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manor; granted to Count Karl von
Bassewitz in Baden-Baden on 2 October 1869; incorporation into Prussian nobility granted in Berlin on 7 November 1884 to his son and heir, Count Bernhard von Bassewitz. The last person to bear the name of a "Count von Bassewitz-Levetzow" was Count Georg Werner
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sub-branch of the comital branch originating from a unification of coat of arms and name with the
Levetzow family and linked to the
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Henning Friedrich von Bassewitz held the highest office (prime minister) in
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President of the State
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region. According to tradition, the family was named after the village of
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Bassewitz family was of Slavic origin. Slavic tribes (the
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