Leutsch
Leutsch , historically also Luszh, Lus, Lutzsch, Leitzsch, Lewtzsch, Leuitzsch or Leuitsch , the name of an old, out of which is Margraviate of Meissen originating noble family , which also contained later Silesia and Hannover could spread and eventually in Prussia came to some renown .
history
The family has its parent company in Lindenau near Leipzig , and first appears in a document with Didericus de Lindenowe 1182. This makes the family to the coat of arms and ancestral relatives of the von Lindenau . From the year 1285 the family owned their name-giving estate Leutzsch near Leipzig, after which it was mentioned in documents from 1348/49 as von Lutzsch and with Otto von Leutsch in 1377. The secured and continuous line of trunks begins with Hans von Lewtzsch († 1541), heir to Seegrehna and Klitzschen .
Relatives
- Christian Karl Wilhelm von Leutsch (1723–1798), Prussian major general
- Karl Christian von Leutsch (1798–1881), German author
- Friedrich August von Leutsch (1757–1818), lawyer, Saxon diplomat and Hanoverian court vice-president
- Ernst von Leutsch (1808–1887), classical philologist and professor in Göttingen
coat of arms
The family coat of arms shows a natural linden tree in a shield divided by silver and green , with two silver roses at the bottom . A natural peacock's tail on the helmet with green and silver covers .
Coat of arms of the von Leutsch near Siebmacher (1870)
Coat of arms of Friedrich August von Leutsch (1791)
literature
- Genealogical handbook of the nobility , Adelslexikon Vol. VII, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg (Lahn) 1989, p. 315
- Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch , Justus Perthes , Gotha 1907 (series), 1909–1939 (continuations)
- Clemens Frhr. v. Hausen: vassal families of the Marquis of Meißen. In: Quarterly magazine for coat of arms, seal and family studies. Volume 18, 1890, p. 382
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Volume 5, Leipzig 1864, pp. 493–494 ,
- Friedrich Wilhelm Boldewin Ferdinand von dem Knesebeck: Historical paperback of the nobility in the Kingdom of Hanover. Hanover 1840, p. 191
- Leopold von Ledebur : Nobility Lexicon of the Prussian Monarchy . Volume 2, Berlin 1856, p. 30 ; Volume 3, 1858, p. 301
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adelslexicon . Volume 3, Leipzig 1837, p. 227
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Original in the Weimar State Archives ; see. Paul Kehr: Document book of the Hochstift Merseburg , Halle 1899, No. 126
- ^ Lehnsbuch des Margrave Friedrich the Serious of Meißen in the Dresden State Archives , Kop. 24, fol. 35