Joachim von Kotze

CONNECTION TO THE ADELSGESCHLECHT von KOTZE:

Detail obtained in August 2015 from transcriptions of the Death/Birth/Marriage/Baptism register at the Königstein church archive:

• Joachim Kotze, *c1592, α=Burger (”Bürger”), Skoenmaker (“Schumacher”), Handelaar (“Kaufmann”), Skeepshandelaar (“Schiffhändler”), α=”Schumacher under Schiffhändler von Königstein” (1671), +16/04/1652, x Anna NN, *c17/05/1612, +20/03/1685, α=Vroedvrou, @Königstein

Marietjie Kotze, 17 January 2016

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FAMILY SEAT IN MAGDEBURG:

Schloss Groß Germersleben from 1489 to 1830 (when sold to Philip Coqui). Before November 3, 1999, it was condsidered one of the oldest and best-preserved castles in the Magdeburg Börde. In 1489 Archbishop Ernst von Magdeburg enfeoffed his court marshal Hans von Kotze with Germersleben Castle. As a fiefdom, the castle remained in the possession of the Magdeburg noble family von Kotze for 341 years.

Between 1536 and 1601, the von Kotze family had the castle complex rebuilt like a palace in the Renaissance style. The result was a regular three-winged complex with four three-quarter round corner towers and an additional stair tower in the courtyard inlaid with Wendelstein. In 1596 the Wendelstein was still under construction and in 1601 the waterworks were put into operation.

Due to financial difficulties, the von Kotze family sold the palace complex in 1830. The new owners initiated a modernization with a partial conversion of the system. The manor along with the estate was then owned by the family of Philipp Coqui, whose daughter Jenny later married Colonel and Knight of the Order of St. John Kurt von Byern (1849-1917). Their youngest son Henning von Byern (1893-1945), Major d. R. of the Air Force, was then the last owner of the once 751-hectare manor before it was expropriated by way of land reform in the autumn of 1945. After that, the castle was used for community and residential purposes and as a kindergarten. During the Second World War, part of the Magdeburg City Library was relocated to the castle. 

In the local register of monuments, the ruins of the castle are listed as a monument under the registration number 094 12010 in the district of Groß Germersleben under the name Castle of Boiren (instead of Byern).

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