Bercken (noble family)
Bercken is the name of a Westphalian - Baltic - Prussian noble family.
history
The Bercken are a Westphalian noble family and were first mentioned in a document in 1354 with Gobelinus de Bercke, a Cologne patrician . The origin of the family is believed to be in a knight's seat in the Altena district, where two farms were named Bercken until recently . In the 16th century, the Bercks appointed judges more often . They moved to Courland , where in 1631 they were enrolled in the second class of the Courland Knight Bank . From there they immigrated to Prussia , where they practiced numerous soldiers .
coat of arms
In silver a natural birch on a green hill. On the helmet with green-silver covers between two black bear paws , each holding a golden ball , the birch.
Known family members
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August von Bercken (1795–1864), Prussian major general
- Fedor von Bercken (1837–1913), Prussian lieutenant general
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Rudolf von Bercken (General, 1824) (1824–1898), Prussian general of the infantry
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Rudolf von Bercken (General, 1859) (1859–1920), Prussian major general
- Werner von Bercken (1897–1976), German lieutenant general
- Franz von Bercken (1863–1922), Prussian major general
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Rudolf von Bercken (General, 1859) (1859–1920), Prussian major general
- Erich von der Bercken (1885–1942), German art historian
literature
- Robert von den Bercken: About the gender of the Ber (c) ken. Completed from a chronicle from 1914/15. u. add up to z. J. 1928. [Dortmund] without year.
- Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German nobility . Volume 1, Berlin 1896, published by WT Bruer, pp. 189-194.
- Genealogical manual of the nobility . Volume 53 of the complete series, Adelslexikon. Volume I, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg / Lahn 1972, p. 323.
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Gothaisches Genealogy. Paperback of noble houses . Justus Perthes , Gotha.
- A 1900 p.77ff , 1902, 1904
- B 1922 (ÄG), 1930, 1936, 1941
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J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms . Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg.
- Maximilian Gritzner : III.11.1. The nobility of the Russian Baltic provinces: the knighthood. Nuremberg 1901, p. 236, Tfl. 72.
- Otto Titan von Hefner : III.02.I. The flourishing nobility of the Kingdom of Prussia: nobles. 1857, p. 84, Tfl. 107.
- George Adalbert von Mülverstedt : III.02.II.1. The Prussian nobility: supplements u. Improvements: barons and counts. 1906, p. 15, Tfl. 11.
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (ed.): New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 1, Voigt, Leipzig 1859, p. 352.
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adelslexicon . Volume 1, Gebrüder Reichenbach, Leipzig 1836, pp. 216-217.
