Dincklage

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Dincklage is the name of a German noble family of Westphalian ancient nobility from Dinklage near Vechta, Lower Saxony.

The family is first attested 1231 with Johannes de Thinclage. Since 1844, the head of the family carried the title Freiherr.

Notable members

Notable von Dincklages include:

Amalie „Emmy“ von Dincklage-Campe (1825–1891), novelist

Franz Wilhelm Freiherr von Galen zu Assen und Dincklage, Erbkämmerer

Friedrich von Dincklage-Campe (1839–1918), Prussian general

Ferdinand von Dincklage (1839–1906), Reichsgerichtsrat

Georg August von Dincklage (1730–1788), British and Hanoverian general

Hans Günther von Dincklage (1896–1974), Nazi propaganda official in occupied France

Karl Freiherr von Dincklage (1871–1952), head of the grandducal theater and choir at Mecklenburg

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