Cramm

[1] According to a source from 1774, the family came to the area of the bishopric of Hildesheim around 815 with the Carolingian Emperor Louis I and was granted estates there by him.

The Cramms were a wealthy knightly family and respected feudatories of the ecclesiastical and secular rulers of the region.

From a very early start in their history, the family held high positions at their respective courts.

In later centuries family members served the House of Welf as generals, chamberlains and ministers.

They held the title of Freiherr (Baron) and owned multiple estates of which the castles of Bodenburg, Brüggen and Oelber are still in their possession.