Johann Ernst von Grünewaldt

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Johann Georg Ernst von Grünewaldt

Johann Ernst von Grünewaldt (born March 30, 1835 in Koik , Estonia , † March 20, 1901 in Koik) was a German-Baltic nobleman , state politician , Estonian district administrator , farmer and breeder .

Life

After attending the knight and cathedral school in Reval Reval , Johann Ernst v. G. the hussar - regiment of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich Romanov one. With the rank of lieutenant he said goodbye and devoted himself to agriculture . As the landlord of Brandten (Estonia) (see below) and Laimetz ( Livonia ) (see below) he developed progressive agriculture and worked as a breeder of cattle , merino sheep and horses . He was a co-founder of the dairy association and organized the export of dairy products, as well as importing and exporting cattle .

Politically, he was active as a district deputy from 1882 to 1889 and was President of the Estonian Agricultural Association from 1886 to 1893 . He was elected to the Estonian district administrator in 1889 and held this office until 1901. From 1892 to 1893 he was deputy knighthood captain . Ultimately, he was an honorary member of the “Imperial Livonian Economic Society”.

Origin and family

Family coat of arms of the von Grünewaldt family

Johann Ernst v. G. came from the German-Baltic noble family von Grünewald . His father was the Estonian district administrator and chamberlain Otto Magnus von Grünewaldt (1801–1890), who was married to Mathilde von Wolff (1802–1860). In 1862 Johann Ernst married Julie Elisabeth von Grünewaldt (* 1841), the daughter of Alexander von Grünewaldt from the Orrisaar house. Her descendants were:

  • Alexander Moritz Arwed von Grünewald (* 1863 in Koik; † 1910 in Frankfurt am Main ), art historian
  • Otto Werner von Grünewald (* 1866) Herr auf Brandten and Laimetz ∞ Janette Elisabeth von Grünewald from the Koik family
  • Georg Arthur von Grünewald (* 1868) lawyer , district deputy ∞ Marie von Heynitz (* 1872)
  • Pauline Bertha von Grünewaldt (1870–1874)
  • Theodor Johann Moritz von Grünewaldt (* 1873 in Koik; † 1964 in Rome) actor in Germany ∞ Olga von Molas (* 1882)
  • Herbert von Grünewaldt (1878–1886)

Brandten

Brandten in Estonia is today's Prandi, it belonged to the Mäcks Hoff order as the village of Kardenay in 1564. In 1613 the place was enfeoffed and in 1919 Otto Werner von Guenewaldt (* 1866) took over the manor, succeeding his father Johann Ernst von Grünewald the manor, who had previously taken it over from his father Otto Magnus von Grünewaldt . The place name is derived from the owner Brandten (1765) and Branten (1796). The village of Prandi has belonged to the Koik municipality since 1939.

Laimetz

Gut Laimetz, founded in the 17th century, was given a small, stylish neo-renaissance main building in 1863. For a long time the estate belonged to the von Gruenewaldt family, who also owned the Koik estate. The main building was destroyed by a fire in 1989.

literature

  • Georges Wrangell: Genealogy of the family von Grünewaldt. Reval 1913. (Digital copy [PDF; 33 MByte] at the University of Tartu, hdl: 10062/25989).
  • Gruenewaldt. In: Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods  : Part of Estonia. Volume II, Publishing House for Family Research and Heraldry CU Starke, Görlitz 1930, pp. 45–57 (digitized at the Munich digitization center).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Knighthood captains of the Estonian knighthood and their genealogies de.szlachta.wikia.com , accessed on September 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Livonian non-profit and economic society was the first non-profit and economic society in the Baltic provinces of the old Russian Empire." See: The Beginnings of the Livonian Economic Society (1792–1939) ( jstor.org , accessed on August 31, 2018)
  3. ^ Brandten ( Estonian : Prandi). In: Gertrud Westermann: Baltic historical local dictionary: Estonia (including Northern Livland). (= Baltic historical local dictionary, sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 1). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne / Weimar 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 44. (books.google.de ; accessed on August 31, 2018)
  4. ↑ et: Prandi
  5. ↑ Laimetsa, Laimetz. In: Estonian manors. (mois.ee ; accessed on August 31, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Grünewaldt, Johann Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grünewaldt, Johann Georg Ernst von (full name); Gruenewaldt, Johann Georg Ernst von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Baltic state politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Koik , Estonia
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1901
Place of death Koik