Bock and Polach

Coat of arms of Bock and Polach

Bock and Polach is the name of a lineage of the von Bock family (also written by Pack ). Originally from the Margraviate of Meißen , it later moved to Lower Lusatia and Silesia .

history

The lineage of the von Bock and Polach family and the other branches of the von Bock family begins with Ulricus de Pack, who is mentioned on January 8, 1206 as a witness to Margrave Dietrich von Meißen . The first possessions included Mühlberg / Elbe and Belgern as well as other goods west of the Elbe . Through the marriage of Hedwig von Dewin, Ulrich III. In 1280 also the rule on Sorau , later Priebus and Triebel were added. In 1340, Friedrich von Bieberstein married Ulrich IV's only child, and the Sorau dominion , which had since expanded considerably, went to the Bieberstein as a so-called “ Weiberlehen ” . The brothers of the Sorauer Ulrichs had meanwhile put themselves in the service of the Silesian dukes. In 1318 the brothers Albert and Arnold de Pack bought the Protsch estate near Breslau . The Silesian possessions grew rapidly (Falkenhagen, Keulendorf, etc.) and Albert de Pack became Burgrave of Glatz in 1327 . Numerous lines originate from the sons of Albert, some of which went out early and some of which still exist today. One branch is now located at Gut Sögeln in the Osnabrück region.

coat of arms

The family's first coat of arms was a "tinged slanted right bar accompanied by two stars". The coat of arms came to the von der Heide family from Wroclaw through marriage in the 14th century and is still part of the von Heydebrand family's coat of arms today . In 1282 Ulrich von Pack was a witness for the founding of Finsterwalde , the document is preserved in the main state archive in Dresden .

The seal from 1282 shows a stag walking to the right. The later family coat of arms arose from it, it shows “a red, ten-pointed stag in silver. The deer growing on the helmet with red and silver covers ”. This coat of arms is - in small variations - the coat of arms of the von Bock and Polach families, von Bock from the house of Lachmes and Freiherrn von Bock.

Important representatives

Abraham Bock (1531–1603), court clerk of the Electorate of Saxony and owner of the manor
Friedrich von Bock and Polach (1849–1934), Prussian general of the infantry
Karl von Bock and Polach (1840–1902), Mülheim (Lord) Mayor from 1879 to 1902
Max von Bock and Polach (1842–1915), Prussian Field Marshal General
Erich von Bock and Polach (1911–1979), Bremen police chief from 1951 to 1975

literature

Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Areligen Häuser , Part A, 33 Jg., Gotha 1934, p. 57
Ernst Heinrich Kneschke , New General German Nobility Lexicon , Volume 1, p.499

Individual evidence

↑ Karl Robert Bertram: Chronicle of the city of Belgern and the surrounding area. Belgians 1860
^ George Adalbert von Mülverstedt : Diplomatarium Ileburgense, collection of documents on the history and genealogy of the Counts of Eulenburg. Magdeburg 1877
↑ The seals of the nobility of the Wettin region up to the year 1500 / on the order of d. Royal Saxon. State government ed. by Otto Posse , Dresden: Verlag des Apollo (Franz Hoffmann) and Wilhelm Baensch, 1903–1917, digitized
^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der aristocratic houses, 1906, Verlag Justus Perthes, Gotha.

[1] Karl Robert Bertram: Chronicle of the city of Belgern and the surrounding area. Belgians 1860

[2] George Adalbert von Mülverstedt : Diplomatarium Ileburgense, collection of documents on the history and genealogy of the Counts of Eulenburg. Magdeburg 1877

[3] The seals of the nobility of the Wettin region up to the year 1500 / on the order of d. Royal Saxon. State government ed. by Otto Posse , Dresden: Verlag des Apollo (Franz Hoffmann) and Wilhelm Baensch, 1903–1917, digitized

[4] Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der aristocratic houses, 1906, Verlag Justus Perthes, Gotha.