GEORG LUDWIG HARTMAN 1874-1933
Georg Ludwig Hartmann was born on 29OCT1874 in Sarrod,
Germany. The house, #16 Sarrod, in which he was born
was erected in 1747. Hector Von Mörle purchased the
area, now called Sarrod, in 1544 and built a fortress
house in Sarrod in 1563. Sarrod is about 6-7km from
the site of the Von Mörle castle in Ürzell. Hector was a
descendant of Heirich Von Mörle, a knight, who in 1373
was named Böhm and declared his house in Ürzell to be a
fief for the Diocese of Fulda. In 1670 Sarrod was sold
to Hartmann Von Thüringen partially because there were
no longer any heirs to the Von Mörle family name. When
the house was built, it was 77 years after
Hartmann Von Thüringen had purchased the area and about 30
years before Georg's first know ancestor was born.
A story has been handed down that the family was given
the house for service to the ruling family, but this has
not been confirmed. Anna Katharina Jahn, born 1800, was from
Ürzell. She was the wife of Johannes Hartman, born 1795,
so maybe there is a connection. It is possible that the
Hartmann surname was taken from the name of the landowner,
Hartmann Von Thüringen. The question of whether was the
surname in existence before 1747, when the house was built,
or prior to 1670 when the property was sold by the Von
Mörle family is something still being researched.
The house's cornerstone is of particular interest
because not only does it show two dates but also
two coat-of-arms. (See the Link to Hartman Chart below.)
The second date of 1747, was added to the original
cornerstone taken from the ruins of the old fortress
house built in 1563. It was then added to the house
built in 1747.
The coat-of-arms on the left is from the design on the
shield of Heinrich Von Mörle. His shield was red on
the upper half and on the bottom half one quarter was
white and the other quarter was black. There was a five pedaled
yellow rose in the middle. The rose on the cornerstone
has eight pedals and is somehow more significant. The
second shield's coat-of-arms appears to be simply a two
colored shield joined vertically. J. B. Rietstap's book on
Armorial shows a shield of two colors belonging to the name
"Thurn" from Souabe (about 200km from Sarrod). Another book shows
a shield with a blue line or ribbon down the middle, but no family name was
associated with it. In heraldry the more simple the design
on the shield the more esteemed it was. A lion seems to appear
on all coats-of-arms of those from Thüringen. Since the corner stone appears to
be intact and the shield is simple in design, therefore old, and also,
Hartmann von Thüringen took possession of the area after the stone was originally
carved, suggests the shield is not his. The origins and history of the second
shield's coat-of-arms and any union between two houses that it might represent are
yet to be determined.
