Brüsewitz (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those of Brüsewitz (Mecklenburg)

Brüsewitz also Brusewitz, Briswitz, Brysewitz is the name of an old Mecklenburg noble family that spread early to Pomerania and Silesia , and later to Prussia .

history

The family first appeared in a document on July 25, 1218 with knight Alwardus de Brusevitz in Mecklenburg and was especially wealthy in the area around Parchim . Around 1460, the Mecklenburg tribe died out.

In Pomerania, a Lutherus de Bruseuitz was first mentioned in 1237 as a witness in a document by Duke Wartislaw III. called. Here the family initially had their center of life and property in the Camminer district . The line of tribe begins in 1550 with Eggard von Brüsewitz on Brendemühl.

In the 18th century the family also settled in the Königsberg administrative district , and later spread to the Rhineland to Hückeswagen , where there is a family burial that is under monumental protection. Lieutenant General Hans von Brüsewitz (1853–1919) and his son Joachim von Brüsewitz (1891–1966) also come from the Hückeswagen family .

possession

Bandesow , Brendemühl , Campz, Cammin, Dobberphul , Gristow , Morgow , Moratz , Rarvin , Staarz , Tribsow , all in the district of Cammin, as well as Brüsewitz and Mulkenthin in the district of Saatzig , Goerke and Jatzel in the district of Greifenberg , Medow in the district of Anklam . In East Prussia they owned the Lubainen and Neuguth estates near Osterrode .

Family coat of arms of the von Brüsewitz (Mecklenburg) at Siebmacher 1902

coat of arms

The family coat of arms (Pomerania) shows in a blue shield a golden triangle with four rings between two black aristocratic wings. On the crowned helmet with black and gold covers , five red flames between two open black flights. The Silesian tribe had three ears of wheat on their helmets. The Mecklenburgers carried a black winged horsefly in the shield in gold .

The following is described in Siebmacher's coat of arms books in 1902 (quotation): “This old knightly family, which is still wealthy, at times quite spread out, in Hinterpommern, his second home, comes from Meklenburg, where his ancestral home is in the Schwerin district near Gadebusch. In the 2nd half of the 13th century the Pomeranian line branched off. First appears at the beginning of the 13th century. Alward v. B. as Schwerin vassal, soon knight Nikolaus as founder of the church in Brüsewitz 1236 ff., Vassal of the princes of Meklenburg, then another Nikolaus v. B. 1298, 1320, his sons knight Heinrich, Knappe Johann, both Werlische vassals and Nikolaus v. B., were canons of Güstrow. The last in the 13th century is the Werlian vassal Ritter Heinrich vB. In the 14th century Ritter Rave v. B., Werlischer vassal, in the country of Daber in Pomerania, then follow the meklenb. Vassal squire Konrad v. B. and the brothers Ritter Johann and Knappen Heinrich, Waldemar and Klaus v. B., all feudal people of the princes of Werle. A squire Hermann v. B. is mentioned in 1330, in 1369 Janecke is attested, in 1378 Nikolaus v. B. on Varchenthin. The last one is probably Claus v. B. on Thürow, whereas it was previously assumed that the family died out in Meklenburg in 1460. A relatively large number of age groups. Families carried the same sign with the v. Brüsewitz, namely the v. Brüsehaver, Weltzien , Scharff and Wolkow. It remains to be seen whether this is due to a tribal relationship or the result of preferring such a coat of arms. The coat of arms has suffered numerous corruptions through misunderstanding, as was the case with Siebmacher V p. 72. Sign: G. with winged horsefly placed diagonally on the left. Helmet: shield figure placed vertically. Blankets: # and. G. Note: A helmet ornament formed by misunderstanding in Siebmacher III p. 165. "

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  1. ↑ Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch 1, No. 245
  2. ^ Klaus Conrad (arrangement): Pommersches Urkundenbuch . Volume 1. 2nd edition. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne and Vienna 1970, No. 345.
  3. ↑ George Adalbert von Mülverstedt : J. Siebmacher's large and general Wappenbuch , VI. Volume, 10th Division; Extinct Mecklenburg nobility , Bauer & Rapse, Nuremberg 1902, p. 18, plate 9.