Preu
The Preu are a Franconian noble family with their headquarters in Weißenburg in Bavaria , a large district town in the Middle Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen . The Preu are an old patrician family from the imperial city of Weißenburg . It is first mentioned with Peter Jakob Preu (1440–1518).
The patrician , Lord of the Interior Council and Elector Peter von Preu, was raised to the nobility on March 28, 1538 by King Ferdinand I , who later became Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire . The coat of arms is kept as a facsimile from 1760 at the Antiquities Association in Weissenburg, the original is on the Hradschin in Prague .
coat of arms
The Preu family leads the beating wolf under Bavarian blue-silver, split vertically seven times in the coat of arms.
history
On November 15, 1530 it was decided by a large majority under Peter von Preu (1464-1550) as Lord of the Interior Council and elector in the St. Andrew's Church in Weissenburg to accept the Confessio Augustana and thereby become Protestant .
Heads of families since 1440
| 1440-1518 | Jacob Preu, Weißenburg, Table I No. 1 sheet No. 1 |
| 1464-1550 | Peter von Preu, I 2 1, raised to the nobility |
| 1519-1603 | Peter von Preu, I 3 1 |
| 1550-1612 | Christopf von Preu, II AI3 2 |
| 1595-1635 | Peter von Preu, II A I.6.6.6 2 |
| 1623-1677 | Johann Conrad von Preu, II AI 5.5.2 2 |
| 1655-1742 | Georg Thomas von Preu, II AI 6.6.6 2 |
| 1682-1723 | Johann Nicolaus von Preu, II AI 7.2 2 |
| 1709-1777 | Johann Jacob von Preu, II AI 8.3 3 |
| 1742-1795 | Johann Leonhard von Preu, pastor in Rothesütte and founder of the Harz line, II AI 1.10 5 |
| 1778-1833 | Johann Friedrich von Preu, pastor of Rothesütte , II AI 1 5 |
| 1806-1884 | Friedrich Heinrich von Preu, pastor of Rothesütte , II AI 2 26 |
| 1830-1912 | Hermann Friedrich Leonhard von Preu, pastor of Sülzhayn and Werna in the Harz region, II A II 1 29 |
Known family members
- Georg Michael Preu (1681–1745), Protestant theologian and writer