Thun (Pomeranian noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Thun

Thun is the name of an old, Mecklenburg and West Pomeranian noble family , which originated in Lüneburg , was later able to spread to Denmark and Silesia and achieved a certain reputation. The family flourished at least until the middle of the 20th century and is not related to the Counts of Thun or two other Thun families of the same name in the Bernese Oberland .

history

The family comes from the ancient nobility of Lüneburg and was first mentioned in a document with Ulrich von Thun († 1291). The secured and continuous line of the family begins with Heinrich Thun documented 1318, marshal and councilor Witzlaw III. from Rügen.

In 1523, Matthæus von Thun and Peter von Thun also sealed the union of the estates in Mecklenburg for the family . From 1522 to 1531 Anna von Thun was the prioress of the Dobbertin monastery . In the registration book of the Dobbertin monastery from 1696–1918 there are seven entries by daughters of the von Thun families.

The royal Prussian cavalry master Philipp Otto Balthasar von Thun (* 1751), son of the royal Prussian lieutenant general Otto Balthasar von Thun (1721–1793), was lord of Zweibrodt and Blankenau near Breslau , as well as Polish Krawarn, Mackau and Nieder Ellguth in the district of Groß Strehlitz and received the Silesian Inkolat on April 7, 1783 . He continued the trunk .

The Schlemmin line began with the royal Swedish chamberlain Carl Ludwig von Thun (1752–1838) . The hereditary property passed to the royal Prussian officer and later major general Philipp Wilhelm Ulrich von Thun (1784–1862) from the Tribohm line , who continued the tribe.

The daughters of the royal Danish Rittmeister Ludwig von Thun received the Danish indigenous status on March 22nd, 1877 .

Historical property

Schlemmin Castle (2005)
Luneburg
  • Blekede (1340), Helberg (1264), Thomasburg (1319), Thune (1264), Tiesmesland (1430) and Wittorff (1291)
Mecklenburg
Borchfelde (1603–1628) in the Stavenhagen office; Poppendorf, Steinhorst (1625) and Vieren (1625) in the Ribnitz office, Schossien (1721) in the Wittenburg office and Zepelin (1603) in the Bützow office
Pomerania
  • Western Pomerania:
  • Arenshaben (1560-1694); Eckhof (1856), Forkenbeck (1673), Neuenrost (1394-1856), Plennin (1695), Schlemmin (1505-1856), Semlow (1560), Tribohm (1673-1856) and Zarnow (1506-1856) in the Franzburg district ; Borrentin (1330), Cummerow (1324), Kiekindepene (1324), Mesiger (1330), Metschow (1330), Rottmanshagen (1324), Rützenwerder (1324), Schönfeld (1330), Sommersdorf (1330) and Zetternin (1324) im Demmin district ; Riistow (1649–1662) and Volksdorf (1743) in the Grimmen district
  • Western Pomerania:
  • Steinhöfel (1671–1696) in the Saatzig district ; Stramehl (1672–1700) in the Regenwalde district ;
  • without local allocation: Falkenberg, Steinbeck and Weitendorf
Silesia
  • Bielitz (1804) and Lammsdorf (1804) in the Falkenberg district ; Blankenau (1804) and Zweibrodt (1804) in the district of Breslau ; Dirschel in the Leobschütz district ; Nieder Ellguth (1804–1830), Karlubitz (1804), in Polish Krawarn, Mackau, Malnie (1804), Oberwanz (1804), Ollmuth (1804) and Wyssoka (1804–1856) in the Groß Strehlitz district; Herzogswaldau (1804) in the Grottkau district
  • without local allocation: Bielschowitz and Rokittnitz

Relatives

Pedigree in the Dobbertiner registration book from 1766 for Agnesa Eleonora Louisa von Thun
  • Johannes Thun (1491–1502), Dobbertiner monastery provost, 1504 bishop in the diocese of Schwerin
  • Otto von Thun (1585–1637), Pomeranian district administrator
    • Philipp Christoph von Thun (1617–1673), Pomeranian district administrator and princely Mecklenburg captain in Neukalden and Gnoien
  • Otto Balthasar von Thun (1721–1793), Prussian lieutenant general
  • Otto Heinrich von Thun (* 1747), Chancellor of the Stralsund government
  • Joachim Friedrich von Thun († 1776), Pomeranian district administrator
    • Nikolaus (Clas) Philipp von Thun (1746–1825), Swedish colonel and chamberlain, 1790 knight of the Order of St. John
    • Carl Ludwig von Thun (1752–1838), Swedish Chamberlain, 1790 Knight of the Order of St. John

coat of arms

Alliance coat of arms of Thun / von Senden at Schlemmin Castle

The family coat of arms shows three golden cross-currents in blue. On the crowned helmet with blue and gold covers a blue pyramid, decorated with an upwardly directed silver crescent .

literature

Web links

Commons : Thun (Pomeranian noble family)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Original in the State Archives Hanover
  2. ^ Horst Alsleben: Compilation of all personalities of the Dobbertin monastery. Schwerin 2010-2013.
  3. ^ A b Claus Heinrich Bill: Mecklenburg nobility in the early modern period 1500–1750. ( online )
  4. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum . Volume 2, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632772 , pp. 115-116, no. 635.
  5. ↑ Short biography of Claus v. Thun (1580-1630) et al. Margaretha Catharina v. Thun (1636–1661)