Grünewaldt (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of the von Grünewald family

Grünewaldt , also Gruenewaldt , is the family name of a German-Baltic noble family . The first documentary mention goes back to the year 1457 and refers to a certificate of goods at the time of the Teutonic Order state in the Baltic States . The origin of the German homeland cannot be clearly proven, but according to Georges Baron Wrangell's (1866–1927) "Genealogy of the von Grünewaldt family" it is traced back to the year 1297, furthermore to so-called hereditary books of the city of Reval from 1364 in which "filii Grunewaldis" owned a property. Family members of the von Grünewaldts were in the service of the Swedish and Imperial Russian crowns. In 1624 they received the title of nobility from the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf (1594–1623) and the goods Affel and Klein-Goldenbeck (see below) transferred. They were enrolled in the Courland in 1840 and in the Estonian and Livonian Knighthood in 1818 .

history

The Baltic lineage begins in a document with Jürgen I. Gronewoldt († 1605), who was resident in Estonia . This served the Swedish crown from 1600 . He was followed in the male line by Jürgen II von Grünewaldt (1591–1659), Herr auf Affel and Klein-Goldenbeck ; Reinhold von Grünewaldt (1637–1694), Lord of Affel and Goldenbeck; Wolter Reinhold von Grünewaldt (around 1645 - around 1728–1730), Lord of Affel and Goldenbeck; Georg Bernhard von Grünewaldt (1706–1750), gentleman on Affel; Johann Adam von Grünewaldt (1719–1792) and Georg von Grünewaldt (1763–1817), Lord of Koik , Affel and Orrisaar (see below).

matriculation

Georg Bernhard von Grünewaldt (1706-1750) was lord on Affel, he applied in 1742, the enrollment of the family of Grünewaldt in the matrikel the Estonian knighthood. In the minutes of February 9, 1745 it says:

“The von Grünewaldt family showed the donation letters to Gustavi Adolphi de ao. 1624 et 31. Regarding the Affel and Kl.-Goldenbeck estates that they were already in the times of the aristocratic class, which is notorious, therefore because this sex is to be annotated in the register a tempore of the evidence given "

- Genealogical handbook of the Baltic knighthood

In 1818 the whole family was entered into the Livonian knighthood. Johann Christoph Engelbrecht von Grünewaldt and his descendants were accepted into the Courland Knighthood in 1840.

Trunk line

Johann Georg von Grünewaldt (* 1763 in Koik; † 1817 in Reval ), Lord in Koik, Affel and Orrisaar, Swedish major , judge , district deputy , district administrator ⚭ Anna Christina von Kursell (1769–1842).

House hookah

Johann (Iwan) Christoph Engelbrecht von Grünewaldt (* 1796 in Koik; † 1862 in Saint Petersburg ), Lord of Hukas, Estonian knighthood governor , district administrator , civil governor of Estonia, senator , privy councilor ⚭ Alexandra von Engelhardt (1801–1874)

House Koik

Manor on Gut Drobbusch (2013)

Otto Magnus von Grünewaldt (* 1801 in Koik; † 1890 in Reval) Herr auf Koik and Brandten (Estonia) Laimetz (Livonia), District Administrator, Chamberlain ⚭ 1st marriage Mathilde Freiin von Wolff (1802-1860)

House Orrisaar

Alexander Georg Friedrich von Grünewaldt (* 1805 in Koik; † 1886 in Reval), Lord of Orrisaar, District Administrator, Evangelical Luth. Consistorial President of Estonia ⚭ Pauline Ungern-Sternberg (1817–1852)

Possessions

The Grünewald family owned various estates and manors in Livonia and Estonia:

Affel farm

The name of the farm developed from the village Afwel in 1614, in 1617 in Gut Afwel, in 1796 in Hof Affel and finally in Ahwola. Today the farm and the village are called Ahula. From 1859 to 1885 the von Grünenwaldt family was owned by Affel, from 1919 the von Schilling family were the owners.

Aahof and Bellenhof

The Bellenhof, near the former Neuermühlen Palace , was owned by General Franz Johann von Runners until 1781, who sold it to Friedrich Dahl. Then the Ritterhof came into possession of Wilhelm von Blanckenhagen . In 1808 he pledged the farm to Carl von Oßmann and sold it to District Administrator Adolph von Wolff in 1820 . His son Emil von Wolff inherited the estate and pledged it in 1852 to the brothers Sigismund, Bernhard and Clemens Wolff. The Bellenhof was added to Neuermühlen Castle and sold to Alexander von Grünewaldt in 1864. In 1872 Neuermühlen Castle and Gut Bellenhof became two estates, the Aahof and the Bellenhof.

Goldenbeck manor

Klein-Goldbeck was part of the Koluvere estate / Lode Castle.

Good Orrisaar

The Esna / Orrisaar estate was founded in the 1620s. The long, one-story main building was built in several stages from the 18th century to the 1880s. The estate was named after the von Essen noble family. The estate later belonged to the von Grünewaldt family. About one kilometer west of the manor center is the neo-Gothic chapel of the von Gruenewaldt family, built in 1842.

Koik

Manor on Gut Koik (2008)

Johann Adam von Grünewaldt took over the Koik estate in the second half of the 18th century. The early classical stone main building with baroque features was completed in 1771. The main building of the manor was originally rectangular and had a high hipped roof. Later the mansion was thoroughly rebuilt and the wing on the garden side was completed.

Good Haakhof

Manor house on Gut Haakhof

In the Middle Ages, Aa / Haakhof was an estate; in the later centuries the main owners were the Wangersheimer, von Nasackin and von Gruenewaldt. The current two-storey main building was built in the 1690s and was opened in the 18th and 19th centuries. Century been rebuilt. A nursing home has been housed in the building since 1923.

Lellefer

The village of Lælleuer was established in 1241, from 1512 it was called Lelfer and from 1694 Nyenhoff. The Grünewald family were Lellefer's landowners until 1918.

Good Jerlep

Manor house on Gut Jerlep

The estate was founded in 1688 and had several owners from the Baltic nobility. The current building was built in the classical style and was destroyed in the course of the uprisings in 1905 and later restored. In addition to the Grünewaldts, the most famous resident of the manor house was the playwright August von Kotzebue , who acquired the property in 1804. During his time a small theater was built on the estate and Kotzebue's plays were often performed.

literature

Web links

Commons : Grünewaldt family  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georges Wrangell, Genealogy of the family von Grünewaldt , Reval 1913, page 9 ff., Accessed on August 17, 2018
  2. ^ Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthood
  3. ↑ et: Huuksi
  4. ↑ Good Drobbusch et: Drabeši mõis
  5. ↑ et: Ahula
  6. ↑ Bellenhof / Aahof. In: L. von Stryk, on the history of Livonia's manors , part two. The Latvian District, Dresden, 1885, page 61, accessed on September 6, 2018
  7. ↑ Goldenbeck , on Estonian estates
  8. ^ Esna / Orrisaar , on: Estonian estates
  9. ↑ Koigi Manor , on: visit estonia - Estonia's official tourism website
  10. ^ Aa / Haakhof , in: Estonian estates
  11. ↑ Järlepa / Jerlep , in: Estonian estates