Pencil St.Cyriakus Braunschweig: Document 1795, Over Erben From Dam; Sign Dean

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Issued by chapter of Cyriakusstifts.

Signed from the dean JG Hoefer.

Dated Brunswick, 23. March 1795.

Concerns the heirs of the von Damm family.

Transcription: "The Hofgerichts-Assessor von Brocke, as guardian of the minor heirs of the weyland Herr Commissions-Rath and Scholaster Friedrich Julius von Damm, is asked for a certificate that his two male curands, the only male heirs of the family of are dam! as a resolution issued: That the requested certificate has been issued here and that it is hereby sent to him."

Scope:a little over half a page written on four pages (33.8 x 20.8 cm); on the fourth page table of contents and cost accounting.

Written on stamp paper.

Condition:document folded; Paper browned and somewhat stained, with slight edge damage. BPlease note also the pictures!

Internal note: Kostbhf. 22-10-2

About this and that Cyriacus pen and the noble family of Damm (source: wikipedia):

The St. Cyriakusstift was a in the 11th The collegiate monastery founded in the 19th century, south of the medieval city limits of Braunschweig.

The monastery buildings were demolished in 1545.

story:The monastery was donated around 1060 by Count Ekbert I († 1068), from the Brunonen family, and probably between 1068 and 1090 by his son Ekbert II. (* 1059/1061; † 1090) erected. The exact year of its completion is unknown. It is possible that the church was consecrated before 1079 by Bishop Hezilo of Hildesheim (* 1020/1025; † 1079). The crypt was intended for the Brunonen family burial place. Ebert II. was buried there in 1090.

Cyriakusstift: The extensive monastery complex was located outside the medieval city walls of Braunschweig, in front of the Wilhelmitor and the Bruchtor in the south of the city, on the site of the 19th The old train station built in the 19th century, today the seat of the Braunschweig State Savings Bank.

The collegiate church was consecrated in honor of the holy martyrs Cyriacus and Quirinus and of the Holy Cross and was probably a Romanesque basilica with two towers on a square base. Next to the church were the cloister, the refectory, initially the dormitory and the collegiate school. in the 14th In the 19th century a Marienkapelle was donated, next to the 15th Century the abbey library was built. A hospital, the dormitory of the monastery students, extensive farm buildings and later also the residences of the canons are said to have been located in the vicinity of the monastic core complex.

Monastery: After the Brunonen died out, the patronage of the monastery went to Emperor Lothar III. to the Guelphs. The patron lord appointed the twelve canons, who formed the chapter of the monastery in the Middle Ages, and the provost, who managed the monastery's assets. The chapter in turn appointed the rector of the collegiate school, the vice-dominus, who collected the revenue from the collegiate, and the dean. The dean was the spiritual head of the monastery and, together with the chapter, had police power and secular jurisdiction over the members of the monastery and the members of the extensive estates.

Property: A property inventory from the period 1195 to 1227 provides the first detailed evidence of the abbey’s property. Count Palatine Heinrich V. (* 1173/1174; † 1227) confirmed the monastery's possessions in 34 villages, most of which were east of the Oker in Derlingau, the homeland of the Brunonen. The largest possessions were in Büddenstedt near Helmstedt, Apelnstedt, today a district of the municipality of Sickte, and Eisenbüttel, a town that became part of the 19th century. century in the heart of Braunschweig.

in the 13th In the 19th century, land ownership was significantly expanded through the acquisition of goods west of the Oker, including places in today's municipality of Vechelde, such as Sonnenberg and Vallstedt, and a salt works, probably near SalzInhibitororf in today's Hameln-Pyrmont district.

The income of the monastery justified extensive financial activities of the monastery. The Cyriakusstift acted as a lender for the Brunswick city council and the dukes, such as Wilhelm I in 1480, and noble families, such as those of Veltheim in 1478.

According to an inventory of goods from 1542, property ownership had already declined significantly before the Reformation and the monastery's previously excellent financial situation had deteriorated to such an extent that it had accumulated considerable debts.

Reformation and destruction: After the Braunschweig city council had decided in 1528 to carry out the Reformation in the city, the chapter of the monastery also converted to the Reformation in 1542, even before the Duchy of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1568).

