Bacmeister
Bacmeister , also spelled : Backmeister , Bakmester or Bacmester , is the name of an old German family from Lower Saxony from the area around Goslar , Braunschweig and Lüneburg .
She is one of the typical representatives of the German educated bourgeoisie and for centuries has produced numerous well-known personalities, especially in the fields of Protestant theology , medicine and law . The Lower Saxon branches of the family belonged to the so-called Pretty Families in the Electorate of Hanover .
history
The family name indicates an office that was supposed to ensure the supply of bread; probably an ancestor was the administrator of the tithe barn in the imperial palace of Goslar . In 1284 a Johann dictus Bacmeister was mentioned in a document in Goslar , a citizen of the city who had leased a mill for the city council and no longer held the office. Around 100 documents between 1284 and 1399 show the dictus bacmeister partly as head of the coin guild, partly as councilor of Goslar. The family then emigrated to Braunschweig, where a Hinrik Bacmeister was registered as a master baker at Güldenstrasse 7 between 1407 and 1444 . His grandson Ludeke Willm Bacmeister (* approx. 1465) was renewed the coat of arms of the Braunschweig dukes as "dero Backmester" - later tradition sees him as a pastry baker. After his son Johannes (* before 1500) had earned money and honors in the brewery trade in Lüneburg , his son Lucas Bacmeister the Elder was the first of the family to start an academic career. In addition, this Lucas Bacmeister is considered to be the actual progenitor of the family that has existed to this day and has organized itself into a family association.
Since then, Lucas the Elder his job to Rostock had moved, where he was a professor of theology at the local university taught emerged from this new Rostock line over the generations more Wuerttemberg lines, but only the descendants of Kammerprokurator Heinrich Bacmeister are still existent, as well as an important Hanoverian line. From the Württemberg line, a new East Frisian line developed through the princely East Frisian personal physician Eberhard Bacmeister , whose descendants mostly moved back to Lower Saxony from around the middle of the 18th century and some of them later even dared to emigrate to Mexico , where they had their own Family branch established. In addition, some important family members held leading positions and held positions of responsibility in St. Petersburg and Riga , settled there and also founded new branches of the family.
Today the Mecklenburg line is considered to be extinct, the Württemberg line - in the spelling Backmeister - as barely existing, whereas the Lower Saxony and the former East Frisian line (including in Mexico and the USA) are the most strongly represented lines of this family.
The Germanist Adolf Bacmeister wrote in his book Germanische Kleinitäten , published in 1870, summarizing about his family,
" That it is a comfortable feeling for me to be able to trace the history of my family back to four hundred years, to watch its transformations and migrations, from Lüneburg to the coasts of the North and Baltic Seas, to icy Russia to the vineyards of the Swabian country, finally even under the palm trees of India on the shores of the Canadian lakes and on the shores of the Pacific Ocean . We brewed their beer for the Lüneburgers, gave court sermons to the Queen of Denmark Dorothea von Sachsen-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg , made ourselves useful as auditors and negotiators under Swedish flags , proclaimed the Gospel to the Hindus in Prakrit , the Dukes of Württemberg ruled their country in Saint Petersburg to St. Vladimir Medal earned and asked a minister the country Hannover, the Admiral Farragut the Mississippi storm helped .... "
Known family members sorted genealogically
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Lucas Bacmeister (1530–1608), Lutheran theologian and court preacher , ∞ I .: Johanna Bording (1544–1584), daughter of the Flemish physician and Danish personal physician Jacob Bording (1511–1560); II: Katharina Beselin (1536–1593) III .: Anna Vischer († 1613) - Rostock line
- Jacob Bacmeister (1562–1591), Kgl. Danish, private teacher, theologian, university professor in Rostock, ∞ Gertrud Panklow (1575–1591), daughter of the legal scholar Lorenz Panklow
- Johann Bacmeister (the elder) (1563–1631), physician and university rector in Rostock as well as personal physician , ∞ I .: Christine Sasse (1572–1614), sister of the logician Peter Sasse the elder (1571–1641); II .: Anna Pauls; III: Magdalena Lavrentz (1587–1653)
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Lucas Bacmeister (1570–1638), Lutheran theologian and Superintendent of Rostock, ∞ Elisabeth Papke (1584–1638)
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Lucas Bacmeister (1605–1679), theologian and university professor in Rostock, ∞ Dorothea Sasse, daughter of Peter Sasse the Elder
