Barsewisch

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Arms of the von Barsewisch

Barsewisch is the name of an ancient nobility dynasty from the Altmark, with the parent company of the same name near Osterburg , which has now disappeared . Branches of the family currently exist.

history

The family first appeared in a document in 1244 with Gottschalk von Barsewisch . The ancestral home of the family was Barsewisch near Osterburg. The Barsewisch can be traced as citizens of the town of Seehausen from 1312 onwards, but they also acquired land in the area. The uninterrupted family line begins with Veit von Barsewisch, born around 1460, on Scharpenlohe, Falkenberg and Vielbaum . Around 1500, municipal offices such as that of mayor were last held. In the period that followed, the family moved to the land, where they slipped over through noble connubium without any particular ennoblement.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a transverse natural (also green or red) bar in silver , accompanied by three (2: 1) green sea ​​leaves facing each other . On the helmet with green and silver covers of the bars in front of five natural peacock feathers.

Gallery of different coats of arms in the new Siebmacher coat of arms books:

  • 1894 Pomerania

  • 1906 Prussia

  • 1878 Prussia

  • 1900 Brandenburg

  • 1906 Prussia

Personalities

  • Bernhard von Barsewisch (* 1935), medic
  • Friedrich Rudolph von Barsewisch (* 1737; † 1801), Quartermaster General – Lieutenant, Herr auf Vielbaum, author of the work My War Experiences from 1757 to 1763 , printed in 1863, Berlin, new edition: Von Roßbach bis Freiberg, 1959
  • Karl Henning von Barsewisch (1895–1981), major general in the German Air Force

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolph Friedrich Riedel : Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis : Collection of documents, chronicles and other source documents . Main part 1st volume 6 . Berlin 1846, p. 14-15 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ Lieselott Enders : Die Altmark, Berlin 2008, p. 988
  3. ^ Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft: Jahrbuch des Deutschen Adels, Volume 1, 1896, published by WT Bruer, p. 131
  4. ↑ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Volume I, Volume 53 of the complete series, pp. 227–228, CA Starke Verlag

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