Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Pomeranian noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those of Schwerin

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:

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 .

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

  • Coat of arms of the Counts of Schwerin in the Greifswald district building

  • Coat of arms of the Counts of Schwerin in the Saxon coat of arms book from 1901

  • Alliance coat of arms Graf von Schwerin - Countess von Kanitz at the Dargibell manor

Coat of arms variants

After Bagmihl 1847

  • from Schwerin - 1 + 2

  • from Schwerin - 3 + 4

  • from Schwerin - 5 + 6

  • from Schwerin - 7 + 8

  • from Schwerin - 9 + 10

Coat of arms

The spindle / diamond of the coat of arms was included in the municipal coat of arms of the municipality of Ducherow .

  • Coat of arms Ducherow.png

Name bearer (chronological)

Otto Freiherr von Schwerin (1616–1679), from 1658 First Minister of the Electorate of Brandenburg
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (1684–1757), Prussian field marshal since 1740
Ulrich Wilhelm Graf von Schwerin von Schwanenfeld (1902–1944), resistance fighter against National Socialism , before the People's Court , 1944
  • Family trees of the Counts of Schwerin

  • Counts of Schwerin - Mecklenburg line

  • Counts of Schwerin - Pomeranian Line

  • Counts of Schwerin - Stolpesche Line

  • Count of Schwerin - Busower branch

  • Hereditary burials of the Counts of Schwerin in Wolfshagen , Löwitz and Stolpe / Usedom

  • Wolf Hagen

  • Wolf Hagen

  • Wolf Hagen

  • Wolf Hagen

  • Loewitz

  • Stolpe / Usedom

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

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch 1, p. 121, No. 125
  2. ^ A b Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XIII, Starke, Limburg 2002, pp. 223–229.