- Johann Bacmeister (1642–1692), pastor in Dassow , ∞ Catharina Elisabeth Tornow
- Johann Christoph Bacmeister (1680–1739), pastor in Lüdersdorf, Herrnburg district , ∞ I .: Anna Catharina von Lengerke († 1720), II .: Anna Christine Bölte († 1759)
- Katharina Elisabeth Friederike Bacmeister (1718–1802) ∞ Ernst Martin Ditmar (1713–1766), pastor in Herrnburg, then provost in Ratzeburg
- Hartwig Ludwig Christian Bacmeister (1730–1806), historian , geographer , linguist and bibliographer in Saint Petersburg and Riga
- Johann Christoph Bacmeister (1680–1739), pastor in Lüdersdorf, Herrnburg district , ∞ I .: Anna Catharina von Lengerke († 1720), II .: Anna Christine Bölte († 1759)
- Johann Bacmeister (1642–1692), pastor in Dassow , ∞ Catharina Elisabeth Tornow
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Lucas Bacmeister (1605–1679), theologian and university professor in Rostock, ∞ Dorothea Sasse, daughter of Peter Sasse the Elder
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Matthäus Bacmeister (1580–1626), physician and personal physician in Lüneburg, ∞ Sophie Kellermann (1590–1657), daughter of the Rostock mayor Johann Kellermann († 1598)
- Lucas Bacmeister (1617–1662), pastor and superintendent in Ratzeburg
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Sebastian Bacmeister (1646–1704), pastor and preacher at Travemünde , ∞ Elsabe von Reyter (1657–1740)
- Johannes Bacmeister (1680–1748), physician in Tübingen and personal physician as well as Baden-Durlach councilor, ∞ Maria Sophia Mögling (1683–1750)
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Sebastian Bacmeister (1646–1704), pastor and preacher at Travemünde , ∞ Elsabe von Reyter (1657–1740)
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Johann Bacmeister (the younger) (1624–1686), physician and university rector as well as personal physician in Rostock, .: I .: Sophie Hedwig Wolffrath (1632–1676), II .: Marie Meibom (1632–1679), daughter of the physician Johann Heinrich Meibom (1590–1655)
- Johann von Bacmeister (1657–1711), legal scholar and Reichshofrat , ennobled by Emperor Leopold I ; ∞ Johanna Keller
- Matthias Dietrich Bacmeister (1668–1701), general practitioner, ∞ Anna Elsabe Focke
- Lucas Bacmeister (1617–1662), pastor and superintendent in Ratzeburg
- Heinrich Bacmeister (1584–1628), legal scholar, ∞ Sara Dorothea Reiser (1599–1634), daughter of the Lübeck Syndicus Heinrich Reiser (1566–1629)
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Heinrich Bacmeister (1618–1692), senior councilor of Württemberg and chamber procurator , ∞ I .: Anna Barbara Seefried (1629–1672); II .: Maria Margarethe Keller (1640–1689) - Württemberg line
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further important descendants of this Württemberg line (chronological):
- Eduard Bacmeister (1825–1922), administrative officer in Württemberg
- Adolf Bacmeister (Germanist) (1827–1873), Germanist and writer
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Karl Albert Wilhelm Bacmeister (1845–1920), Oberkirchenrat in Ludwigsburg , ∞ Auguste Gantz (1845–1929)
- Walther Bacmeister (1873–1966), Chief Public Prosecutor in Stuttgart and an accomplished ornithologist , ∞ Anna Kauzmann (1875–1951)
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Eberhard Bacmeister (1659–1742), Prince. East frieze. Personal doctor, reg. U. Konsistorialrat in Aurich , ∞ I .: Maria Elisabeth Eckmeyer († 1700); II .: Juliane Elisabeth Jörgens (1677–1752) - East Frisian Line
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other important descendants of the East Frisian line (chronological) :
- Ernst von Bacmeister (1853–1938), Prussian infantry general; Awarded the order Pour le Mérite on October 8, 1917, ∞ Julie Charlotte Elisabeth Vogelsang (1854–1945)
- Walter Bernhard Gustav Bacmeister (1857–1927), brother of Ernst August Max , Prussian major general, ∞ Magdalena Nagel (1872–1938)
- Hugo Karl August Bacmeister (1862–1937), brother of Ernst August Max , Prussian major general
- Enrique Bacmeister Gudiño (* 1952), great-nephew of the three aforementioned officer brothers , Mexican ambassador in Athens
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other important descendants of the East Frisian line (chronological) :
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further important descendants of this Württemberg line (chronological):
- Georg Michael Bacmeister (1625–1678), Hof - u. Chancellery, ∞ Ilse Dorothea Engelbrecht (1642–1706) - Hanoverian Line
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Johann Christian Bacmeister d. Ä. (1662–1715), office director in Celle, ∞ Hedwig Elisabeth Nolbeck (1680–1720)
- Georg Arnold Bacmeister (1700–1773), Syndic of the Old Town Hanover, ∞ Sara Hedwig Margarethe Bacmeister (1707–1742), daughter of the secret chancellery Georg Arnold Bacmeister (1678–1736), a brother of Johann Christian the Elder. Ä., Hence a classic parallel cousin marriage .
