Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Pomeranian noble family)
Schwerin is the name of an old Mecklenburg and Pomeranian noble family . Branches of the family that are not related to the medieval lineage of the Counts of Schwerin still exist today.
Historical outline
The family first appeared in a document in 1178 with Bernardus dictus advocatus in Zverin , Vogt of the fortress on Lake Schwerin (in the county of Schwerin ), with which the direct line of bloodlines begins. In 1251 Gerhard Schwerin landed on the island of Usedom and founded the Stolpe line. Later it acquired extensive property in Pomerania and belonged to the castle-seated families there since 1250 with the castles Altwigshagen , Landskron (since 1576) and Spantekow (all today the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald ) . The family had been hereditary chefs in Altvorpommern since 1357 , which was linked to the possession of Schwerinsburg (today part of Ducherow , district of Vorpommern-Greifswald) since 1853 . In addition to the office of hereditary kitchen master in Old Western Pomerania, the Alt-Landsberg line had also held the dignity of hereditary treasurer of the Kurmark Brandenburg since October 3, 1654 .
In Einschreibebuch the monastery Dobbertin are six entries of daughters of the count's family of Schwerin 1854-1913 from Mildenitz , Göhren and Wolfhagen for inclusion in the aristocratic convent in the monastery Dobbertin .
The family is divided into the lines Stolpe , Grellenberg, (older) Altwigshagen, Curtshagen, Stegeborg, Spantekow , Putzar , Line der Bonen, Löwitz , Husby, Schwerinsburg, Cummerow, Wendisch-Wilmersdorf, Dargibell, Alschwangen in Curland, (younger) Altwigshagen , Alt-Landsberg with Walsleben, Schwerin-Wolfshagen in Wolfshagen, Wopersnow, Rehberg and Linie in Baiern.
Only in the 19th century did a family settle in northern Western Pomerania, in Ziethen and Lentschow until 1945. There they became members of the Greifswald district council. In the local district building there was a coat of arms frieze with the coats of arms of the 24 manors and the 3 cities, including that of the Counts of Schwerin from Ziethen / Lentschow.
Presentation right to the Prussian manor house
In 1855, King Friedrich Wilhelm IV granted the family the right to present themselves to the Prussian mansion . The family was one of the ten families who received this right in the initial phase of the manor house in 1854/1855.
At the presentation of the association of the von Schwerin family sat in the manor house:
- 1856–1903: Count Victor von Schwerin (1814–1903), manor owner
- 1904–1906: Bernhard Graf von Schwerin (1831–1906), owner of Fideikommiss
- 1906–1918: Hermann Graf von Schwerin (1851–1918), Fideikommiss and manor owner
Status surveys and name forms
In the course of time the family received several surveys in the count status, for the first time they were raised to the imperial count status on September 11, 1700 with Otto von Schwerin (1645–1705) from the Altlandsberg line, treasurer of the Kurmark and Brandenburg-Prussian state minister . On July 31, 1740, the Prussian count was granted to the Schwerinsburg line. Jakob Philipp von Schwerin received for himself and his descendants on November 8th 1766 the elevation to the Swedish count status. The Prussian count as " Graf von Zieten-Schwerin " was awarded to Albert von Schwerin, now Albert Graf von Zieten-Schwerin , on September 14, 1859 , according to the right of the first birth ( primogeniture ) from each noble marriage for the respective owner of the Fideikommiss Wustrau founded in 1852 . The other descendants of this branch continued to use the name "von Schwerin" .
There are also other forms of name: " Graf von Schwerin von Schwanenfeld " in 1930 for Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld (no objection under nobility law of March 23, 1952) and in 1925 " Graf Schwerin von Krosigk " by adoption for Johann Ludwig von Krosigk, now Johann Ludwig Count Schwerin von Krosigk (no objection under nobility law dated June 3, 1951).
