Strauss and Torney
Strauss and Torney is the name of a Lower Saxon family that was raised to the nobility in the mid-19th century . Christoph Strauss (around 1555–1611) from Seehausen in the Altmark is considered to be the first documented ancestor . His father was a pastor in Seehausen, later a preacher at St. Peterskirche in Magdeburg ( Lower Saxony Reichskreis ) and in Oldenburg in the county of Oldenburg . The direct line of roots began with Georg Burchard Strauss (around 1584-1632), pastor of Groß Schwülper , today the joint parish of Papenteich in the Gifhorn district (Lower Saxony).
The princely schaumburg-Lippe minister Viktor Strauss (1809–1899), also a religious historian and poet, was awarded a diploma on June 27, 1852 with his sons Albert (1833–1896), Lothar (1835–1903) and Hugo (1837–1919) on August 20, 1852 in Vienna raised to the Austrian nobility.
The princely schaumburg-Lippe approval for the association of names and coats of arms with that of the Lower Saxon noble family von Torney received the meanwhile ennobled Viktor von Strauss with his sons Albert and Lothar on May 15, 1872 in Bückeburg , after his son Hugo received the corresponding Prussian approval on May 19. February 1872 in Berlin . The family name now expanded was von Strauss and Torney .
Name bearer
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Viktor von Strauss and Torney (1809–1899), princely schaumburg-Lippe minister, religious historian, poet and honorary citizen of the city of Dresden
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Lothar von Strauss and Torney (1835–1903; Viktor's son), royal Prussian major general
- Lulu von Strauss and Torney (1873–1956; Lothar's daughter), German poet and writer
- Hugo von Strauss and Torney (1837–1919; Viktor's son), President of the Senate of the Higher Administrative Court in Berlin
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Lothar von Strauss and Torney (1835–1903; Viktor's son), royal Prussian major general
literature
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume XIV, page 199, Volume 131 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2003, ISSN 0435-2408
- Genealogical handbook of the nobility , noble houses B volume VI, page 364f., Volume 32 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2003, ISSN 0435-2408