House of Seckendorff
 Coat of Arms of the Seckendorff family | |
 Blaues und Rotes Schloss (Blue and Red Castles) Obernzenn | |
| Current region | Franconia |
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| Earlier spellings | Seckendorf |
| Connected families | Guttenberg and Bibra |
| Estate | Obernzenn, Blaues and Rotes Schloss |
Seckendorff (also: Seckendorf) is the name of an old and prolific Franconian noble family. According to historian Werner Wagenhöfer, the Seckendorff family is the most researched family of the low nobility in Franconia along with the Guttenberg and Bibra families.
Historical holdings
Schloss Unternzenn
Schloss Unteraltenbernheim
- From 13th century to now Obernzenn, Blaues and Rotes Schloss
- to now: Schloss Unternzenn
- ? - ? Schloss Unteraltenbernheim
- 1317–1782 Castle and village Langenfeld (Mittelfranken) and Ullstadt
- 1347–1375 Oberndorf bei Möhrendorf[1]
- Since 1361 Schnodsenbach[2]
- 1361–1379 Monheim[3]
- 1369–1518 (ca.) Neuendettelsau, about 1403 division between the Seckendorf and the Vestenberg family [4]
- 1395–1500 (ca.) Rittergut Obersteinbach bei Neustadt/Aisch (mit Frankfurt, Langenfeld, Lachheim, Roßbach und Stübach)[5]
- before 1417–1503 Burg Hiltpoltstein in the county of Forchheim
- 1422–1447 Rieterschloss in Kornburg
- 1444–1453 Burg Reicheneck by Happurg
- 1448–1452 Fürerschloss in Haimendorf
- beginning 1455 Rauschenberg, Bergtheim, Höchstadt, Taschendorf, Obertaschendorf.
- 1465–1722 the fief Buch by Weisendorf[6]
- until 1479 Schloss Rezelsdorf by Weisendorf[7]
- 1478–fifteen hundreds Festung Rothenberg by Schnaittach
- 1503–1528 Hüttenbach by Simmelsdorf
- beginning 1504 properties in Oberlindach by Weisendorf[8]
- 1504–1570 Simmelsdorf
- 1527–1653 Obbach
- until 1531 Reichenschwand
- until 1558 Eismannsberg
- until 1600 Schloss Triesdorf
- ? - ? Altheim bei Dietersheim[9]
- Mid 15th - Mid 17th Hallerndorf[10] (Linie derer von Seckendorf zu Krotendorf, Schnodsenbach, Gugenheim, Hallerndorf und Rossbach)
- ? Gugenheim
- ? Krotendorf
- ? - ? Almoshof
- 1677–1945 Schloss Meuselwitz, Thüringen
- 1705 - today Schloss Ebneth (Owner: Isabelle Callens née von Seckendorff)
- ? - today Schloss Trautskirchen (Owner: Isabelle Callens née von Seckendorff)
- 1726 - today estate at Weingartsreuth (Owner: Freiherr von Seckendorff-von Witzleben)
- 1720–1727 Schloss Harrlach by Allersberg[11]
- 1720–1774 Seckendorff-Eggloffsteinsche Freihaus in Kornburg
- 1757–1952 Schloss Unterleinleiter, Fränkische Schweiz
- 1840 -1945 Schloss Broock, Vorpommern-Greifswald
- 1858 - today Schloss Strössendorf
Coat of arms
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Scheiblersches Wappenbuch
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Siebmachers Wappenbuch
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Epitaph with coat of arms, Eichstätter Dom
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Stadtkirche Langenzenn
Well known family members
- Burkard von Seckendorff-Jochsberg (died 1365)[12]
- Hans von Seckendorff (um 1530), Amtmann in Ansbach[13]
- Kaspar von Seckendorff (died 1595), Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
- Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff (1626–1692), German Statesman
- Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff (1673–1763), Imperial field marshal
- Christoph Friedrich von Seckendorff-Aberdar (1679–1759), Diplomat and Brandenburg-Ansbach Minister[14]
- Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff (1744–1785), German poet
- Johann Karl Christoph von Seckendorff (1747–1814), Wurttemberg State Minister
- Theresius von Seckendorf-Aberdar (auch: Seckendorff; 1758–1825), German biographer, novelist, Hispanist and lexicographer
- Christian Adolf von Seckendorff (1767–1833), German poet
- Friedrich Bernhard von Seckendorff (1772−1852), German politician
