Wachholtz (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the von Wacholtz

Wachholtz (also Wacholtz, Wacholt, Wachholz, Wacholz ) is the name of a Pomeranian noble family that has survived to the present day .

history

About the origin of the family, it is assumed that the Wachholtz could be a branch from the black tribe of the Knesebeck , since the first names Reimar and Paridam were often given in both families in the early days. This is also underlined by the thesis of immigration to Pomerania from northern Hanover , where there is a village of Wachholz near Geestemünde .

With Johannes de Wacholt , the family is mentioned for the first time on September 8, 1249. The trunk row begins with him . This makes the family one of the oldest Pomeranian families. In medieval documents the Wacholtz are mentioned in large numbers as witnesses and in goods deals. The bishop of Cammin , Heinrich von Wacholz († 1317) gained special importance during this period . Another Heinrich von Wachholtz († after 1405), heir to Kretlow and Vockenhagen, was ducal chamber master around 1400 . In 1405, Duke Bogislaw gave him a position on Wollin in recognition of his services .

Even in modern times , members of the family were able to occupy influential positions in the administration. The heir to Schruptow, Joachim von Wachholtz (1577–1634), was the royal Rügenwald hunter under Duke Barnim X. Hans Christoph von Wachholtz (called 1665–1670), heir to Vietzig and Baumgarten, served as electoral commissarius in Brandenburg . Jürgen von Wachholtz († 1675), heir to Althoff and Broitz, was in the service of Duke Bogislaw XIV as court and stableman, and he also took part in his burial.

Henning Christian von Wachholtz (* 1643) studied in Tübingen and entered the service of the ducal Württemberg , as stable master and chamberlain to Prince Wilhelm Ludwig . He died in a hunting accident.

Georg Christoph von Wachholtz (1646-1716) Lord of the Manor on Dargislaff, Nessin, Börneke, Schwedt, Althoff and Karthow was 1696 kurbrandenburgischer upper chamber Junker was later provost at Kolberg , Amtshauptmann to Marienfließ . The court judge of the same name and later president of the Pomeranian province Georg Christoph von Wachholtz (1700–1764) acquired numerous goods in the years 1732 to 1735. He was a knight of the order Pour le Mérite and left as heiresses the two daughters Judith Eleonore von Wachholtz (1749-1812) married von der Goltz and Barbara Elisabeth von Wachholtz , married von Podewils . The former ceded its rights to the Dargislaff, Schwedt and Althoff estates of the latter on July 17, 1769.

The Prussian captain Georg Heinrich von Wachholtz (1685–1731) was the governor of Lehnin . In general, numerous sons of the Wachholtz family served as officers in the Prussian army . Casper Joachim von Wachholtz (* approx. 1673; † after 1730) was a Prussian colonel in Halle in the princely Dessau infantry regiment . He also took part in the court martial over Prince Friedrich of Prussia and Hans Hermann von Katte . Also with the rank of a Prussian colonel, Georg Ehrenreich Ludwig von Wachholtz (1734–1788) was commander of the infantry regiment "Alt-Bornstedt" . He had the 1766 Lehnsnachfolge sold family received goods Dargislaff and Althoff, died unmarried and was in the Berlin garrison church buried.

Friedrich Ludwig von Wachholtz (1783–1841) was Major General of the Duke of Brunswick . He fought on the Iberian Peninsula and in the Wars of Liberation . At Quatre-Bras he held the dying Black Duke in his arms, whom he had faithfully followed in his Black Company since 1809 . Wachholtz wrote several works about his period of service, which were recognized as historically significant and authentic sources of military research in this regard. His son Robert von Wachholtz was lieutenant general and general adjutant to Prince Albrecht of Prussia . The estates of the two Brunswick generals are in the Lower Saxony state archives in Hanover and Wolfenbüttel and reflect a vivid picture of family life.

Friedrich von Wacholtz (1853-1922), was a Prussian major in Infantry Regiment No. 140 when he was ordered to be the bodyguard of the emperor's coffin. Most recently he was in command of the 3rd Upper Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 172 and wasput upfor disposition as a colonel in May 1908. During the First World War he was reused as a zD officer and was the commander of the Sprottau prisoner of war camp. On March 22, 1918 he was given the character of major general.

The von Wachholtz family of the same name, which has appeared in Mecklenburg since the Middle Ages, but is not related , is up to a bear paw, which shows a burning branch with six flames. Hans Friedrich von Wachholtz Baron von Praag made his will on March 17, 1704 in Cölln . His shield was quartered: 1: a bear upright against a tree, 2: a griffin claw, 3: three burning grenades, 4: three crossed arrows, middle shield: a mermaid, on the helmet: between two wings the bear's paw with a burning branch .

