Paczensky
Von Paczensky and Tenczin is the name of an old Upper Silesian noble family .
history
The family first appeared in a document in 1316 with Prosho de Pacyna , notary of Duke Wladislaus II. Von Beuthen - Cosel . The secure line of tribe begins with the brothers Jan the Elder (* around 1500) and Nikolaus (* around 1510) von Paczyna. On July 28, 1692, Albert Leopold Paczensky and his cousins Adam Wenzel and Georg Friedrich received recognition of their tribal affinity with the extinct Counts of Tenczin and, at the same time, the dignity of imperial counts with the permission of Tenczin to call themselves.
coat of arms
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The family coat of arms shows in red an upright gold-emblazoned silver battle ax with a right -facing edge. On the helmet with the red and silver covers, the hatchet lies diagonally to the right.
The coat of arms and family belong to the Topór tribe of the Polish Szlachta .
Known family members
- Albert Leopold Graf Paczensky von Tenczin (1639–1706), from 1688 Chancellor of the Principality of Opole - Ratibor , built the massive castle in Bitschin in 1700
- Georg Friedrich Wilhelm von Paczensky and Tenczin (1746–1812), district president, built the castle in Bischdorf in the Kreuzburg / OS district in 1800
- Carola von Paczensky and Tenczin (* 1958), State Councilor of the Judicial Authority of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- Gert von Paczensky (1925–2014), journalist, writer and restaurant critic
- Karl Heinrich von Paczensky and Tenczin (1731–1806), Prussian major general
- Otto von Paczensky and Tenczin (1850–1917), Prussian major general
- Susanne von Paczensky (1923–2010) born Czapski, wife of Gert von P., journalist
- Theodor von Paczensky and Tenczin (1851–1932), Prussian lieutenant general
See also
literature
- Genealogical manual of the nobility . Nobility Lexicon. Volume X, Volume 119 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1999, ISSN 0435-2408
- Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 .
Web links
- Family history v. Paczensky and Tenczin
- Paczensky. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 26, Leipzig 1740, column 156 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ State Archive of Breslau, printed by Wattenbach, Codex diplom. Siles. II, p. 127.
- ↑ fhh.hamburg.de