Linden tree (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those von der Linde

Von der Linden or, more rarely, von der Linden , historically also de Tilia ( Tilia Latin for linden ), is the name of an old Prussian noble family that was able to spread to Silesia and Sweden . The family currently continues.

history

The family of the linden tree is said to have its origin in the Netherlands .

Prussia

In Prussia, the family first appears around 1300 with Hermann von der Linde or Rupertus de Tilia who was mentioned in a document in Thorn between 1317 and 1320 . With Tilico von der Linde , the family's consistent, secure trunk line begins . As a widow, his daughter-in-law sold the family seat, estate and village "Zur Linde" near Thorn in the first half of 1335. Of their two sons, Gottfried von der Linde († 1379) joined the Teutonic Order , Nikolaus von der Linde († 1365) continued the tribe and established the council line in Thorn and Danzig . The family belonged to the patriciate and the merchants of Thorn and until the 16th century provided there several scoopers and masters, councilors , castle captains, treasurers and mayors. With Johann von der Linde (1514–1558) the family went to Danzig. In 1542 he became a citizen of Danzig as a merchant, was Schöppe there in 1549, councilor in 1554 and in the embassy to the Reichstag in Warsaw in 1556 . In Danzig, too, the family moved into prominent positions and in the 17th century also repeatedly appointed the castle captain and mayor, as well as councilors, of course. In both cities, the family mixed up with the families of the council or the city nobility, such as the Schachmann , Schwarzwald or Bodeck .

Between 1420 and 1922 several members of the family studied at the University of Rostock .

With Gottfried von der Linde (1598–1658), the family came into the Karthaus and Berent area . He himself was matriculated at the University of Rostock in 1621 and owned partly alone, partly in 1622 with together with his brother Adolf von der Linde (1596 – before 1631) a. a. the Prussy, Mariensee , Glasberg, Pomlau and Klanau estates. Rheinhold Nikolaus von der Linde († before 1755) was also the master of Schönberg in the Konitz district . The family got involved there with the local nobility, such as the Lewald-Powalska , Massow , Puttkamer , Rautenberg-Klinski or Wussow .

The family was also wealthy in Warmia and the Osterode district , in the Mohrungen district the von der Linde also owned Mothalen and Münsterberg from 1727 and finally Faulen in the Rosenberg district .

Several sons of the sex also served as officers in the Prussian army . Josef Wilhelm von der Linde received the order Pour le Mérite on foot as a second lieutenant in the vacant Wildau regiment in 1794 , was promoted to captain in the regiment in 1806 and was lieutenant colonel and commander in the 4th garrison battalion and then the 1st garrison battalion in 1817. He received the Iron Cross at Großbeeren . Otto von der Linde (1892–1984), who, as a lieutenant in the 5th Guards Regiment, took the Fort de Malonne near Namur in a coup in 1914 and was honored with the order Pour le Mérite. In addition, Lothar von der Linde (1858–1911) was a colonel in the Prussian service and Siegfried von der Linde (1893–1978) was promoted to major general.

Pomerania

At the latest with Hans von der Linde († 1624), who married Anna-Maria von Zitzewitz († before 1627) in 1610 and thus indirectly in Muttrin's lifelong lien , the family came to Western Pomerania . The place, the neighborhood and even the relationship with Stolp suffered a lot from its economy , because he was very contentious . Later also Ziezeneff in the Belgard and Dorow district (1922–1945) in the Regenwalde district belonged to the family estate.

Silesia

A branch of sex has to go to Silesia have, because in Wroclaw is Peter von der Linde († 1679), son of Johann Georg von der Linde passed away.

Sweden

Lindhof in Sweden (2012)

The Swedish line begins with Lorentz Erikson († 1611) who appeared in Stockholm as a trader from Holland . His son Erik Larsson von der Linde († 1636) was first mentioned in 1606 as a trader in Stockholm. He was wealthy at Lindeborg with Segersjö in the parish of Lännäs and Nerike and Malmvik in the parish of Lofö in Uppland . He was an important financier for King Gustav II Adolf . This made him in 1618 royal commissioner and general factor in Holland. In 1631 he was raised to the Swedish nobility with the name of Lindöö , which was later changed to von der Linde . Was associated the ennoblement with the Donation of good and mansion Lindhof ( "Lindhov") as a Swedish fief , which borrowed still present, its name from the family. The gender was introduced to the nobility class (No. 179). His son Lorenz Erikson von der Linde (1610–1670) was also the lord of Neukloster and began an officer career in the Swedish army, where he was promoted to field marshal until 1665 . He was with his brothers Erik (1611-1666), Swedish Councilor, marshal and ambassador , and Jacob (1612-1668), Lord of Catharinæholm and Wigersberg in Södermanland , on 14 May 1651 the Swedish baron as Freiherr zu Lindenborg ennobled . The introduction to the baron class of the Swedish nobility took place in 1654 (No. 38). Jacob von der Linde , the youngest brother, continued the tribe. His daughter Gertrud († 1701) married Major General Johan von Vietinghoff (1589–1685) in 1657 . His son Gustaf von der Linde (⚔ 1676) also embarked on an officer career like his uncle. In 1669 he served as a lieutenant colonel and commander of the Bremen regiment on foot under General Delwig , then in 1674 with the rank of quartermaster general in Ulfsparre's regiment in Holland, in 1675 he was major in Wrangel's bodyguard and last, in 1676, lieutenant colonel in Mellin's Karelian cavalry regiment where he moved to the The Battle of Lund fell and the Swedish line of his sex in the male line was decided.

