I am back again. Deutsch ist zu swierig fur mich, darum in Englisch.
The researcher has made a report. The Macrander Wappen was not found in the famous Dutch Wappenbooks nor in Siebmacher and other (minor) work.
The Macrander Wappen has nothing to do with the Wappen of a family Schlegelberger, which has three maces beside each other on a hill with three tops.
There is no proof yet that the Macrander Wappen is authentic. Or fake.
More research can be done in Germany in Siegelsamlungen or on Grabplatten.
The name Macrander is a modification of the name Langemann. The name was set into Greek in +/- 1599 by Arnold Langemann.
Macro = Long & Andros = man. (Long man / Langemann)
The combat mace is a fairly seldom used character on family crests. The assumption that the mace has been taken as a symbol for the name, speaks for itself. Wild men/savages (giant = a long man = Langemann) in heraldry are nearly always represented as maces. By choosing the mace as ‘pars pro toto’ (part for whole) and replace it by a more beautiful combat mace (‘morning star’), the name has been explained symbolicly.
The researcher has recommended to maintain the Macrander Wappen such as it is, since it was presented to the family in 1960. It is a good design according to the heraldic traditions. Perhaps further and closer investigation in Germany offers a definite answer concerning the source and age of the Wappen.
Only the simple fact that the name was modified into Greek in 1599, is already enough for the researcher to presume that the Macranders indeed must had a Wappen. Given the fact of the namemodification (Langemann becomes Macrander) and also the social position of Arnold(t) Langemann at that time, it seems conceivable that the Macrander (or Langemann) family had a family crest in former days.
Arnold was:
- secretary to Bernhard II, Graf (count) von Waldeck-Eisenberg, Fürstbischof (bishop) of Osnabrück from 1588 to 1591;
- secretary in Korbach to the court of the counts of Waldeck-Eisenberg line;
- courtadvisor to the widow countess of Waldeck-Wildungen line at Nieder
Wildungen;
- (temporal) judge (richter) for Hamm and Rhynern at hexenprozesse.
Could anybody in Germany help me with furhter searches?
Arnoldus (Arnoldt) Langemann (Macrander) ♂
* : 1567, Helsen, Kreis Twiste, Waldeck (D)
+ : 1620, Peckelsheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (D)
x (1) : Margaretha Nicolai
x (2) : Regine Schneekampf
Does anybody know if the Wappen can be found at a Siegelsamlung?
Wich researcher in Germany (Hessen) has a gooed reputation?
Thank you in advantage.
NB
- see also the (Dutch) report at:
www.macrander.net;
- i would like to get images of the LangeRmann Wappens;
- Dr. Menk has done research about the Geschichte Waldeck in order of the Statsarchive Marburg. He has found the name Macrander in an ancient book. Does anybody know this man and how to contact him?
