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Dincklage () is the name of a German family of
1842, part 1
1844, part 2
* '' Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch.'' Freiherren. 1861–1942. * ''
Dincklage () is the name of a German family of Westphalia
Westphalia (; german: Westfalen ; nds, Westfalen ) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an area of and 7.9 million inhabitants.
The territory of the regio ...
n ancient nobility from Dinklage
Dinklage () is a town in the Vechta (district), district of Vechta, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 13 km southwest of Vechta, and 45 km north of Osnabrück.
History
Dinklage Castle was built by the counts of the ...
near Vechta
Vechta (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Vechte'') is the capital and largest city of the Vechta district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is home to the University of Vechta.
It is known for the 'Stoppelmarkt' fair, which takes place every summer and has a h ...
, Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
.
There are currently still two lines of the family: the Campe line and the Schulenburg line.
The family is first attested 1231 with ''Johannes de Thinclage''.Westfälisches Urkundenbuch, Bd III, Nr 293 The males of the family carry the title Baron or ''Freiherr
(; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , literally "free lord" or "free lady") and (, his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire ...
''.
Further reading
* G. Sudendorf: ''Geschichte der Herren von Dincklage.'' Osnabrück / Hannover1842, part 1
1844, part 2
* '' Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch.'' Freiherren. 1861–1942. * ''
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels
The ''Almanach de Gotha'' (german: Gothaischer Hofkalender) is a directory of Europe's royalty and higher nobility, also including the major governmental, military and diplomatic corps, as well as statistical data by country. First published ...
.'' 37/1966
* Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, ''Adelslexikon'' vol. II, vol. 58 of the series, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1974,
References
{{reflist German noble families