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2beerdogs · Jun 19, 2014

I need

mabermud said: ↑

The name has to do with part of my religion, a portion of my name before I became Muslim, a letter from my birth sign, a combo letter of the street I lived on growing up and the third letter in my wife's last name, the second to the last letter of the month when I joined BA, and last but not least, the last letter of my birth doctors, first husband's middle name.
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a flow chart to follow this one.

2beerdogs · Jun 19, 2014

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Draheim (German: Starostei Draheim) or Drahim (Polish: Starostwo Drahimskie) was a starostwo (crown territory) of the Polish kingdom from the 15th century. Pawned to Brandenburg-Prussia in 1657, it was directly incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia in 1772.

In the High Middle Ages, the region of the later starostwo was a borderland of the Piast Kingdom of Poland with Duchy of Pomerania and Margraviate of Brandenburg. In 1268, the largely unsettled area was given to the Knights Templar by the Polish duke Przemysł II.[1] The order invited German settlers (Ostsiedlung).[2] The German name Tempelburg for present-day Polish Czaplinek dates back to that era, and derives from the German name of the Knights Templar, Templer.[1]

In 1312, the order was dissolved, and its possessions were taken over by the Knights Hospitaller.[1] Draheim Castle (in the area of modern Stare Drawsko) was built in the mid-14th century at the crossing of the trade route via marchionis from Pomeranian Stargard to Danzig and the via regalis from Kolberg to Poznań.[3] In 1368, during an exchange of territories, Margrave Otto VII of Brandenburg gave the areas around Czaplinek and Wałcz (Deutsch Krone) to the Polish king Casimir III the Great, who in 1370 established Wałcz County (powiat Wałcz) from these accessions: part of the Poznań Voivodeship (palatinate), it consisted of seven loosely connected regions in royal or noble possession subordinate to the judicum castrensis in Wałcz.[1]

Draheim was made one of three (sub-)starosties of the county, the other ones being Usz-Pila (Schneidemühl) and Wałcz.[1] In addition to the three starosties, four regions consisting of allodial possessions of the von Wedell, von der Goltz and Czarnowski families were also part of the county.[1] These noble families were also in possession of areas in Pomerania, the Brandeburgian Neumark and other parts of Poland, and also of areas within the Draheim starosty.[1] Draheim Castle was a royal possession.[1] The starost of Draheim (also tenutarius or capitaneatus tenutae) was appointed for life by the Polish king, who owned a quarter of the starosty's income.[4] The starost was in charge of the local administration, military and jurisdiction.[4] His German subjects however, in contrast to peasants on Polish noble estates, were able to appeal his judicial decisions at the court in Wałcz, and were repeatedly assured this right in respective documents.[4]

When in the late 14th century the southwestern territories of Heinrichsdorf-Warlange and Brotzen-Machlin became allodial possessions of the von der Goltz family, who before had held the areas as fiefs, and were thus excluded from the starosty, Draheim lost a direct land route to the rest of Walcz county.[3] Draheim was then surrounded by the Imperial Duchy of Pomerania in the north, east and southeast, with the exception of the small enclave of Groß Poplow-Brutzen which was in the possession of the von Manteuffel family and directly under the Polish crown; in the southeast, Draheim bordered the Neumark exclave Groß Zacharin-Doderlage.[3] The border was not fixed, but varied according to the ability of competing nobles in the frontier region to manifest their respective claims.[5] When a noble perceived an intrusion into his territory, he and his subjects traditionally reacted with an inequatio, a mounted raid, into the territory of his competitor on the other side of the border.[5] This practice persisted in Walcz county until the late 18th century.[6]

In 1407 German and Polish nobility conquered the castle of Draheim (Stare Drawsko). These robber barons used the region as a base for raids until 1422, when they were defeated by the burghers of Dramburg (Drawsko Pomorskie). In 1438 the Teutonic Knights recognized Polish control of the region.

In the 16th century the region largely converted to Lutheranism during the Protestant Reformation. During the counter-reformation, of the three important families only the von der Goltzs remained Protestant, while the von Wedells and Czarnowskis converted to Roman Catholicism, maintaining however a tolerant attitude towards the Protestant settlers.[4] Starost Jan Czarnowski expelled the Protestant preachers in 1625; the churches were restored to Catholicism, although the populace remained largely Protestant.

Also in the 16th century, conditions for peasants worsened in the neighboring Duchy of Pomerania due to the implementation of stringent serfdom.[7] Many peasants fled from Pomerania to Draheim and other parts of Walcz county, where the nobles offered them hereditary farmland in deserted villages and clearances which they were to settle according to German law.[8] The settlers primarily originated in Pomeranian and Neumark areas no more than 50 kilometres (31 mi) away from the Draheim border, and their influx continued throughout the 16th and 17th centuries despite protests of their former superiors.[9] This migration was enhanced by the Thirty Years War, during which Pomerania and Neumark were devastated, while the Polish territories were spared.[9] Orders of the Polish king to expel the refugees were ignored by the local nobles.[10] New villages were founded according to Magdeburg law: their settlement was organized by a Schulze, usually a rich farmer or burgher, who bought the office from the landlord and worked out the contracts (Privilegien or Lehnsbrieffe [sic!]) with the peasants.[10] Schulzes as well as free peasants and pub owners were required to attend their landlord in arms when it came to the abovementioned border skirmishes with competing nobles.[11] Since a schulze was able to partition and sell his estate, with the heirs or other acquiring party gaining all privileges of a schulze even if owning only part of such an estate, the number of schulzes increased significantly over time.[11] This process was enhanced by the landlords, who needed the schulzes' armed services at the border.[12]

In July 1655, during the Second Northern War, Draheim was devastated by a trespassing Swedish army.[13] A Brandenburgian report noted that no more than 150 inhabitants remained, the rest had fled to nearby areas, but hesitated to return as they were deprived of all their means.[13]

Poland pawned Draheim to Brandenburg-Prussia in the 1657 Treaty of Bromberg. This arrangement was confirmed in the 1660 Treaty of Oliva, but Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, did not take control of the territory until 1668. Berlin subsequently administered the territory through the office of an Amtmann, who had his seat in Draheim Castle. It was later leased to domain tenants.

