Othegraven
Othegraven is the name of an originally noble sex from what is now the German-Belgian-Dutch border area. Apart from the de Fossa and de Fossato , which appeared in the 13th century and whose connection with those of Othegraven has not yet been proven, the first bearer of the name is Cloes von Ottegroeven, which is documented in 1375.
coat of arms
- In white a red snake cross , on the helmet with red and white blankets a peacock's head.
- A red anchor cross in white , six peacock feathers on the helmet.
- Alliance coat of arms of Othegraven-Streithagen (from the marriage of Anna Maria von Streithagen, daughter of Abraham von Streithagen , with Gottfried von Othegraven): squared, 1 and 4 the family coat of arms , 2 and 3 in red a yellow cross, in the right upper corner a blue monkshood . Two crowned helmets, 1 with a peacock hat, 2 with a man's trunk, covered with the shield sign of the 2nd and 3rd field, on the head a blue iron hat with a red, yellow and blue feather.
Known members
- Karl Thomas von Othegraven (1769–1844), Prussian lieutenant general, knight of the Pour le Mérite with oak leaves
- Maria Barbara von Othegraven, last abbess of the princely abbey of Tirlemont
- Friederich von Othegraven, general contractor of the fortress construction of Fort Napoleon in Büderich, today Fort Blücher , used Franz Dinnendahl's steam engines for drainage there in 1808
- Johann Karl Ludwig von Othegraven (1797–1860), founder and chairman of the Neuss rifle guild from 1850 e. V.
- Albert von Othegraven (1798–1866), Prussian major general
- Friedrich August von Othegraven (1802–1878), Prussian lieutenant general
- Heinrich von Othegraven (1821–1899), German theater actor, director and director
- Wilhelm von Othegraven (1842–1915), merchant in Wesel, President of the Chamber of Commerce, ibid. and district deputy
- August von Othegraven (1864–1946), composer, music teacher and director of Cäcilia Wolkenburg
- Hugo Eugen Friedrich Maria von Othegraven (1873–1942), painter and Africa explorer, gained fame when a leopard kept in his apartment in Berlin tore the porter's child to pieces in 1932 and seriously injured his mother. His defense attorney was Max Alsberg .
- Maximilian von Othegraven (1888–1968), owner of the von Othegraven winery on the Saar near Kanzem named after him , which passed into the possession of Günther Jauch in 2010 , and namesake of the wine "Maximilian von Othegraven", now "Maximus"
- Elsa von Othegraven (1889–1948), wife of Hans Jauch and grandmother of Günther Jauch
- Gerda Johanna Heike von Othegraven (* 1945), artist
Literary characters
- Baroness Agathe von Othegraven, speaking role in the operetta Die Försterchristl
- Konrektor Othegraven, literary deconstruction of the pathetically sung hero of the Battle of the Katzbach Karl Thomas von Othegraven by Theodor Fontane in his novel Before the Storm → see: Karl Thomas von Othegraven in fiction
See also
literature
- Friedrich Macco: Aachen coat of arms and genealogies. Volume 2, Aachen 1907.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Contributions to the history of the city and monastery of Essen. Volumes 30-32, 1909, p. 294 f.
- ^ Stadt-Kurier on Sunday July 21, 1990, p. 8.
- ^ The Leopard Affair , BZ Berlin, January 1, 1932.
- ↑ Curt Riess: The Man in the Black Robe. The life of defense attorney Max Alsberg , 1965, describes the trial to which Alsberg brought the leopard's fur with him and pleaded that the perpetrator was not Othegraven, but the leopard Nannosh.
- ↑ Heike von Othegraven ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. www.brikada.de
