Schutzbar genannt Milchling is an

Upper Hesse The term Upper Hesse (german: Provinz Oberhessen) originally referred to the southern possessions of the Landgraviate of Hesse, which were initially geographically separated from the more northerly Lower Hesse by the . Later, it became the name of ...

, latterly baronial (german:

Freiherr (; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , literally "free lord" or "free lady") and (, his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire ...

) noble family. The earlier Hessian branch of the family is still a member of the knighthood.

History

Wolfgang Schutzbar Wolfgang Schutzbar genannt Milchling ( – 11 February 1566) was the 39th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, serving from 1543 to 1566. Schitzbar hailed from the family of ''Schutzbar genannt Milchling'' from Hesse. He joined the Teutonic Order ...

, joined the

Teutonic Order The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem, commonly known as the Teutonic Order, is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. It was formed to aid Christians on ...

in 1507 and was from 1529 to 1543

Komtur Commander ( it, Commendatore; french: Commandeur; german: Komtur; es, Comendador; pt, Comendador), or Knight Commander, is a title of honor prevalent in chivalric orders and fraternal orders. The title of Commander occurred in the medieval mili ...

of the

Bailiwick A bailiwick () is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and once also applied to territories in which a privately appointed bailiff exercised the sheriff's functions under a royal or imperial writ. The bailiwick is probably modelled on th ...

of Hesse at

Marburg Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximate ...

Coat of arms

Blazon In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image. The verb ''to blazon'' means to create such a description. The vis ...

: "2:1 In Silver, three escutcheons () with trefoil stems related to black lime leaves (or balls or hearts). On the helmet a sign of two bird wings. “The

mantling In heraldry, mantling or "lambrequin" (its name in French) is drapery tied to the Helmet (heraldry), helmet above the shield. In paper heraldry it is a depiction of the protective cloth covering (often of linen) worn by knights from their helmet ...

s are in black and silver."

References

*Rüdiger Bier: 1500 Jahre Geschichte und Geschichten der herrschaftlichen Sitze zu Kirchscheidungen und Burgscheidungen, Eigenverlag Rittergut Kirchscheidungen 2009 *Thomas Weyrauch: Die Entwicklung der Stadt Gießen und ihrer Umgebung unter Hauptmann Caspar von Schutzbar. In: Mitteilungen des Oberhessischen Geschichtsvereins Giessen. Neue Folge Band 73 (1987), S. 63 – 83 *Thomas Weyrauch: Das Grabdenkmal des Ritters Caspar von Schutzbar in der Kirche zu Treis an der Lumda. Treis (Kirchengemeinde Treis an der Lumda) 1988

History

Coat of arms

References

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