House of Aufseß

The Aufseß family, sometimes spelt Aufsees and Aufsess, is a Franconian noble family of Barons. The original family seat was at Unteraufseß castle in Aufseß, Upper Franconia. Members of this family held important Roman Catholic Church posts in Bamberg.

• Jobst Bernhard von Aufsees^[1] (28 March 1671 – 2 April 1738), also known as Jodocus, canon of Bamberg and Würzburg, was born in Mengersdorf. He was baptized as a Lutheran but educated as a Roman Catholic and was later the founder of the Aufseesianum in Bamberg.
• Friedrich III von Aufseß was Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1421 to 1431.
• Hans von und zu Aufseß was a baron and the principal founder of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (formerly the "Germanischen Museums") in Nuremberg.

• Jobst Bernhard von und zu Aufsees was the founder of the Aufseesianum in Bamberg
• Manor house of the Aufseß family in Mengersdorf, near Mistelgau in Upper Franconia

• Catholic Encyclopedia Article
• www.aufseesianum.de (Studienseminar Aufseesianum)
• Jobst Bernhard von Aufsees in Ahnensaal of Schloss Unteraufseß Archived 2009-04-23 at the Wayback Machine