Mühlendahl
Mühlendahl is the name of an Estonian family that was first mentioned in Palms in 1729 .
history
The progenitor of the family is Jaak Orroveski ( Estonian : Orro = valley, Veski = mill). A son of his was born in 1729 on the Palms estate owned by Count Pahlen and baptized Jacob Mühlendahl. Jacob's mother Anne died in 1732. He became post commissioner of the Estonian knighthood and administered the important post station Rannapungern on the northern edge of Lake Peipus . His son Jakob Johann was raised to hereditary nobility as an imperial Russian lieutenant colonel in 1794 ; his son Karl was registered with the Estonian knighthood in 1882 with his descent.
coat of arms
In the enlarged head of the shield, a striding blue lion , underneath a golden mill-wheel in blue ; on the helmet with blue and gold covers a growing lion holding a gold battle ax .
Name bearer
- Ernst von Mühlendahl (1896–1977), chemist, aristocratic functionary
- Irene von Mühlendahl (1912–2003), moderator of the BBC's German service
- Arved von Mühlendahl (1904–1944), sea captain, submarine commander
- Karl Ernst von Mühlendahl (* 1939), former chief physician at the Osnabrück Children's Hospital , managing director of Kinderumwelt gGmbH
- Alexander von Mühlendahl (* 1940), trademark lawyer, former Vice President of the European Trademark Office
literature
- Genealogical manual of the Estonian knighthood . Volume 3, 1930, pp. 170-172
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Genealogical manual of the nobility .
- Adelslexikon Volume 9, Volume 116 of the complete series, 1998, p. 224
- Genealogical Handbook of Noble Houses B 1, Volume 9 of the complete series, 1954, pp. 295-299; B 12, volume 64 of the complete series, 1977, pp 325-328
- Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods (new series) . Volume 4, 2014, pp. 319-337
- Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch . Volume 1, 2015, pp. 458-467