Lockstaedt

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Lockstaedt , also Lockstedt or Lockstädt , is the name of an originally Middle Mark aristocratic family that was able to spread first to Pomerania and later to East Prussia and Russia . Branches of the family still exist today.

history

The sex of of Lockstädt the place is called after its eponymous headquarters, Lockstedt in the Prignitz and the Knight Hermann von Lockstädt mentioned in 1253 first documented.

The family already went to Pomerania with the above Hermann von Lockstaedt , with whom the secured family line also begins. There he became master of the Woldenburg near Regenwalde , from where the Lockstaedt expanded further. Under the sons of Hans von Lockstaedt († after 1550), heir to Maskow, Krössin and Klein Leistikow, the sex was divided into the two main lines.

Line I.

Steffen von Lockstaedt († after 1590), heir to Maskow, became the founder of the I, the Pomeranian line. His descendant Ferdinand von Lockstaedt (* 1795, † 1863) was landscape councilor of the Regenwalde district , his son Ludwig von Lockstaedt (* 1837; † 1877) was district administrator there.

Line II.

Henning von Lockstaedt († after 1590), heir to Krössin, became the founder of the II line, which went to East Prussia with Johann Christoph von Lockstaedt (* 1713; † 1789), royal Prussian major. There he acquired the Gablick and Heybutten estates near Widminnen . His great-grandson Werner von Lockstaedt (* 1838; † 1893) married in Russia and bought the Gordommy estate there. However, his five children were all born in Berlin or Szagmanten and later lived in Prussia.

possession

As early as the Middle Ages, the family in Pomerania was able to acquire ownership and hold some of these goods until at least the 19th century, called: Crössin, Düsterbeck, Drammin , Hindenburg, Hohenwalde, Justin, Karow , Kicker, Körtenthin , Groß Krien , Leistikow, Maskow , Molstow , Pipenburg, Radduhn, Ribbertow , Groß - and Klein Sabow , Standemin , Alt Torgelow and Woldenburg.

In the 18th century, the family expanded to East Prussia and was able to acquire the following goods there: Klein Gablick , Haschnen , Heybutten , Neuhof and Szagmanten.

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows in red a golden-armored silver unicorn growing from obliquely left blue-silver chess . The unicorn growing on the helmet with the red and silver covers .

The coat of arms is closely related to the coat of arms group Hirsch über Schach , whereby it is most similar to that of Budde . The Budde perform a helmet crown and use a different tincture .

Relatives

  • Ferdinand von Lockstaedt (* 1795; † 1863), landscape councilor for the Regenwalde district
  • Eduard von Lockstädt († 1833), higher regional judge in Insterburg
  • Ludwig Ferdinand von Lockstädt (* 1837; † 1877), heir to Karow and Unheim, district administrator of the Regenwalde district

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Leopold Freiherr von Ledebur : Adelslexikon der Prussischen Monarchy , Berlin 1856, Volume 2, pp. 46–47 ; 1858, Volume 3, p. 303.