People in Mecklenburg

The MFP provides various information on people in Mecklenburg. This refers both to well known people and people that are on surname lists of our members.

•  Who was who in Mecklenburg - Westpomerania?
•  Noble Man's Life in Previous Centuries
•  Military History in Mecklenburg
• Surname Lists of MFP Members
•  Ancestor of Lenins in Mecklenburg
•  Surname List Volker Rusbüldt

Who was who in Mecklenburg - Westpomerania?

Who was who in Mecklenburg - Westpomerania is an encyclopedia written by Grete Grewolls. On over 480 pages 4000 biographies of more (or less) famous people are presented. The book was published by Edition Temmen (Bremen) in German. On our homepage we present the index of this book.
We thank Mrs. Grewolls (Landesbibliothek Mecklenburg - Vorpommern) for providing the index of her book.

How did the aristocracy of Mecklenburg live between the 16th and the 18th century? This interesting question was ansered by Claus Heinrich Bill in an article written for the MFP. Read: With three shots and two stabs miserably murdered undressed and covered with straw
C. H. Bill is working for the Institut für Deutsche Adelsforschung. The Institute for German Nobility-Research is engaged in genealogy, sociology, heraldry, history and other fields of German noble families. One main research topic in the future will be the Mecklenburg Nobility (in German, English summary).

Surnames of Nobility in Mecklenburg are listed on a next page. Also included the surnames of noble man, whose biographies were published by C. H. Bill on the website of the IDA (in German).

In the Monastary Dobbertin in previous centuries many noble "Fräuleins" (unmarried woman) lived. H. Alsleben wrote about the Monastary Dobbertin (in German). Among others he mentioned: von Bülow, von Oertzen, von Blücher, von Bassewitz, von der Lühe, von Plessen, von Maltzan, von Lützow, Jürgen von Below, Joachim von der Lühe, Joachim von Bassewitz, Joachim von Oldenburg, Joachim Moltzan, Joachim von Bassewitz, Henning Graf von Bassewitz, Jobst Hinrich von Bülow, Johann Dietrich von der Osten, Freiherr von Krackewitz, August von Lowtzow, Christian Georg Ferdinand von Raven, Victor von Oertzen, Baron von Le Fort, Otto Julius von Maltzan, Joachim von Bernstorff, Wilhelm Thedwig von Oertzen, Erblandmarschall von Lützow, Georg von Flotow, Hellmuth von Prollius.

Are you interested in Niclot's Genealogy, the ancestor of all Mecklenburg (grand)duches?

Military History in Mecklenburg

The fate of a lot of Mecklenburg inhabitants was related with the military. For instance my greatgrandfather and my grandfather served in the well know Grenadier Regiment No. 89.
On the water-clour from Erna Keubke you see the Schwerin Castle Guard of the Grandduke Mecklenburg Grenadier Regiment No. 89 around 1900. The military historian Dr. Klaus-Ulrich Keubke provided for the MFP an article about Major Helmuth von Moltke. His fate is an example for a many Mecklenburg inhabitants, who had to fight in the Mecklenburg - Schwerin Kontingent - Regiment for Napoleon.

Dr. Klaus-Ulrich Keubke is able to help in family-history questions as a specialist of the Mecklenburg military history. Unfortunately he is only reachable via snail mail:

Dr. Klaus-Ulrich Keubke Zum Schulacker 179 D-19061 Schwerin Germany

Important are also other publications of the studio Keubke: among pictures, water-colours, ... also a series of books about Mecklenburg history is published.

Ancestors of Lenin in Mecklenburg

MFP-Member Günter Kruse from Bayreuth follows an interesting field of research. He is looking for ancestors from Lenin who lived in Mecklenburg. About the results of his research the local TV station NDR made a film for the series "Zeitreise" (13.01.08, 19:30 - 20:00). It was filmed in Rehna, Kalkhorst, Rostock, Parchim, Schwerin; three ancestors were described:

• Johann Granzin, hanseatic salesmen Lübeck in the 16. century, born in Parchim,
• Johann Cyriacus Höfer, pastor in Kalkhorst in the 17. century and
• Johann Jürgen Grosschopff (1669-1717), miller from Rehna.

Surname List Volker Rusbüldt

MFP member Dr. Volker Rusbüldt from Hanau searched in different areas of Mecklenburg. His surnames are mainly from the Amt Lübz, the (formerly swedish) Amt Neukloster, the parish Uelitz, and the area formerly called Bernsttorffsche Begüterung between Grevesmühlen und Gadebusch.
The data base includes over 2.100 individuals from over 600 families. The "top" surnames are: 249 Törber, 130 Rusbült, 116 Thede, 064 Freytag, 055 Kuse, 054 Nevermann, 052 Rehmann, 046 Hasenbank, 040 Japp. Questions to these names can be directed to Dr. Rusbüldt via email ( vrusbueldt@web.de).
We thank Dr. Rusbüldt for the provision of his data for publishing at our home page.