Notable Figures
Distinguished members of the von Gerlach family
Over the centuries, the von Gerlach family produced outstanding individuals who shaped Prussia and Germany in law, the military, and politics. This page introduces sixteen of them, arranged by the founding generations and the two branches of Rohrbeck and Parsow.
Founding Fathers
Rohrbeck Branch
Carl Friedrich Leopold von Gerlach
1757 – 1813
First elected Lord Mayor of Berlin · founder of the Rohrbeck branch
Agnes von Gerlach, née von Raumer
1761 – 1831
Mother of the four Gerlach brothers
Gustav Wilhelm von Gerlach
1789 – 1834
Vice-president of the Higher Regional Court at Frankfurt (Oder) · eldest of the four brothers
Ludwig Friedrich Leopold von Gerlach
1790 – 1861
Prussian General · Aide-de-camp General to Friedrich Wilhelm IV
Ernst Ludwig von Gerlach
1795 – 1877
Jurist · Conservative politician · President of the Court of Appeal at Magdeburg
Karl Friedrich Otto von Gerlach
1801 – 1849
Theologian · pastor of St Elisabeth’s · court and cathedral preacher
Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold von Gerlach
1828 – 1891
Landrat and senior provincial councillor · House of Rohrbeck
Jakob von Gerlach
1830 – 1908
Landrat · president of the Berlin Missionary Society · House of Rohrbeck
Berndt Georg Wilhelm von Gerlach
1828 – 1889
Landrat · founder of the House of Nordhausen
Parsow Branch
Ludwig August Wilhelm von Gerlach
1751 – 1809
President of the Köslin Court of Justice and Higher Regional Court · founder of the Parsow branch
Carl Heinrich von Gerlach
1783 – 1860
First holder of the Parsow-Schwemmin fideicommiss · Landrat of Fürstenthum district
Charlotte Wilhelmine von Gerlach, née von Beyme
1792 – 1870
Heiress of Grand Chancellor Beyme · acquirer of the Drosedow estate
August Friedrich Bernhard von Gerlach-Parsow
1830 – 1906
Landrat · member of the Reichstag · holder of the Parsow-Schwemmin fideicommiss
Karl August Bogislav Bernd Hermann Jakob von Gerlach-Parsow
1883 – 1945
Last entailed-estate holder of Parsow · Schwemmin · Trienke · Drosedow