Krogh (noble family)
Krogh is a Lower Saxon and Danish noble family . It originally comes from the area of the Archbishopric of Bremen-Verden (13th century), which came to Denmark in the 17th century. The spelling of the name changed between Krogh, Kroghe, Croghe, Kroge, Krough, Krog, Krug etc.
history
The line of trunks begins in Lüneburg in the 16th century . As part of the German-Danish conflict , after 1864 some family members joined the Prussian nobility. Part of the noble family is also common in Norway and Canada .
Friedrich Emil August von Krogh bought the Groß Weeden estate and brickworks in 1895 . There he had a mansion built in the baroque style in 1914. In 1987, after a bitter legal dispute, ownership was transferred to the state of Schleswig-Holstein and the city of Hamburg.
coat of arms
In blue a silver fortress equipped with four golden morning stars . On the helmet with blue-silver covers a growing red-marked, gold-necked silver wind chimes between an open flight, divided by blue and silver over a corner .
Known family members
- Christopher von Krogh (1785–1860), Danish lieutenant general
- Ferdinand von Krogh (1815–1891), German-Danish genealogist
- Charlotte von Krogh (1827–1913), German-Danish painter
- Friedrich von Krogh (1846–1928), Prussian lieutenant general
literature
- Nobility Lexicon . Volume VII. In: Genealogical manual of the nobility . tape 97 of the entire series. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1989, ISBN 3-7980-0797-7 , p. 29 .
- Aristocrat of houses B . Volume XV. In: Genealogical manual of the nobility . tape 83 of the entire series. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1984, ISBN 3-7980-0783-7 , p. 280 f .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of the Krogh family. Retrieved September 24, 2009 .
- ↑ History of the former Meierhof and later the Groß Weeden estate. Retrieved September 24, 2009 .
- ↑ Matthias Wiemer: Manorial property still orphaned. Lauenburgische Nachrichten, July 4, 2000, accessed on September 24, 2009 .