Hans Georg von Ribbeck (1689–1759)
Hans Georg von Ribbeck (born January 31, 1689 ; † June 6, 1759 ) was a squire and member of the West Havelland line of the Ribbeck family in the village of Ribbeck , now part of the city of Nauen in the Havelland district in Brandenburg .
Von Ribbeck lived in a previous building of today 's Ribbeck Castle . He is considered to be the person who has been described in connection with a pear tree on his grave in various literary works , including:
- by Auguste Hertha von Witzleben, a granddaughter of Karl Friedrich Ernst von Ribbeck, in a poem in 1875,
- by Karl Eduard Haase 1887 in story No. 112 The pear tree at the Ribbeck church in the folk collection from the county of Ruppin and the surrounding area ,
- by Theodor Fontane in 1889 in the ballad Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland ,
- by Friedrich Christian Delius in 1991 in the story Die Pears von Ribbeck .
The stump of a pear tree that was knocked over by a storm on February 20, 1911 is now being kept in Ribbeck's village church. New plantings were made in the 1970s and in April 2000 with a Roman lard pear , better known under the name Melanchthon pear. There is an old distillery on the Ribbeck estate, which was built around 1850 and is now family-owned again; The products include brandies and vinegar.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Georg I. von Ribbeck
- ↑ Auguste Hertha von Witzleben (1851–1927)
- ↑ Dietrich Miller: The Junkers and the Prussian-German history: On the trail of a lost social class. 2016
- ↑ Quote: "At Ribbeck at the church there is an old pear tree that blows around the roof with the lush branches of the church"
- ^ Karl Eduard Haase: Popular things from the County of Ruppin and the surrounding area. Part I: Say. 1887 ( digitized ).
- ↑ Old distillery
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ribbeck, Hans Georg von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Member of the West Havelland line of the Ribbeck family |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1689 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1759 |