Property ownership

A large part of the lands that the Wachholtz family had either temporarily owned in the past centuries or still owned until 1946 were concentrated in the Pomeranian districts of Cammin , Demmin , Fürstenthum , Greifenberg and Schivelbein :

Althof (district of Greifenberg), Baumgarten (district of Schivelbein), Böck (district of Cammien), Börneke ( district of Nieder-Barnim ), Broitz (district of Greifenberg), Carolinenhof (district of Greifenberg), Carseckow ( district of Randow ) , Dargislaff (Kr. Greifenberg), Dolgenow (Kr. Schivelbein), Klein Dewsburg ( Kr. Belgard ), Düssin (Kr. Cammin), Falkenberg (Kr. Schivelbein), Gervin B (Kr. Fürstenthum), Goerke (Kr. Greifenberg ), Golchen (Kr. Demmin), Grambow (Kr. Randow), Granshagen (Kr. Greifenberg), Grössin (Kr. Schivelbein), Heidhof (Kr. Greifenberg), Herrenhof bei Wacholzhagen (Kr. Greifenberg), Hohendrosedow (Kr. Greifenberg), Groß and Klein Jarchow (Kr. Fürstenthum), Karthow, (Kr. Schivelbein), Kartschow ( Kr. Usedom ), Klatsow (Kr. Demmin), Klötzin (Kr. Schivelbein), Klützkow (Kr. Schivelbein), Kordeshagen (Kr. Fürstenthum), Krähenkrug near Hohendrosedow (Kr. Greifenberg), Kretlow, (Kr. Cammin), Kussenow, (Kr. Schivelbein), Küssin (Kr. Greifenberg), Lanke (Kr. Cammin), Levin (Kr. Demmin ), Lipze (Kr. Schivelbein), Lutzig (Kr. Belgard), Meiersberg (Kr. Greifenberg), Mönchgrund (Kr. Fürstenthum), Molstow (Kr. Greifenberg), Natzmersdorf ( Kr. Regenwalde ), Nessin (Kr. Fürstenthum), partly Overschlag ( Kr. Rummelsburg ), Parnow (Kr. Fürstenthum), Pensin (Kr. Demmin), Plestelin (Kr. Demmin), Prust (Kr. Greifenberg), Prützen (Kr. Demmin), partly Quarkenburg ( Kr. Naugard ), Ravin (Kr. Cammin), Ritzig (Kr. Schivelbein), Rottmanshagen (Kr. Demmin), Rützenfelde (Kr. Demmin), Schruptow (Kr. Greifenberg), Schwedt (Kr. Fürstenthum), Schünhagen ( Kr. Franzburg ), Sophienhof (Kr. Demmin), Starkow (Kr. Franzburg), Streckentin (Kr. Greifenberg ), Stölitz (district of Greifenberg), Varchmin (district of Fürstenthum), Verchen (district of Demmin), Vietzig (district of Usedom), Vockenhagen (district of Greifenberg), Voigtshagen (district of Greifenberg), Völzkow (district of Schivelbein) , Groß Wachlin (Kr. Naugard), Wachholzhagen (Kr. Greifenberg), Wachholzhausen (Kr. Schivelbein), Wachholzhof (Kr. Cammin), Weichmühl (Kr. Cammin), Wisbu (Kr. Regenwalde), Wolkwitz (Kr. Demmin) , Zacharienmühle (Kr. Demmin ), Big and Small Zapplin (Kr. Greifenberg), Zeddelin (Kr. Greifenberg), and Zettemon (Kr. Demmin).

Many of the properties listed were already sold in the Middle Ages, at least over the years. In the 19th century, Althoff , Jarchow and Schwedt were still family-owned.

Around 1467, the town of Greifenberg was subject to interest by the Wachholtz. In 1473 they also owned salt estates in Kolberg .

coat of arms

The Wachholtz family coat of arms shows a gold-armored, silver, forward-facing ram's head in blue. On the helmet with blue-silver covers the ram's head.

Known family members

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herbert Spruth: The von Wachholtz-Wacholtz. In: Familiengeschichtliche Blätter. 1968, p. 133 → with reference to the family history of the Knesebeck and the Mecklenburg record book .
  2. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: New general German nobility lexicon. Leipzig 1870, Volume 9, p. 425. → is what Georg Christian v. W.
  3. ^ Julius Theodor Bagmihl: Pommersches Wappenbuch. Stettin 1843, Volume 1, p. 176. → is what Georg Friedrich v. W.
  4. ^ Friedrich von der Goltz: News about the family of the counts and barons von der Goltz. Strasbourg 1885, no.269.
  5. ↑ Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Ed.): Yearbook of the German Adels. Berlin 1898, volume. 2, p. 941.
  6. ^ Estates of Friedrich Ludwig v. W. and his son Robert August Wilhelm v. W. on the central database of bequests in the Lower Saxony state archives in Hanover and Wolfenbüttel.
  7. ^ Leopold von Ledebur: Adelslexikon der Prussischen Monarchy. Berlin 1854, Volume 3, p. 66.