Leutsch

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Coat of arms of those of 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

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 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Leutsch family  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Original in the Weimar State Archives ; see. Paul Kehr: Document book of the Hochstift Merseburg , Halle 1899, No. 126
  2. ^ Lehnsbuch des Margrave Friedrich the Serious of Meißen in the Dresden State Archives , Kop. 24, fol. 35