- Franz Karl Leopold von Seckendorf-Aberdar (1775–1809), German poet
- Gustav Anton von Seckendorff (1775–1823), German author, actor and declaimer
- Alfred von Seckendorff (1796–1876), German Administrative lawyer and writer
- August Heinrich von Seckendorff (1807–1885), German statesman and lawyer
- Henriette von Seckendorff-Gutend (1819–1878), „Heilerin“, Mutter der Kranken und Schwermütigen, Gründerin der Villa Seckendorff in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
- Oskar von Seckendorff (1840–1902), Prussian Major General
- Siegmund Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hermann von Seckendorf-Gudent; died in 1844 as a forestry student at Forstakademie Tharandt in a duel with his fellow student Otto Carl Werther [15]
- Rudolf von Seckendorff (1844–1932), lawyer and president of the Reichsgericht (Imperial Court of Justice) (1905–1920)
- Arthur von Seckendorff-Gudent (1845–1886), Austrian forester, Swiss origin
- Gustav von Seckendorff (1848–1924), Prussian General of the Infantry
- Albert von Seckendorff (1849–1921), German Vice-Admiral, diplomat, Marshall of the court of Prince Heinrichs von Preußen
- Adolf von Seckendorff (1857–1941), German General of the Infantry, Governor of Estland
- Götz von Seckendorff (1889–1914), German painter and sculptor
- Erich Erwin Heinrich August Veit Freiherr von Seckendorff (1897–1944) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
- Christa von Seckendorff (born 1970), German artist
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Grave of Margareta von Seckendorff (died 1436) in Münster Heilsbronn
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Grave of Georg von Seckendorff (died 1444) in Münster Heilsbronn
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Grave plate of Eichstätter Prince Bishop Kaspar von Seckendorf im Kreuzgang des Eichstätter Domes
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Epitaph in St. Jakob in Abenberg
Literature
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels. Adelslexikon. Band XIII, Band 128 der Gesamtreihe. C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2002, ISSN 0435-2408.
References
- ↑ "Gemeinde Möhrendorf".
- ↑ Archived 2004-07-11 at the Wayback Machine. Geschichte von Schnodsenbach
- ↑ Annett Haberlah-Pohl, Die Geschichte des Nadlerdorfes Rögling, Nördlingen 2008, S. 15
- ↑ Die Geschichte von Neuendettelsau
- ↑ Geschichte des Rittergutes Obersteinbach (PDF-Datei; 33 kB)
- ↑ Die Geschichte von Buch Archived December 28, 2004, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Die Geschichte von Rezelsdorf Archived December 29, 2004, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Geschichte von Oberlindach Archived December 28, 2004, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Burgen und Schlösser in Neustadt-Bad Windsheim/Aisch".
- ↑ "-- Gemeinde Hallerndorf --".
- ↑ Die Geschichte von Harrlach Archived July 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Gerhard Rechter (not yet published), "Burkard von Seckendorff-Jochsberg", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 24, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 116–117 Check date values in:
|date=(help); (full text online) - ↑ Anselm Schubert: Der Traum vom Tag des Herrn: Die „Träumer von Uttenreuth“ und das apokalyptische Täufertum. in der Zeitschrift Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte. Band 97, 2006, S. 106–136, 111.
- ↑ Gerhard Rechter (not yet published), "Seckendorff-Aberdar, Christoph Friedrich von", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 24, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 119–120 Check date values in:
|date=(help); (full text online) - ↑ Sächsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Dresden, Bestand 10052 Amt Grillenburg, Nr. 0368, 1844–1849
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