The Leonrod (or Leonrodt) family was a Franconian - Swabian noble family that died out in 1951.

Leonrod
Noble house
House of Leonrod coat of arms
House of Leonrod coat of arms
CountryFranconia, Swabia
FounderPhilipp von Leonrod
Estate(s)Leonrod
Dissolution1952

History

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Outlying tower of the castle ruins of Leonrod

The noble family's ancestral seat was the Leonrod Castle, a moated 13th century castle located on the southwestern outskirts of Leonrod near Dietenhofen.

Burial places, along with epitaphs and coat of arms engravings of many Leonrod family members can still be found in the Dietenhofen church and Maria Kappel church in Schmiechen.

Many generations of the Leonrod family served the Teutonic Order. Several family members became high spiritual dignitaries in the diocese of Eichstätt. The noble line were later elevated to imperial Franconian knights.

The Leonrod family name can be found in several toponyms in modern Germany:

  • Leonrodplatz, the central square in Eichstätt,
  • Leonrodplatz, a square in Munich,
  • Leonrodstraße, a street in Munich,
  • A Leonrodstraße in Bayreuth existed until the 1970s.

Personalities

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Coat of arms

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The Leonrod coat of arms is a red bar on the silver field. On the helmet with red and silver covers, there are two horns marked in the same way as the shield.

References

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  1. ^ Fief deed from 1571 in the "Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg"

Literature

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  • Manfred Weitlauff: Leonrod, in: Neue Deutsche Biographie, Volume 14, 1985, Page 254, Online version
  • Uwe Albrecht: German Castles and Palaces, 1999, ISBN 0865652074.
  • Georg Dehio, Handbook of German Art History, 2nd edition, ISBN 9783422031166

See also

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German nobility