Wietersheim (noble family)
Wietersheim is the name of an originally Westphalian noble family .
history
Cord Smeckeworst , called Wietersheim (* around 1500; † 1571), who is proven to be a citizen in Stadthagen in 1529, is considered the progenitor of the family . The name refers to the East Westphalian Wietersheim . His son, the Holstein-Schaumburg Chancellor Dr. jur. utr. Anthonius Smeckeworst, called Witerßheim on Stadthagen, Sachsenhagen and Apelern († 1614), who was raised to the nobility in 1592, and his second wife Margarethe Langermann left six sons, four of whom continued the line of descendants.
Status surveys
- Imperial nobility for Anton (I) von Wietersheim, awarded by Emperor Rudolf II by diploma, dd Prague February 28, 1592
- Hofpfalzgraf for Anton (II.) Von Wietersheim, elevation by Emperor Ferdinand III. with diploma dd Vienna March 29, 1642
Possessions
Hammerstein Castle (Apelern) built by Anton (I) von Wietersheim in 1590, sold to Major General Friderich Christoph Freiherr v. Hammerstein -Gesmold 1673
- Apelern 1590-1673
- Trossin at Königsberg Nm. 1752-1771
- Niemberg near Halle 1793–1804
- Mensdorf near Eilenburg 1793–1844
- Batzlaff near Cammin ( Golczewo ) 1819–1862
- Frenz ( Osternienburger Land ) 1621–1796
- Opperode 1622-1699
- Wörbzig 1621-1796
- Hochstüblau in West Prussia 1828–1860
- Nöbdenitz 1828-1865
- Klitschen ( Klitzschen ) near Torgau 1833–1877
- Zwangshof, Konitz district 1846–1922
- New pouch near Bitterfeld 1830–1869
- Sapraschine , Kr. Trebnitz 1886–1906
- Johannisberg near Lippehne Nm. 1903-1907
In Silesia
- Neuhof 1862-1945
- Viehau 1860-1945
- Neuland , Kunzendorf, Kesseldorf, Wenig-Rackwitz, in the Löwenberg district 1884–1945
- Seifersdorf 1884–1934
- Familienfideikommiss from the property of the Kramsta family :
- Niederarnsdorf and Oberarnsdorf 1901–1945
- Rauske 1923-1945
- Bertholdsdorf 1923–1945
- Förstchen 1923–1927
- Muhrau and Grunau in the Striegau district 1916–1945
- Puschkau , Czechs , Niklasdorf and Preilsdorf in the district of Schweidnitz 1923–1945
coat of arms
The coat of arms shows a red bar covered with two golden lilies in blue. On the helmet with blue-red-gold covers a golden lily.
According to Stenzel, the blue coat of arms shows a crossbar covered with two golden lilies (according to others now: two red crossbars in the blue field with two golden lilies between them). On the crowned helmet stands a red crowned pillar, on the crown adorned with a golden lily and three times at an angle to the left with laurel branches. The middle of these branches is studded with a golden six-pointed star. The helmet covers are blue, red and gold.
Representative
- Anton (I.) von Wietersheim (1539–1614), Holstein-Schaumburg Chancellor, Imperial Councilor
- Anton (II.) Von Wietersheim (1587–1647), Holstein-Schaumburg Chancellor, Drost in Barmstedt
- Heinrich Julius von Wietersheim (1585–1645), privy councilor and court master of the Quedlinburg
- Ernst von Wietersheim († 1638), Danish Rittmeister and Drost zu Pinneberg , drowned in the port of Glückstadt ; 1636 Admission to the Fruitful Society
- Gabriel von Wietersheim († 1652), from Stadthagen , canon in Lübeck, Grand Vogt in the Lübeck Monastery , 1636 admission to the Fruit Bringing Society
- Ludwig von Wietersheim († 1638), Danish colonel, died before Breisach ; 1629 Admission to the Fruitful Society
- Leopold Friedrich Ludwig von Wietersheim (1701–1761), Prussian major general
- Eduard von Wietersheim (1787–1865), historian, Saxon minister of culture
- Friedrich von Wietersheim (1849–1906), admiral
- Kurt von Wietersheim (1854–1936), Prussian major general
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Walter von Wietersheim (1863–1919), politician, member of the Prussian House of Representatives, owner of the Neuland manor in the Löwenberg district
- Mark von Wietersheim (1897–1969), German politician (NSDAP), son of Walter von Wietersheim
- Wend von Wietersheim (1900–1975), Lieutenant General of the Wehrmacht , bearer of oak leaves with swords to the Knight's Cross, son of Walter von Wietersheim
- Gustav Anton von Wietersheim (1884–1974), General of the Wehrmacht , holder of the Knight's Cross
- Hans Christoph von Wietersheim- Kramsta (1899–1978), owner of the Familienfideikommiss Wirrwitz , Krolkwitz and Neuen (all of the district of Breslau ). In 1916 he received the Muhrau and Grunau estates in the Striegau district as a gift from his great aunt Marie von Kramsta . In 1923 he inherited Puschkau , Czechs , Niklasdorf and Preilsdorf . By testamentary regulation he also took on the name Kramsta .
- Walter Wolfram von Wietersheim (1917–2002), German officer, bearer of the Knight's Cross
- Siegvard Edgar Georg von Wietersheim (* 1926), General of the Bundeswehr
- Armin von Wietersheim (1931–2007), Colonel in the General Staff, legal knight of the Order of St. John
- Anton von Wietersheim (* 1951), Namibian politician and former Minister for Agriculture, Water Supply and Rural Development
- Stefanie von Wietersheim (* 1970), German cultural scientist, journalist and author
literature
- Theodor Stenzel: On the genealogy of the von Wietersheim family , in: Vierteljahrsschrift für Wappen-, Siegel- und Familienkunde 8 (1880), pp. 135–163
- Siegfried Joost: History of the von Wietersheim family . Self-published, Diesdorf 1937.
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XVI, Volume 137 of the complete series, pp. 194-195, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg (Lahn) 2005, ISSN 0435-2408
- Hans Christoph von Wietersheim-Kramsta: One of many. The fate of a Silesian farmer's life . ISBN 3-7053-1775-X , St. Michael, 1982
Web links
Commons : Wietersheim - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Siegfried Joost: History of the von Wietersheim family . Self-published, Diesdorf 1937, p. 41 .
- ↑ ibid, p. 66.
- ^ Siegfried Joost: History of the von Wietersheim family . Self-published, Diesdorf 1937.
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Volume XVI, Volume 137 of the complete series, Limburg (Lahn) 2005
- ↑ Stenzel (Lit), p. 137 note.