Possessions
In 1862 the following possessions are listed for the family only in their home area, the Anklam district in Western Pomerania :
- Community of heirs of Counts and Lords v. S .: Spantekow, Spantekow-Forst, Drewelow, Rebelow - a total of 8,782 acres
- Count Maximilian von Schwerin-Putzar : Putzar, Boldekow and Bornmühl, Glien, Kavelpass, Rubenow and Borntin, Schmuggerow and Wilhelmshof, Zinzow - a total of 18,878 acres
- Count Viktor von Schwerin: Schwerinsburg and Werder, Löwitz, Sarnow and Wendfeld, Sophienhof and Wusseken, Dennin and Stern - a total of 15,714 acres
- Count Carl's von Schwerin - heirs: Busow, Ducherow and Molwitz, Medow - a total of 8,298 acres
- Count Bernhard von Schwerin: Dargibel - a total of 2,190 acres
- Count Helmuth von Schwerin: Louisenhof - a total of 790 acres
- Wilhelm von Schwerin: Janow and Landskron, Rehberg - a total of 5,360 acres
- Rudolf von Schwerin: Kurtshagen, Neuendorf A - a total of 4,369 acres
That is a total of 64,365 acres, which is 1/4 of the Anklam district. According to today's measurements, that's 42,159 hectares. The area was therefore called the "Grafenwinkel". In 1876 the entire family with all branches owned 55,500 hectares of land.
Through the marriage of Count Karl from the Schwerinsburg family with Luise Freiin von Nordeck zur Rabenau in 1876 , their hereditary estates in Hesse came to his line to this day, Schloss Friedelhausen with the Hofgut Appenborn as well as Burg Nordeck and the Oberburg Rabenau .
Schwerinsburg in Windhoek, Namibia
Wustrau Castle
Schwerin Palace on Molkenmarkt , Berlin
Palais Schwerin (later the Reich President's Palace ) in Wilhelmstrasse , Berlin
Friedelhausen Castle , Hesse
coat of arms
The family coat of arms shows a red diamond or alarm clock in silver ; Since 1392, the Stolper Schwerine have been using the red diamond on triangular shields. Since 1529 three (red, silver, red) ostrich feathers on the crowned open helmet , each covered with a diamond of a mistaken color.
The imperial coat of arms shows a three-panel shield with a central shield . In the red center shield a golden key placed to the right (refers to the Hereditary Treasury Office of the Mark Brandenburg ), in the upper right a red diamond (of the family coat of arms) in the silver field; top left a green orange branch with three golden fruits (based on permission from the wife of the Great Elector, Louise Henriette of Orange , as a tribute and favor); in the lower silver field a black steed galloping to the right (refers to the alleged origin of the Schwerine from Lower Saxony ). Three crowned helmets in the jewel: the one on the right wears the black double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire with an imperial crown ; the left the red Brandenburg eagle with an orange branch in its beak; the middle one the three ostrich feathers with rhombuses of the family coat of arms. The helmet covers are red and silver on the right, blue and gold on the left; as a shield holder two advancing golden lions .
Family coat of arms of Otto Hupp in the Munich calendar of 1903
Emperor's coat of arms from those of Schwerin, awarded Vienna , September 11, 1700
Alliance coat of arms Graf von Schwerin - Countess von Kanitz at the Dargibell manor
Coat of arms variants
After Bagmihl 1847
Coat of arms
The spindle / diamond of the coat of arms was included in the municipal coat of arms of the municipality of Ducherow .
Name bearer (chronological)
- Ulrich von Schwerin (1500–1575), Grand Chamberlain in Pommern-Wolgast
- Anton Dettlof von Schwerin (1600–1658) married to Erdmuth Sophie geb. by Wedell
- Dettlof von Schwerin (1650–1707), lieutenant general and knight of the Order de la Générosité
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Otto Freiherr von Schwerin (1616–1679), Minister of Brandenburg and Upper President
- Otto Graf von Schwerin (1645–1705), Brandenburg-Prussian diplomat
- Bogislaw von Schwerin (1622–1678), Major General in Brandenburg, 1655/68 Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 2
- Ulrich von Schwerin (1648–1697) married to Anna Lucretia geb. by Ramin (1653–1745)
- Hans Bogislav Graf von Schwerin (1683–1747), Prussian diplomat, administrative officer and master hunter.
- Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (1684–1757), Prussian Field Marshal General
- Johann Bogislaw von Schwerin (1660–1698), married to Mrs. Elisabeth Dorothea geb. von Borcke (1668–1729)
- Reimar Julius von Schwerin (1695–1754), Prussian lieutenant general
- Friedrich Bogislav von Schwerin (1674–1747), Prussian Minister of State and War
- Friedrich Julius von Schwerin (1699–1747), 1743–1747 chief of Infantry Regiment No. 32
- Philipp Bogislav von Schwerin (1700–1751), 1744–1746 Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 31 ; 1746/50 Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 13
- Otto Magnus von Schwerin (1701–1777), Prussian lieutenant general
- Friedrich Leopold von Schwerin (1699–1750), Prussian major general
- Erdmann Friedrich von Schwerin (1704–1753), Prussian district administrator
- Carl Magnus von Schwerin (1715–1775), 1767/73 Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 21 ; 1773/75 Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 43
- Friedrich Albert Graf von Schwerin (1717–1789), Prussian major general, head stable master and secret budget minister
- Jakob Philipp von Schwerin (1719–1779), Swedish Councilor, President of the Wismar Tribunal
- Philipp Adolph von Schwerin (1738–1815), 1789/95 chief of Infantry Regiment No. 26
- Wilhelm von Schwerin (1739–1802), Prussian lieutenant general, head of regiment and governor of Thorn
- Friedrich August Leopold Karl von Schwerin (1750–1836), Prussian major general
- Friedrich Carl Heinrich von Schwerin (1768–1805), Prussian civil servant, president of the War and Domain Chambers in Aurich (1798–1803 and 1804/05) and Magdeburg 1803/04
- Wilhelm Werner Otto von Schwerin (1773–1815), Prussian colonel, killed in the Battle of Waterloo
- Hermann Johann von Schwerin (1776–1858), Prussian major general
- Heinrich von Schwerin (1776–1839), Prussian district administrator, Pomeranian landscape director
- Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Schwerin (1791–1856), Prussian district administrator in the Wehlau district (1824–1842)
- Maximilian von Schwerin-Putzar (1804–1872), member of the Frankfurt National Assembly, Prussian Minister of State
- Carl Johan Gustaf Julius Freiherr von Schwerin (1810–1880), member of the First Chamber of the Swedish Diet
- Victor Graf von Schwerin (1814–1903), member of the Prussian manor house
- Kurt von Schwerin (1817–1884), Prussian infantry general
- Bernhard von Schwerin (1831–1906), member of the Prussian manor house
- Albert Julius Graf von Schwerin-Zieten (1835–1922), landowner and member of the Prussian State Council
- Heinrich von Schwerin (1836–1888), Prussian politician (MdPrA), general landscape director of Pomerania
- Karl von Schwerin (1844–1901), German administrative officer and farmer
- Hans von Schwerin-Löwitz (1847–1918), privy councilor, German officer, president of the Prussian House of Representatives
- Hermann Otto Louis Karl von Schwerin (1851–1918), member of the Prussian manor house, commander of the Order of St. John
- Otto Ludwig Konstantin von Schwerin (1851–1939), Prussian lieutenant general
- Bogislaw von Schwerin (1851–1926), Prussian general of the infantry
- Hugold Freiherr von Schwerin (1853–1912), full professor of geography at Lund University
- Kurt Detloff von Schwerin (1853–1908), Prussian district president
- Ludwig Karl von Schwerin (1854–1922), Prussian general of the cavalry
- Fritz Graf von Schwerin (1856–1934), dendrologist
- Georg von Schwerin (1856–1923), Prussian district administrator
- Gerd Graf von Schwerin-Sophienhof (1857–1916), Chamberlain Sr. Majesty of the Emperor, Major a. D.