According to the Treaty of Bromberg, Frederick William promised not to infringe upon the rights of the Roman Catholic Church in Draheim. The number of Protestants in the territory gradually shrank. It was not until the reign of King Frederick William I of Prussia (1713–40) that a Protestant church was built in Tempelburg.

Draheim's role as a fief of Poland ended with the First Partition of Poland in 1772. The territory was reorganized as part of the Province of Pomerania in 1817; Draheim was included within Landkreis Neustettin, Regierungsbezirk Köslin.

The family name Draheim may derive from the same location as mentioned here. It is believed that most of the Draheim families got the name when they moved to other places in the neighborhood. The name Draheim here is a combination of the word "Heim", meaning "Home" and "Drage", the name of the small river. Beside the location Draheim in former Pomerania (Stare Drawsko),[14] there are also other locations to be found: Tragheim (Tragamin), Draheim [near Skwierzyna; not existing anymore][15] and Tragheim [Königsberg]. Different spelling variations were usual like Draheim, Dragheim, Tragheim, Draheym, Draym, Draim, Drahem, Drahim, Drachem etc. Most of Draheim families moved to several continents all over the world in the last centuries [mainly America and Australia]. Still most of them can be found in Germany and Poland. A lot of prussian Draheim families were one of the first settlers in Poland and often assimilated there quite quickly. They moved from Pomerania further southeast to West Prussia, Poznan and Poland. A lot of information about the location and Family Draheim is shown on Horst Draheim´s webpage (german) [[16]].

Nowadays it is also possible with Y-DNA testing to find out if there is a recent common ancestor along Draheim families all over the world. With Haplogroup analysis you are able to determine your origins before surnames developed.[17]
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Well, I think that about covers it...

Just Kidding, that was actually very interesting to read. Thanks draheim

RayOhioFelton · Jun 19, 2014

I'm from Ohio and very unoriginal...

57md · Jun 19, 2014

57 was my high school football number (can you just hear Springsteen's "Glory Days" playing in the background) & M is my first initial and D is my last initial.

Orca · Jun 19, 2014

2beerdogs said: ↑

Well, I think that about covers it...

Just Kidding, that was actually very interesting to read. Thanks draheim
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Too bad I made it up.

SloppyJoeWasAMan · Jun 19, 2014

I saw this spray painted in graffiti lettering years ago on my old elementary school...for whatever reason it stuck with me ever since

Robert_Baratheon · Jun 19, 2014

king of the 7 kingdoms

fuhkyou · Jun 19, 2014

My knee jerk response when I had to re-register because I was inactive for 3 years.
What does the user pic mean?
... better not touch that one.

jds8411 · Jun 19, 2014

JDS is my initials and I've been using the 8411 for awhile. At the time they were the numbers of my two favorite Vikings players (Moss and Culpepper). Now my favorite Viking is Peterson.

Rzzzzz · Jun 19, 2014

R is my first initial and zzzzz is the sound I often make after about 9 beers. Or 6 innings of American League ball.

Superflyjsc · Jun 19, 2014

I'm just a superfly kind of guy....plus the initials to my name

JohnQVD · Jun 19, 2014

It's a play on my punk rock name, which is a thing we all used to do when we were in bands in the 90s, possibly because it made it harder for people to look up our addresses in the phone book.

spaceman24 · Jun 19, 2014

Back in the days of Halo on Xbox (original of both), I created a profile and named it "spaceman" for some reason. Stuck with me for whatever reason, use it as part of my Xbox Live name and a couple websites. 24 is my favorite number.

Five_Four_Plus · Jun 19, 2014

spaceman24 said: ↑

Back in the days of Halo on Xbox (original of both), I created a profile and named it "spaceman" for some reason. Stuck with me for whatever reason, use it as part of my Xbox Live name and a couple websites. 24 is my favorite number.
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Sounds legit to me.

Mine is the name of a route I climbed the first time I was in Joshua Tree. The name of the route is itself a joke, basically suggesting that the route is "harder than not hard", which I always considered a good way to think about my climbing abilities.

Rollzroyce21 · Jun 19, 2014

My name's Royce and mine includes one of many nicknames I've had growing up: Rolls-royce.

I figured it was better than going with the other popular nickname: Hem-royce.

AlwaysPullStout · Jun 19, 2014

I always pull out

B_B · Jun 19, 2014

. . . My initials.

1000lbgrizzly · Jun 19, 2014

I AM A BEAR LEARNED TO TYPE 2 YEARS AGO. 1000 POUNDS NOW BUT TRYING TO GET TO 900 FOR BEACH SEASON WISH ME LUCK.

TboneRN · Jun 19, 2014

Tbone, because I love the scene in Seinfeld where George wants his nickname to be Tbone so he orders a Tbone steak...unfortunately Watkins from accounting also orders a Tbone steak, he then inherits the nickname and george gets Coco the Monkey....

watch the scene on youtube! link is below

And RN Because I am a Registered Nurse

TboneRN

djchrismac · Jun 19, 2014

Chris McDonald is the name. Been a professional disc jockey since 1991.

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