Lehsten (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Lehsten

Lehsten , also Leesten , Leest or Leisten , is the name of an old Mecklenburg noble family of Protestant denomination. After the name was merged with the von Dingelstedt family, the baron family was also able to expand into Silesia . Branches of the family persist to this day.

history

The von Lehsten belong to the old Mecklenburg nobility and appear with Bernardus de Leesten , Canon in Ratzeburg , as a witness for the first time on March 8, 1255. The sex was already seated in 1283 to strip the former Office Plau and goddess in the former Office Güstrow and later acquired in the local office more goods. One member of the family was a signatory to the Union of Estates in 1523 .

The second line of this family was founded at the end of the 17th century by Christoph Wilhelm von Lehsten, Lord of Dolitz, Boddin, Lunow, Poggelow, Schönau and Groß Niekör. With Georg Heinrich von Lehsten , the family was able to fill the position of the Mecklenburg court marshal in 1696 . Heinrich Ludolph von Lehsten (* 1760) was Oberlanddrost , Karl von Lehsten (* 1768; † 1839) Landdrost.

In Einschreibebuch of Dobbertin Abbey there are 13 entries of daughters of the family of Lehsten 1700-1906 from Dölitz, Robel and Stavenhagen for inclusion in the noble Damenstift in Kloster Dobbertin .

As early as the 17th century, Christoph von Lehsten served as a Privy Councilor in Brandenburg and was able to take over the Krenzlin estate there.

Major General August von Lehsten inherited his mother brother, the royal Prussian Colonel Levin August von Dingelstedt, in 1807 , adding his name and coat of arms to his ( von Lehsten-Dingelstedt ) and entering into his Silesian property. His son, Carl August (1794–1863), served from 1808 to 1812 in the Westphalian page corps. King Jérôme Bonaparte had given him, like all members of his court belonging to the old nobility, the title of baron without an official diploma . In 1818 he returned to Silesia. There, however, this increase in status was not recognized by the Prussian authorities (Freystadt District Court). Only through a ministerial rescript at the instigation of King Frederick William IV. Was Carl August of this, however, non-hereditary title confirmed.

possession

The following goods belonged at least temporarily to the family's property:

coat of arms

  • The baron's coat of arms Lehsten-Dingelstedt. is split by a golden rod , the right half is again divided crosswise by a golden rod, the family coat of arms as a heart shield ; 1, top right: three 1: 2 golden acorns in blue; 2, bottom right: in red a green oak branch with two acorns and two leaves; 3, left: three red rafters in silver , under each one a red rose, based on the coat of arms of those of Dingelstedt .

Relatives

Title page of the translation of Quintus Curtius Rufus by Hans Friedrich von Lehsten (1658)
  • Maria Agathe von Lehsten (1608–1671), namesake of Agathenburg ∞ Field Marshal Hans Christoph von Königsmarck
  • Hans Christoph von Lehsten (1618–1643), royal Swedish colonel and commander
  • Hans Friedrich von Lehsten (1621–1678), Princely Mecklenburg District Administrator, landowner and from 1666 to 1677 provisional in the Dobbertin Monastery.
  • Jaspar Friedrich von Lehsten (1650–1675), princely lieutenant from Lüneburg , Mecklenburg landowner
  • August von Lehsten-Dingelstedt († 1819), Major General of the Electorate of Hesse
  • Heinrich Ludolph Friedrich von Lehsten (1760–1830), Mecklenburg upper chamberlain and chamber director
  • Ludwig von Lehsten (1840–1910), Mecklenburg Landdrost
  • Gustav von Lehsten (born June 11, 1838; † October 13, 1863), office auditor and heraldic-genealogical writer, member of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology
  • Detlef von Lehsten (* 1917), lieutenant captain of the German Navy , commander of the submarines U-373 , U-3508 and U-3044
  • Lupold von Lehsten (* 1961), historian, genealogist

literature

Web links

Commons : Lehsten (noble family)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch , Volume 2, p. 59, No. 744
  2. ↑ year of death cf. Schlesische Provinzialblätter, New Series, Vol. 3 (1864), p. 55, here: Deceased in Oct./Nov. 1863
  3. ^ Lehsten-Dingelstädt, Karl August von, At the court of King Jérômes, memories of a Westphalian page and officer , ed. v. Otto v. Boltenstern, Berlin 1905, p. 61
  4. ^ A b c Institute for German Aristocracy Research: Mecklenburg Nobility in the Early Modern Age 1500-1750. [1] , [2]
  5. ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen 8, p. 812
  6. ↑ Brief service life on uboat.net [3] (English)
  7. ↑ Institute for the History of Persons: Dr. Lupold von Lehsten