The House of Arnim is the name of an ancient German noble family, originally from

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, part of the mediaeval March of Brandenburg. Members of the family occupied many important positions within

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and the

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History

They are one of the oldest extant Prussian noble families, being first attested to in 1204. On 2 October 1786, one branch of the family was raised to the title of

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by King Frederick William II, while a second branch was raised to the same title in 1870 by King William I of Prussia. The Count von Arnim-Boitzenburg was one of the hereditary members of the Prussian House of Lords from 1852-1918, when it was dissolved. Numerous branches of the family still exist today. Perhaps the most famous member of the family was the novelist, Countess Elizabeth von Arnim-Schlagenthin.

Properties

File:Schloss_Boitzenburg_vorne_links.jpg, Castle Boitzenburg File:Das Neue Schloss im Park.jpg, Castle Muskau

Notable members

Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg Johann or Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1583 in Boitzenburger Land – 28 April 1641, in Dresden) was a German Field Marshal. At different times during the Thirty Years' War, he was a Field Marshal for the Holy Roman Empire and its opponen ...

(1583–1641), German field marshal, diplomat, and politician * Georg Dietloff von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1679–1753), Prussian statesman *

Ludwig Achim von Arnim Carl Joachim Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (26 January 1781 – 21 January 1831), better known as Achim von Arnim, was a German poet, novelist, and together with Clemens Brentano and Joseph von Eichendorff, a leading figure of German Romanticism. L ...

(1781–1831), German poet and novelist * Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859), German writer and novelist * Heinrich Friedrich von Arnim-Heinrichsdorff-Werbelow (1791-1859) a Prussian statesman *

Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg Adolf Heinrich Graf von Arnim-Boitzenburg (10 April 1803 – 8 January 1868) was a German statesman. He served as the first Minister-President of Prussia for ten days during the Revolution of 1848. Early life Arnim was born in the Prussian ...

(1803–1868), German statesman * Ferdinand von Arnim (1814–1866), German architect and watercolour-painter * Gisela von Arnim (1827–1889), German writer *

Bernd von Arnim Z11 ''Bernd von Arnim'' was a built for Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' in the late 1930s. At the beginning of World War II, the ship was initially deployed to blockade the Polish coast, but she was quickly transferred to the German Bight to la ...

(died 1917), German naval officer *

Friedrich Sixt von Armin Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin (27 November 1851 – 30 September 1936) was a Prussian and German general who participated in the Franco-Prussian War and was a senior commander in the First World War. In the latter he participated in many battl ...

(1851–1936), German World War I general *

Hans-Heinrich Sixt von Armin __NOTOC__ Hans-Heinrich Sixt von Armin (6 November 1890 – 1 April 1952) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Armin surrendered following the B ...

(1890–1952), German World War II general *

Hans-Jürgen von Arnim Hans-Jürgen Bernard Theodor von Arnim (; 4 April 1889 – 1 September 1962) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several armies and was the last commander of Axis forces in North Africa. He was a recipi ...

(1889–1962), German World War II general *

Iris von Arnim Iris Von Arnim (born 25 January 1945 in Berbisdorf (Dziwiszów), Silesia, today Poland) is an internationally acclaimed German fashion designer. Career Von Arnim's career began in the early 1976 when she began knitting while recovering in a hospit ...

(born 1945), German fashion designer * Arnulf von Arnim (born 1947), German classical pianist and teacher

References

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