Kracht (noble family)

Coat of arms of the Brandenburg-Lausitz-East Prussian tribe

Kracht is the name of an old noble family that probably comes from the former Archdiocese of Magdeburg .

history

The family was divided into two tribes as early as 1260, of which the Erzstiftig-Magdeburg tribe already died out in 1605, while the Brandenburg - Lausitz - East Prussian tribe continues to this day. The line that came to East Prussia with the Teutonic Order died out at the end of the 16th century. The Magdeburg tribe, formerly wealthy in Wanzleben , Wolmirstedt and Jericho , first appears in 1156–1165.

The Brandenburg-Lausitz-East Prussian tribe appears for the first time with Zabel von Kracht, who is documented between 1280 and 1295, initially as a ministerial of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg , then as miles fidelis (which means as much as loyal follower ) of the Margrave of Brandenburg in Luckenberg occurs. His great-grandson Heinze von Kracht became the first Brandenburg chancellor under the Hohenzollern family .

coat of arms

a) Magdeburg tribe: divided by silver over red , each with a griffin claw of a mistaken color; on the helmet with red and silver blankets an open red flight .

b) Brandenburg-Lausitz-East Prussian tribe: In blue a winged silver griffin claw with a red diagonal bar above the silver wing; on the helmet with blue-red-silver covers the shield image.

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  Coat of arms of those of Kracht (Magdeburg)

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  Coat of arms of those of Kracht (Brandenburg-East Prussia)

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  Coat of arms graphic by Otto Hupp from the Munich calendar 1919

Well-known representatives of the sex

• Heinze von Kracht (around 1400 – after 1466), first Brandenburg chancellor under the Hohenzollern family
• Albrecht Kracht (1487–1569), cardinal, senior of the cathedral chapter of Magdeburg
• Hildebrand von Kracht (1573–1638), captain of the Küstrin fortress
• Dietrich von Kracht (1603–1657), colonel, commandant of Berlin
• Karl Friedrich Erdmann von Kracht (1776–1856), Prussian lieutenant general
• Ernst von Kracht (1841–1932), Prussian major general
• Friedrich von Kracht (1844–1933), Prussian lieutenant general

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  Heinze von Kracht (* around 1400; † after 1466)

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  Hildebrand von Kracht (1573–1638)

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  Karl Friedrich Erdmann von Kracht (1776-1856)

literature

• Genealogical handbook of noble houses , A 12, volume 55 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg 1973, pp. 215-224
• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Areligen Häuser , seventh year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1906, pp. 415–425 ( stem series, older genealogy), 1914 ( stem series), until 1942 (continuations)

Web links

Commons : Kracht (noble family)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bibliography on the family in the Wildenfels Castle Archives

Individual evidence

1. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume VI, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg, 1987, pp. 453–454.
2. ↑ GGT , 1906, p. 416,
3. ↑ Mülverstedt : Regesten I, pp. 331-332 and 595-596.
4. ^ Adolph Friedrich Riedel : Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis , I 9, p. 6.
5. ↑ GHdA , Volume A XII, 1973, p. 215.