Kawer (Livonian nobility)

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Coat of arms of the Kawer family

The Kawer family was first known around the middle of the 15th century in the parish of Wendau or Wenden, where they had acquired a large property around Aya . It is recognized as a so-called autochthonous Estonian gender. In the documentary records, the Kawern appeared sporadically in the 15th century and it was not until the 16th century that their work was increasingly documented. After the turn of the century, the sex had split into several lines and several family members were listed as active persons in the Dörpt monastery knighthood . They have been given diplomatic skills which have resulted in them being sent several times as envoys or mediators . But leaders who bore the name Kawer also emerged in domestic political conflicts. The majority of the male members began the career of officers and were part of the Livonian knighthood .

Naming

In older documents some final syllables by name were –veer or –vier, and occasionally –viger. This would lead to the conclusion that these are Estonian place names, which come from the Estonian word "järw" and mean lake. In the course of time and linguistic changes, the words were combined or shortened and "-awer", as in Kawer. This naming appeared more and more when naming the Rastijerwe and Gavijerwe families in the Dorpat district.

Swedish nobility

Lubrecht († 1608 in Örebro ), also known as Lubert, was the son of the Estonian district administrator Diedrich Kawer († 1588 in Reval). After studying in Königsberg , he went to the service of Duke Karl von Södermanland in 1571 , who later became Charles IX. (1550 - 1611) became King of Sweden . In 1575 he became the duke's chamberlain and in 1580 a member of the council , in 1586 he became a princely councilor and in 1599 took over the office of governor of Nyköping . In this function he belonged to the Swedish minor nobility (svenner), synonymous with the German knighthood. On May 27, 1602 he was elected to the Swedish Imperial Council and was the only foreigner among the 26 members of the Swedish Imperial Council. He died with no offspring and bequeathed his possessions to his sisters

Russian nobility

Gustav Wilhelm von Kawer (1779-1844) was a major general in the Imperial Russian Army . He was married to Amalie von Schlippenbach (1785 - 1828). His military career began in Russia in 1797 and led him to the rank of major general by 1820. As a major general he belonged to the Russian nobility . In 1833 he received his departure. His prestigious awards included: the Russian Order of St. George (1823) and the Prussian Order of Merit Pour le Mérite (1833).

coat of arms

In the red coat of arms a silver sloping bar , covered with 3 black ibex horns . The crest shows a growing silver clad maiden with flying hair and bare arms, in her right hand a golden scepter , in her left a golden ring . The helmet cover is silver and red. In older seal impressions, there are also rams' heads instead of the ibex horns .

Possessions

The temporary estates of the Kawer family included the goods and lands of Kagrimois , Ahja, Kawershof-Carolen, Kawershof-Oldenthorn, Ayakar, Kersel, Loper, Immafer , Woitser, Kawershof (Oberpahlen parish), Quellenhof, Kerro , Finn , Tarokas and Habbinen, all of which are in Estonia .

Loper and Woitfer

After losing their goods in the Dorpat district, a line acquired the small Loper estate in Oberpahlschen . Suffering from difficult financial and dynastic circumstances, they stayed on this estate for almost 200 years until 1788. Woldemar von Kaver sold the small Loper estate in 1788. From 1814 it was owned by the von Stryck family until it finally passed to Wilhelm Otto Emmers in 1838.

Woitfer ( Estonian : Võikvere mõis ) was a Loper accessory that Kawer's assessor sold in 1766.

Kawershof

Since 1541 the village was called Rastgarwe, in the 16th century it became the Restjerw estate and came into the possession of Jürgen Kawer, hence the name Kawershof ( Estonian : Kaagjärve). From 1627 it came into the possession of the Stagnitz, Golovin and von Brüggen families . In 1919 it was acquired by Heinrich von Grote (1872-1946). The stylish neo-renaissance main building was erected in the 1850s (today it has been converted into a school).