More families

From the von der Linden family of the same name, which had three green linden leaves (2: 1) in their shield in gold , appointed Abel von der Linden a mayor in Cologne in 1398 and is documented until the 16th century, no tribal relationship to the above Prussian is likely Family. Another family of the same name, von der Linde , who were wealthy in Gandersheim Abbey , was also assumed to have no tribal relationship to the named ones.

coat of arms

Family coat of arms of those von der Linde

The family coat of arms shows in red a golden linden branch placed diagonally to the right , with three leaves above and two below (sometimes shown in green). On the crowned helmet with gold and red covers , two linden branches placed against one another, the right with two, the left with three leaves.

The Swedish coat of arms, awarded in 1631, shows in a divided shield, two natural linden trees in silver above, a natural brown branch in blue below, a vine leaf on the left and a silver vine on the right . From the helmet, with blue-silver covers, over a blue-silver helmet bulge, a natural linden tree.

The baronial coat of arms, awarded in 1653, is quartered with the family coat of arms as a heart shield .

Well-known namesake

Field Marshal Lorenz von der Linde (1610–1670)
  • Gottfried von der Linde († 1379), Komtur, then Marshal of the Teutonic Order in Prussia
  • Hermann von der Linde († 1427), Mayor of Thorn 1416–1427
  • Niclas von der Linde († 1563), Mayor of Thorn 1544–1563
  • Nikolaus von der Linde († 1574), Mayor of Thorn 1566–1574
  • Nikolaus von der Linde († 1605), castle captain in Danzig
  • Johann von der Linde (1542–1619), Mayor of Danzig
  • Adrian von der Linde (1579–1631), Mayor of Danzig
  • Adrian von der Linde (1610–1682), Mayor of Danzig
  • Lorenz von der Linde (1610–1670), Swedish field marshal
  • Josef Wilhelm von der Linde (* before 1775, † after 1818), Prussian lieutenant colonel, knight of the order Pour le Mérite
  • Otto von der Linde (1892–1984), colonel, knight of the order Pour le Mérite
  • Siegfried von der Linde (1893–1978), major general in the Wehrmacht

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matriculation portal Rostock - database edition of matriculations at the University of Rostock 1419–1945
  2. ↑ Lars Severin: A Pomeranian aristocratic excursion about (...) the family v. the linden tree (...) . In: Genealogy German journal for family history . Volume XXXII / 64. Volume 2, Degener & Co, Insingen 2015, pp. 450–453
  3. ↑ Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite 1740-1918. Volume 1, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1998, p. 167.
  4. ↑ Robert Klempin , Gustav Kratz : Matriculations and registers of the Pomeranian knighthood from the XIV. To the XIX. Century. Bath Publishing House, Berlin 1863, p. 271, No. 193 (digitized version)
  5. ↑ Wedig von Zitzewitz (revised and supplemented by Georg von Zitzewitz): History of the first and second line of the von Zitzewitz family 1340 - 1958. Hanover 1958, p. 25
  6. ^ Karl-Heinz Pagel : The district of Stolp in Pomerania. Lübeck 1989, p. 748, stolp.de (PDF; 1.4 MB)
  7. ^ Johann Sinapius : Schlesische Curiositäten, Darinnen the families of the Silesian nobility. Volume 2, 1728, p. 781 books.google.de
  8. ↑ Lt. Anrep (lit.) Neükloster in Bremen , what is a mistake?
  9. ↑ Familia von der Linden. In: Sammlung von der Ketten , Volume 3, 1985, p. 412
  10. ↑ Kneschke (lit.)
  11. ↑ a b As far as is known, of the historians only Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch tings the leaves green. See old illustrations; Town hall, Marienkirche: geneal.lemmel.at / geneal.lemmel.at and descriptions: Johann Sinapius : Schlesische Curiositäten, Darinnen the families of the Silesian nobility. Volume 2, 1728, p. 781 (digitized version) ; Otto Titan von Hefner : Studbook of the flourishing and dead nobility in Germany, published by some German nobles. Volume 2, Georg Joseph Manz , Regensburg 1863, p. 362 (digitized version) ; Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 5, Leipzig 1864, p. 549 (digitized version) ; Leopold von Ledebur : Nobility Lexicon of the Prussian Monarchy . Volume 2, Berlin 1856, p. 38 (digitized version) ; Volume 3, 1858, p. 301 (digitized version) ; Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch (the only one who tings the leaves green): New Prussian nobility lexicon . Volume 3, Leipzig 1837, p. 257 (digitized version)
  12. ^ Hermann von der Linde Genealogy and Family History Lemmel
  13. ↑ Nicolaus VII. Von der Linde Gedbas to Zernecke