Maizière

De Maizière is the name of a Prussian - Huguenot family who came from France in the 17th century and settled in the Electorate of Brandenburg . In 1685 she fled France from persecution of the Huguenots.

The family name comes from Maizières-lès-Metz from the Moselle department in Lorraine . Members of the family lived in Paris at least since Bartholomew's Night in 1572 and a De Maizière is said to have been King Henry IV's personal physician . The family crest bears a black leaping lion on a silver background.

Ernst de Maizière had the family name changed from Maizier to de Maiziere in August 1896 after he had been able to prove the direct line of descent until 1570 .

Known family members:

Gustav Maiziere , physician ⚭ I Johanna Wilhelmine Maizier b. Mischke; ⚭ II 1854 Leontine Maiziere b. von Wulffen, daughter of Carl von Wulffen
- Ernst de Maizière (1841–1898), President of the District Court in Neuruppin and co-author of the Civil Code ⚭ Sophie de Maizière b. Bäumer (1852–1932), granddaughter of Wilhelm Bäumer (1783–1848)
  - Walter de Maizière (1876–1915), councilor and head of department at the Stade district government, died in the First World War ⚭ Elisabeth de Maizière b. Dückers (1881–1966)
    - Clemens de Maizière ( July 30, 1906 in Hohensalza - June 9, 1980 in Berlin ), German lawyer, member of the SA and the NSDAP , synodal of the Berlin-Brandenburg Evangelical Church in the GDR, member of the Eastern CDU ⚭ Christine de Maizière b . Rathje (1910–1981), daughter of Johannes Rathje (1879–1956)
      - Lothar de Maizière (* 1940), German lawyer and politician (CDU), last Prime Minister of the GDR
    - Ulrich de Maizière (1912–2006), German officer, advocate of the leadership philosophy "Inner Leadership" in the Bundeswehr, 1966–1972 Inspector General of the Bundeswehr ⚭ Eva de Maizière b. Werner (1915–2003), German sculptor and graphic artist
      - Andreas de Maizière (* 1950), German economic manager, 1999–2005 board member of Commerzbank
      - Thomas de Maizière (* 1954), German lawyer and politician (CDU), 2005–2009 Federal Minister for Special Tasks and Head of the Federal Chancellery , 2011–2013 Federal Minister of Defense , 2009 to 2011 and again from 2013 to 2018 Federal Minister of the Interior
      - Barbara Pieper b. de Maizière, German social scientist
      - Cornelia von Ilsemann born de Maizière, Senate Director at the Bremen Senator for Education, today spokeswoman for the school association Blick über den Zaun

Ulrich de Maizière 1969
Lothar de Maizière 2011
Andreas de Maizière 2015
Thomas de Maizière 2011

literature

Friedrich Wilhelm Euler : The de Maizière family , in: Archives for family research and all related areas , 55./56. Year, issue 116/17, 1989/90, pp. 279–281.
Andreas Schumann: De Maizière family: A German story . Orell Füssli, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-280-05531-1

Individual evidence

↑ John Zimmermann : Ulrich de Maizière: General der Bonner Republik, 1912-2006 . Oldenbourg, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-71300-8 , p. 11
↑ John Zimmermann: Ulrich de Maizière: General der Bonner Republik, 1912-2006 . Oldenbourg, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-71300-8 , p. 36
↑ Stefan Berg, Andreas Wassermann, Steffen Winter: Blood is thicker than water . In: Der Spiegel . No. 43 , 2005, p. 54 ( online ).
↑ Obituary notice in the Neue Zeit of June 14, 1980 p. 11
↑ Uwe Müller: The de Maizière family, a German dynasty . Die Welt , March 6, 2011, accessed on January 23, 2016.

[1] John Zimmermann : Ulrich de Maizière: General der Bonner Republik, 1912-2006 . Oldenbourg, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-71300-8 , p. 11

[2] John Zimmermann: Ulrich de Maizière: General der Bonner Republik, 1912-2006 . Oldenbourg, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-71300-8 , p. 36

[3] Stefan Berg, Andreas Wassermann, Steffen Winter: Blood is thicker than water . In: Der Spiegel . No. 43 , 2005, p. 54 ( online ).

[4] Obituary notice in the Neue Zeit of June 14, 1980 p. 11

[5] Uwe Müller: The de Maizière family, a German dynasty . Die Welt , March 6, 2011, accessed on January 23, 2016.