Rhemen to Barensfeld

Coat of arms of those of Rhemen

Wilkinghege Castle near Münster

Adolf von Rhemen zu Barensfeld , Austrian General (1917)

Gravestone for Maria von Rhemen zu Barensfeld at the St. Anna Chapel in Ering

Rhemen to Barensfeld is the name of one of Westphalia originating noble family .

history

The family Rhemen zu Barensfeld (also Barnsfeld ) comes from the family von Bermentfelde or Barnsfeld (= Velen ) from the Münsterland, where as early as 1281 a Gerhard dictus Werence called de Lon, de Bermentvelde was mentioned as a knight.

The Rhemen zu Barensfeld family was first mentioned in 1311 as the feudal lords and owners of Wilkinghege Castle . After the sale (1390) it came back into possession of the entire property (1779) by inheritance, which was only sold in 1955.

On June 15, 1613, a Johann von Rhemen zum Barnsfeld prescribed a pension for Johann Leffting.

One branch of the family moved to Austria.

Known family members

• Adolf von Rhemen (14th – 15th centuries), canon in Münster
• Johann von Rhemen zu Barnsfeld (16th – 17th centuries), canon in Münster and Drost zu Gemen
• Peter Freiherr von Rhemen zu Barensfeld (1789–1872), imperial and royal major general
• Adolf Freiherr von Rhemen zu Barensfeld (1855–1932), Austro-Hungarian Colonel General , Governor General in Serbia during the First World War .

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the Rhemen shows a silver bar in red , over which three golden birds (incorrectly shown in silver in the picture) walk. On the helmet with red and silver helmet covers an open red flight .

Development of the coat of arms - coat of arms relationships :

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  Werenzo coat of arms (Werenzo de Lon)

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  Coat of arms of the nobles of Loen

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  Coat of arms of those of Barnsfeld

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  Coat of arms of the Velen family

literature

• Georg Freiherr von Frölichsthal: The nobility of the Habsburg monarchy in the 19th and 20th centuries. Degener, Frankfurt am Main 2008.
• Johann Swoboda: The Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt and its pupils: 1838–1893, Volume 2, K. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1897.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wilkinghege Castle on westfalen-adelssitze.de ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Family von Rhemen in the Genealogy Wiki
3. ^ Blazon in the "Wappenbuch des Westphalian nobility", Vol. 1, 1902, p. 105
4. ^ Blazon in the "Wappenbuch des Westphalian nobility", Vol. 1, 1902, p. 133
5. ^ Blazon in the "Wappenbuch des Westphalian nobility", Vol. 1, 1902, p. 86
6. ^ Blazon in the "Wappenbuch des Westphalian nobility", Vol. 1, 1902, p. 10