Quistorp

Coat of arms of the Quistorp family

Quistorp is the name of a Protestant north German family. The family's name is first mentioned in a document with Johan Quitzstorp in 1364 and can probably be traced back to the locator family of the village of the same name in Holstein . Several generations of university professors in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania became known from the 17th century .

history

Prof. Dr. theol. Johannes Quistorp the Elder Ä. (1584-1648); Picture in the Marienkirche Rostock

The family probably came from the old German areas to Holstein in the course of the eastern colonization in the 12th century and later to Pomerania via Rostock. In 1455 Marquar (t) Quistorpp and after him in 1472 Hinrik Quistorp were mentioned in a document as Hufner in Neudorf, a new establishment between Quisdorf and Eutin . The safe trunk series begins with Marquart Quistorpp , documented in 1542, Vollhufner on Neudorf.

From the family, which joined the Evangelical Lutheran faith around 1535, numerous scholars emerged, in particular a number of well-known theologians in the 17th and 18th centuries in Rostock and Greifswald , who were not only committed to the faith in the cities, but also work for the common good. The older Rostock family branch continued the theological tradition. In the Greifswald family branch followed u. a. two Schill 'sche officers and some landowners to Krenzow and Zarentin, then also Rubkow (municipality Rubkow ) and later in Bauer and Wehrland (municipality Zemitz ) in Western Pomerania. Of them, Dr. phil. Johann Quistorp ennobled in 1782. In the younger Rostock family branch there were several pharmacists and with Prof. Dr. jur. Johann von Quistorp a criminal law scholar. He was ennobled on June 22, 1792 with the addition "Edler v.".

Sketch CD Friedrich with Quistorp on it

Manor house Krenzow 1925

The Greifswald university construction and drawing master Johann Gottfried Quistorp was a teacher and friend of Caspar David Friedrich, he accompanied him on many tours in Western Pomerania. In a sketch by Friedrich von Gützkower Hünengrab from 1802, Quistorp was immortalized lying on it and smoking a pipe.

With their larger property in the area of Lassan in the district of Greifswald, those of Quistorp were members of the local district council. In the district house there was a coat of arms frieze of all 24 landlords and the three towns of the district, including that of Quistorp.

coat of arms

In silver, a blue clover-leaf cross within two wreath-shaped green laurel branches; on the helmet with blue-silver covers the shield image.

Representative (sorted genealogically)

Johann Quistorp the Elder (1584–1648), theologian in Rostock

Johann Quistorp the Younger (1624–1669), theologian in Rostock
- Nicolaus (1651–1715), theologian in Rostock
  - Lorenz Gottfried (1691–1743), merchant
    - Johann Jacob (1717–1766), theologian in Rostock
      - Friedrich August (* 1751), merchant, missing in Danzig
        Heinrich (1783–1853), surveyor and commissioner in Greifswald
        
        Johannes (1822–1899), entrepreneur and benefactor in Szczecin
        Martin (1861–1929), entrepreneur in Szczecin
        
        Wilhelm (1824–1887), pastor and champion of the Diakonie in Ducherow
        Gottfried Quistorp (1867–1948), teacher
        Heinrich (1911–1987) ⚭ Elfriede Thilo (1916–2007)
        Eva (* 1945), politician, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
        
        Heinrich (1836–1902), entrepreneur and speculator
    - Bernhard Friedrich (1718–1788), General Superintendent for Western Pomerania
      Johann (1752–1825), ennobled Vienna in 1782 , bought Gut Krenzow near Lassan / Western Pomerania in 1820
      
      Ernst v. (1784–1831), officer in the Free Corps Ferdinand von Schill
      
      August v. (1786–1849), officer in the Freicorps Ferdinand von Schill, landlord in Krenzow from 1835
      August v. (1822–1877), successor as landlord in Krenzow and Tsarentin
      
      Wernher v. (1856–1908), landowner and Prussian politician
      
      Emmy v. (1886–1959) ⚭ Magnus von Braun (1878–1972), Reich Minister of Food
      Wernher von Braun (1912–1977), rocket researcher
      
      Alexander v. (1892–1974), banker, landowner and commander of the Order of St. John
      
      Albrecht v. (1926-2010)
      Achim v. (* 1961), economic manager, commander of the Order of St. John and holder of the Federal Cross of Merit , ⚭ Dr. iur. Denise v. , Diplomat,
      
      Maria v. (* 1928) ⚭ Wernher von Braun (1912–1977)
      
      Pieter v. (* 1931) Board member of the Hansa-Reederei and commander of the Order of St. John
      
      Alexandra v. (* 1945), founder of the German-Russian Forum, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit ⚭ Otto Graf Lambsdorff , politician, (1926–2009)
      
      Henriette v. (1866–1945) ⚭ Gustav von Below (1855–1940), diplomat, landowner and member of the Preuss. Mansion
      
      Erich v. (1794–1830), officer in Göttingen
      
      Barthold v. (1825–1913), general and military writer
      
      Aeone v. (1827–1854) ⚭ Adolph Gündell (1820–1898)
      Erich v. Gündell (1854–1924), infantry general

literature

Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Volume 122, 2000, Adelslexikon
Genealogical Manual of the Nobility , Volume 78, 1981, and Volume 154, 2013
Genealogical directories: DGB 11 (1904), GGT B (1908), GGT B (1939), GHdA 12 (1956)
Hans-Joachim Quistorp and Achim von Quistorp: The Quistorps - a Rostock family of theologians. In: Optional, semester newspaper of the Theological Faculty, Rostock 2009
Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen. IV. Part Volume II, Anklam 1868
Genealogical paperback of the knights and Aristocratic families, Brno 1879, fourth year, p. 445

Web links

Commons : Quistorp - collection of images, videos and audio files

Family of Quistorp
Hans Joachim Quistorp and Achim v. Quistorp The Quistorps in Rostock in the 17th and 18th centuries , Festschrift, March 2014