Gernet (German-Baltic noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those of Gernet (Estonia)

Gernet is the family name of the Estonian noble family . The ancestors of this German-Baltic family come from England and came to the Baltic States via Western Pomerania . Their Baltic origins can be traced back to Joachim Gernet, who came to Reval at the end of the 17th century .

history

Peter Gernet was first mentioned in a document in 1547 as a citizen of the old Hanseatic city of Gollnow . He was head of the parish church , councilor , chamberlain and mayor of the city. His great-grandson Joachim Gernet (1648–1710) had studied law in Frankfurt (Oder) and settled in Reval in 1673 as a practicing lawyer . In 1691 he became a lawyer , was senior secretary from 1692 to 1710 and then a syndic . In 1710 he was one of the signatories of the city's document of surrender to the Russian Empire . He was elected mayor of Reval on October 8, 1710 and died suddenly and unexpectedly on October 9, 1710.

He was followed by his son Karl Gottlieb Gernot (1700–1791), he acquired the imperial nobility in Vienna on October 1, 1761 and carried the name "von Gernet". The nobility letter refers to the legendary descent of the family from England , Garnet. Among his sons, the sex is divided into three lines: Line I. House Ochtel ; Line II. House Illuck and Line III. Neuenhof House . The family was in on 19 March 1827 Adelsmatrikel the Estonian knighthood added. Further additions followed on September 10, 1846 and January 24, 1827.

Lineage

Joachim Gernet (born December 6, 1648 in Gollnow ; † October 9, 1710 in Reval ), Mayor of Reval ⚭ Hedwig Sidonie Heidrich (* around 1662; † June 1743)

  • Joachim Gernet (* around 1670 in Gollnow)
  • Johann Friedrich Gernet (born February 12, 1692 in Tallinn; † October 7, 1771 ibid) ⚭ 1) Katharina Sophia Gutsleff; 2) Christina Nottbeck (* 1718 in Reval)
    • Johann Gottlieb Gernet (* 1727; † around 1787)
      • Johann Gottlieb Gernet (1774–1853), merchant in Moscow
      • Gustav Gotthilf Gernet (1777–1829)
      • Georg Friedrich Gernet (1779–1849)
  • Karl Gottlieb Freiherr von Gernet (born March 18, 1700 in Reval; † May 4, 1791 in Lehhola (Estonia)), 1761 imperial nobility
    • Friedrich von Gernet (1738–1789), founder of Line I. - House Ochtel
    • Christian Wilhelm von Gernet (1740–1819), founder of Line II. - House Illuck
    • Karl Gustav von Gernet (1747–1812), founder of the III line. - Neuenhof House
  • Heinrich Wilhelm Gernet (1702–1772), Mayor of Reval
    • Joachim Heinrich von Gernet (1730–1804)

House Ochtel

Friedrich von Gernet (1738–1789)

  • Karl Friedrich von Gernet (1815–1837), without descendants
  • Peter Nikolai von Gernet (1819–1904), without descendants
  • August Friedrich von Gernet (* in 1830 in Reval; † 1878 in Bonn ), without descendants

House Illuck

Christian Wilhelm von Gernet (1740-1819)

  • Hans Moritz von Gernet (1775–1860)
  • Otto Heinrich von Gernet (1780–1848)
    • Karl Wilhelm von Gernet (1819–1890), privy councilor

Neuenhof House

Karl Gustav von Gernet (1747–1812)

  • Karl Johann von Gernet (1776–1857), man judge
    • Richard von Gernet (1823-1892)
      • Adam Ludwig von Gernet (* 1856, † 1885 in Aachen )
      • Friedrich Rudolf Hermann von Gernet (1857-1893)
        • Ludwig von Gernet (* 1884)
      • Konstantin Richard von Gernet (1867–1890)
    • Magnus Friedrich von Gernet (1824–1909), district deputy

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a silver anchor inclined to the left in the blue shield . On the shield a helmet with a golden crown, the crest is a black open flight with a hexagonal gold star in the middle. The helmet covers are blue and white.