- Johann Vollrath Bacmeister (1732–1788), historian and librarian at the St. Petersburg Academy Library
- Johann Christian II. Bacmeister (1703–1766), Court and Oberappellationsrat ∞ Sophia Charlotta von Spilcker (1715–1768), daughter of Moritz Ernst von Spilcker and his wife Eleonora
- Johann Georg Bacmeister (1736–1800), Court and Chancellery ∞ Maria Justina von Könemann (1737–1777), daughter of Joachim Friedrich von Könemann and Anna Brauns (aunt of Gottlieb Johann August Brauns )
- Johann Wilhelm Lucas Bacmeister (1765–1807), captain of the King's German Legion , ∞ Julia Amalia von Schwartzkopf (1781–1858), sister of Joachim von Schwarzkopf
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Georg Heinrich Bacmeister (1807–1890), Minister, Culture and Finance Minister of the Kingdom of Hanover , ∞ Charlotte Sibylle Theodora Kritter (1814–1884)
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Georg Arnold Bacmeister (1850–1921), Privy Higher Justice Councilor and District Court President zu Neuwied , ∞ Frieda Wermuth (1853–1940)
- Georg Albert Bacmeister (also: Bachmeister ; 1880–1918), District Administrator of the districts of Usingen and Labiau , ∞ Hildegard Möllenhoff (1888–1946)
- Adolf Bacmeister (medic) (1882–1945), specialist in lung diseases, sea captain and reserve fleet doctor, award of the Knight's Cross with Swords of the War Merit Cross on May 16, 1944, ∞ Gertrud Götte (1887–1947)
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Georg Arnold Bacmeister (1850–1921), Privy Higher Justice Councilor and District Court President zu Neuwied , ∞ Frieda Wermuth (1853–1940)
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Georg Heinrich Bacmeister (1807–1890), Minister, Culture and Finance Minister of the Kingdom of Hanover , ∞ Charlotte Sibylle Theodora Kritter (1814–1884)
- Johann Wilhelm Lucas Bacmeister (1765–1807), captain of the King's German Legion , ∞ Julia Amalia von Schwartzkopf (1781–1858), sister of Joachim von Schwarzkopf
- Johann Christian III. Bacmeister (1741–1803), clerk ∞ Anna Dorothea Schlemm (1751–1798)
- Charlotte Luise Bacmeister (1780–1845) ∞ Georg Wilhelm Böhmer (1761–1839), canon law scholar and Jacobin
- Johann Christian IV. Bacmeister (1786–1859), captain ∞ I .: Sophie Florentine von Finck (1801–1827); II .: Johann Caroline von Finck (1802-1884)
- Friedrich (Fritz) Bacmeister (1840–1889), student fencing master and Prussian soldier
- Johann Georg Bacmeister (1736–1800), Court and Chancellery ∞ Maria Justina von Könemann (1737–1777), daughter of Joachim Friedrich von Könemann and Anna Brauns (aunt of Gottlieb Johann August Brauns )
- Georg Arnold Bacmeister (1700–1773), Syndic of the Old Town Hanover, ∞ Sara Hedwig Margarethe Bacmeister (1707–1742), daughter of the secret chancellery Georg Arnold Bacmeister (1678–1736), a brother of Johann Christian the Elder. Ä., Hence a classic parallel cousin marriage .
