Jursitzky
Jursitzky is the name of an old Polish noble family . 1404 Watzlaw Jursitzky was registered in the Krakow aristocratic registers under the Topór coat of arms .
coat of arms
The family belongs to the coat of arms family Topór , d. H. the same arms is or was with varying crest from other families from the same region ( Crest Community performed). Individual family members are listed under the Nowina , Strzemię and Radwan coats of arms .
Surname
The original family name "Jurczycki z Jurczyc" is derived from the first name Georg (Slavic Juri), and means son of George (Jurczycki). Over the centuries, the name changed to the German version Jursitzky, according to the power and language relations in Silesia.
origin
The headquarters was Jurczyce (German: Georgendorf ), a district of the Skawina municipality in Greater Poland . The family took the name Jurczycki after their holdings in Jurczyce . Like many Polish noble families, the Counts of Jursitz were impoverished in the 17th century. The headquarters in Georgendorf was sold to the Haller family in 1795. The Polish general Józef Haller von Hallenburg was born on Jurczyce .
Name bearer
- Moritz Jursitzky (1861–1936), Austrian writer
- Wilhelm Jursitzky (executed 1896–1944), Austrian resistance fighter
- Bruno Jursitzky (executed 1898–1944), Austrian resistance fighter