Humboldt (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of the von Humboldt family

Humboldt is the family name of the noble von Humboldt family , whose origins can be found in Königsberg in the Neumark . The Humboldt family developed into a family of officers and civil servants and lived in Brandenburg, Berlin and Pomerania. In 1738 she was raised to the nobility. One line extended the name to Humboldt-Dachröden because of the marriage of Caroline von Dachröden to Wilhelm von Humboldt . The best-known representatives of the family are the brothers Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt .

Name and ennoblement

The family name originated from the German "Hun + Bald", from which the name "Humpolt" developed. Humpolt in turn referred to a " grain measure " and a kind of bad " flax ". "Humpolt" also stands for "a smaller good, also a field measure"

Johann Paul Humbold (1684–1740) was the first Humboldt to have the nobility predicate “von” in his name. His sons were the first lieutenant Ludwig von Humboldt († 1750), the major Paul Heinrich von Humboldt (1719 – after 1761), lieutenant Friedrich Wilhelm von Humboldt († 1743) and Alexander Georg von Humboldt (1720–1779), major and later chamberlain under Friedrich II. Johann Paul Humboldt applied in favor of his sons, who were all in military service, for renewed confirmation of the elevation to the nobility . He wrote:

“Most gracious sir! After the request was made in order to receive the confirmation of the nobility, I had to go to Stolp to the Platenschen regimental field shearers, who after 4 weeks in bed cut 1 pair of bones, like a 16 gram piece, out of the wound, so that was now able am not able to set foot on it. But when I still wanted to bring the matter to an end because of my seven children, Ew. Royal Your Majesty Most High Person, I most obediently and most submissively, to give my previous petito very gracious hearing, to grant the nobility anew, also to confer the coat of arms attached to it. I consoled myself in the most gracious answer and remain in deepest submission Ew until the last drop of blood. Royal Majesty Most Submissive Stolpen May 16, 1738. Hans Paul Humbold "

- Hans Paul Humbold

There are strange anecdotes and stories about the ennoblement of the Humboldts :

"When the Mexican-based banker Wilhelm Baron von Humboldt (1888–1970), a great-great-grandson of Wilhelm von Humboldt, visited the capital of the GDR in October 1965 and also paid his respects to the President of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR, I was ( Note: Kurt R. Biermann) involved in this conversation. I took the opportunity to find out whether remnants of that hypothetical family tradition had survived and asked the question: “What, in your opinion, is the claim of the brothers Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt to the title of baron based on? ? ”Baron von Humboldt replied:“ I don't know. I can only say the following after a story from my father: When the application of the descendants of Wilhelm von Humboldt for the baronization of Wilhelm I of Prussia was presented, he asked in astonishment: Yes, isn't that what they are? In response to the negative answer, he replied: My very happy father always esteemed the two gentlemen von Humboldt as barons - so they were such! As a result, Wilhelm von Humboldt's descendants were granted hereditary use of the title of baron in 1875 - a process that is probably unique in the history of ennobling. ""

- Kurt-R. Beer man.

Family table

Tegel Castle ("Humboldt Castle") between 1857 and 1883

Christoph Johann Humbold († after 1608)

  • Johann Humboldt (* 1575; † February 11, 1638 in Königsberg in der Neumark ), Mayor of Königsberg idN
    • Clemens Humboldt (born October 9, 1605 in Königsberg; † January 2, 1650 in Stettin; buried in Virchow ), clerk and rentmaster ⚭ 1st marriage to Barbara Fabian; 2. Marriage to Magdalena Rebentisch
      • Erdmann Ludwig Conrad Humboldt zu Zamenz (* between 1619 and 1679; † 1723 at Draheim Castle), royal Prussian councilor and governor of the Starostei Draheim ⚭ Mariana Beck (* around 1660 in Paris ; † in Draheim)
        • Johann Paul von Humboldt (born April 13, 1684 in Berlin; † 1740), first bearer of the nobility predicate "von" ⚭ Sophie Dorothea von Schweder (1688–1749)
      • Gottfried von Humboldt (* between 1610 and 1670)
      • Hans Jürgen von Humboldt (* between 1610 and 1670) ⚭ Catharina Ventzken
      • Christian von Humboldt (* between 1610 and 1670)
    • Conrad von Humbold (* 1605–1650) ⚭ Magdalene Rebentisch

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the barons of Humboldt-Dachröden

Family coat of arms : In the golden coat of arms on green ground, a green tree , accompanied by three (1, 2) silver stars . On the green and gold bulge of the helmet with green and gold covers, between the open black flight a growing armor with a sword in his right hand. With the name extension to Humboldt-Dachröden, both coats of arms were combined.

Tegel Castle

The Tegel Castle , which is also known as "Humboldt-Schloss" has a special meaning in the lives of Humboldt. The brothers Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt spent many years of their childhood at the castle and Gut Tegel in the summer. The castle in its present form was built between 1820 and 1824; The client was Wilhelm von Humboldt, its architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel . It still belongs to the descendants of Wilhelm von Humboldt, the von Heinz family, who also live here. The private Humboldt Museum in the building is open to the public on Mondays during the summer months.

literature

  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses 1876. Sixth and twentieth year, p. 337
  • See also the following notes on this: von Humboldt, literature [8]

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ von Humboldt, Personen [1]
  2. ↑ Rosa Kohlheim (edit.): Duden, family names. Origin and meaning of 20,000 surnames . Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2005, ISBN 3-411-70852-2 , p. 343.
  3. ↑ "Humpolt", In: German Legal Dictionary (DRW) [2] , accessed on May 6, 2019
  4. ↑ Request for the renewal of the nobility. On: von Humboldt, The Freiherrn-Titel of the von Humbold family [3] , accessed May 6, 2029
  5. ^ To: von Humboldt, Der Freiherren-Titel der Familie von Humboldt [4] , accessed on May 6, 2019
  6. ^ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses 1876. Sixth and twentieth year, p.338
  7. ↑ by Humboldt-Clemens and Magdalene Rebentisch. On: from Humboldt [5]
  8. ^ Johann Paul (von) Humboldt and Sophia Dorothea von Schweder. On: by Humbold [6]
  9. ↑ by Humboldt, Clemens Humbolt and Magdalene Rebentisch [7]
  10. ↑ Source: J. Siebmacher's large and general Wappenbuch , Volume II, 9th section: The Hannöversche Adel (Ad. M. Hildebrandt). Nuremberg: Bauer & Raspe, 1870, p. 30, T. 30
  11. ↑ Source: J. Siebmacher's large and general Wappenbuch , Volume VII, Section 2: Supplementary Volume: Prussian Counts and Barons, Supplements (C. Blazek). Nuremberg: Bauer & Raspe, 1886, p. 32, T. 21
  12. ↑ Source: J. Siebmacher's large and general Wappenbuch , III. Volume, 2nd section, 1st volume: The flourishing nobility of the Kingdom of Prussia: Nobles (OT Von Hefner, A. Grenser, GA Von Mülverstedt, Ad. M. Hildebrandt). Nuremberg: Bauer & Raspe, 1878, p. 180, T. 228