Rheinbaben
Rheinbaben , also Reinbaben , is the name of an old Silesian noble family . The name changed between Ry (i) m (n) bab (e, a, en), Reymbaben, R (h) einbaben and Ryanbaben.
history
The family was first mentioned in a document in 1272 with Paul Rymbab . He belonged to Duke Henry IV of Silesia . The family, which appeared under different spellings, even with the name rainbow, was represented in the Silesian nobility for centuries. In the course of time, however, relatives also settled in Poland , the Mark Brandenburg , Pomerania and West Prussia .
Paschka Rymbabe lived in a document in 1434 and was the progenitor of the branches that are still in bloom today. His descendants settled in Kadlau near Breslau and Stampen near Oels . In the 17th century, two major lines then formed, an older and a younger. Two branches of the older line which is customary law carried Freiherr titles in 1881 and 1882 Kingdom of Prussia been confirmed. A branch of the younger line that went extinct around 1800 was awarded the baron status by diploma in 1736 .
The sex produced eminent civil servants and officers. The polyhistoric baron Georg Wilhelm von Rheinbaben (1674–1739) was president of the Saxon-Weimar secret council. Baron Georg von Rheinbaben (1855–1921) was Prussian Minister of State and Upper President of the Rhine Province .
coat of arms
The family coat of arms shows a jumping black stag with red antlers in gold . The deer is growing on the helmet. The helmet covers are black and gold.
Known family members
- August von Rheinbaben (1785-1859), Prussian district administrator for the district of Crossen (Oder) (1828-1859)
- Albert von Rheinbaben (1813–1880), Prussian general of the cavalry
- Georg Freiherr von Rheinbaben (1855–1921), Prussian finance minister and patron of the city of Krefeld
- Georg Wilhelm von Rheinbaben (1674–1739), President of the Saxon-Weimar secret council and polyhistor
- Günther von Rheinbaben , Prussian district administrator in the Osthavelland district from 1932 to 1945
- Karl Heinrich von Rheinbaben (1781–1843), Prussian lieutenant general
- Paul Karl Ferdinand von Rheinbaben (1844–1921), government official and member of the German Reichstag
- Paul Georg Kaspar von Rheinbaben (1834–1905), Prussian lieutenant general
- Richard von Rheinbaben (* 1960), German entrepreneur
- Rochus von Rheinbaben (1893–1937), German political activist and writer
- Werner von Rheinbaben (1878–1975), German politician (DVP) and MdR
- Wilhelm von Rheinbaben (1813-1891), Prussian district administrator for the district of Crossen (Oder) (1859-1889)
See also
literature
- Otto Hupp : Munich Calendar 1924. Buch u. Art Print AG, Munich / Regensburg 1924.
- Genealogical manual of the nobility . Nobility Lexicon. Volume XI, Volume 122 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2000, ISSN 0435-2408 .
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1866. S. 752ff. , 1868, pp. 685ff.
Web links
- Reinbaben. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 31, Leipzig 1742, column 255.