Creytz

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Creytz , also Belzig von Kreutz , historically also Kreytzen or Kreutz as well as Creuez , Creutz , Creutzen , Creytzen or Kreutzen , is the name of a Prussian noble family . Branches of the family persist to this day.

The family is not to be confused with the Swedish lords, barons and counts Creutz , which according to the Netherlands and Finland spread, now also under the name of Kreutzen the öselschen knighthood belonged.

history

The family comes from the osterländisch - Meissen nobility and borrows its name from the place Kreutzen far from Altenburg . When the Sittichenbach monastery was founded , "Friedercus Creuez" appeared on April 11, 1154 as a witness. With the knight Heinrich († 1207) on Belzig (today Pölzig ) the secured line of the family began. Also lock Heuckewalde was temporarily owned by the family and from 1588 to 1616 the estate Balgstädt .

Melchior von Creytzen the Elder (* 1475; † 1550) moved to Prussia at the beginning of the 16th century . In 1519 he was enfeoffed with Sillginnen, among other things . He had married Susanne von Egloffstein -Domnau († 1558) in 1504 and thus brought the domination of Domnau to his family. In 1525 he was appointed chief steward in Königsberg and in 1533 he was appointed land steward . The son of the marriage Creytzen-Egloffstein, Christoph von Kreytzen († 1578), Lord of Domnau and Weßlienen , Upper Burggraf in the Duchy of Prussia, Brandenburg advice, Chamberlain and minister , was in Warsaw on May 4, 1572 by Emperor Maximilian II. In the Imperial count raised. The grandson of the latter, Wolfgang von Kreytzen († 1649), Polish colonel and chamberlain, Lord of Noßowitz and Raschwitz received from King Sigismund III. in Warsaw on January 29, 1632 the Polish indigenous community .

The Bavarian Lieutenant General Casimier Cyprian von Kreutz and Michael Dietrich von Kreutz received the confirmation of the status of an imperial count from Emperor Karl VII on April 4, 1743.

King Stanislaus August recognized on May 7, 1775 in Warsaw the count status for Anton August Belzig von Kreutz (* 1742), the cavalry master, head sess of Smolensk and Starost von Nastole.

General Cyprian Belzig von Kreutz (* 1777; † 1850)

Count Cyprian Belzig von Kreutz (* 1777, † 1850) received the indigenous status of the Courland knighthood in Mitau on April 8, 1833 and the Russian recognition of the count status in Saint Petersburg on June 29, 1839 .

Johann Albrecht von Kreytzen († 1720), District Administrator in Prussia, Lord of Kapsitten, was elevated to the Prussian count status by Friedrich I on January 18, 1701 on the occasion of his coronation .

Arthur von Creytz (* 1848, † 1931) actually held the title of baron without justification under nobility law . He tried for a professional career as an officer, which he as a lieutenant decommissioned resigned as farmers in Africa . Later he lived as a writer again in Germany, where he is still the aged Doctor of Law Max kvass (including kvass; 1892-1937) from Berlin and the merchant Erich Loewenthal adopted . Around 1924, the Strantz family reported the former to the police president of Berlin-Kreuzberg for incorrect naming. Thereupon it was forbidden to him, but he continued to call himself "von Creytz-Kwass" (also "von Creytz-Kwass" ). Due to the law against abuses in marriage and the adoption of children around 1935, Löwenthal was again withdrawn from calling himself "von Creytz".

possession

Leopold von Ledebur gives an overview of the historical property owned exclusively by Courland and Poland :

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows a black pole in silver. On the helmet with its black and silver cover is a three-armed red spike , the tips of which are each studded with three cock feathers and around which a wreath of black and silver balls is wrapped.

The Tryumf III coat of arms. shows a black burgundy cross in gold . Oval central shield , vertically divided by a black pole; right in red and left in silver an erect goldfish. Motto : Hoc me glorifico

  • Family coat of arms (1605)

  • Coat of arms of the Russian count Belzig von Kreutz

  • Coat of arms of the sex; carved in stone on the Rudelsburg

Relatives

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gustaf Elgenstierna : The introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor. Volume 2, Stockholm, pp. 60f, No. 92
  2. ^ Nicolai von Essen (edit.): Genealogical manual of the Oeselschen Ritterschaft . Dorpat 1935, p. 472
  3. ↑ Manfred Höhne: East Prussia ( Silginy - Sillginnen )
  4. ↑ Entry in the library for research on the history of education (BBF) of the German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF): ( digitized version of his personal card as a teacher (Rector) ( memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link became automatic inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bbf.dipf.de
  5. ^ Institut Deutsche Adelsforschung : Excerpt from the Scheinadel directory, in: Deutsches Adelsblatt, year 1924, page 311
  6. ^ Institute for German Aristocracy Research: "Scheinadel" through assumptions in place of children
  7. ^ Aristocratic lexicon of the Prussian monarchy . Volume 1, Berlin 1855, pp. 151-152
  8. ^ Municipality of Balgstädt: Chronicle from 1563-1616