Beerfelde (noble family)

Coat of arms of the von Beerfelde on the ruins of the village church Lossow

Beerfelde is the name of an old noble family in Brandenburg . In the Oder-Spree district there is a town of the same name, Beerfelde . The place has been part of the Steinhöfel community since 2002 .

history

The von Beerfelde family belongs to the middle-market nobility with the headquarters of the same name near Lebus . The first documented appearance of the family happened in 1358 with Peter and Betkino de Berenuelde. The sex continues to flourish today. One line of the family went out in 1805 with Ferdinand von Beerfelde. The Lossow estate near Frankfurt (Oder) belonged to the family by name. A Beerfeld Majorat existed for the Sommerfeld , Grabkow and Düberow estates , which originally belonged to the Bredow family . The family's possessions can also be found in the following Brandenburg towns: Falkenberg near Fürstenwalde , Görlsdorf (Vierlinden) , Hathenow , Neuhardenberg and Worin .

After the Reformation secularized Elector Joachim II. 1540 the Cistercian - Kloster Friedland and pulled his goods. In 1546 he pledged what was now the domain estate to Balthasar von Beerfelde, who only held the estate, which extended to the Klostersee , until 1564.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the house consists of a shield divided vertically in two halves with a blue and gold side. Whereby a silver star is shown on the blue side. On the helmet are two buffalo horns, divided into blue and red. There are three stars on the muzzle and three black feathers on a piston in the middle.

Known family members

Curt von Beerfelde (1869–1931), German lieutenant colonel, knight of the order Pour le Mérite
Christian Wilhelm von Beerfelde (1731–1791), Prussian district administrator for the Landsberg district
Georg von Beerfelde (1838–1902), German landowner near Crossen-Züllichau, member of the Prussian manor house
Hans Georg von Beerfelde (1877–1960), German officer and politician (USPD)
Hans Siegismund von Beerfelde (1726–1788), Prussian officer, landlord von Lossow, district administrator in the Lebus district
Julius Wilhelm von Beerfelde (1805–1871), German lawyer and politician, MdR

literature

New Prussian nobility lexicon. First volume: A – D. Gebrüder Reichenbach, Leipzig 1836, p. 194. ( Online at Google Books )

Individual evidence

^ Genealogy. Handbook of the nobility, Adelslexikon Volume I, page 282, CA Starke-Verlag, 1972
↑ riedel: Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgiensis I, 20, pages 234/35
^ Genealogy. Manual, Volume AA XIV, page 19
↑ Uta Puls: Altfriedland . In: H. Jürgen Feuerstake, Oliver H. Schmidt (Ed.): The Cistercians and their monasteries in Brandenburg. A cultural, historical and tourist guide. Revised and expanded 2nd edition, Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2005, p. 57 ISBN 3-936872-23-6
^ Theodor Fontane : Friedland. In: Walks through the Mark Brandenburg in 8 volumes. Volume 2 Oderland . Gotthard Erler , Rudolf Mingau (ed.), Aufbau-Verlag , Berlin 1997, pp. 165f. See also the next chapter Kunersdorf. ISBN 3-7466-5702-4 ( chapter Friedland in the text log )
^ New Prussian Adels Lexicon , First Volume A – D, pp. 194–195

[1] Genealogy. Handbook of the nobility, Adelslexikon Volume I, page 282, CA Starke-Verlag, 1972

[2] riedel: Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgiensis I, 20, pages 234/35

[3] Genealogy. Manual, Volume AA XIV, page 19

[4] Uta Puls: Altfriedland . In: H. Jürgen Feuerstake, Oliver H. Schmidt (Ed.): The Cistercians and their monasteries in Brandenburg. A cultural, historical and tourist guide. Revised and expanded 2nd edition, Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2005, p. 57 ISBN 3-936872-23-6

[5] Theodor Fontane : Friedland. In: Walks through the Mark Brandenburg in 8 volumes. Volume 2 Oderland . Gotthard Erler , Rudolf Mingau (ed.), Aufbau-Verlag , Berlin 1997, pp. 165f. See also the next chapter Kunersdorf. ISBN 3-7466-5702-4 ( chapter Friedland in the text log )

[6] New Prussian Adels Lexicon , First Volume A – D, pp. 194–195