Löwis of Menar (noble family)
Löwis of Monar (including Löwis of Monar, Loewis of Monar or Loewis) the name is a native to Scotland coming noble family which in former Livonia and Kurland lived. Several members of the family served as senior officers in the Russian army , were civil servants , foresters and farmers and state politicians in the former Livonia governorate . The family still exists today and is widely ramified.
history
In 1434 the name was mentioned in a document in Scotland with Patrick de Lowis of Menar and his son Henry . Patrick was Vogt of Walter Scott of Murdiston in County Peebles . The Löwis of Menar did not come from any Scottish-Celtic clan of the Highlanders , but belonged to the knightly families of Saxon blood of the Scottish Lowlanders . One of the descendants who emigrated to Sweden was descended from the 3rd generation of Patrick of Menar. Wilhelm de Lays († 1645) was enfeoffed on May 14, 1630 by King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden with the goods Panten ( Salisburg district ) and Nurmis in Livonia. He was married to the Livonian Sophia von Nieroth († around 1680/83), from this marriage the sons Wilhelm II († 1694) and Franz (1635–1693) emerged. The first son inherited Gut Nurmis, the second son inherited Gut Panten. The Nurmis line died out in the third following generation with Karl Magnus in 1710 and the estate passed into the legacy of the Panten line. The Panten line continued with Franz (1635–1693) via Franz Heinrich (Swedish lieutenant , † 1710) and Heinrich Johann I ( magistrate , 1707–1748). Heinrich Johann I is the ancestor of all current von Löwis of Menar. His three sons are the founders of the Nurmis lines with Bergshof and Sackhof (Reinhold Friedrich, Russian major general , 1765-1830); Orrenhof with Ohlenhof (Heinrich Johann II, Russian lieutenant, 1733–1800) and Panten with Dahlen (Woldemar Anton, Russian major , 1741–1818). The noble family now owned estates in Livonia, Estonia and Russia , but did not become a wealthy dynasty . Partly owned the Löwis von Menar in the Latvian district: Nurmis, Bergshof, Fistehlen, Dahlen, Kekkau , Pulkarn, Kaipen, Hohenheide, Jürgensburg, Seyershof, Pawassern, Kudling, Ohlenhof and Kroppenhof; in the Estonian district of Koik, Annenhof, Uellenorm , Weißensee, Gawwern and Kioma. After the confiscation by the Latvians and Estonians in 1919/20, the property was limited to the Panten, Alt-Wrangelshof and Groß-Tamby estates. According to entries from 1742 (No. 57), the Löwis of Menar belong to the Livonian knighthood , and from 1745 and 1747 (No. 69) to the Estonian and Courland knighthood .
Possessions (selection)
Good Nurmis
The Nurmis (also Normis) estate in Livonia belonged to Dietrich Becker until 1585 and was given to Baltasar Schnell by the Polish King Stephan Báthory . This received in 1591 from King Sigismund III. Wasa given permission to sell his Nurmis estate to Rupert Hummel. Captured by the Swedes, Nurmis and Panten were transferred by King Gustav Adolf in 1630 to Major Wilhelm Lyß (or de Leis). His widow, née Sophie Nieroth, received confirmation of her property rights for herself and her sons in 1646. Nurmis was inherited by the direct male descendants and was taken over by Major Alexander von Löwis of Menar for 20,000 thalers by means of an inheritance contract dated January 10, 1803.
Orrenhof estate
Orrenhof, also known as Oru , Orajoe, Ojaroe Mois or Orajõe Mõis, is a small town in what is now Estonia.
Good pant
The Panten estate in Livonia belonged to the end of the order and the beginning of the Polish reign of the widow of Wiegant Scharenberg. King Stephan Báthory awarded it to Baltasar Schnell in 1548. Probably confiscated by the Swedes, it was given to Major Wilhelm Lyß by King Gustav Adolf in 1630. After Woldemar Anton von Löwis of Menar, it was taken over by his son, Colonel Moritz von Löwis of Menar, on March 4, 1827.
Personalities
- Reinhold Friedrich von Löwis of Menar (1731–1794), Russian major general
- Friedrich von Löwis of Menar (1767–1824), Russian lieutenant general, state politician
- Peter Frommhold von Löwis of Menar (1769–1829), major, agricultural politician and judge
- Andreas von Löwis of Menar (1777–1839), Baltic author, draftsman, engraver and historian
- Gotthard August von Löwis of Menar (1801–1849), member of the district council, president of the court
- Oskar Peter Frommhold von Löwis of Menar (1830–1885), Russian major general
- Karl Woldemar von Löwis of Menar (1855–1930), Baltic German historian and cartographer
- Else von Löwis of Menar (1880–1961), NS woman leader in Baden
- Richard von Loewis of Menar (1900–1931), German political activist
- Erik von Loewis of Menar (1904–1986), German actor and director
- Thomas von Löwis of Menar (* 1947), German racing car driver, team boss and managing director
- Henning von Löwis of Menar (* 1948), journalist and publicist
- Olaf von Löwis of Menar (* 1954), German politician, Mayor of Holzkirchen in Upper Bavaria, District Administrator of Miesbach
- Viola von Löwis of Menar (* 1940), German poet
See also
Web links
- Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods, part 1.1: Livonia, page 102 ff.
- Genealogical handbook of the Baltic knighthoods, part 2.1: Estonia, page 127 ff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Transehe-Roseneck, Astaf from: Genealogisches Handbuch der Livländischen Ritterschaft , Vol .: 1, Görlitz, 1929, page 104
- ^ A b Heinrich von Hagemeister : Materials for a history of the country estates of Livonia , Volume 1, Bayer. State Library p. 129
- ↑ Orrenhof
- ↑ Runoff election: Olaf von Löwis brings back Miesbacher Landratsamt for CSU merkur.de, March 29, 2020, accessed on March 31, 2020