Lineage

Fredrik Caveer 1449 Dorpat Abbey

  • Claus
    • Jürgen (1516 - 1543), gentleman at Kawershof (Rastgerwe) ⚭ Anna von der Lude
  • Hinrik Caveer † 1512, Lord of Ahja
    • Lubbrecht Kawer, † 1537 Burgrave of Oldenthorn ⚭ Margaretha till Tammenpe och Vitthus
      • Diedrich Kawer † 1588, Estonian district administrator ⚭ 2nd marriage to Elisabeth von Mengden
      • Lubert Diedriksson von Cawer (see below) † 1608 in Örebro ⚭ Gunilla Jönsdotter Rosenstråle † 1636
    • Engelbrecht I. Caveer, † 1545, Lord of Awelpallo ⚭ Maye von Tiesenhausen
      • Engelbrecht II, † 1554, Lord of Awenpollo, Urcks and Kersel
        • Engelbrecht III. † 1623, Lord of Ayakar, Urcks, Kerro and Loper ⚭ 2nd marriage to Dorothea Aderkas († 1610 in Reval )
          • Engelbrecht IV. † 1658, Lord of Loper, Immaser and Woitfer
            • Hermann Engelbrecht V. ⚭ Magdalena Böseken († 1735)
              • Engelbrecht VI. Johann † 1710 in Reval, Swedish captain ⚭ Margarethe von Engelhardt † 1710
                • Woldemar Johann † 1750, Herr auf Loper, Russian Major ⚭ Regina von Glasenapp † 1771
                • Berend Gustav * around 1706, † 1770 in Loper, Herr auf Loper, Immaser and Woitfer, Russian major ⚭ Beata von Gröningen (* 1716)
                  • Gustav Woldemar * 1737, † 1807 in Reval, Russian colonel
                  • Johann Engelbrecht * 1739, † 1793, Councilor , Assessor at the Court of Saint Petersburg
                  • Woldemar Diedrich * 1741 in Loper; † 1801, Herr auf Loper, Russian lieutenant colonel ⚭ Marie Adam * 1757
                    • Gustav Wilhelm 1779 - 1833, Major General ⚭ Amalie von Schlippenbach 1785 - 1828
                      • Friedrich Paul * 1822 in Ostrogodsk; † 1887 in Reval, Major ⚭ Hedwig von Stauden (1830 - 1908)
                        • Theodor Woldemar Ernst * 1864 Wilkomir, † 1943 Dresden ⚭ Ella Stender (1878-1943)
                          • Hans-Jürgen * 1903 in Riga, Dipl. Ing
                          • Helmut * 1904 in Riga, † December 1942 Stalingrad
                      • Alexander Georg * 1825 in Voronezh Governorate ⚭ Alexandrine Peacock (* 1835)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Parish of Võnnu / Wenden. In: Estonian manors [1]
  2. ↑ Compare: Kawer. In: Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knights , Görlitz 1929, p. 753, accessed on November 21, 2018 [2]
  3. ↑ see footnote 4) on Lubert Kawer: In: Genealogisches Handbuch der Baltic Ritterschaften , Görlitz 1929, p. 753, accessed on November 21, 2018 [3]
  4. ^ Paragraph on Lubert. In: Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knights , Görlitz 1929, p. 753, accessed on November 21, 2018 [4]
  5. ^ Dataset from Kawer, Gustav Wilhelm. On: Erik Amburger database [5] , accessed on November 21, 2018
  6. ^ First continuation by Hofrath von Hagemeister, materials on the history of goods in Livonia , Volume 3, Kymmel Verlag, 1843, original from the Austrian National Library , digitized March 2, 2016, p. 157. accessed on November 21, 2018
  7. ↑ Leonhard von Stryk : Contributions to the history of the manors of Livonia , vol .: 1, Der ehstnic District, Dorpat, 1877, p. 84, accessed November 21, 2018 [6]
  8. ↑ Kawershof. In: Baltic historical local lexicon: Estonia (including Northern Livland) , Volume 1 of Baltic historical local lexicon, Gertrud Westermann sources and studies on Baltic history, publisher Hans Feldmann , Heinz von zur Mühlen , Gertrud Westermann , Verlag Böhlau Verlag, Cologne Weimar 1985, A. 206. , accessed November 21, 2018
  9. ↑ Kaagjärve / Kawershof. In: Estonian Manors [7] , accessed November 21, 2018
  10. ↑ notes about the castle Olden Thorn in the parish Wendan. In: Das Inland: a weekly for d. Daily story Liv-, Esth- u. Kurlands, Volume 2, Verlag Kluge, 1837, original from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek , digitized December 22, 2011 [8]
  11. ^ German-Baltic Genealogical Society eV (ed.): German-Baltic Memorial Book. Our dead from 1939-1947 . Darmstadt 1991. p. 201.