Wilmersdorff

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Coat of arms of those of Wilmersdorff

Wilmersdorff is the name of a Brandenburg nobility with its headquarters in today's Berlin-Wilmersdorf . The knight and colonel on horse Ludolph von Wilmersdorff has been the ancestor since 1147.

The family is first documented in 1155 with a Burchardum de Willmarstorp , which is mentioned as a witness in a document from Margrave Albrecht von Brandenburg . The sex does not appear again until 1339 ( Riedel : Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis ) . The name spelling changed between Wilmarstorp, Wilmestorp, Wilmerstorp, Willmerstorff and Willmersdorff.

Of the three original lines of the family, only the Schmargendorfer line continued into modern times, but died out in 1802.

origin

About the origin of the Wilmersdorff family, Thomas Philipp von der Hagen gives the following information in his family history of those von Wilmerdorff published in 1766:

"This sex is undisputedly one of the oldest noble families in the Mark Brandenburg and Germany, and because of the lack of information, it is in vain to research its origin."

It then follows in a footnote:

“By virtue of a tradition, Ludolph von Wilmersdorff, Ritter, A. 1147 with Conrad III. and King Louis VII of France , the unbelievers have again moved to the promised land and have become so favored by this king that on his return he took him with him to France and declared A. 1151 colonel on horse. This tale has to do with the fact that the coat of arms of this family, in whose shield there are three lilies, was given by this very same king. Mentioned Ludolph is said to have returned from France to Germany, and A. in 1168 signed a certain document from the city of Osterburg , along with his two sons Johann and Ludolph as witnesses. There is no evidence of this, however, and very few of the old aristocratic families have such old news, only at the beginning of the twelfth century did the nobility begin to name themselves from their estates, since otherwise one was accustomed to lead the business alone. "

- S. Schwarzens Pomeranian feudal history : S. 135., Sequ. Gudenus in Sylloge diplomatic: in praefat. Estor's ancestral sample p. 424 and Treuer's Münchhausische Geschichtshistorie, p. 14.

In other documents there are 1155:

  • Richard de Willmersdorf, who according to a diploma belonged to the following of the Margrave of Brandenburg,
  • Albert de Wilmersdorff, who is named as a witness in the said documents and
  • Colonel von Wilmersdorff as one of the marshals at the funeral of the Elector of Brandenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm .

possession

The family temporarily owned numerous estates in the Mark Brandenburg , including Brederlow (in the then Pyritz district , Pomerania province ), Brusendorf , Buschow , Dahlem , Dalwitz (today part of Walkendorf ), Lichterfelde , Markee , Nunsdorf , Schmargendorf , Schönow , Steglitz , Teltow and Wustermark .

coat of arms

Historical version of the coat of arms

The coat of arms shows three (2: 1) lilies of mixed colors in a shield squared by silver and blue . On the helmet with the blue and silver blankets a growing silver bracke with a gold collar.

People (selection)

  • Cuno von Wilmersdorff (born August 15, 1603; † October 23, 1637 in Treuenbrietzen ), electoral Brandenburg table supervisor, a. a. Mr. on Markee and Buschow.
  • Cuno Hans von Wilmersdorff (born April 18, 1638 in Berlin; † August 30, 1720), son of the aforementioned Cuno von Wilmersdorff, who died before his birth, studied law in Frankfurt (Oder) from 1653 to 1657 . In 1657 he initially embarked on a military career, fought in the Northern War and became a lieutenant. When he came of age in 1659, he took over the management of Schmargendorf, Markee, Teltow and Schönow. In 1660 he married Katharina Elisabeth von Hake (1634–1711). The marriage had twelve children, two sons and ten daughters. He acquired the manor Dahlem from his uncle Georg Adam von Pfuhl . He also acquired other goods and leases. He became district commissioner in 1682 and first district administrator of the Teltowic district in 1701 . His grave was in the Evangelical St. Anne's Church in Dahlem, where the grave plaque is still on display today. He bequeathed the estates Schönow, Teltow, Markee, Dahlem, Schmargendorf, Buschow and Löwenbruch to his youngest son Cuno von Wilmersdorff (1675-1745).
  • George Friedrich von Wilmersdorff (born March 19, 1665; † April 5, 1714) was the first son of Cuno Hans von Wilmersdorff, studied law at the University of Frankfurt (Oder), like his father, received his doctorate. He went into military service against the Turks in Hungary and became a captain in 1690. In 1697 he retired from military service to help his father with the district administration and became an alderman in the Teltow district. In 1702 he became canon of the Brandenburger Stift. In 1712 he succeeded his father as district administrator in the Teltow district.
  • Hans von Wilmersdorff (1579–1636), Brandenburg court advisor
  • Hans Otto von Wilmersdorff (born June 24, 1717; † July 23, 1770 in Berlin) was the first son of Cuno von Wilmersdorff (1675–1745) and grandson of Cuno Hans von Wilmersdorff. The father's possessions were divided between his four sons, Hans Otto von Wilmersdorff inherited the Schönow and Teltow estates. He attended the Knight Academy in Brandenburg and studied at the University of Halle (Saale) . In 1739 he became a deputy of the Havelländischer Kreis. From 1749 he was Chief Executive of Teltow's circle and 1766 district director of of I. Friedrich furnished Feuersozietät . He lived in Dahlem and was buried there.
  • Leopold Heinrich von Wilmersdorff (born October 20, 1732; † March 8, 1802 in Berlin) was the fourth son of Cuno von Wilmersdorff (1675–1745). He studied in Frankfurt (Oder), but did not enter the civil service. In 1799 he sold Schmargendorf for 60,000 Reichstaler to Count Friedrich Heinrich von Podewils . He was the last representative of the Schmargendorfer line of those von Wilmersdorff.

literature

  • Thomas Philipp von der Hagen: Historical-Genealogical description of the old noble family of those von Willmersdorff. Berlin 1766 ( digitized version of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar).
  • Werner Rust: Three extinct Brandenburg aristocratic families (v. Milow, v. Spiel, v. Wilmersdorf) as Lords of Dahlem. In: Communications from the Association for the History of Berlin. 49 (1932), issue 3, pp. 86-90, kobv.de (PDF; 7.4 MB).

See also

Former district coat of arms of Berlin-Wilmersdorf

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. This illustration is a typical product of a swindler's coat of arms including the invented source information (such as Carl Krahl) made for a civil name bearer. See J. Arndt: Der Wappenschwindel , Neustadt a. d. Aisch 1997; Fig. P. 74.
  2. In other depictions the hound is brown, but it is referred to as white or silver in both von der Hagen and in the nobility lexicon of the German Aristocratic Archives .
  3. Wilmersdorff, Cuno . In: District lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
  4. Wilmersdorff, Cuno Hans . In: District lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
  5. Werner Rust […] pp. 88–89.
  6. a b Werner Rust [...] p. 89.
  7. Wilmersdorff, Hans Otto . In: District lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
  8. Wilmersdorff, Leopold Heinrich . In: District lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein