The Mann family ( , ; ) is a German dynasty of

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s and an old

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family of

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from

Lübeck Lübeck (; or ; Latin: ), officially the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Lübeck (), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 220,000 inhabitants, it is the second-largest city on the German Baltic Sea, Baltic coast and the second-larg ...

. It is known for being the family of the

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laureate

Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann ( , ; ; 6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novell ...

History

Originally the Manns were merchants, allegedly already in the 16th century in

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, documented since 1611 in

Parchim Parchim (; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch: ''Parchen'') is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is the capital of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district. It was the birthplace of Helmuth von Moltke the Elde ...

, since 1713 in

Rostock Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Roztoc''), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (), is the largest city in the German States of Germany, state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the sta ...

and since 1775 in

. There they became wealthy grain merchants, a Hanseatic family and as such members of the small ruling class of the

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, a city republic and state of the

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. The symbol in the family's

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is Mercury, the ancient god of commerce (as well as of eloquence). The family's most famous member is

laureate

, who portrayed his own family and social class in the novel ''

Buddenbrooks ''Buddenbrooks'' () is a 1901 novel by Thomas Mann, chronicling the decline of a wealthy north German merchant family over the course of four generations, incidentally portraying the manner of life and mores of the Hanseatic bourgeoisie in th ...

''. In 1877, Thomas Mann's father Thomas Johann Heinrich Mann was elected

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of Lübeck (corresponding to presiding minister of a government office in other German states).

Lineage

* Johann Siegmund Mann (1761–1848),

merchant, married Anna Catharina Grotjan (1766–1842) ** Johann Siegmund Mann jr. (1797–1863), Lübeck merchant, married Emilie Wunderlich (1806–1833), second marriage from 1837 to Elisabeth Marty (1811–1890) *** Marie Elisabeth Amalia Mann (1838–1917), married Ernst Elfeld (1829–1912),

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merchant; married secondly to Gustav Haag, Esslinger merchant **** Olga Catharina Elisabeth Elfeld **** Siegmund Christian Carl Elfeld **** Alice Haag **** Ewald Siegmund Henry Haag *** Johannes Mann (1842–1844) *** Olga Marie Mann (1845–1886), married Gustav Sievers,

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merchant *** Friedrich Wilhelm Lebrecht Mann (1847–1926) *** Thomas Johann Heinrich Mann (1840–1891), Lübeck merchant and senator, married

Júlia da Silva Bruhns Júlia da Silva Bruhns (14 August 1851, Paraty – 11 March 1923, Weßling) was the Brazilian mother of Thomas and Heinrich Mann and one of the matriarchs of the Mann family. Biography Da Silva Bruhns was born in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro stat ...

(1851–1923) **** Luiz Heinrich Mann (1871–1950), author, president of the fine poetry division of the

Prussian Academy of Arts The Prussian Academy of Arts () was a state arts academy first established in 1694 by prince-elector Frederick III of Electorate of Brandenburg, Brandenburg in Berlin, in personal union Duke Frederick I of Prussia, and later king in Kingdom of ...

, married

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(1886–1947), divorced 1930, married from 1939 to

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(1898–1944) ***** Carla Maria Henriette Leonie Mann (1916–1986), married

Ludvík Aškenazy Ludvík Aškenazy (24 February 1921 – 18 March 1986) was a Czech-Jewish writer and journalist. Biography Aškenazy was born on 24 February 1921 in Český Těšín. After the Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945), German occupation of Cze ...

(1921–1986), author ****** (born 1948), film maker and author ******* Hannah Mann (born 1980) ******* Jenny Lucia Mann (born 1983) ****** Ludvik Mann-Aškenazy (born 1956), film maker **** Portraetaufnahme von Thomas Mann 1905

Paul Thomas Mann (1875–1955),

laureate, married Katharina "Katia" Pringsheim (1883–1980) *****

Erika Mann Erika Julia Hedwig Mann (9 November 1905 – 27 August 1969) was a German actress and writer, daughter of the novelist Thomas Mann. Erika lived a bohemian lifestyle in Berlin and became a critic of National Socialism. After Hitler came to power ...

(1905–1969), author, married Gustaf Gründgens (1899–1963), actor and director; married secondly to Wystan H. Auden (1907–1973), poet *****

Klaus Mann Klaus Heinrich Thomas Mann (18 November 1906 – 21 May 1949) was a German writer and dissident. He was the son of Thomas Mann, a nephew of Heinrich Mann and brother of Erika Mann (with whom he maintained a lifelong close relationship) and Go ...

(1906–1949), author, editor, journalist ***** Gottfried Golo Mann (1909–1994), historian, author ****** Hans Beck-Mann (adopted son) (died 1986) *****

Monika Mann Monika Mann (7 June 1910 – 17 March 1992) was a Germans, German American author and feature writer. She was born in Munich, German Empire, Germany, the fourth of six children of the Nobel Prize–winning author Thomas Mann and Katia Mann, Katia, ...

