Itzig (family)

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Itzig is the name of a widely ramified Berlin family of Jewish origin, whose name some family members changed to Hitzig after they converted to Christianity . The family is related to numerous other known families, including the Mendelssohn and Erman (family) families .

  1. Daniel Itzig (1723–1799), merchant and banker
    1. Isaak Daniel Itzig (1750–1806), banker and court building advisor
      1. Elias Daniel Itzig (1755–1818; from 1799: Hitzig) leather manufacturer and city councilor
        1. Julius Eduard Hitzig (1780–1849), publisher and writer
          1. Friedrich Hitzig (1811–1881), architect
            1. Eduard Hitzig (1838–1907), brain researcher
    2. Fanny von Arnstein born Itzig, (1758-1818), Salonière
    3. Sara Levy b. Itzig, (1761–1854), harpsichordist, salonière and promoter of classical music

literature

  • Thekla Keuck: Court Jews and citizens of culture. The history of the Itzig family in Berlin (=  Jewish religion, history and culture . Volume 12 ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011.
  • Daniel Itzig 1723–1799 and his family . In: Detlev Schwennicke (Ed.): European family tables . Volume XXI: Brandenburg and Prussia 2. Degener, Neustadt (Aisch) 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Relatives Hitzig - Mendelssohn - Erman