Arps from Arpshofen

Coat of arms of the Baltic noble family Arps von Arpshofen

Arps von Arpshofen is a German-Baltic noble family and belongs to the Livonian knighthood . The former merchant family Arps was based in Hamburg . Hieronymus Arps moved to the Estonian city of Reval , today's Tallinn , and was entered in the civil register on June 11, 1667 . His son Gerhard (Gert) Arps moved the trading house to Narva , where he became councilor and mayor . The highest social event for the Arps family was the visit of the Russian Tsar Peter the Great (1672–1725) to the Arps house. The mayor's grandson Karl Georg was a wholesaler in Narva, he bought the goods Lagena, Hermannsberg, Wasahof and Weiwara in Estonia and in 1797 Sagnitz Castle. He acquired in the July 28, 1791 Vienna the baron ( baron ) as "Arp Freiherr von Arpshofen".

Registration and notation

The noble family was entered in the Estonian register on March 5, 1803. In 1805 the Arpshofens received the right to descent (regulation of descendants), the councilor Karl Baron Arpshoven, as heir to Sagnitz Castle, was the first family member to receive Livonian citizenship (indigenous).

The spelling of the name is different: According to an entry in the aristocratic archives of the Ministry of the Interior in Vienna, Karl Georg Arps, wholesaler in Narva, was granted the baron status as "Arps, Freiherr (Baron) von Arpshofen" with the title and title of "well born" in 1791 . The name is entered as Arpshoven in the Estonian nobility register from 1803 and in the Revaler pedigree from 1929. In the crests of Carl Arvid Klingspor they are mentioned as Arpshowen. The family members have been writing themselves as Arpshofen or Arps-Hofen since 1832 and after the First World War they were distributed in Russia , Ukraine , Romania and Germany .

The Hamburg ancestors

Gerhard Arps * around 1646 †? Merchant in Hamburg; mated with Katharina Arps (née Lauw) * around 1646 † ?; Son:

• Heinrich Arps * between 1526 and 1646 †? Merchant in Hamburg; mated with Magdalena Arps (née Stampke) * between 1526 and 1646; Son: Hieronymus Arps

The ancestors in Estonia

Hieronymus Arps * between 1613 and 1673 in Hamburg † 1691 in Reval, ancestor of the von Arpshofen family, merchant and elder of the Great Guild ; mated with Metta Arps (née Witte) * between 1613 and 1673 † 1691 in Reval; Son:

• Gerhard (Gert) Heinrich Arps * July 18, 1678 in Reval † in Narva; Accountant , merchant and councilor in Narva; mated with Dorothea Elisabeth Arps (née Gnospelius) * 1696 in Narva † 1752 in Narva. Gerhard Heinrich Arps traveled several times to Saint Petersburg and negotiated with the Russian Tsar Peter the Great the return of Narva city ​​privileges . In 1718 the city regained its rights and Gerhard Heinrich Arps became head of the Chamber of Commerce and later Police President of Narva. He made a contribution to the rebuilding of St. John's Church in Narva and kept detailed records of the capture of Narva by the Russians. Son:
  • Jürgen Heinrich Arps * April 23, 1711 in Narva † March 14, 1764 in Narva, merchant and councilor; mated with Christine Elisabeth Arps (nee Schwartz) * October 1721 in Vologda , Russia † 1764 in Narva; Son: Karl Georg Freiherr ( Baron ) Arpshofen

Noble family in Estonia

Karl Georg Freiherr (Baron) von Arpshofen * October 19, 1742 in Narva † September 29, 1804 in Narva; Kaufmann, Freiherrenstand Wien July 28, 1791; mated with Dorothea Elisabeth von Arpshofen (née Gnospelius) * July 4, 1764 † March 9, 1841 in Narva; Children:

