The Hobe family (also: von Hobe von Gelting , Baron von Hobe-Gelting , Hobe Freiherr von Gelting or Monforts von Hobe ) is the name of an old German noble family from Mecklenburg , which also became influential in Denmark . Branches of the family are still in existence today.
17-643: Hobe may refer to: People [ edit ] Hobe (family) , a German aristocratic family also influential in Denmark Jobé, a subgroup of the Jaega Native American tribe of Florida Hobe Ferris (1877–1938), American Major League Baseball player Hobe Morrison, named an honorary life member of the Directors Guild of America - see 14th Directors Guild of America Awards Engelbrecht H. Hobe, builder of
34-483: A larger formation. In the cavalry, the rank continued until 1945 as a company level title. Applied to the commander of a troop , it was equivalent of a modern-day captain . The rank was also adopted by Russian New Regiments as rotmistr (ротмистр) and later formalized in Table of Ranks as the cavalry post; until 1798, and between 1883 and 1918, a lower-ranking shtabs-rotmistr (штабс-ротмистр) also existed, representing
51-848: Is no connection to the South German counts of Montfort. The historical possessions of the family are as follows: In Neustrelitz, opposite the Landestheater is the Weiße Herrenhaus , or the Hobe-Haus , named after the family Currently, the family owns Schloss Thorn − with the oldest castle vineyard on the Moselle − as well as Gelting and Depenau in Schleswig-Holstein Rittmeister Rittmaster ( German : Rittmeister , lit. 'riding/cavalry master')
68-635: Is ranked OR-6. The Dutch rank Ritmeester , is the rank of squadron leading officers in the cavalry units of the Royal Netherlands Army . The Norwegian rank, Norwegian : rittmester/rittmeister , is the rank of officers in the armoured and mechanized infantry units of the Norwegian Army . The spelling ritmester was used in Norwegian until 1907. In the Polish army (from the 15th century to
85-535: Is the equivalent of a Hauptmann rank (or captain in most army branches). The armies of many Central and Eastern European countries adopted a localised term for the similar rank. The rank of Rotmistr is an 'ensign' rank, used by both branches in the Czech Army . It is ranked OR-5 within the NATO rank structure . The immediate senior rank is called Nadrotmistr ( lit. ' senior rittmaster ' ) and
102-460: Is usually a commissioned officer military rank used in a few armies, usually equivalent to Captain . Historically it has been used Germany , Austria-Hungary , Scandinavia , and some other countries. A rittmeister is typically in charge of a squadron (a company -sized unit called a "troop" in the United States , as opposed to the U.S. cavalry squadron of larger battalion size), and
119-592: The E. H. Hobe House-Solheim , a house on the United States National Register of Historic Places Other uses [ edit ] Hobe, an alternate name for Tamsui District , Taiwan, and the surrounding area Battle of Tamsui or Hobe, an 1884 victory of the Qing dynasty over the French Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
136-725: The Gelting barony. His Freiherr rank was confirmed in Prussia. Many officers in the Prussian army came from the family. A von Hobe was commander of the Hussar Regiment (Nr. 3) from 1811 to 1813. In the Napoleonic Wars , August Johann von Hobe , and Karl Friedrich von Hobe , both distinguished themselves and were awarded the Pour le Mérite (in 1813 and 1814 respectively). Four family members made it to
153-579: The Hobe family came to Mecklenburg from Pomerania , but before that came from the Lower Rhine . It was there that the knight Hermannus dictus Hůbe scabinus in Willich appears in a record in 1272. In 1283 a knight named Hobe is mentioned as a witness for Kolbatz Abbey , one Hobo in 1284 in the town of Greifswald, Reimbertus Hobe is a witness for a deed of the monastery of Verchen in 1287, and his possible brother
170-567: The Hobe family is first mentioned with the knight Johannes Hobe on 20 May 1278. In 1376 the squire Henningk Hobe was witness to a deed. With Dietrich (Tiedeke) Hobe the Black (died 1379), lord at Wasdow, the family line begins for certain. Barthold Hobe and Lütke Hoben signed the Union of Mecklenburg Knights in 1523 for the family. Friedrich von Hobe was a Geheimer Rat and chamber president to Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow . On 29 February 1776
187-485: The knight Johannes Hobe was a witness for the town of Demmin 1292. The son of the latter, Johannes Hobe, owned half of Cavelsdorf in 1324–1325 in the Principality of Rügen . His descendants were still in possession of the fief of Beestland in the bailiwick of Loitz in 1524. The counter-argument, that the Hobe family moved early from Mecklenburg to Pomerania, also had its supporters. According to more recent scholarship,
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#1732854969218204-465: The mid-20th century) a rotmistrz commanded a formation called a rota . However, a rotmistrz of hussars was a commander of between 100 and 180 hussars, with a lieutenant of hussars as his second-in-command. The Lithuanian term was rotmistras . In earlier times, the rotmistrz served as the commander of an infantry or cavalry company , though sometimes he would temporarily be assigned field rank tasks e.g. commanding an entire regiment or even
221-465: The prioress Melanie von Hobe lies at the graveyard of Dobbertin. The merchant, farmer and forester as well as Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , Johann Caspar Melchior Balthasar Herbert Hubertus Siegfried von Hobe (1915–2001), was the adopted son of his uncle Joseph Monforts, and as such took the name "Monforts von Hobe" from 1 October 1941. This line still exists today. There
238-481: The rank of lieutenant general. The monastery of Dobbertin has 17 entries concerning daughters of the von Hobe families from Behrenshagen, Methling, Warbelow, Gutendorff, Goldebee and Jürgenstorff in the years 1725–1839, who entered the aristocratic Frauenstift there. Through the military service of their fathers, several Mecklenburg daughters were born in Merseburg, Eisleben and Neustadt an der Aisch. The grave stone of
255-541: The ranks of Senior Captain and Junior Captain in the Russian Imperial Guards Cavalry, Army Cavalry, Gendarmerie and Border Guards by 1914. In British and Commonwealth military forces, a Riding Master is not a rank. In the Household Cavalry Regiment a suitable Warrant Officer with the rank of Riding Instructors is appointed Riding Master. The duration of this appointment is determined by
272-576: The royal Danish General of Infantry Lewin Ludwig von Hobe (1700–1781) received Danish noble naturalisation. The nephew and adopted son Christian Friedrich Rudolph Baron af Gelting, Lewin Ludwig Christian Leopold von Hobe, Danish Rittmeister , was raised into the Danish rank of Freiherren under the name of "Hobe von Gelting" on 19 October 1821, with a diploma on 14 May 1828, linked to the property of
289-475: The title Hobe . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hobe&oldid=1200047033 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hobe (family) 19th century scholars assumed that
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