The House of Nostitz is the name of an old and important

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n aristocratic family, whose members occupied many important positions within

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History

The family was named after Nostitz in

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, with its history dating back to 1280 in Oberlausitz, today's

. They reigned over the Imperial County of Rieneck from 1673 when it was purchased by Count Johann Hartwig of Nostitz-Rieneck (1610-1683) until 1803 when they sold it to the Princes of Colloredo-Mansfeld. Apart from Nostitz-Rieneck several other branches of the family existed: ''Nostitz-Unwürde'', ''Nostitz-Jänkendorf'', ''Nostitz-Wallwitz'', ''Nostitz-Drzewiecky'', ''Nostitz-Rokitnitz'' and ''Nostitz-Ransen'' which lived and spread through

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Notable members

* (1725–1794), Bohemian nobleman and patron * Friedrich Moritz, Graf von Nostitz-Rieneck (1728–1796), a field marshal in imperial service to the House of Habsburg * Johann Nepomuk von Nostitz-Rieneck (1768–1840), nephew of Friedrich Moritz, commanded a cavalry division in the army of the Austrian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars *

August Ludwig von Nostitz August Ludwig Ferdinand Count von Nostitz-Ransen (27 December 1777, Zessel, near Öls – 28 May 1866, on his estates at Zobten, near Löwenberg in Schlesien) was a Prussian general who acted as adjutant general to Frederick William III of Prus ...

(1777–1866), Prussian general, fought in the Waterloo Campaign * (1878–1944), writer and salon Dame * Georg von Nostitz (Georg Karl von Nostitz-Jänkendorf, 1781—1838), German military officer in Imperial Russian service *

Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz __NOTOC__ Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz (11 July 1898 – 31 May 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Nostitz-Wallwitz was wounded in March 1945 in ...

(1898–1945), general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II * Nick Nostitz (born 1968), German photographic journalist

Lordships

* 1280: earliest record of the Lords of Nostitz * 1366: Lordship of the

* 1631: Barony of the Holy Roman Empire * 1673: purchased the County of Rieneck * 1692:

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References

* ''Beiträge zur Geschichte des Geschlechts von Nostitz''. 2 Hft. Leipzig (1874–76) * '' Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels'', Band 116, 1998, Adelslexikon Saxon nobility Moravian noble families Bavarian noble families {{Germany-hist-stub

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