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Surnames/tags: Smitterlou Smiterlow Schmiterlöw
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History
The family's origin can be found on the farm Smiterlow in the village Krönnevits in Pommerania. The family came to the town Visby on the island of Gotland during the 16th century, probably with Johannes. The family name lived on until at least 1771 on the island.
Smitterlow in Pommerania
The family is believed to have come to Pommerania from Bohemia.[1] Several of the male members of the family have held posts in Greifswald and Stralsund as councillors and mayors.
Councillors in Greifswald
Mayors in Greifswald
- 1480-1485 Nikolaus Schmiterlow
Councillors in Stralsund
- 1507-1516 Nikolaus II Smiterlow
- 1548-1559 Jürgen Smiterlow
- 1596-1600 Georg Smiterlow
Mayors in Stralsund
- 1516-1524, 1527-1534, 1537-1539 Nikolaus II Smiterlow
- 1559-1571 Jürgen Smiterlow
Smiterlou on Gotland
Burgois of Visby
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Variations in spelling
- SMITERLAU.
- SMITERLOO.
- SMITERLOU.
- SMITERLOW.
- SMITERLOWE.
- SMITERLÖW.
- SMYTERLAU.
- SMYTERLOO.
- SMYTERLOU.
- SMYTERLOW.
- SMYTERLOWE.
- SMYTERLÖW.
Sources
- Smiterlowe
- Mayors in Greifswald
- Arnold Brandenburg, Geschichte des Magistrates der Stadt Stralsund, besonders in frühere Zeit: nebst einem Verzeichnisse der Mitglieder desselben ... Mit einen Ansicht des Rathhauses vom Jahre 1316
- Schmiterlöw nr 1768, Adeslvapen.com
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