Nitsche (noble family)

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The Nitsche family (also supposed to have been called Nigsche or Nicius in the past) is a German and Austrian noble family . As early as 1634, the brothers Christoph and Abraham Nitsche, lords of Mengelsdorf and Nieder-Markersdorf near Görlitz, received a letter of arms for themselves and their descendants with the name Nitsche zu Görlitz from Emperor Ferdinand II .

Nitsche (to Görlitz)

The established family branch of the Protestant family branch from Upper Lusatia begins with the Elector-Saxon Court Councilor Andreas Nitsche , whose birth is documented in 1731 in Seidau near Bautzen. Later married to Marie von Soltikow (also Soltikoff), daughter of Michael Alexiewitz Graf Soltikow and from 1776 owner of Gut Löbensmüh. The first diploma for the imperial aristocracy received Johann Georg Nitsche, kk Hofkammerrat and Lord of Mengelsdorf and Nieder-Markersdorf, from Emperor Karl VI. in the year 1715. A new diploma for the imperial nobility in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation received on November 2, 1804 in Wels the grandson of the Saxon court advisor Andreas Nitsche, Dr. med. Andreas Nitsche, Lord of Schadewalde and Marklissa in Upper Lusatia. The Nitsche family belongs to the sexes that did not have any name affix to their name when they were raised to the imperial nobility. In Prussia and other countries, the family members were led under the name of Nitsche or Edle von Nitsche . Only the branches of the family, which were later accepted into the nobility in the Austrian lands, received appropriate predicates and additions to the name. Since the end of the monarchies in the German Empire and Austria-Hungary, family members no longer have any predicates or additions to their names, so today members of all branches of the family only use the name Nitsche , which does not make belonging to the nobility obvious.

Nitsche from Hohenplan

Noble Friedrich Nitsche von Hohenplan, Commander of the Franz Joseph Order, Knight of the Iron Crown III. Kl., J. Dr., k & k Government Council

Catholic and Lutheran branch of the family whose progenitor is Friedrich Nitsche von Hohenplan. Austrian nobility with the name addition Edler von Hohenplan through nobility recognition on July 28, 1835 for Friedrich Nitsche, k & k official in Innsbruck. A nobility diploma for the hereditary nobility received his son Dr. jur. Friedrich Nitsche, k & k councilor and notary, member of the Reichsrat and Bohemian state parliament, as Edler Nitsche von Hohenplan on September 10, 1909 in Vienna . He received many honors and awards for his involvement in politics, culture and society, including the Commander's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order and the Knight's Cross III. Class of the Order of the Iron Crown.

Nitsche von Wallwehr

Knight August Nitsche von Wallwehr as k & k colonel

First a Catholic , then a Lutheran branch of the family, the progenitor of which is August Nitsche von Wallwehr. August Nitsche, k & k colonel in Prussia , was awarded the Austrian knighthood with the addition of Wallwehr to his name on October 16, 1851 as a major in the 1st Artellerie Regiment in Vienna . Knight August Nitsche von Wallwehr received the hereditary knighthood for himself and his descendants as knights of the imperial order of Leopold . Until 1884, subjects of the countries ruled by the Habsburgs were raised to the hereditary knighthood through the award of the Knight's Cross of the Leopold Order.

coat of arms

Coat of arms Nitsche (zu Görlitz)

Coat of arms from 1804: split, on the right in gold a red armored, black eagle with a gold neck crown, on the left in red a gold lion with a silver anchor in its paws. On the helmet with red and gold blankets on the right, black and gold on the left, a clad arm with a saber between open, gold on the right, black on the left.

Coat of arms Nitsche von Hohenplan

Illustration of the coat of arms of the Nitsche Edle von Hohenplan

Coat of arms from 1909: divided, at the top in black an open book with a brown cover and red section, on the white pages of which there are gold words "VERUM ET JUSTUM", overlaid diagonally to the left with a golden German sword, the blade of which has the inscription " PRO PATRIA "wears 9 (4, 3, 2) gold-inseminated, green-tipped red roses below in gold. On the helmet with black and gold covers on the right and red and gold covers on the left, a growing black eagle with red tongues and armor in gold.