In order to get involved in a military conflict with Duke Heinrich II. To protect it from an imminent siege, the council decided to strengthen the city's fortifications by tearing down the monastery buildings. In 1545 the entire complex of St. Cyriakusstift was demolished. The tomb of Ekbert II. was transferred to the Braunschweig city area, to the crypt of the Collegiate Church of St. Blasius.

The convent also moved to the St. Blasiusstift, where the St. John's Chapel was made available to it. The St. Cyriakusstift existed as a corporation until secularization at the beginning of the 19th century. century. At times, both Braunschweig monasteries were headed by a joint provost, such as Duke Ernst Ferdinand (* 1682; † 1746) and before that his brother Ferdinand Christian (* 1682; † 1706). The last known canons included the museum director and Braunschweig privy councilor Ferdinand Emperius (* 1759; † 1822) and the writer and publisher Joachim Heinrich Campe (* 1746; † 1818), who was also appointed dean of the monastery in 1805.

Some reliquaries of the monastery's liturgical implements survive, including a carved statue of St. Cyriac covered with silver sheet. Along with other statues, monstrances and arm reliquaries, the Cyriacus statue came into the reliquary treasury of Braunschweig Cathedral, probably at the time the monastery was destroyed, and forms part of the so-called Guelph Treasure.

There are no remains of the buildings of the complex. Contemporary images of the collegiate church are rare. Only two woodcuts from the middle of the 16th century. Century show views of the city of Brunswick, with the towers of St. Cyriakus.

Apart from the assumption of the patron saint, there is no historical connection to the Catholic Church of St. Cyriakus, which was built elsewhere in Braunschweig in 1973.

dam(also (from) Damme or similar) is the name of a Lower Saxon-Westphalian noble family.

History: The family is originally a Lower Saxon noble family, which first appears in Braunschweig as a patrician and city noble family, in the 17th and 18 Century then also in Soest. The early property of the family was in Braunschweig in Bansleben (documented 1325–1544) and in Halberstadt in Hornburg in the district of Osterwick (1325–1375). The family also owned mines in Werningerodeschen (1515) and in Pomerania Kloxin, Pyritz district (1798).

The family first appears in a document with Eckehard de Dammone in 1267. Andreas Dietrich von Damm (* 1623 Braunschweig, † 1684 Soest), son of Christoph von Damm and his wife Helene von Pawel, came from the now extinct first line. Ten years later he became Soester mayor. A grandson of Andreas Dietrich von Damm, Johann Georg Ferdinand von Damm, became a Prussian major general and acquired Kloxin in the Pyritz district. His son Ferdinand von Damm in turn became the mayor of Soest. With his death in 1846, this line of those from Damm died out. In other lines the sex continues to flourish.

personalities

Tile von Damm (1310-1374), councilman in Braunschweig, executed in the course of the "Great Shift", his direct descendant in 5. Generation:

Bertram von Damm (around 1495–1542), Braunschweig town physician, early follower of Luther

Henning von Damm (1517–1566), Braunschweig councilor and mayor

Andreas Dietrich von Damm (1623-1684), Mayor of Soest 1675-1677, direct descendant of Tile von Damm in the 9th generation, whose son:

Friedrich von Damm (1672-1740), Mayor of Soest 1729-1731, his son:

Johann Georg Ferdinand von Damm (1717–1797), Prussian major general, commander of the Stettin fortress and magistrate of Tangermünde

Kurd von Damm (1862–1915), lawyer, politician and entrepreneur, 1903–1912 member of the Reichstag

Helene von Damm (b. 1938), second marriage to Christian von Damm, a German banker at Bank of America; former US politician (Republican Party) of Austrian origin, 1980–1983 assistant to then President Ronald Reagan, 1983–1986 Ambassador of the United States to Austria

Coat of arms: Blazon in the coat of arms of the Westphalian nobility: Black dog jumping to the right in silver with golden collar and ring. On the crowned helmet two silver buffalo horns, between them a cock's tail waving to the left. The helmet covers are black and silver.

In the Brunswick shift book of 1514, the coat of arms of the executed Tile von Damm (Tile van dem Damme) († 1374) is shown with three ostrich feathers in a silver shield. Similarly, Mülverstedt states that an extant seal impression shows five or six ostrich feathers. Contrary to the representation in the coat of arms of the Westphalian nobility, which speaks of a "rooster's tail" as part of the crest, other coats of arms typically show ostrich feathers as part of the crest.