Grolman (noble family)
Grolman or earlier also Grollmann is the name of a Westphalian family that for the 15th century abbey food and their farm in Huckarde belonging Good " for Grole " in the parish Wattenscheid to feud had, after which the owner to the fashion according to " Grolman were called" .
history
Jaspar vam Schehe or Grolman became a citizen of Bochum in 1582 , but the direct line of the family begins with Arndt Grolman , born around 1570 on Gut zum Grole , died around 1632 in Bochum, where he was also a citizen and iron merchant.
Elevations into the Prussian nobility in Berlin
- on December 27, 1741 for Georg Arnold Grollmann , Prussian major in the "von Möllendorf" regiment ,
- on September 29, 1786 for the cousins Heinrich Dietrich Grolman , Prussian Supreme Court and Pupil Councilor , and Ludwig Grolman , Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Government and Consistorial Councilor in Giessen .
- on October 22nd, 1812 for the brothers Adolph Grolman , Grand Ducal Hessian court judge and criminal judge in Giessen , Dr. jur. Carl Grolman , Grand Ducal Hessian Higher Appeal Judge and Professor in Gießen, Ludwig Grolman , Grand Ducal Baden Lieutenant Colonel and Adjutant General , and Friedrich Grolman , Grand Ducal Hessian Judicial Officer of Gemünden .
- on June 16, 1871 for Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor Grolman , Prussian Colonel à la suite of Infantry Regiment No. 87 and commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade .
coat of arms
- The coat of arms from 1741 shows a golden lily within a golden shield border in blue. On the helmet with blue-silver (also blue-gold) covers an erect, gold-framed sword between two silver buffalo horns.
- The coat of arms of 1786 and 1812 shows a silver lily within a golden shield border in blue. On the helmet with its blue and silver blankets, an erect gold-tipped sword between two silver buffalo horns.
- The coat of arms from 1871 shows in blue a golden star raised by a golden lily. Two helmets with blue and gold covers, on the right the iron cross in front of six alternating blue and gold ostrich feathers; on the left an upright, shiny sword with gold trim, over which a golden star hovers, between open flight, blue on the right and golden flight on the left.
Known family members
- Adolf von Grolman (1812–1887), Grand Ducal Hessian Lieutenant General and Adjutant General of Grand Duke Ludwig IV.
- August von Grolman (1805–1848), Professor of Law in Giessen
- Eduard von Grolman (1812–1890), Grand Ducal Hessian Lieutenant General and Minister of War
- Ernst von Grolman (1832–1904), Prussian general of the infantry
- Ferdinand von Grolman (1820–1901), Grand Ducal Hessian Major General and Chamberlain
- Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Grolman (1726–1789), Prussian colonel, knight of the order Pour le Mérite
- Friedrich von Grolman (1784–1859), Hessian judge and member of parliament
- Friedrich von Grolman (General, 1817) (1817–1881), Prussian Lieutenant General
- Friedrich von Grolman (General, 1852) (1852–1927), Prussian Lieutenant General
- Heinrich Dietrich von Grolman (1740–1840), President of the Prussian Higher Tribunal in Berlin, chief editor of the Prussian land law
- Helmuth von Grolman (1898–1977), German lieutenant general and politician
- Karl von Grolman (General) (1777–1843), Prussian general
- Karl Ludwig Wilhelm von Grolman (1775–1829), lawyer, Hessian statesman, Minister and Prime Minister
- Wilhelm Heinrich von Grolman (1781–1856), President of the Supreme Court and Prussian Real Privy Councilor
- Wilhelm von Grolman (General, 1829) (1829-1893), Prussian general of the infantry
- Wilhelm von Grolman (1894–1985), German politician (NSDAP)
literature
- Friedrich Knöpp: Grolman, von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 122 ( digitized version ).
- Genealogical manual of the nobility . Nobility Lexicon. Volume IV, Volume 67 of the complete series, pp. 269-270, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1978, ISSN 0435-2408 .
- Handbook of the Prussian Nobility, Volume 2, 1893, S.282f
Web links
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