- Sarah Bacmeister (1670–1740) married the court judge Albert Andreas von Ramdohr (1649–1730), a son of the lawyer Andreas Ramdohr
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Lucas Bacmeister (theologian, 1672) , Lutheran theologian and general superintendent of the General Diocese of Bremen-Verden , ∞ I .: Sophie Magdalena von Hitzacker († 1715), II .: Agnese Barbara von Harling († 1761)
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other important descendants of the Hanoverian line (chronological / genealogical):
- Johann Bacmeister (1841–1918), son of Johann Heinrich Bacmeister (1794–1864) and great-great-great-grandson of Georg Michael Bacmeister (see above), publisher in Riga, Bucharest a. a., later founder of the Anhalter Kurier , ∞ Lucie Juliane Müller (1843–1904), writer and painter , (pseudonym: Lothar von Rüdesheim)
- Ernst Bacmeister (1874–1971), writer, essayist and dramaturge, among others in Essen , ∞ Marie Sophie Elsbeth Bosselmann (1873–1960)
- Walther Bacmeister (1877–1953), journalist , publisher and member of the Prussian House of Representatives , ∞ Elisabeth Bertha Emilie Eisfeller
- Johann Bacmeister (1841–1918), son of Johann Heinrich Bacmeister (1794–1864) and great-great-great-grandson of Georg Michael Bacmeister (see above), publisher in Riga, Bucharest a. a., later founder of the Anhalter Kurier , ∞ Lucie Juliane Müller (1843–1904), writer and painter , (pseudonym: Lothar von Rüdesheim)
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other important descendants of the Hanoverian line (chronological / genealogical):
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Johann Christian Bacmeister d. Ä. (1662–1715), office director in Celle, ∞ Hedwig Elisabeth Nolbeck (1680–1720)
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Heinrich Bacmeister (1618–1692), senior councilor of Württemberg and chamber procurator , ∞ I .: Anna Barbara Seefried (1629–1672); II .: Maria Margarethe Keller (1640–1689) - Württemberg line
literature
- Ludwig Fromm: Bacmeister, Lucas the Elder . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 758.
- Ferdinand Frensdorff: Bacmeister, Georg Heinrich Justus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, pp. 175-180.
- Julius Hartmann: Bacmeister, Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 55, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, pp. 434-437.
- Editing: Bacmeister (family from Goslar). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , pp. 507-509 ( digitized version ).
- Bacmeister. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 3, Leipzig 1733, column 68 f.
- Bacmeister. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Supplement 2, Leipzig 1751, column 1176-1182.
- Clamor Freiherr von dem Bussche-Ippenburg: The family chronicle of the Bacmeister from Lower Saxony. Part I – V. 1904.
- Ernst Bacmeister: Growth and Work. Markkleeberg 1939.
- Documents genealogical archive Hans-Thorald Michaelis
Web links
- Bacmeister <Fam.> (PDF, 48.6 kB) In: Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland.
- Verwandt.de distribution of names to Bacmeister in Germany
- familysearch.org Worldwide distribution of the name Bacmeister
- Family chronicle of the Bacmeister from Lower Saxony
- Legacies in the central database of the Federal Archives
- Genealogical directory of the Bacmeister family
Individual evidence
- ^ Family Association Bacmeister ( Memento from June 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Sebastian Bacmeister. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Supplement 2, Leipzig 1751, column 1182.
- ↑ Bacmeister, Johann son of a preacher. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Supplement 2, Leipzig 1751, column 1180.
- ↑ Bacmeister or Backmeister, Mathäus Dietrich. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Supplement 2, Leipzig 1751, column 1181 f.
- ^ Descendants of Eberhard Bacmeister in the Lexicon for East Friesland (see: Fam. Bacmeister)
- ↑ Sarnighausen: Hannoversche Amtsjuristen from 1715 to 1866 in Neuhaus an der Oste (pdf) , p. 176. AND: Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadelige Häuser , 1912, p. 543 ff. Marie Justina von Könemann's parents are not (mistakenly: Oeynhausen collection ) J. Könemann's brother Kilian and sister-in-law S. Voigt. The mix-up is based on the fact that Joachim Friedrich von Könemann also married Voigt daughters in his second and third marriage ( NLA HA Hann. 112 No. 166/2 )