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Seckendorff (family)
The House of Seckendorff (also: Seckendorf) is the name of an old and prolific Franconian noble family, part of the German nobility. History The progenitor of the family was ''Heinrich von Seckendorff'', first mentioned in a written document on 1 May 1254. According to historian Werner Wagenhöfer, the Seckendorff family is the most researched family of the lower nobility in Franconia along with the House of Guttenberg and the Bibra family, House of Bibra. Historical holdings * 1154 - ? Burg Seckendorf by Cadolzburg * 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 * Since 1361 Schnodsenbach * 1361–1379 Monheim * 1369–1518 (ca.) Neuendettelsau, about 1403 division between the Seckendorf and the Vestenberg family * 1395–1500 (ca.) Rittergut Obersteinbach bei Neustadt/Aisch (mit Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obernzenn
Obernzenn is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim in Bavaria in Germany. Personalities * Johann Michael Zeyher (1770-1843), Baden director of the theater * Johann Appler (1892-1978), NSDAP politician, SA and SS man, Reichstag deputy * Christian Schmidt (politician), Christian Schmidt (born 1957), CSU politician, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture (Germany) * Thorsten Kirschbaum (born 1987), baller History Obernzenn has been inhabited since ancient times, with archaeological evidence suggesting early settlements in the region. The town's name first appeared in historical records in the 12th century. Throughout the Middle Ages, Obernzenn was influenced by various noble families and was part of the Holy Roman Empire. It developed as a small but significant agricultural community with a number of notable buildings, including the Church of St. Peter and Paul and the Zenn Castle. Johann Appler and His Crimes Johann Apple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dietersheim
Dietersheim is a municipality in the district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim in Bavaria in Germany. Mayor Jürgen Meyer is the mayor since 2023. He is the successor of Robert Christensen. Personalities Sons and daughters of the community * Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Hagen (1810-1868), historian and deputy of the National Assembly in the Paulskirche * Friedrich Wilhelm Hagen (1814-1888), representative of the human psychiatry and one of the responsible persons for the desecration of Ludwig II of Bavaria Ludwig II (Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm; 25 August 1845 – 13 June 1886), also called the Swan King or the Fairy Tale King (), was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886. He also held the titles of Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke ... Other personalities associated with the community * Günter Schwanhäußer (1928-2014), entrepreneur ("Schwan-Stabilo", marker-pen) lived for a long time in the district of Altheim References Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Freiherr Von Seckendorff
Prussian general of division Carl Freiherr von Seckendorff was one of the founders of Scouting in Germany, along with Maximilian Bayer and Elise von Hopffgarten. He was the first "Reichsfeldmeister" (''fieldleader of the realm'') of the Deutscher Pfadfinderbund after World War I. In February 1912, Bayer, von Seckendorff, Elise von Hopffgarten, and Alexander Lion authored "Pfadfinderbuch für junge Mädchen" (A Scout Book for Girls). In its effort to make young women more independent, it was free from patriotic or religious sentiment, and contained references to the women's movement. Family Seckendorff was born into the Seckendorff family, an old noble family of Franconia. He had three daughters: Marianne, Ilse and Erika. After World War I With the end of World War I, the Scouting movement in Germany strove to reintroduce a general structure, and reorganized the Pfadfinderbund in 1918. The first years of the newly formed Bund were marked by a recurring conflict about t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reichsgericht
The (, ) was the supreme criminal and civil court of Germany from 1879 to 1945, encompassing the periods of the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. It was based in Leipzig. The began its work on 1 October 1879, the date on which the ' (Imperial Judiciary Acts) came into effect. The acts standardised court types and procedural rules across the newly formed German Empire and established judicial independence and unrestricted access to the courts. The court's jurisdiction included both criminal and civil cases. It handled appeals, charges of treason and, after 1920, the compatibility of state and national laws. Throughout its life, its major rulings tended to be conservative. They included the conviction of Karl Liebknecht for high treason in 1907, the lenient treatment of the men charged in the 1920 Kapp Putsch and support of the Nazi's Nuremberg Laws, antisemitic racial laws. The was abolished following Germany's defeat in World War II. Composition and jur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny Løvenskiold
Francisca "Fanny" Veronika Johanne Josephine Løvenskiold (7 February 1807 – 19 March 1873) was a Norwegian court official. She served as the ''overhoffmesterinne'' for Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Queen Josephine of Norway. Life She was born Francisca Veronika Johanne Josephine von Seckendorf-Aberdar on 26 February 1827, the daughter of baron Johan Carl August Max von Seckendorf-Aberdar and Magdalene von Hommer. She married Ernst Løvenskiold (1803–1867), son of Severin Løvenskiold and chief of the Norwegian state court under Oscar I of Sweden, Oscar I. In 1846, she was appointed principal lady-in-waiting to queen Josephine. During the Union of Sweden and Norway, the royal family had a separate Norwegian court, who met them at the border and served during their visits to Norway. During the reign of Oscar I, the royal household was reduced in both Sweden and Norway. Many offices were purposely left vacant, and no married ladies-in-waiting (statsfru) were appointed in Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Anton Von Seckendorff