Coat of arms Nitsche von Wallwehr

Figure coat of arms of the Nitsche Knights von Wallwehr

Coat of arms from 1851: divided, split at the top, on the right in gold on a green floor turned inwards a red lion, in the right front paw carrying a burning bomb, on the left in black a fertilized natural laurel wreath through which 2 set silver tournament lances are stuck, below in red on a natural rocky ground, a fortress surrounded by palisades and built from natural ashlar stones. Two helmets, on the right with red and gold blankets the lion with the bomb growing, on the left with black and silver blankets 3 (black, silver, black) ostrich feathers.

Reign of Nitsche

The Nitsche rule (Nietążkowo) was an area that was then in the Grand Duchy of Poznan, around the town of Schmiegel (now the Polish Voivodeship of Greater Poland ). Initially, the town of Schmiegel itself belonged to the Nitsche rule. The rule consisted of the estates Nitsche, Wulsch, Alt-Boyen, Radomitz and Kuschen. In addition, the villages Zirpe, Wiederowo, Smolno and Prauschwitz belonged to it, as well as a large forest area. However, the forests were under ducal administration. Overall, the Nitsche estate comprised an area of ​​14,909 acres and, in addition to a central farm and castle courtyard, also included many craft businesses.

today

Today the descendants of each family live in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland .

Known family members

literature

  • Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses. 1907. First year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1906, p. 582.
  • Arms books of the Prussian and Bohemian nobility. from the line of the sieve maker.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ J. Siebmacher's large and general Wappenbuch, 3rd volume Adel des Königreis Prussia , 1st section p. 281 / T.332, 1857
  2. ^ New German Adelslexikon, Volume 6 LO p. 518, 1865
  3. ↑ Adelslexicon der Prussischen Monarchy , Volume 2 LS, pp. 150–151, 1856
  4. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , series Adelslexikon Volume 9 (116 complete series) p. 432 ff, 1998
  5. ^ New German Adelslexikon, Volume 6 LO p. 518, 1865
  6. ↑ Adelslexicon der Prussischen Monarchy , Volume 2 LS, pp. 150–151, 1856
  7. ^ History of the kuk Wehrmacht in 5 volumes, 1st volume p. 307 & 4th volume p. 469, 1898–1905
  8. ^ The kk or kuk Generalität 1816-1918, p. 127, 2007
  9. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , series Adelslexikon Volume 9 (116 complete series) p. 432 ff, 1998
  10. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , series Adelslexikon Volume 9 (116 complete series) p. 432 ff, 1998
  11. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Landesbank of the Kingdom of Bohemia in Prague p. 920, 1918
  12. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , series Adelslexikon Volume 9 (116 complete series) p. 432 ff, 1998
  13. ↑ J. Siebmacher's large and general Wappenbuch, 4th volume The Bohemian Adel , 9th section p. 19 / T.16, 1886
  14. ↑ J. Siebmacher's large and general Wappenbuch, 3rd volume Adel des Königreis Prussia , 1st section p. 281 / T.332, 1857
  15. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , series Adelslexikon Volume 9 (116 complete series) p. 432 ff, 1998
  16. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , series Adelslexikon Volume 9 (116 complete series) p. 432 ff, 1998
  17. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , series Adelslexikon Volume 9 (116 complete series) p. 432 ff, 1998
  18. ↑ J. Siebmacher's large and general Wappenbuch, 4th volume The Bohemian Adel , 9th section p. 19 / T.16, 1886
  19. ^ Annals of agriculture in the royal Prussian states, Presidium of the royal. State Ecology College, Secretary General C. v. Salviati, Volume 46, p. 136 ff, 1865