Graevemeyer

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Coat of arms of those of Graevemeyer

Graevemeyer is the name of a noble family from Lower Saxony , some of whose branches still exist today.

history

Manor Bemerode I.
Eberhard Friedrich von Graevemeyer (1805-1892), Hanoverian chief magistrate

The family is said to have its origin in Goslar in the Harz region , where numerous namesake in the 16th and 17th centuries were known as citizens, craftsmen and councilors. However, the family name Graevemeyer also appears in Hespe , Oberbörry and Emmen from the 16th century , and a family of the same name can also be found in Coppenbrügge from the late 18th century .

The secured lineage of the family begins with Hans Grevemeyer († 1622), master shoemaker and elder of the small St. Johannis guild in Riga . His son Michael Graevemeyer was Superintendent of Barum in 1644 , his son Heinrich Barthold Graevemeyer (* 1638, † 1691), was the official advocate of the Principality of Dannenberg .

Ferdinand Wilhelm Christoph Graevemeyer (* 1675; † 1746), Braunschweigisch-Lüneburgischer Hof- und Klosterrat and heir to Bemerode and Münder, was raised to the knightly imperial nobility on December 18, 1745 in Vienna. In Hanover , the Graevemeyer were among the so-called " pretty families ".

All members of the family living today are descendants of the Hanoverian major and heir to Bemerode Georg Christoph Friedrich von Graevemeyer (* 1778; † 1832). He was a grandson of the aforementioned. The family divided into two lines under his sons.

The descendants of the Hanoverian governor in Ohsen and Polle , Eberhard Friedrich von Graevemeyer (* 1805, † 1892) own the Bemerode estate to this day . Substantial parts of the Gutsland were built on or settled due to its location in the city of Hanover. Was acquired for it u. a. the Martinsbüttel estate near Gifhorn.

His younger brother, the Hanoverian lieutenant Werner August Leo von Graevemeyer (* 1811, † 1898), had the Seelhorst hunting lodge built in 1852 . With his housekeeper he fathered seven children, whom he legitimized by later marriage in 1885, which the Prussian heraldry also recognized. This line has also endured to the present day.

coat of arms

The coat of arms (1745) shows a blue bunch of grapes in silver with a green stem, leaf and vine. On a helmet with a blue-silver blanket, a forward-looking man dressed in red, holding a silver sickle in his right hand, and wedging his left hand.

literature

  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Volume IV, Volume 67 of the complete series, pp. 226-227, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg (Lahn) 1978
  • Lars Severin: Graevemeyer - von Graevemeyer, line of a family from Rigisch-Lower Saxony. In: Genealogy, German journal for family history. Volume XXXI / 61. Jg Jan-Mar. 2012 Volume 1, Verlag Degener & Co . Pp. 14-33

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