Middendorff (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of the Estonian Middendorffs

Middendorff is the surname of a German-Baltic aristocratic family that has lived in Riga since the middle of the 16th century . Preachers and merchants came from her family , the most famous personality was Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (1815-1894). The secured and documented lineage of the Middendorffs begins at the beginning of the 16th century, their German origin or the period of their immigration from Germany has not yet been clearly established.

history

Hermann Middendorff moved in 1677 from Riga to Tallinn on and carried himself as a "merchant of Riga" in the revalsche Bürgerbuch one. From 1711 to 1829 three generations of preachers followed. A grandson of the preacher zu Karusen , Professor Dr. Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (1815-1894) is the famous naturalist who explored Siberia and Lapland . Cape Middendorff on Novaya Zemlya was named after him. Alexander Theodor von Middendorff was Privy Councilor he and his descendants and the family was accepted into the Russian nobility on September 20, 1841. In 1860 he was in the Livländische knights , under the registration number 405 enrolled . Eduard Nikolai von Middendorff (1840–1903) was accepted into the Estonian nobility matriculation in 1878 .

Stem row

Albrecht Middendorp († 1555), citizen of Riga

  • Kaspar Middendorp († around 1606) citizen and merchant, member of the Great Guild in Riga
    • Troclus Middendorff (* in Riga, † 1646), citizen and merchant in Riga
      • Hermann Middendorff (* in Riga, buried in Reval in 1695), merchant from Riga, citizen of Reval
        • Johann Middendorff (1675–1742), pastor of Kegel , provost , consistorial councilor
          • Stephan Middendorff (baptized 1713, † 1756), pastor of Kegel (1743–1756)
            • Hermann Johann Middendorff (1749–1829) pastor of Karusen (1774–1829), provost and consistorial councilor
              • Theodor Johann Middendorff (* 1776 in Karusen; † 1856), Dr. Phil., Professor and Director at the Pedagogical Institute in Saint Petersburg , Lord on Pörafer and Hellenorm, Privy Council
              • Heinrich Eduard Middendorff (1784–1834), Herr auf Taibel, district forest master, ancestor of the Estonian branch with the Assoküll family, whose children acquired the Russian nobility in 1852 and had a different coat of arms
              • Gottfried Woldemar von Middendorff (1787–1857), Herr auf Pennijöggi , professor of the German language in Saint Petersburg, September 20, 1841 accepted into the Russian nobility

coat of arms

1. The family coat of arms of the family branch accepted into the Russian nobility and enrolled in the Livonian knighthood carried the following coat of arms from Alexander Theodor von Middendorff, with the diploma of September 20, 1841: A divided coat of arms , on top in gold on a green lawn with 3 oak branches of each 2 leaves and an acorn; at the bottom , a bar covered with silver with three brown bees , divided obliquely from blue to red, at the top a silver Pegasus growing out of the sloping bar , at the bottom a golden lyre . Helmet jewel consists of a crown between silver ostrich feathers and 3 oak branches. The helmet cover is construction silver

2. The family coat of arms of the not enrolled Estonian branch of the family of Heinrich Eduard Middendorff (1784–1834) came from the confirmation of the coat of arms and the admission to the Russian nobility on August 1, 1852

  • 1. Family coat of arms of the Livonian branch (1841)

  • 2. Family coat of arms of the Estonian branch (1852)

Possessions

Pörafer

Pööravere Manor (German: Pörafer) in the Pernau district became an independent economic unit in the 17th century. The manor house was owned by the noble von Middendorff family for many centuries and the last owner was Ernst von Middendorff. The one-story stone main building was built in the early 19th century. In 1866 he received a second floor. A number of outbuildings were also erected in the 19th century, including a large three-story vineyard.

Good Hellenorm

Manor on the Hellenorm Manor

The Hellenorm manor was a knight's seat . It was first mentioned in 1641 when it belonged to the Wrangel family. After the Northern War the estate belonged to the Dücker family and the von Bruiningk family . In 1850 Johann Theodor von Middendorf bought the estate, the last owner was the ornithologist Ernst von Middendorf.

Assokull

Assoküll (Estonian: Assoküla) was owned by Reinholdt Klick in 1642 and became the Assoküll farm in 1688. Today it is a part of Metsa, until 1843 Asoküll was owned by the von Klick family and in 1913 it passed to the new owner Woldemar von Hunnius

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Revalsche Bürgerbuch ; Paucker, Christian Geistlichkeit 1849, pp. 102, 299.
  2. ^ Carl Arvid Klingspor , Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt : Baltic Wappenbuch , Wappen all, the noble families belonging to the knights of Livonia, Estonia, Courland and Oesel. Stockholm 1882. (daten.digitale-sammlungen.de)
  3. ^ Carl Arvid Klingspor, Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt: Baltic Wappenbuch, Wappen all, the noble families belonging to the knights of Livonia, Estonia, Courland and Oesel. Stockholm 1882, p. 72. (daten.digitale-sammlungen.de)
  4. ↑ Pööravere mõis, Pörafer in the parish of St. Jakobi, county Pärnu. Entry on Eesti mõisportaal (mois.ee)
  5. ↑ Discover places in Estonia that have a connection to Germany! Entry on: Saksa-Eesti.ee Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / saksa-eesti.ee
  6. ↑ Hans Feldmann, Heinz von Zur Mühlen, Gertrud Westermann: Baltic historical local dictionary. Volume 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne / Weimar 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 32. (books.google.de)