Bohlen and Halbach

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Gustav Halbach (1831–1890) , ennobled in 1871, with his wife Sophie geb. Bohlen (1837-1915)
Stele for Catharina Bohlen († 1807), ancestor of Bohlen, Dionysius Church (Bremerhaven-Lehe)

The von Bohlen and Halbach family, together with the Krupp family, are one of the most important German entrepreneurial families .

history

Halbach family

The lineage of the family, which was only ennobled in 1871, begins with Johannes Halbach (* around 1613/14; buried April 6, 1696), hammer mill owner and lay judge at Lüttringhausen on the uppermost Halbach near Remscheid . Johann Arnold Halbach (1745–1823) , like his father and grandfather, also owned a hammer mill. The diplomat Arnold Halbach (1787-1869) lived in the US state of Pennsylvania until 1838 , where he was responsible for the business of the Royal Prussian Consul General . In 1840 he and his wife Caroline Mathilde Bohlen (1800–1882) moved to Mannheim in Baden . They lived in the Palais Bretzenheim . Her son Gustav Halbach (1831–1890) was court ceremony master in the service of the Grand Duke of Baden . His sister Mathilde (1823–1848) married Count Leopold Otto von Wartensleben (1818–1846) in 1841 and became the great-great-grandmother of Beatrix , Queen of the Netherlands from 1980–2013 .

von Bohlen and Halbach

Gustav Halbach was given the name Bohlen-Halbach on April 20, 1868 , was raised to the nobility on August 14, 1871 and then called himself von Bohlen und Halbach . From his marriage to Sophie geb. Bohlen (1837–1915) had ten children: Arnold Heinrich (* 1863), Alwyn Gustav (* 1865), Harry Carlo (* 1866), Fritz Petil Borie (* 1868), Gustav Georg Friedrich Marie (* 1870) , Karoline Emilie Sophie (* 1872), Emily Agnes Wilhelmine (* 1874), Kurt Bernhard Ernst Wilhelm Charles Lydus, Wilhelm Friedrich Hans, Sophie Adelaide Alwine. This led to the von Bohlen and Halbach family splitting up into several branches.

Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach

Castle in Obergrombach from the 18th century

The Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach line goes back to the fifth son of the family, Gustav von Bohlen and Halbach (1870–1950) . In 1906 he married Bertha Krupp (1886–1957), the eldest daughter of Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854–1902) . By royal Prussian decree Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach and his descendants were granted the right to put the name Krupp in front of their family name Bohlen and Halbach . This decree (" Lex Krupp ") created the possibility that - even if the direct male line ended - the retention of the name "Krupp" was made possible for the family as long as the Krupp company was personally owned . The last direct heir, Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach , was no longer called Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach because he renounced the inheritance and the management of the company.

Gustav and Bertha Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach had six sons and two daughters. The first-born son Alfried (1907–1967) took over the management of the Krupp dynasty. At the end of his life he decided to set up an Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation , which was supposed to be "an expression of the tradition of the Krupp House committed to the common good".

With the death of Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach on July 30, 1967, all of his assets were transferred to this foundation. This was made possible by his son Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach's renunciation of inheritance . The family seat is the Castle and Obergrombach in Bruchsal district Obergrombach acquired that Gustav von Bohlen-Halbach and still is family owned.

coat of arms

  • Ancestral coat of arms of the Halbach family

  • Coat of arms of the von Bohlen and Halbach family awarded in 1871 on the occasion of the elevation to the nobility

The ancestral coat of arms of the Halbach family shows a black tree stump in blue on green ground, accompanied on the right by a silver owl looking ahead, on the left by a silver goose with a red ribbon around its neck. A gold star on the blue and silver puffed helmet with blue and silver covers.

The coat of arms , awarded in 1871 on the occasion of the elevation to the nobility, is divided from blue to silver. Above is a natural tree stump between an inward-facing owl and goose (= coat of arms of the Halbach family); below a red griffin growing out of a red openwork gable (= coat of arms of the primeval von Bohlen family ). On the helmet with blue and silver covers on the right and red and silver covers of the tree stumps on the left . Motto (like that of the noble von Bohlen family): "Cave Grypem" ( Latin for "Beware of the griffin").

Genealogy (extract)

Peter, foreman on the Halbach, named since 1575, 1584–1603 as a lay judge, * around 1540, † 1612

Clara (heir) ⚭ Merten Rawesmüller on the Halbach (he later only draws with Merten uff der Halbach)

  1. Johannes Halbach (1613–1686), hammer owner near Remscheid
    1. Peter Halbach, he owned the Kradenholl farm, close to Sohlhof Halbach (1634–1687)
      1. Caspar Arnold Halbach (1673–1741)
        1. Johannes Halbach (1711–1789), Remscheid
          1. Johann Arnold Halbach (1745–1823), operator of the Halbach hammers in Blankenstein
            1. Arnold Halbach (1787–1860), diplomat ⚭ Caroline Mathilde Bohlen (1800–1882)
              1. Mathilde Halbach (1823–1848) ⚭ Count Leopold Otto von Wartensleben (1818–1846), great-great-grandmother of Beatrix of the Netherlands
              2. Gustav (von) Bohlen-Halbach (1831–1890) Court Ceremonial Master ⚭ Sophie Bohlen (1837–1915) and had 10 children from this marriage, including:
                1. Gustav Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach (1870–1950) ⚭ Bertha Krupp (1886–1957), with whom he had 8 children:
                  1. Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach (1907–1967)
                    1. Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach (1938–1986) ⚭ 1969 Princess Henriette von Auersperg (1933–2019)
                  2. Arnold von Bohlen and Halbach (1908–1909)
                  3. Claus von Bohlen and Halbach (1910–1940) ⚭ 1938 Sita von Medinger (1912–1997)
                  4. Irmgard von Bohlen and Halbach (1912–1998) ⚭ 1938 Freiherr Johann (Hanno) Raitz von Frentz (1906–1941) and ⚭ 1952 Robert Eilenstein (1920–1986)
                  5. Berthold von Bohlen and Halbach (1913–1987) ⚭ Freiin Edith von Maltzahn (1919–2009)
                  6. Harald von Bohlen and Halbach (1916–1983) ⚭ Doerte von Hillringhaus (1934–2002)
                  7. Waldtraut von Bohlen and Halbach (1920–2005) ⚭ 1942–1961 Henry Thomas (1912–1961) and ⚭ 1962 Walter Burckhardt
                  8. Eckbert von Bohlen and Halbach (1922–1945)

Other people named in Wikipedia

literature

  • Wilhelm Berdrow: The family of Bohlen and Halbach ; Essen 1921
  • Fritz Gerhard Kraft: Additions to the family history of Bohlen and Halbach ; Essen 1930
  • Genealogical pocket book of the knight and noble families ; Brno 1882 (with older genealogy)
  • German gender book , (article Halbach) 13/1907 (with stem series and older genealogy)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Die Schiffdorfer Bohlen ( 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schiffdorf.de
  2. ↑ Renate Liessem-Breinlinger: The Baden side of the Krupp steel dynasty - The von Bohlen and Halbach family and their ancestral estate in Obergrombach ( Memento of November 4, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), in: Moments 1/2005. According to Manfred Koch, The Baden roots of the Krupp dynasty, in: Blick in die Geschichte No. 103, June 27, 2014, p. 3, the couple settled in Mannheim as early as 1839.
  3. ↑ Manfred Koch, The Baden roots of the Krupp dynasty, in: Blick in die Geschichte No. 103, June 27, 2014, p. 3.