Wilmsdorff
Wilmsdorff is the name of a Prussian noble family . Branches of the family persist to this day.
history
The von Wilmsdorff are agnates of the Prebendow , with whom they undisputedly share the coat of arms , are therefore also referred to as the old Pomeranian nobility. The family appears for the first time in a document with Jenke (Jänichen) von Prebendau , who received 70 hooves from the Teutonic Order in 1467 for loyal service to Wilmsdorf near Morungen . The family named themselves after this von Wilmsdorff estate .
A Dutch branch, which was donated by the major in the Dutch service, Jobst (Joost) Lodewjk von Wilmsdorff (1748 †), was later also called von Proebentow van Wilmsdorff .
possession
In addition to the family estate that gave it its name, the family in Prussia owned the estates of Bestendorf, Borken, Dollstädt, Freiwalde, Glashütte, Grauden, Kelken, Kittenau, Mahrau, Micken, Moskal, Petzdorf, Groß and Klein Samrodt, Tauersee, Tautschken, Warweiden and Wolka.
coat of arms
The common coat of arms with that of Prebendow shows in gold a natural marten jumping up with a red apple (since 1695 with the imperial orb ) in its muzzle. On the helmet , with red and gold covers, the marten growing with the apple.
Relatives
- Jenke von Wilmsdorff (* 1965), German television journalist and actor.
- Holger Ludwig Joachim von Wilmsdorff (* 1966), German management consultant and real estate investor.
literature
- Ferdinand Francois de Smeth and Willem Johan Jacob Cornelis Bijleveld: Bijdragen tot de genealogie von het geslacht v. Proebentow from Wilmsdorff. In: De Nederlandsche Leeuw. 43, 1929, pp. 225-233 et al. 282
- Genealogical handbook of the nobility, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn)
- Adelslexikon Volume XVI, Volume 137 of the complete series, 2005, pp. 231–232
- Genealogical handbook of noble houses , B 10, Volume 52 of the complete series, 1972, pp. 471-476
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses: the nobility born in Germany (Uradel) , fifth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1904, p. 889f. (Stem series); B 1925, p. 911 (stem series); 1933 (continued)
- Leopold von Ledebur : Nobility Lexicon of the Prussian Monarchy . Berlin 1858, Volume III, p. 118