Stone master
The Steinmeister family, originally from Thuringia and later residing in Westphalia, is first mentioned in a document with Heinrich Steinmeister, who is named as a citizen of Arnstadt in 1350. Although the family is now divided into different branches, all of them can be traced back to Henrich the Elder as the youngest common ancestor, who became a citizen of Iserlohn in 1683. Numerous members of the family embarked on a Prussian civil service career or were entrepreneurial. The majority of the Steinmeisters live in Germany. Other members of the family live in South America, Canada, and Namibia.
history
The history of the Steinmeister family can be traced back to Heinrich Steinmeister, who in 1350, as a citizen of the city of Arnstadt, bequeathed his "court at the Wachsenburger Thore" to the nearby Georgenthal monastery as a lake device . In Arnstadt, the stone masters developed into a councilor family as early as the 14th century . For example, Heinrich's descendant Cyriacus Steynmeister is mentioned as councilor of the city in 1393.
At the time of the Peasants 'War and the Thirty Years' War the trail is lost. However, it is believed that the family emigrated to Westphalia during the Thirty Years War . The next documentary mention only takes place with Henrich the Elder, who became a citizen of Iserlohn in 1683. His great-grandson Friedrich Steinmeister entered the Prussian civil service career and achieved the post of deputy head of the Brandenburg Mining Office in Hagen. Friedrich Steinmeister's grandson August Steinmeister (1820–1874) moved to Bünde around 1857, where he achieved considerable wealth as a partner in the Steinmeister & Wellensiek cigar factory .
The marriage of August Steinmeister with his wife Ottilie, geb. Menne (1829–1900), had seven sons and two daughters:
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August Steinmeister (1851–1914) and his brother Karl Steinmeister (1861–1923) joined their father's factory, Hugo Steinmeister (1865–1913) worked as a merchant in Siegen, and Clemens Steinmeister (1866–1925) had again embarked on the civil service career worked as a senior government councilor in Berlin. His brothers Otto v. Steinmeister (1860–1937) and Alexander v. Steinmeister (1858–1941), who received the Prussian nobility of merit in 1917 and 1901, entered civil service. Another son, Emil Steinmeister (1862-1939), did military service with the 2nd Westphalian Hussar Regiment No. 11 in Düsseldorf before he took over the Menkhausen estate near Oerlinghausen in 1911 , which his mother Ottilie Steinmeister had acquired. Furthermore Emil Stein Master acquired in 1911 the manor Gröpperhof near Blomberg , making it into the Lippische 1912 knighthood was taken.
His marriage to Marie Steinmeister, geb. Schürmann (1871–1953) had no children, so he bequeathed the Menkhausen estate to his nephew Erwin Steinmeister, whose father Hugo fell ill with pneumonia while hunting there and died in 1913. Meanwhile, Emil Steinmeister bequeathed the manor Gröpperhof to his nephew Otto Steinmeister (1887–1963). Both estates are still owned by the descendants of Erwin and Otto Steinmeister
Tomb of the Steinmeister family, Feldmark-Friedhof, Bünde
Steinmeister's villa
at Eschstrasse 45, Bünde
Steinmeister's villa
at Eschstrasse 43, Bünde
coat of arms
In 1901, Alexander was given a coat of arms when he was raised to the nobility. It shows a silver-clad arm emerging in red from the left edge of the shield and holding a wooden stonemason clapper in its bare hand. This arm grows out of the helmet with its red and silver covers.
When his brother Otto was also awarded the badge of merit in 1917, the coat of arms that now applies to both of them was changed: a bare silver arm emerges in red from the left edge of the shield, holding a silver hammer ready to strike in his hand. A red-tipped silver horse with black hooves grows out of the helmet with its red and silver covers.
Both the Otto von Steinmeisters and Alexander von Steinmeisters families have died out today in the male line.
family members
August Steinmeister
August Steinmeister (1820–1874) was a cigar manufacturer and partner in the Steinmeister & Wellensiek cigar factory founded in 1856 .
Alexander von Steinmeister
After studying law, Alexander Steinmeister (1858–1941) worked as a senior government councilor in Potsdam and as a district administrator for the former Osthavelland district and married Charlotte v. Bredow . He also worked as a writer under a pseudonym. In 1901 Alexander received the Prussian nobility of merit .
Otto von Steinmeister
Otto Steinmeister (1860–1937) studied law and was active with his brother Clemens in the Corps Vandalia Heidelberg . He was district administrator of the district of Höchst , police president of Hanover , district president of Cologne and, as the successor to Wolfgang von Kries, he became head of administration of the regency kingdom of Poland . In 1917 he received the Prussian nobility of merit.
literature
- CAH Burkhardt (ed.): Document book of the city of Arnstadt 704-1495 (Thuringian historical sources , Vol. IV [= New Series, Vol. 1]), Jena 1883.
- Otto Gerlach (ed.): Kösener Corps-Lists , o. O. 1930, p. 722 ff.
- Walter v. Hueck (ed.): Genealogical manual of the nobility - Adelslexikon. Vol. XIV Stae-Tra , Limburg ad Lahn 2003, p. 80.
- B. Koerner / B. Thümmel (eds.): Ravensbergisches Geschlechtbuch , Vol. 1 (DGB 82), Goerlitz 1934.
- Roland Linde: The Gröpperhof Manor , Norderstedt 2005.
- Jörg Militzer: The Steinmeister family from Bünder - a family album, Bünde 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d B. Koerner / B. Thümmel (ed.): Ravensbergisches Geschlechtbuch , Vol. 1 (DGB 82), Goerlitz 1934, p. 493.
- ↑ CAH Burkhardt (ed.): Document book of the city of Arnstadt 704-1495 (Thüringische Geschichtsquellen, Vol. IV [= New Series, Vol. 1]), Jena 1883, pp. 96-97.
- ↑ CAH Burkhardt (ed.): Document book of the city of Arnstadt 704-1495 (Thüringische Geschichtsquellen, Vol. IV [= New Series, Vol. 1]), Jena 1883, p. 96.
- ↑ CAH Burkhardt (ed.): Document book of the city of Arnstadt 704-1495 (Thüringische Geschichtsquellen, Vol. IV [= New Series, Vol. 1]), Jena 1883, p. 159.
- ^ Roland Linde: Das Rittergut Gröpperhof , Norderstedt 2005.