1814 respectively). Four family members made it to the rank of lieutenant general. The monastery of Dobbertin has 17 entries concerning daughters of the von Hobe families from Behrenshagen, Methling, Warbelow, Gutendorff, Goldebee and Jürgenstorff in the years 1725–1839, who entered the aristocratic Frauenstift there. Through the military service of their fathers, several Mecklenburg daughters were born in Merseburg, Eisleben and Neustadt an der Aisch. The grave stone of the prioress Melanie von Hobe lies at the graveyard of Dobbertin. The merchant, farmer and forester as well as Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Johann Caspar Melchior Balthasar Herbert Hubertus Siegfried von Hobe (1915–2001), was the adopted son of his uncle Joseph Monforts, and as such took the name "Monforts von Hobe" from 1 October 1941. This line still exists today. There is no connection to the South German counts of Montfort. Possession The historical possessions of the family are as follows: In Brandenburg: Dyrotz In Magdeburg: Tucheim In Mecklenburg: Berendshagen with Pustohl, Bobbin, Carlowitz, Gardow, Klein Gischow, Glockow, Goldebee, Guthendorf, Jürgenstorf, Lockwisch, Groß Lunow, Klein Methling, Neuhof bei Güstrow, Nieköhr, Quitzenow, Klein Tessin, Warbelow, Wasdow, Wendisch Trechow und Wolkow In Pomerania: Beestland and Ventzewitz at Rügen In Schleswig-Holstein: Gelting as well as Ohrfeld In Neustrelitz, opposite the Landestheater is the Weiße Herrenhaus, or the Hobe-Haus, named after the family Currently, the family owns Schloss Thorn − with the oldest castle vineyard on the Moselle − as well as Gelting and Depenau in Schleswig-Holstein Notes References German noble families