Mann family


The Mann family is a German dynasty of novelists and an old Hanseatic family of patricians from Lübeck. It is known for being the family of the Nobel Prize for Literature laureate Thomas Mann.

History

Originally the Manns were merchants, allegedly already in the 16th century in Nuremberg, documented since 1611 in Parchim, since 1713 in Rostock and since 1775 in Lübeck. There they became wealthy grain merchants, a Hanseatic family and as such members of the small ruling class of the Free City of Lübeck, a city republic and state of the German Empire. The symbol in the family's coat of arms is Mercury, the ancient god of commerce.
The family's most famous member is Nobel Prize for Literature laureate Thomas Mann, who portrayed his own family and social class in the novel Buddenbrooks. In 1877, Thomas Mann's father Thomas Johann Heinrich Mann was elected Senator of Lübeck.

Lineage

Dohm-Mann family tree

The Dohm-Mann family tree contains a number of famous writers, musicians and actors. This family tree is not complete but is focused on showing the relationship of the well-known members of the family.

Research

TMI Research

The metadatabase TMI-Research brings together archival materials and library holdings of the network "Thomas Mann International". The network was founded in 2017 by the five houses Buddenbrookhaus/Heinrich-und-Thomas-Mann-Zentrum, the Monacensia im Hildebrandhaus, the Thomas Mann Archive of the ETH Zurich, the Thomas Mann House and the Thomo Manno kultūros centras/Thomas Mann Culture Centre. The houses stand for the main stations of Thomas Mann's life and his family. The platform, which is hosted by ETH Zurich, allows researches in the collections of the network partners across all houses. The database is freely accessible and contains over 165,000 records on letters, original editions, photographs, monographs and essays on Thomas Mann and the Mann family.

Adaptations

Heinrich Breloer wrote and directed the 2001 miniseries Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman, which won the International Emmy Award for Best TV Movie or Miniseries.

Literature

  • Naumann, Uwe : Die Kinder der Manns. Ein Familienalbum. Reinbek, 2005.
  • Stübbe, Michael: Die Manns. Genealogie einer deutschen Schriftstellerfamilie. Degener & Co, 2004.
  • Marianne Krüll: Im Netz der Zauberer. Fischer, 1999.
  • Hans Wißkirchen: Die Familie Mann. Rowohlt, 1999.
  • Jindrich Mann: "Prag, poste restante. Eine unbekannte Geschichte der Familie Mann". Rowohlt Verlag 2007. Die Manns – Genealogie einer deutschen Schriftstellerfamilie in Deutsches Familienarchiv Bd. 145, Degener & Co., Insingen 2005.