Brenkenhoff (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the von Brenkenhoff family
Coat of arms 2 of the von Brenkenhoff
Coat of arms of the von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff family

Brenkenhoff is the name of the male line extinct noble family, which in the line Knobelsdorff Brenkenhoff of the noble family Knobelsdorff that of a daughter of the lineage of Brenkenhoff is derived continued.

history

Probably from Westphalia originating sex had since the beginning of the 17th century (until 1677) the Freigut Gorenzen at Mansfeld . Since 1613 Ammenrode owned it in the county of Mansfeld . The nobility first introduced Schoenberg Nicholas of Brenkenhoff (* 1651) and his sons. The leadership of the nobility remained unopposed in the Kingdom of Prussia .

By Franz Balthasar Schönberg from Brenkenhoff sex for namesake of the villages was († 1780 * 1723) Brenkenhof , Brenkenhofsberg , Brenkenhofsthal , Brenkenhofswalde , Brenkenhofsfleiß and Brenkenhofsbruch and the namesake of Brenkenhofskanals .

coat of arms

In the divided shield three black posts in gold above, six (3, 2, 1) red roses below in silver; on the helmet with black and gold covers on the right and red and silver covers on the left, two buffalo horns covered with gold and black, on the outside decorated with six red roses.

The coat of arms resembles that of the Barons von Brenken , without any connection with this sex being known other than the certain similarity of names.

A variant of the coat of arms shows in the divided shield three red stakes in silver above, six (3, 2, 1) red roses in silver below. On the helmet with red and silver covers, two silver buffalo horns with six red roses on the outside.

Important representatives

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See also Association for History and Archeology of Westphalia / Paderborn Department (www.altertumsverein-paderborn.org): Acta 788 1961: excavations on the site of the Brenkenhof (folder with excavation plans ) and Acta 789 1961: excavations on the site of the Brenkenhof (Folder with excavation plans and photos) (accessed October 30, 2011).
  2. ↑ On the Gorenzen property, cf. www.schlossarchiv.de: Gorenzen n. Sangerhausen Liberut (accessed October 30, 2011); Hans Friedrich Sperling († before 1677), Rittmeister from the Elector of Brandenburg , acquired the Gorenzen estate in the Mansfeld mountain range, which is why he is called hereditary and free resident of Gorenzen (see www.balgstaedt.de: 6. Balgstedt owned by the Lords of Sperling ( Memento from September 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) or von-sperling.net: History: Balgstedt in the possession of the Lords of Sperling 1744 - 1911 ; each accessed on October 30, 2011).
  3. ^ A b Genealogical Handbook of the Adels , Adelslexikon Volume II, Volume 58 of the complete series, Limburg / Lahn 1974, p. 95
  4. ↑ Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Upper Saxony and the Upper and Lower Lausiz, Volume II, Ulm 1801, pp. 124–127 ( digitized version )
  5. ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch , Neues Prussisches Adels-Lexicon, p. 307 ( digitized version )

literature

  • Genealogical handbook of noble houses , B 2, Volume 12 of the complete series, pp. 37-40, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1956
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Volume II, Volume 58 of the complete series, p. 95, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1974, ISSN  0435-2408
  • Wilhelm Honselmann , Der Brenken-Hof , in: Letmather Nachrichten of October 31, 1952
  • the same, contributions to the history of the farms in Letmathe [Schulte auf dem Ahm, Bohe auf dem Ahm, Steinhaus, Westhoff in der Schere, Liesenhoff, Köster (-Dierk), Schulte auf dem Hofe, Brenken, Humpert, Schulte zu Letmathe, many, Menken, Bickhan, Loose (later Sattler Pieper), Rüter, im Siepen, Jürgens, Grote, Schlüter, Westhoff in den Bocken, Schulte auf dem Schalk, Recke auf dem Schalk], Genna [Röttgers, Jasper, Vieler, Schulte, Potthoff, Fischer, Niederhof, Honsei], Stenglingsen [Schulte zu Stenglingsen, Schulte an der Ovelgünne or Schiffahrt, Huster, Niederhof; also: possession of the v. Schöller and v. Schaesberg; Gennaer and Stenglingser Mark], Lasbeck. In: Letmathe, an up-and-coming Westphalian town in the Sauerlande , Letmathe 1961, p. 257 ff.