Possessions

The Gernet owned a variety of estates, farms and manors:

  • Hummala (Humala) was a Beihof the manor Faehna. It was created in 1241 from the village "Humelo (Humebo)" and was outside the village. Later it was moved to the village and was called Humleküll in 1688, in 1782 it became an independent estate and was named Humblaküll.
  • Lehhola, was an estate founded in the 1620s. It belonged to the Krämer, Scheiding, von Gernet and Girard de Soucanton families . The one-storey main building, which was built at the end of the 18th century and slightly rebuilt in the 19th century, has been in ruins since the fire in 1999. The unique wooden store has been preserved.
  • Karjaküll , Käsal, Ochtel, Sicklecht, Itfer , Illuck, Sompfer, Kurina, Ridaka, Waimel ,
  • The Uxnorm estate was founded in the 1630s and had several owners. The simple, two-story main building was built by the von der Pahlen family in 1860 (now privately owned).
  • The Luist estate was founded in 1645 and was later connected to the Loodna / Pall estate. The current one-story stone main building was built after the fire in 1905 (privately owned).
  • The Loodna-Pall estate was first mentioned in 1490 and was owned by the von Lode, von Uexküll and von Hunnius families. The one-story stone main building, built in 1753, was built in the second half of the 19th and 20th centuries. Century rebuilt in historicist form style. The house is privately owned and has fallen into disrepair due to a long period of vacancy.
  • Essemäggi , Körwentack, Sellenküll, Beigut Ahdma, Wilkilby, Neuenhof, Kostifer ,
  • Sallajöggi is an estate founded in the 17th century and belonged to the von Aderkas and von Schnakenburg families. In the 1760s, a two-story main building was built in the Baroque style. The house has been in ruins since the 1950s.
  • Saunja, Kiwidepäh , Fersenau
  • Metztacken was first mentioned in 1586 and belonged to the von Gernet family at the end of the 19th century. The simple one-story wooden main building was built at the end of the 19th century.

  • Mansion on Illuck

  • Manor house on Neuenhof

  • Manor house on Essemäggi

  • Manor on Kostivere

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Source: About the origin of the von Gernet family, Axel von Gernet , Jahrbuch für Genealogie 1903, p. 97; see: Otto Magnus von Stackelberg , Genealogical Handbook of the Estonian Knighthood, Vol .: 3, Görlitz, [1930] [1] p. 98
  2. ^ The Gernet's of Gollnow and Reval / Tallinn. Entry on: The Hissem-Montague Family [2] (English)
  3. ^ Yearbook for Genealogy 1903, p. 57.
  4. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Gernet. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  5. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Gernet. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  6. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Gernet. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  7. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Gernet. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  8. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Gernet. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  9. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Gernet. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  10. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Gernet. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  11. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Gernet. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  12. ↑ Gutsfof Vääna (dt. Fähna) and the Grange Park. On: Visit Estonia [3]
  13. ↑ Baltic historical local lexicon: Estonia (including Northern Livland), Volume 1 of Baltic historical local lexicon, Gertrud Westermann, sources and studies on Baltic history, published by Hans Feldmann, Heinz von Zur Mühlen, Gertrud Westermann, Verlag Böhlau Cologne Weimar, 1985, ISBN 3412071838 , 9783412071837 pp. 123/124 [4]
  14. ↑ Lehola / Lehhola, Estonian estates, [5]
  15. ↑ Üksnurme / Uxnorm, Estonian estates [6]
  16. ↑ Luiste / Luist, farms Estonia [7]
  17. ↑ Looda / Pall, farms Estonia [8]
  18. ↑ Wilkilby: et: Vilkla mõis
  19. ↑ Salajõe / Sallajöggi, farms Estonia [9]
  20. ↑ Metstaguse / Metz eating, farms Estonia [10]