Korn (family)
The Korn family was a Wroclaw family of publishers, booksellers and printers founded by Johann Jakob Korn in the 18th and 20th centuries. Their companies published, among other things, publications that were mainly intended for Eastern European countries, especially Poland. Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn , published Polish textbooks and founded bookshops in Warsaw , Lemberg and Poznan in what was then Poland-Lithuania . He was a book supplier for King Stanislaus II and the University of Vilnius .
family members
- Johann Jakob Korn (1702–1756), born in the area in the former Principality of Coburg, was the progenitor of the family and founder of the Korn publishing house , founder of the oldest newspaper in Silesia, the Schlesische Zeitung
- Johann Friedrich Korn (1736–1802), son of Johann Jakob; Publishers and antique dealers
- Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn (1739–1806), son of Johann Jakob; Booksellers and publishers
- Johann Gottlieb Korn (1765–1837), son of Wilhelm Gottlieb; Booksellers and publishers
- Julius Korn (1799–1837), son of Johann Gottlieb; Publisher of German works and magazines, took care of the technical development of the company
- Heinrich von Korn (1829–1907), son of Julius; Owner of paper mills in what was then Sakrau near Breslau; Among other things, co-founder of the Silesian Museum of Handicrafts and other cultural institutions; Namesake of a street in Breslau (today Aleja Marcina Kromera).
- Richard von Bergmann-Korn (1885–1945), Dr. phil., major a. D., grandson of Heinrich, the last owner of the company; Founder of Bergstadtverlag
Members not affiliated with the family business:
- Jobst Korn (1616–), oldest known ancestor of the Korn family, from Lehesten near Saalfeld , Rotgerber , councilor and mayor
- Johann Jodokus (Jobst), (1644–1709) Rotgerber, councilor and mayor
- Friedrich Wilhelm Korn, son of Wilhelm Gottlieb
- Julian Ferdinand Korn, son of Wilhelm Gottlieb
- Adolf Carl Korn (1820–1902), son of Julian Ferdinand; Doctor in Argentina
- Alexander Korn (1860–1936), son of Adolf Carl; Doctor and Argentine politician
- Marie von Korn (1866–1955), daughter of Heinrich
coat of arms
Heinrich von Korn's coat of arms is as follows:
“However, the man is up to seven golden ears of corn. On the crowned helmet a growing, golden griffin with seven golden ears in the right hand. "
Korn's family motto was "CANDIDE ET CAUTE" (Sincere and Careful); This inscription appears on the portal of the palace in Pawlowitz and on the ruins of the palace in Schönfeld.
Castles
In the Hundsfeld area , Heinrich von Korn acquired Pawelwitz Castle in 1891 (today it houses the supraregional agricultural congress center in Pawlowitz, Wroclaw University of Natural Sciences , in 1996 it was included in the monument register). In 1867 Heinrich von Korn acquired another castle in Lower Silesia , in Schönfeld. Pawelwitz came to his daughter Marie von Schweinichen, nee. of grain.
literature
- Constantin von Schweinichen: From the history of the lineage of those von Schweinichen. Wroclaw 1905.
- Klaus Ullmann : Silesia Lexicon. Wuerzburg 1992.
- Encyclopedia Wrocławia. 2000, ISBN 83-7023-749-5 , p. 381 "Kornowie", p. 607 "Pałac Kornów"
- Ulrich Schmilewski: Published by Korn in Breslau: a brief history of an important publisher from 1732 until today . Bergstadtverlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, Würzburg 1991, ISBN 3-87057-140-3 .
- Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1908, second year, p.597ff
- Karl Friedrich Pfau: Korn . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 338 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ulrich Schmilewski: Published by Korn in Breslau: a brief history of an important publisher from 1732 to today. Bergstadtverlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, Würzburg 1991, ISBN 3-87057-140-3 , p. 13 .
- ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the letter aristocratic houses . Ninth year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1915, p. 498 (online)