Wulffen (noble family)

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Wulffen is the name of three different German aristocratic families who joined together on December 19, 1896 to form an extended family association.

Wulffen (Anhalt-Magdeburg)

The old Anhalt - Magdeburg aristocratic family with the same parent company Wulfen near Köthen appears for the first time in a document with Bernhardus de Wolve and his brother Gero among the lay judges in the district court of Wörbzig on November 28, 1156 and begins its direct line of roots with Hans von Wulffen († before 1177), Landlord on Wulfen.

Grabow Castle

Since around 1325 the Wulffen owned Grabow Castle as an after-loan recipient of the Counts of Lindau . In 1545 Wichmann von Wulffen sold his possessions in Grabow to von Plotho , but another branch of the Wulffen kept the castle grounds and built a two-storey baroque manor house on the old castle plateau and parts of the ruins in 1621, which underwent extensive renovations in 1713. In 1901 the manor was sold to von Lindequist .

Coat of arms of the von Wulffen family (Anhalt-Magdeburg)
Coat of arms of the von Wulffen family (Anhalt-Magdeburg)
 Blazon : “In gold, a leaping black wolf . The wolf growing on the helmet with black and gold covers. "

Wulffen (Brandenburg)

The old Brandenburg noble family appears for the first time in 1220 with Heydenricus de Wolv and the direct line of tribe begins with the knight Albrecht Wulff , mentioned in a document in 1333, landlord on Tempelberg, today's district of Steinhöfel .

Electoral Brandenburg nobility recognition on June 20, 1637 for the entire family. - Prussian name and coat of arms association with those of the Count Küchmeister von Sternberg as "von Wulffen called Küchmeister von Sternberg" on August 12, 1830 in Berlin for the later royal Prussian cavalry master Heinrich von Wulffen , lord of the Niederhoff ( Neidenburg district , East Prussia ), the three days earlier, on August 9, 1830 , had married the last of her family, Countess Luise Küchmeister von Sternberg .

Family coat of arms of the von Wulffen family (Brandenburg)
Coat of arms of the von Wulffen family (Brandenburg)
 Blazon : “In silver, a red lion . A growing black wolf's claw on the helmet with red and silver covers. "

Coat of arms from 1830: quartered, 1 and 4 main coat of arms, 2 and 3 in brown, three (2, 1) gold stars (Küchmeister von Sternberg). Two helmets, on the right a regular helmet, on the left with brown and gold covers five golden ostrich feathers (Küchmeister von Sternberg).

Wulffen (Halberstadt)

The old noble family of the Bishopric of Halberstadt is on May 10, 1407 Hinrik Wulff , episcopal half städter vassal to Gatersleben , first mentioned and starts with it the direct trunk line. The Halberstädter Wulffen were hereditary lords on Neindorf (since 1458) and Friedrichsaue . The Prussian Lieutenant General Alexander von Wulffen (1784–1861) came from this family .

The enrollment in the Kingdom of Bavaria with the Freiherrn class took place on September 11, 1813 for the former prince-bishop Passau court chamber councilor and chief stable master Friedrich Leopold Freiherr von Wulffen .

Coat of arms of those von Wulffen (Halberstadt)
Coat of arms of those von Wulffen (Halberstadt)
 Blazon : “In silver, a half-natural wolf that later emerges from above dry bushes in the lower left corner over green ground. Thewolf growingon the helmet with the blue-silver blankets . "

Known family members


possession

Unless assigned to the individual Wulffen families above, the following is a list of properties owned by members of the same family:

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