Möllendorf
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The Möllendorf family (also: Möllendorff, Moellendorff) has been prominent German noble family in the history of Brandenburg and Prussia. The von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff family descends from an adopted son (born Wilamowitz) of a member of the Möllendorf family.
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The Möllendorf family (also: Möllendorff, Moellendorff) has been prominent German noble family in the history of Brandenburg and Prussia. The von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff family descends from an adopted son (born Wilamowitz) of a member of the Möllendorf family.
== History == In 1427 two members of the family are mentioned in a list of Privy Councillors of the Margraviate of Brandenburg who signed a treaty with Pomerania: "Jaspar Gans zu Putlitz, Achim Gans his son, Herr Hans v. Quitzow, Bernd Rohr, Hans v. Rohr Old Otto von Blumenthal, Ebel v. Möllendorf, Beteke v. Kehrberg, Kone v. Retzdorff, Achim v. Möllendorf"