Fröauff

Fröauff was the name of one of the most influential civil servant families in the Moselle valley . She lived in the cologne enclave of Zeltingen-Rachtig since the 16th century . Petrus Fröauff from Saxony is considered to be the progenitor of the family . The family died out in the early 19th century.

The family's descendants include the church historian Franz Xaver Kraus (1840–1901) and Admiral Wilhelm Canaris (1887–1945).

Web links

• The Fröauff family of civil servants from the Rachtig-Zeltingen office ( German ) Retrieved on May 18, 2012.
• The Fröauff family in Rachtig-Zeltingen until 1800 ( German ) Retrieved on May 18, 2012.