquard Zöllner von Rotenstein , Land Commander of the Ballei Franconia (1360-1364)
Erasmus Zöllner von Rotenstein († 1483), abbot of Theres Monastery

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows the tips of three carpenter's axes in red in a ratio of 2: 1 on silver . The helmet covers are red and silver. The crest is a closed flight with the head of a bird.

Increased coat of arms of Grand Master Konrad Zöllner von Rotenstein, depiction with broad ax

Individual evidence

^ Alfred Wendehorst : The Benedictine abbey and the aristocratic secular canon monastery St. Burkard in Würzburg , Germania Sacra NF 40: The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Würzburg 6. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2001, ISBN 978-3-11-018971-1 .

Web links

Commons : Zollner von Rottenstein family - collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] Alfred Wendehorst : The Benedictine abbey and the aristocratic secular canon monastery St. Burkard in Würzburg , Germania Sacra NF 40: The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz. The Diocese of Würzburg 6. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2001, ISBN 978-3-11-018971-1 .