Weyher family (alternative spellings: ''Wejher'', ''Weiher'', ''Waier'', ''Weier'', sometimes spelled Weiger pl, Weyherowie) was a family of high nobility, most prominent in the 16th and 17th centuries in the

Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...

region and the

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. The family origins can be traced to

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg is ...

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Prominent members

* Klaus Weiher, of the noble von Weyher family going back in

to Dietrich von Weiher (aka Theodericus Weyher). Claus was the founder of the Polish line of the Weyher family members of which later on held many officies in the

* Martin Weiher (1512-1556), son of Klaus Weiher and Sophie von Ramel, the second Lutheran

bishop of Cammin The Bishopric of Cammin (also Kammin, Kamień Pomorski) was both a former Roman Catholic diocese in the Duchy of Pomerania from 1140 to 1544, and a secular territory of the Holy Roman Empire ( Prince-Bishopric) in the Kolberg (Kołobrzeg) area f ...

Ernest Wejher Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People *Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor *Ernest, M ...

(1517–1598), voivode of Chełmno,

starost The starosta or starost (Cyrillic: ''старост/а'', Latin: ''capitaneus'', german: link=no, Starost, Hauptmann) is a term of Slavic origin denoting a community elder whose role was to administer the assets of a clan or family estates. Th ...

of Puck * Jan Wejher (1580–1626), son of

and Anna Mortęska,Dynastic Genealogy
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of Puck * Melchior Wejher (1574-1643), son of

and Anna Mortęska, econom of

Malbork Malbork; ; * la, Mariaeburgum, ''Mariae castrum'', ''Marianopolis'', ''Civitas Beatae Virginis'' * Kashubian: ''Malbórg'' * Old Prussian: ''Algemin'' is a town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It is the seat of Malbork County and has a ...

castellan A castellan is the title used in Medieval Europe for an appointed official, a governor of a castle and its surrounding territory referred to as the castellany. The title of ''governor'' is retained in the English prison system, as a remnant o ...

Elbląg Elbląg (; german: Elbing, Old Prussian: ''Elbings'') is a city in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, located in the eastern edge of the Żuławy region with 117,390 inhabitants, as of December 2021. It is the capital of Elbląg County. ...

and voivode of Chełmno * Mikołaj Wejher (?-1647), son of Jan Wejher and Anna Szczawińska,Dynastic Genealogy
/ref> voivode of Malbork (since 1641) and voivode of Chełmno (since 1643),

Radzyń Chełmiński Radzyń Chełmiński (; german: Rehden) is a town in Grudziądz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,946 inhabitants (2004). History Radzyń is located within the historic Chełmno Land, which became part of the emerging Polish ...

and of

Kowalewo Pomorskie Kowalewo Pomorskie (german: Schönsee) is a town in north-central Poland, in Golub-Dobrzyń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the capital of the Gmina Kowalewo Pomorskie. According to data from December 31, 2004, Kowalewo Pomorsk ...

Ludwik Wejher Ludwik Wejher (died 1656) was a Polish nobleman, son of Jan Wejher and Anna Szczawińska. He was a colonel of the Polish army and held other offices in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He served in the Polish army during the wars of the 17t ...

(?-1656), son of Jan Wejher and Anna Szczawińska,

colonel Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...

of the

Polish army The Land Forces () are the land forces of the Polish Armed Forces. They currently contain some 62,000 active personnel and form many components of the European Union and NATO deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military history stret ...

(since 1647). He was the commander of the defence of

Zamość Zamość (; yi, זאמאשטש, Zamoshtsh; la, Zamoscia) is a historical city in southeastern Poland. It is situated in the southern part of Lublin Voivodeship, about from Lublin, from Warsaw. In 2021, the population of Zamość was 62,021. ...

in 1648 and later of

in 1656. He was also

, Voivod of Pomerania and

Wałcz Wałcz (pronounced ; german: Deutsch Krone) is a county town in Wałcz County of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. During the years 1975 to 1998, the city was administratively part of the Piła Voivodeship. Granted city ri ...

Jakub Wejher Jakub Wejher (or Weyher, German ''Jakob Weiher'') (1609 – 1657), was a member of the Polish line of the Weyher family, a Count of the Holy Roman Empire and member of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth szlachta (nobility). His coat of arms ...

(Jacob Weiher) (1609 – 1657), son of Jan Wejher and Anna Szczawińska. Jakub was voivode of Malbork and a founder of town of Weihersfrei, Weyhersfrey, Neustadt (

Wejherowo Wejherowo ( csb, Wejrowò; german: Neustadt in Westpreußen, formerly Weyhersfrey) is a city in Gdańsk Pomerania, northern Poland, with 48,735 inhabitants (2021). It has been the capital of Wejherowo County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 199 ...

) * Ludwig von Weyher owner of Gut Langfuhr, received advise in 1771 and in book by Samuel Luther von Geret of ThornDie aus den Graebern dringenden Stimmen
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External links

Weyher family coat of arms
Claus and Sophie and Gnadenbrief Martin Weiher various other Weiher family documents

References

{{reflist Weyher family