Köller (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the von Köller family

Köller is the name of an old Pomeranian noble family .

history

The family first appeared in a document on August 18, 1280 with the knight Johannes Colnerus , councilor of Duke Bogislaw IV of Pomerania . It occurs early in two tribes, the connection between which cannot be documented.

Coat of arms Köller

The coat of arms shows a red diamond in silver . On the helmet with red and silver covers a growing virgin with loose hair in a dress quartered in red and silver , whose head is equipped with three knife blades and who holds a natural silver lily in each hand . The von Köller coat of arms are related to those of Schwerin , which carry the same shield. They are not to be confused with the other Thuringian von Koller coats of arms.

Köller banner

  • Prussian nobility legitimation through the highest cabinet order of January 22, 1796 with the settlement of the father's coat of arms and name for Georg Ludwig von Köller-Banner (1776–1843), later landlord on Moratz Part C, the son of the aforementioned general Georg of the same name, legitimized since November 7, 1795 Ludwig von Köller-Banner and the royal Danish court actress Maria Morell .
Georg Ludwig von Köller-Banner, Danish general of the infantry

Coat of arms Köller banner

Split; to the right of silver and red divided diagonally to the right (coat of arms banner ), on the left a red diamond in silver (coat of arms Köller ). Two helmets with red and silver covers, on the right seven alternating red and silver flags (coat of arms banners ), on the left a growing virgin with loose hair in a dress quartered in red and silver with a silver sleeve on the right and a red sleeve on the left, her head with three Is equipped with knife blades and which holds a naturally silver lily in each hand ( Köller coat of arms ).

Known family members

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kai Detlev Sievers:  Köller, Ernst von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 321 f. ( Digitized version ).