Finecke (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of the Finecke

Finecke also Vincke , Fineke , Fink or Fiencke , is the name of an old, dead Mecklenburg noble family .

history

Michel Vinecke was mentioned in a document as early as 1293 and Günther Finecke in 1326. A seal impression from Bernhard Finecke from 1366 has been preserved. The secured, continuous line of trunks begins with Kaspar von Fineke († 1498).

The family estate was Karow near Güstrow . There Dudinghausen , Dobbin , Gemern, Hausdorf, Kassow , Nauenhof-Werder, Greven, Lindenbeck, Lanken and Woosten also belonged to the family's historic estates. In Western Pomerania the Finecke owned the Damerow and Passow estates . Dallund on Fyn in Denmark also belonged to the family's estates .

Jasper Fink had signed the union of the Mecklenburg estates for the family in 1523 .

In the registration book of the Dobbertin monastery there are two entries by daughters of the von Fineke families from 1696 to 1719 from Greven and Kassow for inclusion in the noble women's monastery there .

Christian Henrik von Finecke († 1744) was the Danish guard captain. With his son, the Danish chamberlain Theodor Emil Friedrich von Finecke († 1796), the male line of the family died. His sister Margaret of Finecke (* 1724, † 1781) was her husband, in 1772 in the Swedish baron ennobled General Conrad Christoph von Blixen (* 1716, † 1787) the Fideikommiss Näsbyholms in Scania to. Both son, the Swedish Lieutenant General Carl Philipp von Blixen-Finecke (* 1749, † 1829) combined the names and coats of arms of their parents' families.

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows a fallen black eagle without a head in silver , covered with a crossbar made of silver and red . The shield figure on the crowned helmet with silver-black covers .

In 1292 the shield showed a fallen flight in silver with a band that appeared in 1390, still simple, but divided into blocks, but in 1400 it was already tinned on top and then also pinned, while the flight was gradually turned into an eagle without a head. The flight was black, the armband red and silver.

Relatives

  • Jasper Finke, 1523 signatory to the Union of Estates as an authorized commander of all crews
  • Joachim Finecken on Werder, 1595–1600 provisional in the Dobbertin monastery
  • Elisabeth Augusta von Finecken adH Woosten, 1706–1723 Domina as head of the convent in Dobbertin monastery

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