Gaffron (nobility)

Gaffron is the name of an old Silesian Uradelsgeschlechts. After the possession Oberstradam in Polish Wartenberg the epithet is out - of Gaffron and Oberstradam. Prussian baron by A.KO. Berlin October 15, 1840, ibid diploma April 23, 1845.

Origin

As with many Silesian nobility, the origin is not fully understood even at the family Gaffron. Johann Sinapius, the Silesian nobility expert of the 17th century, suspected a connection to the Polish noble families Gawroński ( Gawrony ). This idea is not taken up by relevant Polish standard works. Documented is a Polish descent undetectable. From heraldic point of view this is also practically ruled out. The coat of arms of Silesian Gaffron (two buffalo horns on red plate) is not among the Polish Ancestral Arms and the mentioned Polish families Gawroński lead them completely different coat of arms ( Rawicz, Rola and Świnka ). In the German standard works, therefore, a connection to Poland was discarded. The family appears with location reference in Silesia for the first time in 1358 in Groß Wartenberg in Lower Silesia: Przibko of Gaweron sold his estate Buschka in Wartenberg district to Thamo of Hayn The earliest evidence comes from 13 ( certificate Duke Konrad I of oil and Cosel Bytom. ) December 1329: . Werner von Pannwitz gives income of his estate Naselwitz, Circle Nimptsch, at a nunnery in Wroclaw, witnessed among others by Janco Gavron applies Given the early appearance in the district of Gross Wartenberg ( Duke Boleslaw III certificate of Liegnitz. . ) the situated therein Gaffron as family estate of the family. On October 15, 1840 Hermann was charged by Gaffron - Oberstradam on Kuhnern in the Prussian baron.

Property

The most important earlier estate of the family in the Principality Oels is to be given: Mahjau in a circle Trebnitzgrund (by 1387 owned, 1448 sold), Buschka (later desolate village in the large Wartenberg, 1358 sold), Gaffron (before 1358 owned, sold before 1481 ), Trembatschau (1440 in the possession, shortly after 1572 sold) as well as upper Stradam (before 1557 owned two shares in 1611 or 1635 sold). Partly members can be found in the 17th century still in: Dalbersdorf ( to 1663 ), Czech Ermin (up to 1678) and Domtaschine (until 1694 ). Most but increased from the dispossessed nobility. An exception Berger presented the Munster branch of the family is: Sigmund von Gaffron - Oberstradam left the Greater Oels and disappeared in 1628 on the estate Haltauf in a circle Münsterberg, which he bought in 1639 by the parents of his wife Anna of Saurma - Jeltsch. His son, Max (1632-1677) died early in the Austrian military service, which is why his son Adam Abraham should be raised Catholic. To get around this, he joined the Danish army. His son Palle Max ( born August 12, 1714 Schleswig ) came to Silesia back, received from his Aunt Juliane the Good Haltauf 1737 Kunern by his wife and acquired in 1740 means Schreibendorf and let in the local church family tomb and - loge install. 1800 acquired the descendants still March village. Short term (up to 1787) the family still Türpitz and Warkotsch possessed in circles chasing. When the last Baron of the family, Theodore of Gaffron, on November 17, 1882 Kunern, stop running and March village to the house of Saxe -Weimar sold, lost his offspring is bound by Good Kunern baron. As a final last Country Estate the family of Gaffron in Silesia in 1899 means Schreibendorf was sold.

People

• Siegismund of Gaffron and Oberstradam the Elder ( † 1652), Governor of caste domination, United Wartenberg March 19th 1620-10. June 1625
• Abraham Adam of Gaffronund Oberstradam (* 1665, † May 11, 1738 ), Royal Danish Lieutenant General
• Ernst Christian Gottlieb von Gaffron and Oberstradam (* May 12, 1741, † December 26, 1803 ), on Kunern, Circle Münsterberg, District Administrator of Münsterberg ( 1780-1803 ) and Director of the Principality landscape Münsterberg and County of Glatz
• Hermann Freiherr von Gaffron - Kunern, member of the Prussian House of Lords.
• Maximilian Friedrich von Gaffron and Oberstradam (born 15 o December 22, 1727, † April 26, 1800 ), on Sable (since 1764), district Liegnitz, District Administrator of Liegnitz ( 1781-1794 )
• Theodor Freiherr von Gaffron - Kunern, member of the Prussian House of Lords
• Auguste Hyrtl, born of Gaffron, ( born February 22, 1818 in Braunschweig, † November 18, 1901 in Perchtoldsdorf in Vienna) was a German writer
• Brehmer - Antonie Gaffron ( born May 28, 1833 in Breslau, † July 4, 1908 in Trieste ), was a German writer
• Klaus von Gaffron (* 1946), German photo artist, received on February 6, 2006 by Dr. Thomas Goppel the Order of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Note: The Prittwitz - Gaffron not belong to this family.

Coat of arms

In red two black buffalo horns. On the helmet red silver covers three ( 1.2. ) Of peacock feathers spiral wreaths. The baronial crest is accordingly: The buffalo horns are silver-black, over the baron crown of the helmet of the noble coat of arms, augmented by a second with the black and silver Büffelhörnen. Motto of the family: " Si Perdis Honorem, Omnia Perdidis " ( = honor lost, all was lost; since the battle November 13, 1677 at St. Margaret in Hungary). The oldest printed emblem account is given in Scharffenberg'schen armorial, p 111, (now the Austrian National Library, signature 49.P.24 ) of about 1578th in Münsterberg circle some epitaphs have been preserved with the Gaffron'schen coat of arms, for example at the Church of Schreibendorf, circle chasing. This Palle Max von Gaffron had them installed after 1740 also Familienloge and vault system.