Handtwig (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of the von Handtwig

Handtwig is the family name of a German-Baltic noble family whose roots can be found in Rostock . The first family member mentioned, who lived in the Baltic States , is recorded as Hans Handtwig. He died around 1649 and was passed pawn on kända.

history

As early as 1600, a Handtwig was given the Kaenda estate for life. The Swedish Queen Christina (1626-1689) gave it to the family in 1660 on male feudal rights , which King Carl XI. (1655-1697) confirmed. The progenitor of the noble line is Georg Handtwig (* 1676 in Reval , † 1733 in St. Katharinen ), he was a preacher and later provost . His three sons Georg Adolf († 1752), Gustav Christian (1712–1767) and Karl Reinhold (1717–1778) were accepted into the imperial nobility in 1740 with the predicate “von” and their family coat of arms was approved. The sons of Georg Adolf von Handtwig Magnus Gustav (1732–1783), Adolf Johann (1742–1822) and Friedrich Christian (1746–1793) were included in the Estonian register of the Estonian knighthood in 1774 , while Karl Reinhold (1737–1792) was already there 1765 was enrolled in the knighthood. As a result, two families of the same sex and with the same name under different matriculation numbers, namely 58 and 59, were accepted into the Estonian knighthood. Adolf Johann von Handtwig founded the 1st house Käända and Friedrich Christian was the founder of the 2nd house purgatory.

Lineage

Georg Handtwig (* 1673 in Reval; † 1733 in St. Katharinen) ⚭ 1710 Anna Margaretha von Nieroth , a daughter of the Swedish lieutenant colonel von Nieroth (heiress of the Purgatory estate; see below)

  • Georg Adolf von Handtwig († 1752), Lord of Käända and Purgatory ⚭ Ewa Margaretha von Baumgarten (* around 1706; † 1782)
  • Gustav Christian von Handtwig (* 1712 on Dagö ; † 1767 in Riga ), physician, professor and Mecklenburg court advisor ⚭ 2nd marriage to Dorothea Louise von Vietinghoff
  • Karl Reinhold von Handtwig (1717–1778), Major ⚭ 1st marriage to Anna Helene Spankau; 2. Marriage to Sophie Helene von Stackelberg (1723–1789)
    • Karl Adam von Handtwig (* 1746 in Reval), Russian major general ⚭ Ekaterina Gavrilova Schakina (1769–1826)

I. House Käända

Adolf Johann von Handtwig (* 1743 in Purgatory; † 1822 in Reval), Rittmeister , Herr auf Käända ⚭ Elisabeth von Stauden (1758–1825)

  • Reinhold Georg Adolf von Handtwig (1785–1828) ⚭ Dorothea von Sivers (1787–1824)
    • Georg Adolf Johann von Handtwig (1815–1900)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Magnus von Handtwig (1787–1860), titular counselor ⚭ 1st marriage to Helene Borg; 2. Marriage to Henriette von Böthlingk (1808–1835)
    • Robert Karl Magnus von Handtwig (1830–1904), Russian State Councilor ⚭ 1st marriage to Mathilde Vink; 2. Marriage to Marie von Scheurmann († 1903)
      • Nikolai von Handtwig (* 1847)

II. House of Purgatory

Friedrich Christian von Handtwig (1746–1793), Major, Lord of Purgatory ⚭ Dorothea von Stauden († 1848)

  • Georg Wilhelm von Handtwig (1782–1827), Lord of Purgatory ⚭ Karoline von Ungern-Sternberg (1792–1847)
  • Karl Friedrich Georg Eduard von Handtwig (1824–1894), Russian State Councilor, Lord on Waist ⚭ Marie von Gernet
    • Georg Heinrich Konradin von Handtwig (* 1846) ⚭ Sinaida Rjabinin
    • Ewald Georg Arthur von Handtwig (* 1851), railway official ⚭ Natalin Stupnitzki (* 1862)
      • Konstantin von Handtwig (* 1887)

coat of arms

The family coat of arms consists of a shield that is divided by a stream of silver and blue . On the right edge of the shield stands an armored arm with a bare sword, emerging from a cloud from the outer edge. The left side of the shield has two purple crossbars; the crowned helmet is adorned with three six-pointed stars, 1 and 2 set, which are surrounded by a flight . The coat of arms was confirmed again in 1740 with the elevation to the imperial nobility.

Possessions

Kaenda

The village of Kaenda ( Estonian : Käända) is about 41 km east-northeast of Hapsal . Since around 1674, the small side courtyard with Johann Handtwig had been owned by the Handtwig family. In 1688 the farm was called Konde, from 1765 it was called Kenda and since 1796 the farm and the village were united. In 1808 the Tannenhof was divided. Today Käända is a village. Well-known owners were Christian Friedrich von Hippus in 1913.

purgatory

Manor on the Purgatory Estate (2012)

The small mansion of Kiviloo ( German : Purgatory) was founded in 1413 as an episcopal estate . On the site there are the remains of a small castle from the 15th century. This castle was owned by the Bishop of Reval and probably served as a stopover on the journeys from Borkholm to Reval, it was named " Purgatory " as a forecourt to Hell . The castle was destroyed by Russian troops during the Livonian War in 1558. After the Northern War the estate was owned by the Nieroth family. From 1839 until the land reform, the property belonged to the von Stackelbergs. The last owner was Konstantin von Stackelberg, who died in West Germany in 1958. Today's L-shaped mansion in historicism style was built in 1905 on the site of a previous wooden mansion, which was burned down by revolutionaries, in an eclectic style with neo-Gothic elements. In 2016 the property was privately owned but appeared to be unused

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kända = et: Käända mõis
  2. ↑ St. Catherine's. In: Baltic historical local dictionary. Volume 1: Gertrud Westermann (edit.): Estonia (including Northern Livonia). (= Sources and studies on Baltic history. 8). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne / Weimar 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 199. (books.google.de)
  3. ↑ August Wilhelm Hupel : Materials on a history of the Estonian nobility. 1789. (books.google.de)
  4. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Georg Handtwig. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  5. ↑ Kaenda. In: Baltic historical local dictionary. Volume 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne / Weimar 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 163. (books.google.de)
  6. ↑ Purgatory. In: Lost & unlost places; Palaces, castles, mansions. ( lost-unlost-places.de , accessed November 7, 2018.)