Dincklage
Dincklage family coat of arms
Dincklage is the name of a German noble family of Westphalian ancient nobility from Dinklage near Vechta, Lower Saxony.
The family is first attested 1231 with Johannes de Thinclage.[1] Since 1844, the head of the family carried the title Freiherr.
Notable members
Notable von Dincklages include:
- Amalie „Emmy“ von Dincklage-Campe (1825–1891), novelist
- Franz Wilhelm Freiherr von Galen zu Assen und Dincklage, Erbkämmerer
- Friedrich von Dincklage-Campe (1839–1918), Prussian general
- Ferdinand von Dincklage (1839–1906), Reichsgerichtsrat
- Georg August von Dincklage (1730–1788), British and Hanoverian general
- Hans Günther von Dincklage (1896–1974), Nazi propaganda official in occupied France
- Karl Freiherr von Dincklage (1871–1952), head of the grandducal theater and choir at Mecklenburg
Further reading
- G. Sudendorf: Geschichte der Herren von Dincklage. Osnabrück / Hannover, 1842, part 1–1844, part 2.
- Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch. Freiherren. 1861–1942.
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels. 37/1966
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon vol. II, vol. 58 of the series, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1974, ISSN 0435-2408
References
- ↑ Westfälisches Urkundenbuch, Bd III, Nr 293
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