Mertzel

Seal of the knight Hermannus dictus Merzcel around 1348

Mertzel (also: Merzcel ) was the name of an old Bremen ministerial family and later the Holstein knightly noble family .

history

The family probably came from Bremen and is said to have named themselves Marszel after the village. There they owned a noble court that later became the property of the von Lilienburg family. The name of this noble family occurs quite early. In 1188 a Willekinus and in 1202 a Johannes and a Willehelmus Merzcel appeared in several documents. In 1374 and 1375 a Henneke Mertzel owned properties in the area of Pinneberg and Uetersen . In 1375, Count Adolf VII of Holstein-Kiel pledged the Hainholz farm near Elmshorn and the tithes at Schönmoor, in the Uetersen district to the squire Henneke Merzel and the priest Hermann Merzel, with reservation of the right to redeem, for 400 marks. After that, this noble family is no longer mentioned.

swell

• Association for Lübeck History and Archeology: Seal of the Middle Ages from the archives of the city of Lübeck Volume 3 Holstein and Lauenburg city seals, seals of noble families . Page 85 (Lübeck 1862–1865)
• Detlef Detlefsen : History of the Holstein Elbmarschen, Volume 1, Page 319, Glückstadt 1891 and 1892.
• Andreas Fründt: The Hochadeliche Closter zu Uetersen page 18, CDC Heydorn, Uetersen 1986

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter von Kobbe : History and description of the country of the duchies of Bremen and Verden, part 1, pages 178 and 302.
2. ↑ Hamburg Document Book 1, page 250, No. 282 and page 292, No. 334