Cölln (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Cölln

The von Cölln , also Colne, Colonia, Cöllen, Collen, Cölln (also written with K), were a Mecklenburg noble family .

history

The Cölln came to Mecklenburg with Heinrich the Lion around 1166 to 1177 . They weren't locators , but courtiers and soldiers. In 1237 they built a small castle as a knight's seat on the Nebel between Güstrow and Krakow . They gave this place their name Cölln, today's place Kölln .

In 1229 Mecklenburg was divided for the first time, and in 1230 Prince Nicolaus I carried out his first official acts. The first known by name is Heinrich de Colne, who belonged to the prince's court. Since he is also called to Lüdershagen in 1237, the von Cölln are at least one of the reasons for this church village. Construction of the old stone church is estimated to have started in the early 13th century.

The von Cölln belong to the Mecklenburg nobility . They form a typical single-line family that no longer leaves their chosen home area and became extinct in the male line in 1660. The main residence of the family was in Groß Grabow and Lüdershagen.

In 1271 Henricus de Colonia was on Cölln and Lüdershagen, from 1280 also on Hoppenrade and Groß Grabow. In 1289 he was named as a knight with the first coat of arms. On December 15, 1274, as a witness to Prince Nikolaus, he confirmed the privilege of the Dobbertin Monastery and the foundation made by his ancestors. On July 10, 1339, Brüning von Cölln approved the pledging of twelve marks raised from his mill in Cölln by his cousin Johann to the Malchow monastery . In 1382 he was a councilor to Prince Johannes I. von Werle. On March 25, 1349, Johann von Cölln donated fourteen marks from Sarmstorf to the St. Georg Hospital in front of Güstrow . Johann von Cölln was archdeacon of Schwerin Bishop Rudolf von Mecklenburg-Stargard in 1404 and was burned at the stake in 1407 as pastor of St. Marien zu Stralsund by the people of Stralsund in the Papenbrand thom Sunde .

Lüdershagen village church

On April 23, 1403, Gerd von Cöllen (van Colne), who lives in Lüdershagen, gave the prioress and the entire convent of the Dobbertin monastery six marks of Lübisch pension from his mill in Cölln. On September 30, 1406 he repeated the donation. On November 6, 1446, Yo van Colne gave the prioress to Dobbertin Anna Wamekew and Ghese Dessyn 100 Marks Lübisch to free the Colne estate from all claims of the monastery. After 1457 Gehse Caterina von Cölln was a nun in the Dobbertin monastery. In 1502 Joachim von Cölln gave 100 guilders to the Dobbertin monastery on Lüdershagen and Hoppenrade . In 1510, Hans von Cölln on Lüdershagen and Hoppenrade gave the Dobbertin monastery several wills in his will.

The brothers Gerd auf Groß Grabow and Igen von Cölln auf Cölln took part in the signing of the Union of Estates in 1523. Christoph von Cölln, b. 1517, on Cölln, Groß Grabow, Klein Grabow, Lüdershagen, Hoppenrade, pawnbroker on Prützen and ducal-Mecklenburg district administrator, patron of Lüdershagen married Leveke von Bülow on Wedendorf in 1553. They had ten children and with Christoph the family reached their greatest position of power. His brother Hans von Cölln, born in 1515 on Groß Grabow, took part in the siege of Magdeburg in 1550 and died on March 17th, 1580 in Groß Grabow. His gravestone with a relief figure of the deceased is in the church in Lüdershagen. You can see a life-size knight in armor with folded hands, a sword to his right and a helmet to the left. Under the knight the coat of arms of the von Cöllen with the letter HVK

The inscription, which is only partially legible, reads: Anno 1580 DEN 17 MAR IS DE EDLE ERENFESTE HANS V KOLLEN G .... GNEDICH SI .... SIN LEVENT. GEENDICH VN FROZEN ...

Joachim von Cölln died on July 25, 1660 without a biological heir.

Possessions

The possessions of the von Cölln were fairly contiguous between Güstrow and Krakow am See, with mostly very good soils.

