Marenholtz
von Marenholtz (also Mahrenholtz , Marnholt ) is the name of an ancient noble family from Lüneburg with the parent company of the same name.
history
The family is first mentioned in a document in 1305 with the squire Harnyt de Marnholte . She owned the castle in Groß Schwülper (demolished in 1972) since the Middle Ages . By an imperial handwriting of June 26, 1667 for Conrad Ascan von Marenholtz, electoral Brandenburg envoy to the Reichstag in Regensburg, she was raised to the status of imperial baron.
The property also included Marenholtz, Dieckhorst , Flettmar , Gerstenbüttel , the Nordsteimke manor , Warcksbüttel and Warmbüttel .
coat of arms
Divided by red and black and topped with a five-petalled silver rose; on the helmet with black and silver blankets on the right and red and silver blankets on the left, five alternating red and black ostrich feathers. The motto is Bene sperando nec male habendo .
Well-known representatives
- Boldewin von Marenholtz († 1532), theologian, abbot of the Michaeliskloster in Lüneburg, president of the regional court in Uelzen
- Ashes Claus von Marenholtz (* 1588 † 1664), Brunswick-Wolfenbütteler Drost and Schatzra
- Curt Asche von Marenholtz (born October 25, 1619, † October 29, 1674 in Regensburg), electoral Brandenburg secretary and government councilor from Halberstadt, Cammerer, captain of Gattersleben and Crotdorff on Nienhagen and Schmatzfeld. President of the government of the Diocese of Halberstadt. Imperial Baron 1667. As authorized envoy for Kur-Brandenburg and the Diocese of Halberstadt from 1662 to 1674 at the Perpetual Reichstag in Regensburg. An epitaph in the envoys cemetery at the Dreieinigkeitskirche (Regensburg) shows the deceased in full armor with an allonge wig as a full figure. In the inscription, the deceased is portrayed as a dignified, lovable man who was peaceful in life and loved the peace in the state and in his own home.
- Asche Christoph von Marenholtz (* 1645 † 1713), nephew of Curt Asche von Marenholtz, Braunschweig-Lüneburg Privy Councilor, cameraman. Studies in Helmstedt, educational trips to Italy and Frankfurt; after his military service as Privy Councilor with Duke Georg Wilhelm von Braunschweig Lüneburg, Elector Ernst August von Hannover, Duke Rudolf August von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel as envoy to Emperor Leopold in Vienna. He was the sole heir of his uncle and had the first large epitaph for an envoy built for him in 1674/75 in the envoy cemetery in Regensburg.
- Wilhelm Albrecht Christian von Mahrenholtz (1752–1808), Mayor of the city of Braunschweig
- Bertha von Marenholtz-Bülow (1810–1893), women's rights activist and kindergarten teacher
- Margarete von Hindenburg (1897–1988), born Freiin von Marenholtz, daughter-in-law of President Paul von Hindenburg
- Johannes von Mahrenholtz the Elder Ä . (1513–1538), dean of the cathedral in Halberstadt
literature
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon VIII. Limburg an der Lahn 1997, p. 261 f.
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : The coats of arms of the German baronial and aristocratic families in an exact, complete and generally understandable description , TO Weigel, 1855, p. 287 ( digitized version ).
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adelslexicon , Gebrüder Reichenbach, 1837 p. 338 ( digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon VIII. Limburg an der Lahn 1997, p. 261f
- ^ A b Albrecht Klose and Klaus-Peter Rueß: The grave inscriptions on the ambassador's cemetery in Regensburg ; Regensburg Studies Vol. 22; Regensburg City Archives 2015, ISBN 978-3-943222-13-5 ; Pp. 61–61 and p. 28 (place names).