Creytz
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 .
Former Pölzig Castle
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.
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 :
- in the Saxon principalities : Bachstädt, Balgstädt , Kreutzen , Dobitschen , Gauern , Kriebitzsch , Pölzig , Rudelsburg , Freiroda , and Tegkwitz
- in the Electorate of Saxony (later the Kingdom of Saxony ): Bendorff, Frohburg , Hermsdorf, Krittenstein, Niederndorff, Rudelsburg , Schweickershausen, Silberstraße , Untreu, Werdau and Teutsch Wolfframsdorff
- in the Electorate of Saxony (later Province of Saxony ): Gaditz , Heuckewalde and Teuchern
- In Anhalt : Wörlitz
- in Prussia : German Eylau , Domnau , Galitten, Polkitten , Prausßen, Schreitlack, Sillginnen and Weßlienen
- in Courland : Rittingen
- in Poland: Kościelec
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
Coat of arms of the sex; carved in stone on the Rudelsburg
Relatives
- Melchior of Creytzen d. Ä. (* 1475; † 1550), Landhofmeister in Prussia, Lord of Sillginnen and Domnau
- Johannes von Creytzen (also: Hans; * 1506; † 1575), 1536–1575 Chancellor in the Duchy of Prussia, professor at the newly founded Albertina
- Christoph von Kreytzen († 1578), Oberburggraf in the Duchy of Prussia, Lord of Domnau and Weßlienen
- Albrecht von Creytzen (the elder) (* 1562; † 1612), Prussian court judge and envoy
- Andreas von Kreytzen (* 1579; † 1641), administrative officer in the Duchy of Prussia, master of Weßlienen
- Albrecht von Creytzen (* 1597; † 1634), President of the Court Court in Königsberg
- Wolfgang von Kreytzen († 1649), District Administrator and Governor of Tilsit , Lord of Domnau and Salau
- Wolf von Creytzen (* 1598; † 1672), Senior Marshal in the Duchy of Prussia
- Abraham von Kreytzen (* 1624; † 1675), Oberbmarschall in the Duchy of Prussia, Lord of Domnau and Saalen
- Melchior Ernst von Creytzen (1627–1692), Prussian councilor and diplomat
- Georg Wilhelm von Creytzen (1629–1688), senior counselor and senior marshal in the Duchy of Prussia, master of foxhouses
- Georg Friedrich von Creytzen (May 3, 1639 - May 4, 1710), Chancellor of the Duchy of Prussia
- Casimier Cyprian von Kreutz († after 1743), lieutenant general in Bavaria
- Georg Corvin von Creytz († before 1701), Imperial General Field Sergeant
- Wolfgang Josaphat von Creytz (1673–1707), imperial sergeant general
- Georg Christoph von Kreytzen (* 1683; † 1750), Prussian lieutenant general
- Johann Friedrich von Kreytzen (* 1693; † 1759), Prussian major general
- Friedrich von Kreytzen (* 1703; † 1765), Prussian major general
- Cyprian Belzig von Kreutz (* 1777; † 1850), Russian general of the cavalry
- Peter Belzig von Kreutz (* 1816; † 1894), Russian general of the cavalry
- Heinrich Belzig von Kreutz (1817-1891), Russian general of the cavalry and senator
- Arthur von Creytz (* 1848; † 1931), author (cynology), temporarily farmer in Africa, lieutenant ret . D.
literature
- Siegfried and Wolfgang v. Creytz: Ancestral line of the Creytz family. In: Old Prussian gender studies. Family Archives , No. 54, 1975
- Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Ed.): Year book of the German nobility , Volume 3, 1899, published by WT Bruer, p. 96 - digitized
- Detlev Schwennicke : European Family Tables New Series , Volume XX: Brandenburg and Prussia 1 , Vittorio Klostermann , Frankfurt am Main 2002, Tfln. 101-109
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume II, Volume 58 of the complete series, pp. 369-370, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1974, ISSN 0435-2408
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelige Häuser A Volume XXVII, Volume 132 of the complete series, pp. 206-214, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2003, ISSN 0435-2408
- Wulf D. Wagner: Culture in rural East Prussia - history, goods and people in the Gerdauen district , Volume II, Husum Verlag 2008
Web links
- The of Creytz in the castle archive Wildenfels
- Coat of arms of the Kreutzen in Johann Siebmacher's book of arms, plate 156
Individual evidence
- ^ Gustaf Elgenstierna : The introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor. Volume 2, Stockholm, pp. 60f, No. 92
- ^ Nicolai von Essen (edit.): Genealogical manual of the Oeselschen Ritterschaft . Dorpat 1935, p. 472
- ↑ Manfred Höhne: East Prussia ( Silginy - Sillginnen )
- ↑ 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. )
- ^ Institut Deutsche Adelsforschung : Excerpt from the Scheinadel directory, in: Deutsches Adelsblatt, year 1924, page 311
- ^ Institute for German Aristocracy Research: "Scheinadel" through assumptions in place of children
- ^ Aristocratic lexicon of the Prussian monarchy . Volume 1, Berlin 1855, pp. 151-152
- ^ Municipality of Balgstädt: Chronicle from 1563-1616