Penzig family

The Penzig family was a German uradel noble family from the town of Pieńsk (German: Penzig). Including Pieńsk, the family owned a number of other towns and land on both sides of the Lusatian Neisse, which included eastern Upper Lusatia and western Lower Silesia.

History

The family was first mentioned as early as the 13th century, in 1241. In 1250 a castle was built in Pieńsk which was the family's residence.[1] 31 years later, in 1321 local Polish Duke Henry I of Jawor confirmed the rights of the Penzig family to the castle.[2] In 1395, the forest between the Lusatian Neisse and the Czerna Wielka rivers came under the ownership of the family as Penziger Heide.[3]

In 1491 the ownership of the entire town of Penzig (Pieńsk) was taken over by the city Görlitz.[4] To prevent the castle in the town from being used as the family's residence, it was demolished in 1514, with their permission. Penziger Heide was also acquired by the city of Görlitz in 1499.

By the 1790's, the line of men of the family had all died. The remaining heir daughter, Christiane Sophie von Penzig married Johann Friedrich von Prenzel.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Historia - Gmina Pieńsk" [History of Pieńsk]. Gmina Pieńsk (in Polish). Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  2. ^ Knothe, Hermann (1879). Geschichte des Oberlausitzer Adels und seiner Güter [History of the Upper Lusatian nobility and their estates] (in German). Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. p. 568.
  3. ^ Schulz, Hans (2007). Jenseits der Neiße (in German). StadtBILD-Verlag Görlitz. p. 106. ISBN 978-3-939655-38-1.
  4. ^ "Leuther von Penzig auf Langenau, die Brüder Czaslaw und Johannes von Penzig sowie Leuther und Rentsch von Penzig auf Penzig verkaufen an die Brüder Günter, Heinrich, Nickel und Clemens von Rechenberg ihren Anteil an der Görlitzer Heide" [Leuther von Penzig auf Langenau, the brothers Czaslaw and Johannes von Penzig as well as Leuther and Rentsch von Penzig auf Penzig sell their share of the Görlitz Heath to the brothers Günter, Heinrich, Nickel and Clemens von Rechenberg.]. Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (in German). 13 May 1406. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  5. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels [Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility] (in German). C.A. Starke. 2006. p. 251.

Bibliography

  • Lehmann, Rudolf (1979). Quellen zur Geschichte der Niederlausitz [Sources on the history of Lower Lusatia] (in German). Vol. 3.
  • Heinrich Kneschke, Ernst (1867). Neues allgemeines deutsches Adels-Lexicon [New General German Nobility Lexicon] (in German). Vol. 7. Leipzig.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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