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GRIEP/GRIPP from Germany
Most of them living along the Dutch border
and in the northern part of country>
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 In
the telephone-directory of Germany, the name Griep
appears around 500 times. Many of them live in
the north, in the regions not far from the North
and the Baltic Seas.
Others can be found in the Altmark, Oderbruch and
near the border with the Netherlands.Whether
this has got something to do with the fact that,
in the 12th century, colonists from the Netherlands
helped to cultivate many north-German regions, is not
to be established yet. In some of these families there are also stories
been told about a Scandinavian origin.
On the
map *) is shown were nowadays Griep lives in Germany. In some
areas they are already living for many centuries, in others
they came in after WW-2, after being expelled from the eastern
regions that has been lost to Poland.
[*) Griep
map from: Geogen 2.0 Webdienst]
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GRIEP
FROM THE ALTMARK
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On
April 5, 1771, Dietrich Griep
and his wife Katharina Dorothea Köhn had a son.
He was born at Holzhausen, a village near the
river Elbe that was flooded at that moment. His
name: Johann Gottfried Griep.
Centuries later there are still people by the
name Griep living in the Altmark, the region
west from the Elbe River around Osterburg and
Stendal that was in the 11th and 12th century the
easternmost border-area of the German Empire.
In the 12th century,
settlers
from Holland
build dikes in the Altmark and
introduced the use of bricks
as a building
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GRIEP/GRIJP FROM THE COUNTSHIP OF BENTHEIM
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 Around
1640, Reiner Griep married Fenne
Ottinck from Lohne. In 1655 his name is mentioned
as 'voogd' from Nordhorn. In the 17th and
18th century, members of this family held
important positions at Nordhorn, like mayor,
alderman, 'keurnoot', 'rotmeester', 'loonheer'
and 'pachter van
het mout en het klein gemaal'. Look for them at
Grijp from
Nordhorn. Their name is
written in different ways, like Grip, Gryp and in
the end Grijp. Many of them moved westward. In
The Netherlands they developed into a family of
patricians. Some of them even adopted a double
name: Specht Grijp.
Apart from this family
living in the city, there was also a Grijp/Griep family that
inhabited the more rural areas of the countship of Bentheim. They
originated from a farm, situated almost on the Dutch border,
between Uelsen and Breklenkamp. The farm was named 'Gripink' and
was mentioned as far back as 1317. It would be quite interesting
to learn, whether they are related to the Griep family that
still lives at the Dutch side of the border, a few miles to the
south. They also originated from an old farm, named erve
Griep at Volthe. See for them page:
Griep/Grijp from Twenthe
and the countship of Bentheim.
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GRIEP
FROM THE EMSLAND
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The German
region, just east of the Dutch province of
Drenthe, is called Emsland. The name Griep
appears in that region in places like Haren,
Meppen, Haselünne and in some smaller villages
nearby. Also in Saterland, a region just outside
the Emsland, Griep's have been living, dating as
far back as the 17th century. On the page
the Emsland Griep's, the information
that is available about these families is put
together.
Besides
that, a separate page is dedicated to the Grieps
that descent from the small village of Lindloh, situated on the
Dutch border near Emmercompascuüm.
The
American family Griep in Long
Prairie, Minnesota also originates
from this region, from the village of Lastrup
near Haselünne.
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GRIJP
AND GRIEP FROM OSTFRIESLAND
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Quite
some Griep's in the German telephone directory
appears to be living not so far from the coast of
the North Sea. Especially around Oldenburg there
are many of them. The name Griep can also be
found in that region as the combination:
Griep-Raming. Centuries ago, people by the name
Grijp or Griep must have been living in this
region. As far back as 1622, a notification is
made in the Dutch city of Goes that Hans
Grijp, widower from 'Oostvriesland'
and a soldier, marries with Jacquemijntien
Roest. And in 1693 Haico Gryp
from Ostfriesland is enlisted as student at
Franeker University in the Netherlands.
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GRIEP
FROM POMERANIA
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 Throughout
the ages the area of Pomerania -- the name is derived from a
Polish word meaning 'along the sea' -- has been alternately
inhabited by Slavic and German populations. In the 12th century
inhabitants from the west of Germany and the Netherlands began
to colonize the area, and in 1181 the province became an
official part of Germany. In the 17th and the 18th century the
western part, Vorpommern, was Swedish. In the 19th century th
Prussian province 'Pommern' was established. This lasted till
1945 when, shortly after World-War II, Poland took possession of
the eastern part of Pomerania end expelled the German population
from the area. The western part of Pomerania is now joined with
Mecklenburg to form the German state of Meklenburg-Vorpommern.
In German times a lot of Griep's were living in Pomerania. It is
not clear yet where they originated from. Speculations vary:
original Slavic inhabitants, Flemish colonists from the
12th century, Dutch seamen that came to the region in the 16th
century as a result of the intens trade contacts of those years?
There are also old stories in the family about a Scandinavian
origin. On the map below the area's are shown where Griep in Pomerania
was living (click
on the map to read more about the Griep's from that town or
region).
 The
first one to appeare in the registers was the farmer Michael
Griep, living at Stargard in 1666.
Most Griep's, though, were living in the eastern part, where the
village of Klein Silkow was the main focussing point. In 1717 Christian Griep
had a farm there. Look for these families on the pages:
Griep
from Klein Silkow,
Griep
from
Lojow and Gumbin and
Griep
at Stolp.
Lastly there were also Griep's living in the 'Landeskreisen' Belgard
and Kolberg.
The departure of Griep from Pomerania started around 1870, when
some of them emigrated to America. Now, Pomeranian Griep-families
are living in areas like
Dayton, Ohio and in
Watertown and Manitowoc in
Wisconsin. The ones that had to leave after 1945 now live at all
parts of Germany.
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The grandfather of
Rainer Griep from Hamburg has, as he
wrote, "looked into a lot of
church-books and was able to trace our
family back to 1648". He found out
that the origin of his Griep-family lies
in Pomerania, in the part that is Polish
now: Hinter-Pommern.
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The father of Detlef
Griep from Möhrenbach also could trace
their origin to Pomerania. He ended in
the village of Klein-Silkow.
This village is situated near Stolp,
which is Polish now: Zelkowo near Slupsk.
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GRIEP
AND GRIPP FROM HOLSTEIN
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 In
the utmost north of Germany, in the province of Holstein, a
family is living whose name is mostly written as Gripp. In the
older days there were also different notations, like Griep and
Gryp.
-- From 1539 on, Carsten
Griep (also written as Grip,
Gryp, Grypp and
Gryphius) was mayor of Kiel.
-- Around
1650 Hans Gripp was the owner of
a farm at Bad Bramstedt, a village some 15 miles
south of Neumünster. A few
more miles to the south, in the village of
Lentföhrden, farmer Joachim Gripp
(also written as Jochen Griep) was married to
Anna Borcherts, born in 1723. Till recent days
his descendants live nearby.
-- About
1729, Hinrich Griep was born in
Wittorf, a village in Holstein. His grandson Marx
Griep migrated to America and settled in
Syracuse New York State, USA.
-- Also at
Neumünster, Itzehoe and other places in Holstein
the names Griep and Gripp can frequently be
found.
The information about
these families that is available yet, is listed on page Griep from
Holstein.
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