Wackenitz

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Coat of arms of the von Wackenitz family
Photo: Coat of arms of the von Wackenitz family from Klevenow Castle

The von Wackenitz , also von Wakenitz , are an aristocratic family who lived in Western Pomerania and were wealthy until they were expropriated in the land reform in 1945 .

Origin and first appearance

It is uncertain whether the family's name is derived from the river of the same name near Lübeck . But it is just as possible that they are a Slavic noble family that was later Germanized. The relationship between the family and the town of Wakenitz north of Loitz, which became desolate in the late Middle Ages, is also unclear . The first representatives are mentioned in a document at the beginning of the 14th century in the southern border area of ​​the Principality of Rügen . In 1322 a Hinricus Wakenitz had uplifts in Göslow in the parish of Görmin . In the Bederegister der Landes Loitz from 1343, they are mentioned with ownership in the places Passow and Trissow , both also in the parish of Görmin.

Property and important representatives from the 15th to the 17th century

In the documents of the 15th century, representatives of the sex are already associated with most of the places that later belong to the property. In addition to the already mentioned places Trissow, Passow and Göslow, these are Klein Kiesow and from 1480 Klevenow near Grimmen, which became the headquarters of one of the two main lines .

In 1480, Hans Wakenitz had received the latter from Duke Bogislaw X. of Pomerania as a new fiefdom for his loyal services. He originally came from Trissow, where Claus or Clawes Wakenitz, who was mentioned several times between 1470 and 1505 and possibly a brother of Hans, continued to live. This was the ducal steward of Grimmen and Tribsees .

The second main line was originally based on Passow and Klein Kiesow.

The feudal letter from 1503, in which the places Klevenow, Passow, Trissow, Klein Kiesow, Göslow, Neuendorf bei Gützkow and Wüsteney are mentioned, offers the first overview of the entire property . In another feudal letter from 1506, the validity of which is unclear because the later generations always referred to the one from 1503, Lüssow, the neighboring village of Wüsteney, is referred to as a new fiefdom.

Albrecht, who was possibly a son of Clawes and lived until shortly before 1550, was heir to the presumed brothers Hans and Clawes Wakenitz on Klevenow and Trissow, who died between 1503 and 1506. He had several sons. The eldest, Jasper, inherited Klevenow, Christoff received Trissow and Bastian went into ducal services, among other things he was governor of Loitz.

At the beginning of the 16th century, the owners of Passow and Klein Kiesow were Thomas, Hans, and Hans d. J. called, Claus and Gerd, probably all four brothers. In the next generation, the brothers Stellan and Melchior, who were probably sons of Thomas, followed Passow, and Christoff, a son of Claus, followed Klein Kiesow. Stellan also went into ducal service, both in Pomerania and Mecklenburg . Otto Passow inherited Melchior's sons and sold it in 1609 to his cousin of the same name from the Klevenow line. From then on, Passow remained a subsidiary of Klevenow until it was sold in 1929.

Otto, Melchior's son, was also in the ducal service and had the title of Jägermeister. He bought the Boltenhagen estate near Greifswald from Duke Philipp Julius and thus founded the second main line next to the Klevenower, named after this estate.

A contemporary of Otto was the ducal councilor and canon of Camminer Albrecht Wakenitz from the Klevenow line. He was mainly known for the scholarship named after him at the Greifswald University . Both died during the Thirty Years' War , which severely damaged the family's estates and in some cases left them in the hands of others for decades.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows five (2: 1: 2) black diamonds on the right in the split shield in silver, on the left in black three silver kettle hooks placed diagonally on the left . On the helmet with black and silver covers, two ostrich feathers, the right one silver with a black diamond, the left black with a silver diamond.

Name bearer

literature

  • Heinrich Berghaus : Genealogy of the family v. Wakenitz . In: Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania . Part IV, Volume 2, pp. 1162-1202, Anklam 1868 online.
  • Theodor Pyl : Pomeranian Genealogies , Volume 2, Issue 1, Greifswald 1868.

Web links

Commons : Wackenitz (noble family)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : The coats of arms of the German baronial and noble families in an exact, complete and generally understandable description. With historical and documentary evidence. Vol. 2, TO Weigel, Leipzig 1855, pp. 462-463 ( Google Books ).