Owstin (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Owstin

The lords of Owstin [ ˈɔ⁠sti: n ] were a Pomeranian castle- sitting noble family. The family's possessions were mostly in the area east of the city of Gützkow to Jamitzow and north of the Peene . Main headquarters were Owstin until 1670 and Quilow from around 1485 .

history

Good Owstin
Quilow moated castle
Tomb slab of the Owstine in Quilow - 16th century
Commemorative plaque for the last Owstine, Friedrich von Owstien (1779–1853) and Ulrike von Wolffradt -Lüssow (1782–1818) in the Quilow church

The family, which had its ancestral home in the Owstin estate of the same name near Gützkow, first appeared in a document on June 3, 1327 in Stralsund with Martinus Owstin , "clericus Camynensis dyocesis as publicus imperiali auctoritate notarius". Another well-known member of the family is Henning Awstin , who was Princely Councilor in 1352 and was named in a document in 1356 as the feudal man of the Counts of Gützkow . After the Gützkow counts died out, a Henning Owstin was mentioned in 1372 as Vogt of the Pomeranian dukes in Gützkow.

In the first half of the 15th century, the von Owstin and the von Pentin feuds with the city of Greifswald . The actual lineage begins in 1435 with Hinrik Owstin, who was the council of Duke Wartislaw IX. was designated.

1485 Quilow was named in a feudal letter from Duke Bogislaw X. for Hans and Claus von Owstin, which comprised a total of 14 estates, including Dambeck . In 1496, Hans and Heinrich von Owstin belonged to the entourage of Duke Bogislaw X on his pilgrimage to Palestine . In 1499 the Owstine bought a farm in Quilow from the Stolpe Monastery . In the second half of the 16th century, a fortress house was built in Quilow and surrounded by a moat that was expanded like a castle in the Renaissance style , the Quilow moated castle . The village of Vitense, adjacent to Quilow to the west, was pertinence to the main Quilow estate and also owned by the Owstine.

Several members of the family held important court positions in the Duchy of Pommern-Wolgast . After the griffin dukes died out , several family members made careers in the Swedish military as well as in the judiciary and administration of Swedish Pomerania , and later in the Prussian army .

In 1670 the Owstin sold their family estate Owstin , which had been pledged to the Wolffradt family for a long time, and the Lüssow estate between Owstin and Quilow to the Stralsund government councilor Hermann von Wolffradt .

In the 18th century, some branches of the family and also the last name bearer of a fashion changed the name from "Owstin" to "Owstien". After the extinction of the male line of Owstins on Quilow with Friedrich Gustav August Philipp Bernhard von Owstin († 23 October 1853) the estate came to inheritance disputes in 1858 by a comparison including lottery at its third daughter Sophia Carolina Friederike , wife of the landscape Council Carl Heinrich Georg Ludwig von Ploetz auf Stuchow .

Possessions

According to the loan letter, these were: Quilow, Ziethen, Klein Bünzow, Ranzin, Lüssow, Menzlin, Pätschow, Pentin, Owstin, Balitz (Glödenhof), Dambeck, Karbow, Boltenhagen and Giesekenhagen. Some of these places were only partially owned. Of course, not all possessions remained in the hands of the family in the historical sequence.

coat of arms

In silver (also gold) a red rafter . On the helmet with red-silver (red-gold) covers the red rafters, set with three (also five) natural peacock feathers.

In the church of Quilow there is a coat of arms epitaph with a colored coat of arms of the Owstin.

Known family members

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pommersches Urkundenbuch 7, p. 138, No. 4318