List of noble families named Baer

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Baehr, Bähr, Baer or Bär is the name of several noble families in the German-speaking area. A distinction must be made between the Lower Saxon noble family Bar (also: Baer ) and the Lower Saxon and Pomeranian Behr , although names and coats of arms show certain similarities. There is also no tribal relationship to the Prussian Ursin von Baer (also: bear ).

Baehr of Ascanic origin

Coat of arms of the von Baehr (1829)

This sex comes from a connection between the descendants of Albrecht the Bear and Ascanians - Prince Viktor II. Friedrich von Anhalt-Bernburg (* 1700; † 1765) with Friederike Schmidt, chambermaid of Princess Albertine of Anhalt-Bernburg (* 1712; † 1752). Their daughter Luise and her mother were raised to the imperial nobility on January 15, 1752 in Vienna as "von Baehr". Luise von Baehr married Count Otto Heinrich Ludwig zu Solms- Schköna, with whom she had a daughter. Countess Luise von Solms-Schköna, née von Baehr, adopted her son-in-law, the royal Prussian engineer lieutenant ret . D. Johann Leopold Neumann. The son of the master carpenter Johann Christian Neumann, documented in Ragnit in East Prussia in 1793, was raised to the Prussian nobility on September 12, 1829 in Berlin as "von Baehr".

The coat of arms from 1752 is quartered and shows in fields 1 and 4 three (2: 1) gold stars on a blue background, in fields 2 and 3 a silver bar on a red background above an upwardly serrated silver shield base; on the helmet a sitting black bear with a ringed gold collar between open flights, each with a gold star on each side.

The coat of arms from 1829 has changed colors: the bottom of the first and fourth field is red, the second and third field blue; on the helmet with red and gold blankets on the right and blue and silver on the left, the crouching bear between open red flights, each with a gold star.

Baehr from East Prussia

The noble family von Baehr, who originate from East Prussia, begin their line-up with August Jakob von Baehr, his son Leopold von Baehr († 1824), chief magistrate of the Russian domain Grozisk in the Grodno governorate .

Baehr (Bähr) from Livonia

Coat of arms of the von Baehr (Bähr)

The progenitor of the Baltic family von Baehr (Bähr) is Jacob Bähr, around 1650 royal Swedish land rent master in Livonia . With the Ramelshof manor acquired by his widow , the family became real estate owners. Swedish nobility renovation diploma on December 4, 1771; Matriculation with the Livonian knighthood March 8, 1772 (both for the brothers Heinrich Daniel von Bähr, master of Stommen, royal Swedish tax commissioner, and Jacob Reinhold von Bähr, master of Ramelshof, royal Swedish major ).

The coat of arms from 1771 shows a striding black bear in silver on a green lawn; the bear growing on the helmet with black and silver blankets, holding a natural colored peacock neck.

Baer from Estonia

Coat of arms of the Baer nobles of Huthorn

The progenitor of the also Baltic Baer von Huthorn family begins with Heinrich Baer (Baar, Bar), who is a citizen and house owner in Reval from 1555 to 1584 . Imperial knighthood for Heinrich Baer, ​​landowner in Estonia , with "Edler von Hutthorn" and improved coat of arms on November 20, 1749 in Vienna. Enrollment with the Estonian knighthood as "Baer Edler von Huthorn" on January 30, 1768 (for his descendants), with the Oesel knighthood 1884/85 for Alexander Baer Edlen von Huthorn, Arrendator at Carmel-Großenhof, or on January 14, 1902 for Ernst Baer Edlen von Huthorn, Arrendator on Töllist and Sandel.

The coat of arms from 1768 shows a silver bar covered with a black bear on a black background, accompanied by three (2: 1) five-pointed golden stars; on the helmet with black and silver covers a natural-colored pine cone between open black flights, each with a star as in the shield.

Baer from Nassau

The name of the old Nassau family von Baer appears in documents in 1398 with Bernhenne (Henne Ber [n]) in Schönbach near Herborn . According to its place of origin, it also appears under the name of Schonbach or Schönbach alone or in conjunction with the name Ber (n) (Behr, Beer, Baer). It has been proven in Herborn since 1497. The secure regular series begins with Jacob from Schonbach gen. Behr (Beer), 1535 dead citizens and alderman to Herborn. Hofpfalzgräflicher coat of arms with renewal of the coat of arms on July 25, 1598 in Heidelberg by the Hofpfalzgrafen Paul Melissus for the brothers Jacobus, Conradus and Johannes di Schönbach called Baeren or Ursini. The line that has appeared as noble in the Kingdom of Prussia since 1737 was given the title of “v. Baer “according to the royal Prussian heraldry rescript of February 15, 1897, there was no objection.

This family also includes Major General Bern von Baer (* 1911; † 1981), who most recently served in the Army Command of the Bundeswehr .

The coat of arms from 1598 shows a slanting silver brook on a red background, each with three (2: 1 and 1: 2) round silver stones; on the helmet with red-silver blankets a growing red-tongued black bear with a gold collar.

Bär (Baer) of Basel

Coat of arms of the bear in Basel

The Basel patrician dynasty begins its lineage with the merchant Hans Bär the Elder (* before 1465; † 1502) from the Alsatian Saverne , who settled in Basel. His sons include the humanist Ludwig Bär and the cloth merchant, councilor and banner owner Hans Bär zum Golden Falken , as well as Magdalena Bär († 1511) , who was married to the entrepreneur and later Basel mayor Jakob Meyer zum Hasen , and their further daughter Elisabeth Bär († 1558) ). She was married to the spice dealer and Basel councilor Hans Lucas "Lux" Iselin (* 1486; † 1560) since 1511. Her son was Ulrich Iselin (* 1524; † 1564), Professor of Law in Basel and married to Faustina, a daughter of the humanist Bonifacius Amerbach (* 1495; † 1562).

The coat of arms from 1502 shows an upright black bear on a golden background; the bear growing on the helmet with black and gold covers.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i j Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume I, Volume 53 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag Limburg / Lahn, pp. 178–181.
  2. Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods (New Series) , Volume 6, Hamburg 2016, pp. 71–85.
  3. a b A. Burckhardt: Die Familie Bär, in: Basler Biographie n 1, 1900, 59-89.