1. Maria Elisabeth von Arpshoven * around 1785 † August 6, 1819 in Vaivara ; mated with Woldemar Karl Friedrich Reinhold von Patkul * 1782 † 1855 ( General of the Infantry , Commander of Reval)
2. Anna Dorothea von Arpshoven * 1786; mated with Johann Friedrich von Buxhoeveden , colonel in the Russian army , killed in 1812 ( Battle of Borodino )
3. Karl Gottfried Baron von Arpshofen , also Karl Karlowitsch (ru: Карл Карлович) * August 2, 1788 in Narva † May 31, 1866 in Vaivara, colonel in the Semyonovskoye bodyguard regiment . In 1814 he was awarded the Pour le Mérite and received the Pour le Mérite with crown for the 50 years of ownership of the order. Relationship with Emilie Rühl * 1795 † 1863
4. Georg Baron von Arpshofen , also Igor Karlowitsch von Arpshofen, born September 2, 1789 in Lagena † October 15, 1856 in Narwa, major general , married. with Katharina Scherebzow, daughter: Katharina * 1817 † 1904, married. with Iwan von Brevern † 1885, Governor of Courland Governorate
5. Gerhard Heinrich von Arpshofen * July 16, 1795 in St. Petersburg † June 21, 1854 in Narwa, married. with Olga Warneck * 1807 † 1883, children:
   1. Sophie * 1827 † 1900, married. with Dimitri Olyschew † 1902, major general
   2. Olga * 1829 † 1906 married with Nikolai Patton, councilor and landowner
   3. Karl Woldemar von Arpshofen , also Karl Wladimir von Arpshofen, * December 6, 1832 in Waiwara † February 26, 1890 in Odessa , Lieutenant General, married. with Sophie Wutschetitsch-Bielitz * 1855, military career: He was an officer in the Semyonovskoye bodyguard regiment since 1851and distinguished himself in the suppression of the January uprising in 1863. In 1867 he was promoted to colonel and served as battalion commander in the 1st Guard Infantry Regiment, and in 1874 he became the commander of the Lithuanian Guard Regiment. In the Russian-Ottoman War from 1877 to 1878 he was General Major and received after the use in the battle of Pleven the Anne North 1st class and after the campaigns in Philipp Opel the Stanislaus 1st Class. In 1880, after almost three years of recovery, he took over a post with the governor of Odessa and was temporarily city ​​governor of Odessa. 1884–1890 he was in command of the 4th Rifle Brigade and was promoted to lieutenant general. Children:
      1. Andrei Baron von Arpshofen * October 24, 1875 in Warsaw † 1932 in Romania, major general; mated with Valentina Romanenko * 1887 killed on March 17, 1916 as sister of the Red Cross on the hospital ship Portugal (torpedoed) Anastasia * May 2, 1913 in Odessa. Military career: Andrei von Arpshofen served in an artillery brigade from 1895 to 1904 . He then completed a course for the general staff at the Nicholas Academy and became a commander in 1907 . He then served in some command staffs and was awarded the Order of St. George with Swords . With the beginning of the First World War he was in the 61st Vladimir Regiment and was promoted to major general. From 1919 to 1920 he was Chief of Staff during the Russian Civil War and had to flee to Romania after the evacuation of Crimea ; Children: Vladimir * February 8, 1910 in Rowno , Ukraine ; Anastasia * 1913 in Odessa
      2. Sophie * 1877 in Warsaw, married. with Paul Bulgakow * 1856 † 1919 in Kubolta ( Bessarabia ), general of the artillery and commander of the XX. Army Corps
      3. Olga Malavasi Arpshofen * 1879, author; mated with Achille Malavesi from Bologna
      4. Marie * 1881, married. with Alexander von Baumgarten * 1883 † 1918, Colonel in the General Staff
      5. Woldemar (Vladimir) von Arpshofen * May 9, 1884 in Odessa, Colonel in the Dragoon Regiment, married. with Zoe Medvedev * 1884; Children: Kyra * 1911 in Peterhof (Estonia),
         1. Karl Wladimir von Arpshofen * 1914 in St. Petersburg † 1986 buried in Wolfsburg, daughter:
            1. Lore von Arpshofen with the children:
               1. Andrea von Arpshofen: Chamber Opera Augsburg, dancer member of the advisory board of Augsburger Gender Dance e. V. , individual member of the interest group “Historisches Augsburg e. V. ” , Member of IG Historisches Augsburg , member of the group "Augusta Historica"
               2. Ingo von Arpshofen, Dr., author , in Stuttgart
         2. Nina * 1916 in St. Petersburg
      6. Stephan * December 21, 1885 in Odessa, Rittmeister in the Dragoon Regiment, official of the Reich Chancellery
   4. Georg * October 22, 1834 in Narva † June 14, 1853 in St. Petersburg, cadet
   5. Alexander * November 14, 1834 in Narwa † January 17, 1888 in Hermannsberg
   6. Alexandrina Eugenie * 1846 † 1927, married. with Theodor Lerche † 1910 City Councilor, daughter:
      1. Vera Katharina * 1840 † 1902

literature

• Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods (New Series) , Hamburg 2017, Vol. 7, pp. 1–11.
• Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (edit.): Genealogical manual of the Estonian knighthood , vol .: 3, Görlitz, [1930], pp. 282–285

Web links

• All results for Arpshofen in MyHeritage.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hermannsberg near Narva, consisted of 5 farms: Hermannsberg, Wasahof, Lagena, Mustjöggi and Waiwara, they were owned by the von Arpshofen family. In: Hans Feldmann, Baltic historical local dictionary: Estonia (including Northern Livland), part 1 of the Baltic historical local dictionary, sources and studies on Baltic history, authors Hans Feldmann, Gertrud Westermann , editors Hans Feldmann, Heinz von zur Mühlen , Gertrud Westermann, Böhlau Verlag , Cologne / Weimar 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , books.google.de
2. ↑ Estonian manors: Sangaste / Schloss Sagnitz mois.ee
3. ↑ The college council was a civil rank of the Russian rank table at the time of Peter the Great (1672-1725). The Russian name was: Коллежский советник (Kollegienrat), while the address was Его / Ваше высокоблагородие (His / Your High Born).
4. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Gerhard (Gert) Heinrich Arps. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
5. ↑ Entry on Pour le Merit pourlemerite.org ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Entry on Pour le Mérite with Krone pourlemerite.org ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Ivan von Brevern; In: Genealogical handbook of the Baltic knighthoods, part 3.1: Kurland, vol .: 1, Görlitz, 1939 p. 206 daten.digitale-sammlungen.de
8. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Karl Woldamar von Arpshofen. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
9. ↑ Il Segreto del Pascià, Roman amazon.it
10. ^ Siebenbürger.de, volume 14 of September 15, 1986, p. 10 m.siebenbuerger.de
11. ↑ Christmas with the Fugger family http://kammeroperaugsburg.de/kammeroper/projekt_anno1555.html (link not available)
12. ↑ Augsburger Gender Dance e. V. geschlechtertanz-augsburg.de
13. ↑ Interest group “Historisches Augsburg e. V. ” ig-historisches-augsburg.de ( Memento from November 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
14. ^ IG Historisches Augsburg augsburger-skandal-zeitung.blogspot.de
15. ↑ "Augusta Historica" augusta-historica.de
16. ↑ Author Ingo Arpshofen buch-info.org ( Memento from November 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )