Kieseritzky (noble family)

Kieseritzky coat of arms

Kieseritzky is the name of a German-Baltic noble family.

history

The family probably came to Livonia in the 17th century . A connection to the Polish original noble family Kizierycki or to the coat of arms of the Saxon noble family von Koseritz has been considered, but could not be proven. In 1688 Jürgen Kieseritzky owned a house in Wolmar ( Valmiera ) near the town hall. His three sons Ludolph, Georg and Heinrich are considered to be the progenitors of the lineage of the family. In the 18th century they mostly worked as estate managers. Otto Kieseritzky was the first of the family to study law at the University of Dorpat . In the 19th century, many members of the family were active in the Imperial Russian civil service. The Kreisfiskal Georg (von) Kieseritzky (1821-1891) received in 1865 through Ukas the recognition of the nobility of his family branch. Another branch was located in Riga from 1786 .

During the First World War, Sylvia von Kieseritzky, b. Rosenthal, to Sweden with her children . In Sweden the sex belongs to the non-introduced nobility ( Ointroducerad adel ) and there are descendants to this day, also in Germany, the USA and Greece.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a silver buffalo head in blue. On the helmet with blue-silver covers three (blue-silver-blue) ostrich feathers .

Name bearer

• Lionel Kieseritzky (1806-1853), Baltic German chess master
• Gangolf von Kieseritzky (1847–1904), Baltic German archaeologist
• Polly Kieseritzky (1860–1919), Baltic German educator
• Ludwig Gerhard Kieseritzky (1869–1922), Baltic German doctor, painter and graphic artist
• Gustav Kieseritzky (1893–1943), German naval officer
• Ingomar von Kieseritzky (1944–2019), German writer

literature

• Erich Seuberlich : Family Tables of the German-Baltic Sexes , Volume 2, Riga and Leipzig 1927, Sp. 203–220 ( digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Kieseritzky (noble family)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See the genealogical table from Erich Seuberlich : genealogical tables of the German-Baltic families , Volume 2, Riga and Leipzig 1927, Col. 205/206 ( digitized version )
2. ↑ Letter of arms (Russian)