(1910–1992), author, married Jenö Lányi (1902–1940), art historian *****

Elisabeth Mann Borgese Elisabeth Veronika Mann Borgese, (24 April 1918 – 8 February 2002) was an internationally recognized expert on maritime law and policy and the protection of the environment. Called "the mother of the oceans", she received the Order of Ca ...

(1918–2002), author, married Giuseppe Antonio Borgese (1882–1952) ****** Angelica Borgese (born 1940), physicist, married Marcello Colocci (born 1941), physicist ******* Michele Colocci (born 1963), financier, married Anne Elizabeth Pryor (born 1964), art advisor ******** Thomas Colocci (born 1994) ******** Isabella Colocci (born 1996) ******* Natalia Colocci (born 1968), physician, married Ken Brameld ******** Annabelle Brameld (born 2005) ******** Maximilian Brameld (born 2007) ****** Dominica Borgese (born 1944), biologist, married, Ettore Guidi, physician ******* Marta Guidi ***** Michael Thomas Mann (1919–1977), professor of German literature, married Gret Moser (1916–2007) ****** (born 1940), professor of psychology, married Christine Heisenberg (daughter of

Werner Heisenberg Werner Karl Heisenberg (; ; 5 December 1901 – 1 February 1976) was a German theoretical physicist, one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics and a principal scientist in the German nuclear program during World War II. He pub ...

) ******* Stefan Mann (born 1968), economist, married Kristina Zschiegner (born 1964) ******** Lukas Mann (born 1994) ******** Julia Mann (born 1996) ******** Konstantin Mann (born 1998) ****** Anthony Mann (born 1942) ****** Raju Mann (adopted daughter) (born 1963) ******* Juliet Mann Ward (born 1999) daughter **** Julia Elisabeth Therese Mann (1877–1927), married Josef Löhr (1862–1922), banker ***** Eva Maria Elisabeth Löhr (1901–1968), married Hans Bohnenberger (1901–1989), bank employee ***** Rosa Marie Julia Löhr (1907–1994), married Friedrich Alder (1914–1942), gardener ***** Ilse Marie Julia Löhr (born 1907) **** Carla Augusta Olga Maria Mann (1881–1910), actress **** Karl Viktor Mann (1890–1949), economist, married Magdalena Nelly Kilian (1895–1962)

Dohm-Mann family tree

The Dohm-Mann family tree contains a number of famous writers, musicians and actors. This

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is not complete but is focused on showing the relationship of the well-known members of the family.

Research

TMI Research

The metadatabase TMI-Research brings together archival materials and library holdings of the network "Thomas Mann International". The network was founded in 2017 by the five houses Buddenbrookhaus/Heinrich-und-Thomas-Mann-Zentrum (Lübeck), the Monacensia im Hildebrandhaus (Munich), the Thomas Mann Archive of the ETH Zurich (Zurich/Switzerland), the Thomas Mann House (Los Angeles/USA) and the Thomo Manno kultūros centras/Thomas Mann Culture Centre (Nida/Lithuania). The houses stand for the main stations of Thomas Mann's life and his family. The platform, which is hosted by

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, allows researches in the collections of the network partners across all houses. The database is freely accessible and contains over 165,000 records on letters, original editions, photographs, monographs and essays on Thomas Mann and the Mann family.

Adaptations

Heinrich Breloer Heinrich Breloer (, born 17 February 1942 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German author and film director. He has mainly worked on docudramas related to modern German history and has received many awards. Breloer's 2005 docudrama ''Speer und Er'' was descr ...

wrote and directed the 2001 miniseries ''

Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman ''Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman'' (; ''The Manns – Novel of a Century'') is a 2001 German Docudrama-miniseries directed by Heinrich Breloer. The miniseries is divided in three parts and tells the story of the Mann family, a family of famou ...

'', which won the

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Literature

* Naumann, Uwe (ed.): ''Die Kinder der Manns. Ein Familienalbum''. Reinbek, 2005. * Stübbe, Michael: ''Die Manns. Genealogie einer deutschen Schriftstellerfamilie''. Degener & Co, 2004. * Marianne Krüll: ''Im Netz der Zauberer''. Fischer, 1999. * Hans Wißkirchen: ''Die Familie Mann''. Rowohlt, 1999. * Jindrich Mann: "Prag, poste restante. Eine unbekannte Geschichte der Familie Mann". Rowohlt Verlag 2007. * ''Die Manns – Genealogie einer deutschen Schriftstellerfamilie'' in Deutsches Familienarchiv Bd. 145, Degener & Co., Insingen 2005.

References

{{Thomas Mann Hanseatic families