Rothkirch
Rothkirch is the name of an old Silesian noble family with the parent company of the same name near Liegnitz .
history
The family first appeared on July 8, 1302 in a document in Liegnitz with Woycecho von Rothkirche . The complete line of trunks begins with Hans von Rothkirch, who died around 1428 . In 1411 he served as marshal to Bishop Wenzel von Liegnitz from Breslau and in 1413, also as marshal, to Duke Heinrich von Lüben .
Two members of the sex were non-hereditary members of the Prussian manor house. Johann Wenzel Freiherr von Trach adopted Johann Friedrich von Rothkirch. Frederick the Great approved the unification of the coats of arms on March 4, 1757 and at the same time elevated Johann Friedrich to the rank of baron with the name of Rothkirch and Trach . Prussian count status on October 18, 1861 while retaining the name to Ernst Edwin Freiherr von Rothkirch and Trach, lord of the Majorate on Panthenau. Prussian count on November 15, 1861 for Leopold Freiherr v. Rothkirch and Trach, on Bärsdorf , with the name Graf von Rothkirch, Freiherr v. Trach .
coat of arms
The family coat of arms shows three crowned and red armed black eagle heads in gold. Another eagle's head stands on the helmet with its black and gold covers .
Family coat of arms of those of Rothkirch
Coat of arms of the barons of Rothkirch
Coat of arms of the Counts of Rothkirch and Trach
Name bearer
Rothkirch line
- Dorotheus Graf von Rothkirch (1834–1897), member of the Prussian manor house
- Eberhard von Rothkirch (1852–1911), first chairman of the YMCA in Germany, founded in Berlin in 1883
- Friedrich Alexander von Rothkirch (1727–1785), Royal Prussian Major General
- Hans Christoph von Rothkirch (1717–1785), royal Prussian lieutenant general, commander of the town and fortress of Neisse and governor of Gattersleben
- Johann Sylvius von Rothkirch (1715–1782), Prussian major general
- Leopold Graf von Rothkirch (1796–1866), member of the Prussian manor house
- Thilo Graf Rothkirch (1948–2014), German film producer, screenwriter and director
Rothkirch and Panthen line
- Adalbert von Rothkirch and Panthen (1853–1923), Prussian lieutenant general
- Anton Ferdinand von Rothkirch and Panthen (1739–1805), auxiliary bishop of Breslau
- Hugo von Rothkirch-Panthen (1812–1868), Prussian astronomer
- Curt von Rothkirch and Panthen (1849–1926), Prussian major general
- Eberhard von Rothkirch (1852–1911), chairman of the first YMCA in Germany
- Friedrich-Wilhelm von Rothkirch and Panthen (1884–1953), Lieutenant General
- Karl von Rothkirch-Panthen (1807–1870), Oberstlandmarschall and governor of Bohemia
- Leopold von Rothkirch and Panthen (1769–1839)
Rothkirch and Trach line
- Edwin von Rothkirch and Trach (1888–1980), German cavalry general during World War II
- Ernst Theodor von Rothkirch-Trach (1820-1892), German administrative officer
- Leopold Graf von Rothkirch und Trach (1923–2009), German equestrian, officer and farmer
- Maximilian Graf von Rothkirch and Trach (1857–1938), district administrator in the Goldberg district
See also
literature
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses to the year 1857, p. 646 f. .
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Rothkirch and Panthen, the lords and counts of, genealogy . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 27th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1874, pp. 106-108 ( digitized version ).
- Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (Ed.): Year book of the German nobility , Volume 2, 1898, published by WT Bruer, p. 836, digitized .
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XII, Volume 125 of the complete series, pp. 63-66, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2001, ISSN 0435-2408 .
Web links
- Memories of Johannes Dittrich on the Rothkirch and Panthen line around 1860 (last paragraph)
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Archives Wroclaw, documents of the Leubus Monastery, No. 138
- ^ Genealogical handbook of the nobility, Volume A VIII, page 407, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 1966
- ^ Members of the Prussian manor house