Gutzmerow

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Coat of arms of those of Gutzmerow

Gutzmerow is the name of an old, now extinct, Pomeranian noble family .

history

Labehn manor around 1860, Alexander Duncker collection

On August 14, 1341, the family was first documented with Knight Gotzmer . The consistent set of strains of the family began with Lorentz of Gutzmerow of 1400, Lord on Freist was.

The Gutzmerow had since their first appearance in East Pomerania and Old Gutzmerow as their on their headquarters. However, this already passed into other hands in 1552.

In 1523 Laffrens Gutzmerow tor Vresth was called. Freist and the associated Vorwerk Kempen were owned by Lorenz Adam von Gutzmerow at the time of the allodification in 1755 . Kempen stayed with the family until 1843. Labehn was acquired by a Gutzmerow in 1852 . Between 1838 and 1857, Groß Leuthen Castle became the property of Emil von Gutzmerow , who was among other things chamberlain to the Queen and Empress Augusta .

Members of the family also excelled as officers in the Prussian army . On February 18, 1807, a captain Gutzmerow at the head of a 160-strong company of the Krockow Freikorps defended the Pomeranian town of Stolp . Karl Friedrich von Gutzmerow became a knight of the order Pour le Mérite in 1812 .

coat of arms

The coat of arms of those of Gutzmerow belong to the coat of arms group Hirsch über Schach .

The family coat of arms is divided, a leaping natural stag in silver above, black and gold sheathed below. On the crowned helmet with red and silver covers on the right and black and gold covers on the left, five (red, silver, red, silver, red) ostrich feathers.

Relatives

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Max von Stojentin ad H. Prebendow: Contributions to the history of the ancient noble family of Stojentin. 1895, volume 1