House of Seckendorff

The House of 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.

Seckendorff
Coat of Arms of the Seckendorff family
Blaues und Rotes Schloss (Blue and Red Castles) Obernzenn
Current regionFranconia
Earlier spellingsSeckendorf
Connected familiesGuttenberg and Bibra
Estate(s)Obernzenn, Blaues and Rotes Schloss

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
  • Scheiblersches Wappenbuch
    Scheiblersches Wappenbuch
  • Siebmachers Wappenbuch
    Siebmachers Wappenbuch
  • Epitaph with coat of arms, Eichstätter Dom
    Epitaph with coat of arms, Eichstätter Dom
  • Stadtkirche Langenzenn
    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
  • Fanny Løvenskiold (1807-1873), born Francisca Veronika von Seckendorf-Aberdar, Norwegian court official and daughter of Johan Carl August Max von Seckendorf-Aberdar[15]
  • 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 [16]
  • 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
  • Carl August Ludwig Wilhelm Freiherr von Seckendorff-Aberdar (1848-1948) Co-founder of scouting movement in Germany/Austria
  • 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 German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Germany.
  • Christa von Seckendorff (born 1970), German artist

Literature
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels. Adelslexikon. Band XIII, Band 128 der Gesamtreihe. C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2002, ISSN 0435-2408.

References
  1. "Gemeinde Möhrendorf". Archived from the original on 2012-08-04.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-07-11. Retrieved 2016-01-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Geschichte von Schnodsenbach
  3. Annett Haberlah-Pohl, Die Geschichte des Nadlerdorfes Rögling, Nördlingen 2008, S. 15
  4. Die Geschichte von Neuendettelsau Archived 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Geschichte des Rittergutes Obersteinbach Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (PDF-Datei; 33 kB)
  6. Die Geschichte von Buch Archived December 28, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
  7. Die Geschichte von Rezelsdorf Archived December 29, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
  8. Geschichte von Oberlindach Archived December 28, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
  9. "Burgen und Schlösser in Neustadt-Bad Windsheim/Aisch". Archived from the original on 2010-07-11.
  10. "-- Gemeinde Hallerndorf --". Archived from the original on 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  11. Die Geschichte von Harrlach Archived July 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  12. Gerhard Rechter (2010), "Burkard von Seckendorff-Jochsberg", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 24, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 116–117; (full text online)
  13. 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.
  14. Gerhard Rechter (2010), "Seckendorff-Aberdar, Christoph Friedrich von", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 24, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 119–120; (full text online)
  15. Bergwitz, Johan Kielland (1914). Vore Eidsvollsmænds efterkommere gjennem alle linjer i 100 aar. Kristiania. sid. 25
  16. Sächsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Dresden, Bestand 10052 Amt Grillenburg, Nr. 0368, 1844–1849
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