Restorff (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those von Restorff

Restorff , also Retzdorff, Redekestorf , is the name of an old north German noble family . The Lords of Restorff belong to the Mecklenburg prehistoric nobility and also gained possession and prestige in the Mark Brandenburg and the Kingdom of Denmark . Branches of the family still exist today.

There is no evidence of a tribal relationship to the gender of those from the Knesebeck with the same coat of arms .

history

origin

The family was first mentioned in 1226 with Albertus de Redekisdorp . He was named in a document as a witness to the Margraves Johann and Otto von Brandenburg . In 1249, Johannes de Redesketorp was mentioned as a witness to a land grant to the Church of Parchim by Prince Pribislaw I and Johannes de Redekesdorp first appeared in Mecklenburg. In 1254 the same person was, this time Johann Redekestörp written by Archbishop Albrecht of Riga with the village Slöten at Parchim besides the while lying mill invested .

The family seat was probably Restorf near Gartow on the Elbe . The village of Restorff was enfeoffed in 1300 with the villages of Wessentin, Brook, Kritzow, Kratel and Petrol "with all the justice that your ancestors had" to two Restorff brothers by Prince Nicholas II . The identity of the gender with the village in this document indicates that the family originated from this village Restorff.

Expansion and possessions

In his chronicle (written around 1510) of the state of Mecklenburg , Bernhard Latomus reports that the family was resident in Brandenburg under Heinrich I from Saxony in 927 and then came to Mecklenburg under the princes of Werle , which cannot be proven from today's sources.

Several tribes appeared early on in Mecklenburg, the Prignitz and Jerichower Land , the genealogical connection of which has not yet been clarified beyond doubt. This is what the Mecklenburg family called Restorff, the other tribes Retzdorff. The Jerichow tribe already died out around 1655, the Prignitzer tribe in 1857. The progenitor of all of the v. Restorff is cord, which was called in the period 1391 to 1415 in Radepohl and Wessin in Mecklenburg. The individual trunks and branches are derived from it.

In 1523 members of the family were among the signatories of the Union of Estates . Already in 1396 Gumprecht and Brüning Redeckestorp sat on Bolz, before 1444 on Mustin, in 1466 Hans von Restorff was called, in 1487 Cord von Restorff in Radepohl, 1586 Curt von Restorff in Wessin and 1602 in Cummin. Until their Kuppentiner line died out in 1504, the von Restorff's sat in Kuppentin and were again owned by Kuppentin at the end of the 16th century until 1732 and in Weisin in 1733 . At the end of the 16th century, Nutteln, Pentzlin, Reppentin, Rütenbeck, Schloen, Schönfeld, Varchow and Wieschendorf belonged to the family or part of it. In more recent times, members of Werle (1806), Rakow (1810), Rosenhagen (1833) and Radegast (1837) were wealthy. In Einschreibebuch of Dobbertin Abbey there are 20 entries of daughters of the family of Restorff 1710-1907 from mustine, Bolz, Rosehagen and Werle for inclusion in the noble Damenstift in Kloster Dobbertin .

Numerous Restorffs served in the Prussian army during the 19th century . Ludwig von Restorff died in 1826 as commandant of the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress . Friedrich von Restorff († 1848), royal Prussian colonel in the war ministry, was an important writer who wrote several geographical works, including on the Rhine province and Pomerania . The Restorff effect that she first described was named after the German psychologist Hedwig von Restorff (* 1906; † 1962) .

Branches of the family came to Denmark from Mecklenburg under the reign of King Christian V. On May 22, 1776, Adolf Friedrich von Restorff received from the Möderitz house, royal Danish captain , the Danish nobility naturalization . What is striking about this noble family is that the male representatives were predominantly in military service and continue this tradition in the Bundeswehr even today.

The family association , which still exists today, was founded in 1894 . Since 2004 the association has been running a website with a focus on genealogy and family history.

Status surveys

Friedrich von Restorff from the Werle family, imperial and royal first lieutenant , received on May 19, 1871 in Schwerin a permit to use the title of baron for himself.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a red unicorn leaping to the right in silver . On the helmet with red-silver helmet covers the unicorn, a growing silver-clad maiden leaping to the left. In later forms, the Virgin holds a green wreath.

Coat of arms

The unicorn from the coat of arms of those of Restorff was adopted in the municipal coat of arms of Tessenow .

  • Tessenow coat of arms

Name bearer

  • Johann von Restorff (before 1559–1630), acquired Gut Schönfeld near Mühlen Eichsen in 1604 , which remained in the family until 1708 (see also Herrenhaus Schönfeld ).
  • Friedrich von Restorff (* 1783; † 1848), colonel and author of non-fiction books
  • Friedrich von Restorff (* 1840; † 1909), manor owner in Lindenau (now in Polish: Lipowina), Heiligenbeil district, East Prussia (since 1864), member of the Provincial Parliament in East Prussia
  • Hedwig von Restorff (* 1906; † 1962), German psychologist, the Restorff effect was named after her
  • Horst von Restorff (* 1880; † 1953), manor owner in Lindenau (now Polish: Lipowina), Heiligenbeil district, East Prussia (son of Friedrich vR) and politician ( DNVP )
  • Karl von Restorff (* 1871; † 1944), rear admiral

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Riedel: Cod. Dipl. Brandenburg I 6. Page 400, No. 3
  2. ↑ also referred to as the knight Johann von Redekesdorpe, * around 1210; † after 1254
  3. ^ A b Eckhard von Stutterheim: Contributions to the von Restorff family . Volume II, 1989, p. 1.
  4. ↑ Schwerin State Archives and Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch No. 633
  5. ^ Eckhard von Stutterheim: Contributions to the von Restorff family . Volume I, 1989, p. 4.
  6. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon , Volume XI, Volume 122, page 338.
  7. ↑ Family tree ( Memento of the original dated December 30, 2013 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 / www.von-restorff.de
  8. ↑ Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch (MUB) Volume XXI (1903) No. 11744.
  9. ^ New general German Adels-Lexicon Volume 7, page 460
  10. ^ Imperial German Navy Scouting Group Commanders

literature

See also

Web links

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