Vincke (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those of Vincke

Vincke is the name of an old Westphalian noble family .

history

The name of the sex was derived from the finch , the passerine bird, but earlier also the name for songbirds in general. There were still several noble families with this name, but they differed in spelling, origin or coat of arms.

The family is first mentioned in 1223 with the knight Heinrich Vincke in an Osnabrück document. Later, members of the Burgmannen and Droste family of the Counts of Ravensberg and the Prince-Bishops of Osnabrück , as well as high officials from their legal successors, were appointed.

Over time, they acquired extensive property in Westphalia, including in 1343 (to this day) the Ostenwalde estate near Melle with the Diedrichsburg and, also since the 14th century, the Kilver family (until 1818) and since the middle of the 18th century Until 1979 Vellinghausen Castle and from 1771 to 1820 also Gut Böckel and Gut Waghorst . The Vornholz house , built by the Vincke, was in their possession from 1330 to 1481 .

The predicate of as a sign of nobility was only included in the name in the 18th century, in isolated cases even earlier. For example, some members called for the Prussian confirmation of customary law carried Freiherr title in the 19th century, just Barons Vincke.

Gender has produced important members. The Upper President of the Westphalia Province, Ludwig von Vincke (1774–1844), descends from the line to Ostenwalde . The Prussian lieutenant colonel and politician Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Vincke (1800–1869) came from the Olbendorf line . He accompanied Helmuth von Moltke to Turkey in 1838 and took part in the war against Egypt. In 1850 he became a member of the Erfurt Union Parliament and since 1858 a member of the Prussian House of Representatives .

coat of arms

Coat of arms of those of Vincke

The family coat of arms shows a red ploughshare with the broad side turned to the left in silver . On the helmet is the shield image in front of five (or seven) natural peacock feathers. The helmet covers are red-silver.

Name bearer

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Original in the Osnabrück Cathedral Archives; Osnabrück Document Book 2, No. 171

literature

  • Otto Hupp : Munich calendar 1925. Munich / Regensburg publishing house 1925.
  • Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume XV, Volume 134 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2004, ISSN  0435-2408
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1869. Nineteenth year, p.943ff

See also

Web links

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