Elsner von Gronow (noble family)
Elsner von Gronow is the name of a noble family with origins in Lower Silesia. One branch of the family bears the name Elsner von der Malsburg .
history
origin
A descent from the old Bohemian family Hronovice is named in older sources, but is not documented. The documented line of the family begins with Mathis Oelsner, Erbscholtisseibowner, who died on June 26, 1550 in Grune near Lissa / Lower Silesia . The first admission to the Silesian nobility took place on April 6, 1787, the nobility renewal on January 12, 1807. The nobility was abandoned a short time later. On September 15, 1852 the nickname "von Gronow" was adopted, and since June 4, 1856 the family has belonged to the Prussian nobility.
Elsner von der Malsburg
After a line of the von der Malsburg family died out in the male line in 1961, the descendants of Harald Elsner von Gronow and Friederike von der Malsburg at Elmarshausen Castle bear the name Elsner von der Malsburg and have been part of the Knighthood of Old Hessen since December 6, 1963 guided.
coat of arms
From 1856, two natural branched tree trunks placed in the shape of a cross in the shape of an Andrew's cross on the black shield After the coat of arms was improved in 1861 in the golden shield in black two slanted, intersecting black tree trunks ("Elsen trunks" = alder trunks), cut down above and below, each with five mutilated branches on the sides. Crest: a peacock feather on the crowned helmet. Cover: black and gold.
Personalities
- Julian Elsner von Gronow (1834–1910), district administrator in the Mogilno district
- Wilhelm Ferdinand Elsner (1786–1848), district administrator in the Groß Strehlitz district
- Martin Elsner von Gronow (1817–1886), member of the Prussian House of Representatives, co-founder of the Free Conservative Party
- Ruth Elsner von Gronow (1887–1972), Dr. phil, theologian
- Berengar Elsner von Gronow (politician, 1903) (1903–1981), German politician ( NSDAP ), mayor of Swinoujscie
- Berengar Elsner von Gronow (politician, 1978) (* 1978), German politician ( AfD ), member of the Bundestag
literature
- German Gender Book , Volume 100, "Elsner von Gronow"
- Johannes Baptista Rietstap : Armorial General , "Elsner von Gronwo"
- Deutsches Adelsarchiv (Ed.), Adelslexikon , Volume III, p. 130
- General German Biography , Volume 55, pp. 738–742, "Elsner, Wilhelm Ferdinand"
- Berengar Elsner von Gronow, 500 years of Oelsner, Elsner, Elsner v. Gronow, Soest 1967