  • Cölln / Hoppenrade, 712 ha, 1237–1667 with a water mill
  • Lüdershagen, 463 ha, 1237–1663 with church
  • Groß Grabow, 665 ha, 1280–1667
  • Klein Grabow, 432 ha, 1550–1667

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows two black fishhooks next to each other and turned upwards in silver . On the helmet with black and silver covers, a fishhook between an open silver flight .

Name bearer

  • Heinrich de Colne, 1237 Hofmann to Prince Nikolaus I von Werle, 1237 builder of Coln Castle and Lüdershagen.
  • Henricus de Colonia, 1271 first depiction of the coat of arms (seal), on Cölln, Lüdershagen, from 1280 Hoppenrade, Gross Grabow, confirmed a foundation for the Dobbertin monastery in 1274.
  • Hinrich von Cölln, 1403–1462 on Gross Grabow and Cölln, Knappe.
  • Gerd von Cölln on Gross Grabow, before 1482, signatory of the booths in 1582.
  • Igen von Cölln auf Cölln, before 1483, signatory of the booths in 1582.
  • Christoph von Cölln, 1517–1596, on Cölln, Gross and Klein Grabow, Lüdershagen, Hoppenrade, ducal-Mecklenburg district administrator and patron of Lüdershagen.

literature

literature

  • Friedrich Schlie : The art and historical monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin IV. Volume: The district court districts Schwaan, Bützow, Sternberg, Güstrow, Krakow, Goldberg, Parchim, Lübz and Plau. Schwerin 1901, reprint 1993 ISBN 3-910179-08-8 pp. 327-331.
  • Wolf Lüdeke von Weltzien: Families from Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. Volume 1, Nagold 1989, pp. 51-56.
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Munich, Berlin 2000 ISBN 3-422-03081-6 p. 328.

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Printed sources

Unprinted sources

  • State Main Archive Schwerin (LHAS)
    • LHAS 1.5-4 / 3 documents Dobbertin monastery.
    • LHAS Family History Collection by Behr, No. 83 Cöllen (Cölln, Kölln), Freiherr von Rodde.
    • LHAS 2.12-3 / 2 Monasteries and orders of knights, Dobbertin. Directory of the gender names found in the documents as well as the prioresses and nuns of Dobbertin, 1491–1560.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolf Lüdeke von Weltzien: The Mecklenburg von Cölln 1237-1660. 1989, p. 51.
  2. ^ Friedrich Schlie: The church village Lüdershagen. 1901, p. 327.
  3. ↑ Georg Dehio: Lüdershagen, Gem. Hoppenrade, district Güstrow 2000, p. 328.
  4. ↑ MUB II. (1864) No. 1347.
  5. ↑ MUB IX. (1875) No. 5972.
  6. ↑ MUB X. (1877) No. 6942.
  7. ↑ Wolf Lüdeke von Weltzien: The Mecklenburg von Cölln 1237-1660. 1989, p. 51.
  8. ↑ LHAS 1.5-4 / 3 documents Dobbertin monastery. Regesten No. 83.
  9. ↑ LHAS 1.5-4 / 3 documents Dobbertin monastery. Regesten No. 90.
  10. ↑ LHAS 1.5-4 / 3 documents Dobbertin monastery. Regesten No. 130.
  11. ↑ LHAS 2.12-3 / 2 Monasteries and Order of Knights, Dobbertin. No. 248 List of prioresses and nuns from 1491–1560.
  12. ↑ Friedrich von Meyeen: An account book of the monastery Dobbertin. MJB 59 (1894) p. 180.
  13. ↑ Johann Ritter: The church in Lüdershagen near Güstrow. MJB 9 (1844) pp. 353-354.
  14. ^ Friedrich Schlie: The church village Lüdershagen. 1901, p. 330.
  15. ↑ Friedrich Crull : The coats of arms of the races of the team that occurred up to 1360 in the present borders of Mecklenburg. MJB 52 (1887) p. 113 No. 244.