Wenden (Pomeranian noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Wenden

Wenden is the name of a Pomeranian - Prussian noble family .

There is no tribal relationship to the Braunschweigisch - Livonian noble family von Wenden of the same name , which died out in 1867.

history

The reliable line of the family begins around 1500 with Matthäus Wendt , citizen, silk merchant and Altermann of the Kramerinnung in Stargard . Was on November 14, 1699 Vienna by Emperor Leopold I of Elector of Brandenburg Hofgerichtsrat and Mayor of Stargard, Dr. jur. utr. Matthias Wendt (1645-1718), erbgesessen on Neuengrape and Buchholz , with the predicate of Wendten in the knight moderate Reich nobility lifted . The Prussian recognition as Wendt v. Wenden took place through an extraordinary cabinet order of December 12, 1701 with a diploma, issued in Oranienburg on October 27, 1702, but in the name of v. Turn . In the 18th century, the family's sons predominantly took up a career in council at the Prussian court, then in the 19th century the career of officers in the Prussian army predominated . A family association was established on July 23, 1902.

Historical property

The family had acquired extensive estates in Pomerania in some cases before they were ennobled, and even more afterwards. The founder of the noble family already owned around 5500 hectares. The family owned: Bonin , Dargen , Goldbeck , Griebnitz, Hufenberg , Kahlberg, Koppelberg, Priddargen , Sassenburg , Schmuckenthin and Stepen in the Fürstenthum district ; Brüsewitz , Burow, Cunow and Lentz in the Saatzig district ; Bucholz and Großenhagen in the Naugard district ; Neu Grape and Schönow in the Pyritz district ; Jatzel in the Greifenberg district ; Groß Raddow and Zeitlitz in the Regenwalde district ; Groß Voldekow in the Belgard district ; Brünken in the Greifenhagen district and Pützerlin and Klempin in the Kolberg-Körlin district .

coat of arms

Coat of arms of those of Wenden

The coat of arms (1699) shows a golden leaping deer on a green hill on a shield divided by blue and red diagonally to the left . The deer growing on the helmet with blue and gold covers on the right and red and gold on the left .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herbert Moser von Filseck: Extinct families of Livonia . Stuttgart 1985, p. 282.
  2. Julius Theodor Bagmihl: Pommersches Wappenbuch , Volume 3, Stettin 1847, p. 151
  3. Cf. Julius Theodor Bagmihl: Pommersches Wappenbuch , Volume 3, Stettin 1847, pp. 150–152, plate 44 resp. J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms , III. Volume, 2nd Division, 1st Volume; The flourishing nobility of the Kingdom of Prussia: nobles; Author: OT von Hefner, A. Grenser, GA von Mülverstedt, Ad. M. Hildebrandt; Publication: Nuremberg: Bauer & Raspe, 1878, p. 441, plate 482