Varnhagen

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Coat of arms of the Varnhagen von Ense
Karl August Varnhagen von Ense (1785-1858)
Rahel Varnhagen von Ense (1771–1833)
Wilhelmine Halberstadt (1776–1841), educator and writer, granddaughter of Anna Maria Varnhagen and distant cousin of Karl August Varnhagen

Varnhagen, Varnhagen von Ense is a Westphalian noble family that emerged from the Ense ministerial family called Varnhagen ; parent company of the same name near Werl in Westphalia; Ministerials of the Counts of Arnsberg .

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Varnhagen von Ense shows a black horse brake in gold. On the helmet with black and gold covers, a gold star between open, gold flight, each covered with a horse brake.

people

  • Conrad von Ense called Varnhagen , although a Catholic clergyman, founder of the Varnhagen family, canon in Cologne (St. Marien) and Soest, pastor of Iserlohn , had an illegitimate son together with a woman from the Loebbecke family, which is also very important in Iserlohn , for which he established a foundation to help him get his paternal inheritance.
  • Johann Varnhagen (1502–1583), (illegitimate son of Conrad von Ense called Varnhagen), reformer from Iserlohn, first Evangelical Lutheran. Pastor ibid, founder of the so-called Varnhagen blood parish in Iserlohn, d. H. a pastor's post that was occupied until the 19th century by a son of the family who was qualified for the priesthood. He is the progenitor of the entire Varnhagen family, which subsequently branched out very strongly, v. a. in Westphalia (Iserlohn, Dortmund and Brilon), but also via Altena to Korbach and spread further to overseas. The Varnhagen family mother and first wife of Johann Varnhagen was probably a sister of Gotthard von Ketteler , Duke of Courland, named Anna, who is only mentioned in Fahne (1848) and v. a. does not appear in more recent genealogical works. It is possible that she was also an illegitimate daughter of Ketteler, but precise details are missing.
  • Johann Bernhard Varnhagen , 17th century, "popular in Sweden", as it is called in an old Varnhagen genealogy; because he was the body medic of King Gustav II Adolf and Queen Christina I of Sweden .
  • Adolph Varnhagen (1753–1829), pastor at St. Kilian's Church in Korbach and founder of Waldeck history. As Johann Adolph Theodor Ludwig Varnhagen , he published, among other things, the multi-volume work "Basis of the Waldeckische Landes- und Regentengeschichte" (1853).
  • Johann Jacob Andreas Varnhagen (1756–1799), medical advisor to the Electoral Palatinate and founder of a hospital for the poor in Düsseldorf , supporter of the French Revolution , father of Karl August Varnhagen von Ense .
  • Rahel Varnhagen von Ense (1771–1833), b. Rahel Levin, wife of Karl August Varnhagen von Ense, a philosopher who wrote letters, ran an important literary salon in Berlinaround 1800 and after 1820.
  • Rosa Maria Varnhagen von Ense (1783–1840), married. Assing, educator, author and silhouette artist , ran a literary salon in Hamburg.
  • Karl August Varnhagen von Ense (1785–1858), German chronicler of the Romantic period and the 19th century. Much family news can be found in the Varnhagen collection that he created.
  • Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen , Visconde de Porto Seguro (1816–1878), founder of Brazilian historiography and diplomat .
  • Hermann Varnhagen (1850–1924), professor of English and Romance philology in Erlangen .

Daughter offspring

Since the genealogy of the entire Varnhagen family goes back to the 16th century, the daughter progeny is also correspondingly expanded. In this context, reference should be made to the interweaving of the Varnhagen in the female line.

Johann Adolph Varnhagen (* 1645) was mayor and doctorate in Altena. His daughter Anna Maria Varnhagen was married to Eberhard Schmidt from Altena , whose mother was probably also a born Varnhagen from Iserlohn. Their son was Johann Adolf Schmidt, who, after the early death of his father, was sent to his uncle, the pharmacist Johann Moritz Varnhagen (* 1687), to learn the "apothecary art". In the Varnhagen household, however, tensions appeared afterwards, as the aunt saw young Schmidt as competition for her own children. Schmidt founded the Hirsch Pharmacy in Korbach, which was owned by the family until the 20th century. Schmidt was married twice, his first marriage to Friederike Freiin Forstmeister von und zu Gelnhausen . A granddaughter from this first marriage was the teacher and writer Wilhelmine Halberstadt . From the second marriage of Johann Adolf Schmidt came a daughter who in turn is the ancestral mother of the Waldecker Varnhagen, as two of her daughters married Varnhagen cousins. Her descendants include a. the Visconde de Porto Seguro, Hermann Varnhagen, rector of the University of Erlangen, and Hermann Kümmell , co-founder of the Hamburg University, first dean of the medical faculty and rector there.

See also

literature

  • Anton Fahne : History of the Cologne, Jülichen and Bergisch families , 2nd part, Cologne et al. 1848 (Art. Varnhagen)
  • Carl Misch: Varnhagen von Ense , Verlag FA Perthes, Gotha, 1925
  • Helmut Nicolai: Waldeck coat of arms , contributions to family history, part 2, Arolsen 1983, no. 470 (Art. Varnhagen)
  • Ludwig Graf von Rittberg: Contribution to the completion of the family tree of the Varnhagen family . In: Archive for Family Research, Issue 34 (1969), pp. 139f.
  • Friedrich von Klocke : Karl August Varnhagen von Ense as an Adelsusurpato r. In: Westfälisches Adelsblatt 5 (1928), pp. 242–248.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Adolph Theodor Ludwig Varnhagen: Basis of the Waldeckische Landes- und Regentengeschichte , Speyersche Buchhandlung, Arolsen, 1853 Volume 2 available online
  2. ↑ Manfred v. Stosch: Düsseldorf's “public library” 1770–1809 . In: Gerhard Kurz (Ed.): Düsseldorf in der deutschen Geistesgeschichte , Verlag Schwann-Bagel, Düsseldorf 1984, ISBN 3-590-30244-5 , p. 44
  3. ^ Member of the Corps Borussia Tübingen ; Kösener corps lists 1930, 127 , 9
  4. ^ Book review Varnhagen von Ense. The diplomat and the writer . In: Vossische Zeitung , June 28, 1925, Sunday edition, p. 7 (Supplement literary review).