- Hans-Heinrich Graf von Schwerin-Stolpe (1857–1918), German air officer - crash 1918 Ghent
- Alfred Graf von Schwerin (1859–1946), member of the Prussian manor house
- Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Schwerin (1862–1925), Prussian civil servant
- Friedrich Ernst von Schwerin (1863–1936), Prussian civil servant
- Ulrich Graf von Schwerin (1864–1930), German ambassador
- Botho Graf von Schwerin (1866–1917), electrochemist
- Walther von Schwerin (1867–1943), Prussian major general
- Hans Bone von Schwerin (1868–1945), last landowner of Spantekow
- Detlof von Schwerin (1869–1940), major general and knight of the order Pour le Mérite
- Friedrich Graf von Schwerin-Stolpe (1869–1924), court marshal
- Gudrun Countess von Schwerin (1878–1969), wife of Jakob Johann von Uexküll , translated Axel Munthes The Book of San Michele into German in 1930
- Claudius Freiherr von Schwerin (1880–1944), lawyer and legal historian
- Otto Ludwig Manfred von Schwerin (1881–1943), officer, most recently lieutenant general
- Hans Bogislav Graf von Schwerin (1883–1967), German government official in German South West Africa; Builders of Schwerinsburg and Heynitzburg
- Johann Ludwig Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887–1977), lawyer and politician (Reich Finance Minister 1932–1945)
- Richard Graf von Schwerin (1892–1951), German officer; Commander of the 79th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht
- Bogislaw Axel Karl Ulrich Graf von Schwerin (1892–1944), German lieutenant general and division commander
- Gerhard Graf von Schwerin (1899–1980), general of the armored forces and military advisor, bearer of oak leaves with swords to the knight's cross
- Ulrich Wilhelm Graf von Schwerin von Schwanenfeld (1902–1944), officer and resistance fighter from July 20, 1944
- Joachim von Schwerin (1922–2012), Brigadier General, Honorary Chairman of the Family Association
- Count Anton Schwerin von Krosigk (* 1925), District Administrator of the Segeberg district
- Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld (* 1929), German farmer and forest manager, president of the Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe
- Christoph Andreas Graf von Schwerin von Schwanenfeld (1933–1996), German publisher, journalist and author
- Detlef Graf von Schwerin (* 1944), German historian and police chief
- Hans-Alexander Graf von Schwerin (* 1949), German sociologist
- Margarete Countess von Schwerin (* 1952), German lawyer and President of the Cologne Higher Regional Court
- Alexandra Countess von Schwerin (* 1962), German actress
- Kerstin Countess von Schwerin (* 1963), German literary scholar
- Franz Graf von Schwerin von Schwanenfeld (* 1964), commander of the Mecklenburg Cooperative of the Order of St. John , lawyer
literature
- Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen. Part II, Volume 1, Anklam 1865. (online)
- Genealogical manual of the nobility . Nobility Lexicon . Volume XIII, Volume 128 of the complete series. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2002, ISSN 0435-2408 , pp. 223-229.
- Ludwig Gollmert: History of the family of Schwerin. Gronau 3 volumes, Berlin 1878, digitized
- Martin Jung : Schwerin, from. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , pp. 73-75 ( digitized version ).
- Lothar Kohls: The legal dispute over the Spantekower fiefs and goods of the noble family von Schwerin. In: Home calendar ANKLAM and the surrounding area 2012. Year 83, NF 21. Founded by Max Sander. Schibri-Verlag, Strasburg (Uckermark) 2011, ISBN 978-3-86863-068-8 , pp. 86-89.
- Lutz Mohr : Stolpe monastery ruins and Spantekow castle in the vicinity of Anklam . (With remarks about the Spantekow castle lords Ulrich Graf v. Schwerin and Hans Bone v. Schwerin). In: Bull and Griffin . Sheets on the cultural and regional history in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Vol. 17, Schwerin 2007, ISBN 978-3-930659-29-6 , pp. 46-65.
- Karl Friedrich Pauli : Gender news of those from Schwerin. In: Lives of Great Heroes of the Present War. Volume 7, Halle 1761, pp. 155–272.
- Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables . New episode. Volume XX, Verlag Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2002, plates 51–87.
- JF Sprengel: News from the gender of those from Schwerin. In: C. Meiners, LT Spittler (ed.): New Göttingisches historical magazine. Volume 1, Hannover 1792, pp. 532-542. (Full text)
- Erhard Stelzig: 250th anniversary of Curt Christoph Graf von Schwerin's death. A knowledgeable farmer and great general. In: Heimatkalender ANKLAM and its surroundings 2007. Year 78, NF 16. Founded by Max Sander. Schibri-Verlag, Strasburg (Uckermark) 2006, ISBN 3-937895-38-8 , pp. 105-107.
- Erhard Stelzig: A present for Count Maximilian von Schwerin on Putzar . In: Heimatkalender ANKLAM and surroundings 2003, year 74, new episode 12. Founded by Max Sander. Upland. Schibri-Verlag 2002, pp. 27f, 2 illustrations, ISBN 3-933978-67-X
- Erhard Stelzig: Curt Christoph Graf von Schwerin - A farmer and general was born 320 years ago . In: Heimatkalender ANKLAM and surroundings 2004, year 75, new episode 13. Founded by Max Sander. Uckerland: Schibri-Verlag 2003, pp. 82–84, more. Fig., ISBN 3-933978-77-7
Web links
- Literature about Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Pomeranian noble family) in the state bibliography MV
- Schwerin family in the digital archive for family history
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch 1, p. 121, No. 125
- ^ A b Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XIII, Starke, Limburg 2002, pp. 223–229.