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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and later in

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, Bohemia and

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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 Upper Lusatia (german: Oberlausitz ; hsb, Hornja Łužica ; dsb, Górna Łužyca; szl, Gōrnŏ Łużyca; pl, Łużyce Górne or ''Milsko''; cz, Horní Lužice) is a historical region in Germany and Poland. Along with Lower Lusatia to the ...

, 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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, Bohemia,

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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 (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) was a German military officer in Imperial Russian service. A member of the Lausatian branch of the von Nostitz family, during the Napoleonic Wars in 1807 he joined the Russian Army and in a couple ...

(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 Nikolaus Freiherr von Nostitz (born 1968), known by his professional name Nick Nostitz, is a German photographer who is a member of the Silesian branch of the noble Nostitz family . He has lived and worked in Bangkok since 1993. Fluent in the Thai ...

(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 The County of Rieneck was a comital domain within the Holy Roman Empire that lay in what is now northwestern Bavaria (in the west of Lower Franconia). It bore the same name as its original ruling family, the Counts of Rieneck, from whom the count ...

* 1692:

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References

* ''Beiträge zur Geschichte des Geschlechts von Nostitz''. 2 Hft. Leipzig (1874–76) * ''

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