Family History
The family has been traced back to 1346, when Rudolf Dictus
Rutiner had an estate at Hardegge near St Gallen. The family moved to Basil in
the fifteenth century, were Michael von Rutiner became an Imperial advisor. In
1474, Ulrich Bernard married Margarethe Frowler, a widow and last of the Frowler
family line. The family took over the Frowler estate and adopted the half moon
crest of the defunct family.
Michael's grandson, Hans Jacob first adopted
the name extension 'We
yl' after the present town of Weil-am-Rhein. And his son,
Johann studied in Dillingen and then become the advisor to the Bishop of Basel.
He bought an estate and the castle of Wyl.
In the seventeenth century,
the family was mainly resident in the area of Obertraubach in the Alsace: they
bought large estates in Leyhausen and Dürmenach. Joseph, who was born in
Leyhausen, and became an advisor to the Duke-Bishop of Alsace. His brother
bought Achstetten 1795. The French status of Baron for the whole family was
confirmed in 1773. The family moved to Germany and settled in Württemberg where
in 1819 the family was promoted to the status of Count.
Beat Konrad Philip Frierdich was born 1719 in Damerskirch. When he bought
Achstetten he had it rebuilt by Franz Anton Bagnato, who was a very famous architect during that century.
Before his death he arranged an entailment which primarily
included the lordship of the castle Achstetten and the revenues from the sales
of the estates Leyhausen and Dürmenach. Julius Caesar Reuttner von Weyl. ,His nephew, was made Lord of the estate and 1794 in
married Mauritia Baroness von Freyberg-Eisenberg.
Julius's eldest son, Kaspar Karl Viktor Caesar married to
Baroness Julie von Herman, in 1833. Kaspar
sponsored Herr von Drais, who invented the precursor to the bicycle, the
Draisine. Camill, Kaspar's eldest son loaned the family's example to
the Deutsche Museum in Munich, where it is on exhibition as one of the oldest
and most important examples of its time.
Baron Beat Conrad
Baron Beat Konrad Philip Friedrich was born on the 17th
August 1719, joined the Teutonic Order and was knighted on 29th May
1745. In the first couple of years he was pursuing a military career within the
Order however in the 1750’s he became very ill which forced him to drop out of
army and move pursue less active engagement with the Order.
Beat Konrad was elected Komtur of the Mainau and obtained
several further promotions until in 1775 when he was elected Komtur and Bailiff
of Alsace and Burgundy. Later he was also
appointed Komtur for the countries of
Hessen, Marburg and Wetzlar. On the political level he was promoted to the
German state-conference secretary and he was made Imperial advisor and Minister
of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (1764-1803).
On
the 12th May 1795, Beat Konrad bought the estate of Achstetten, and
whilst he never lived there himself, his nephew – Julius Cäsar grew up there,
married Baronesse Mauritia von Freyberg and the family have been living there
since then. The family had several estates in the area including: Leihausen,
Rechtenstein, Hürbel, Dellmensingen and Dürmenach
Beat Konrad, through his connections in the order, was able
to hire a very famous architect during that century, Franz Anton Bagnato, to
rebuild the castle as it stands today.
Beat Konrad died at the age of 83
in Althausen. However, before his death he had an entailment arranged, including
the lordship of the castle Achstetten, all his art treasures and the revenues
from the sales of the estates Leyhausen and Dürmenach.
In his last will he had entailed his nephew, Julius Caesar Fidelis Ludwig. He was the youngest son of his brother Joseph Antons Franz Ludwig Cölstin.