Gustav Anton von Seckendorff (20 November 1775 – 1823) was a German author, actor and declaimer. Life Gustav Anton Freiherr von Seckendorff was an offspring of the Gudent branch of the House of Seckendorff, which had its residence at Meuselwitz, Thuringia. Gustav Anton was born at Meuselwitz as the seventh child of Friedrich Carl von Seckendorff (1727-1799), a colonel in the service of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. His brother Adolf Christian (1767-1833), who had a military career, also became known as a writer, and his works are sometimes confused with those of Gustav Anton. After studies at the mining academy of Freiberg and the universities of Leipzig and Wittenberg, he visited the United States in 1796. During his stay in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania he married Maria Elisabeth (Betty) Lechler (1782-1858), with whom he was to have fourteen children. From Pennsylvania he reported to the ''Neue Teutsche Merkur'' on the abuse of poor German immigrants (redemptioners). After h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Siegmund Von Seckendorff
Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff (26 November 1744 – 26 April 1785) was a German military officer, poet, and composer. Life He was born in Erlangen, Bavaria, the son of a Bavarian margrave and part of the Franconian aristocratic family Seckendorff. He served in the military from 1763 in Austria, and later in Prussia. In 1775 he became the chamberlain of Weimar where he joined the circle of Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. In Weimar, he supervised the Hofkapelle, and there began to pursue his literary and artistic ideas. He was especially inspired by Goethe, though Goethe thought little of his music. He translated ''The Sorrows of Young Werther'' into French, and enjoyed composing music for poems by Goethe, even before they were published, including ''Der König in Thule'' and ''Der Fischer''. He published three collections called ''Volks- und andere Lieder'' (1779-1782). He wrote a music monodrama entitled ''Proserpina'' (produced in Weimar, 1778), whose success was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Heinrich Von Seckendorff
Friedrich Heinrich Reichsgraf von Seckendorff (5 July 1673 – 23 November 1763, aged 90) was a Franconian field marshal and diplomat, in the service of the imperial Habsburg monarchy of Austria. Later he served as commander of the Bavarian army and fought Austria. Family Seckendorff was born in Königsberg, Franconia, into the Seckendorff family of nobility. His father was an official of Saxe-Gotha and his nephew was Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff. He studied law in Jena, Leipzig, and Leyden. Early military career In 1693, Seckendorff served in the allied army commanded by William III of England, and in 1694 became a cornet in a Gotha cavalry regiment in Austrian pay. Leaving the cavalry, he became an infantry officer in the service of Venice, and in 1697 in that of the Margrave of Ansbach, who in 1698 transferred the regiment in which Seckendorff was serving to the Imperial army. He served under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Great Turkish War. In 1699, Seckendorff marrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veit Ludwig Von Seckendorff
Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff or Seckendorf (December 20, 1626December 18, 1692), German statesman and scholar, was a member of the House of Seckendorff, a noble family which took its name from the village of Seckendorf between Nuremberg and Langenzenn. The family was divided into eleven distinct lines, widely distributed throughout Prussia, Württemberg, and Bavaria. Biography Seckendorf, a son of Joachim Ludwig von Seckendorf, was born at Herzogenaurach, near Erlangen. In 1639, the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Ernest the Pious, made him his ''protégé'', and he was educated at the Ernestine Gymnasium, Gotha. His father, was actively engaged in the Thirty Years' War and was executed at Salzwedel in 1642 for his dealings with the Imperialists of the Holy Roman Empire. Entering the University of Strasbourg in 1642, the means for Seckendorf's higher education came from Swedish officers who were former comrades of his father. He devoted himself to history and jurisprude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorpommern-Greifswald
Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland (West Pomeranian Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals , and in 2021, it was inhabited by 1,682,003 people. It was established on 1 Janua ...) and the state of Brandenburg. The district seat is the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald. A lake called Berliner See is found in the district. History Vorpommern-Greifswald District was established by merging the former districts of Ostvorpommern and Uecker-Randow; along with the subdivisions of Jarmen-Tutow and Peenetal/Loitz (from the former district of Demmin), and the former district-free town Greifswald, as part of the local government reform of September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allersberg
Allersberg () is a municipality in the district of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany. History Until the 19th century Allersberg was first documented in 1254 as "Alrsperch" (Alrsberg's parish center). It is based on the Bavarian personal name Alaher. In 1323, the brothers Lupold and Albrecht von Wolfstein received from Ludwig the Bavarian the right to fortify the village of Allersberg with a moat and walls, as well as the right to hold a market. which was further expanded in 1354 by Emperor Charles IV. Until 1475, the Wolfstein family resided in Allersberg, and they also founded the first hospital there in 1339. After that, the Bishopric of Eichstätt enfeoffed Duke Ludwig the Rich with Allersberg, thus forming Bavaria-Landshut. Before 1800, Allersberg was a bailiwick and belonged to the Duchy of Neuburg-Sulzbach of the Wittelsbach dynasty, which had become part of the Bavaria in 1777. Allersberg possessed market rights with its own magistrate's rights. From 1689 to 2006, the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trautskirchen
Trautskirchen is a municipality in the district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... Personalities * Hans Böckler (1875 in Trautskirchen - 1951 in Köln-Lindenthal) was a German union leader and politician References Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim {{NeustadtBadWindsheim-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
