Tanche
Tanck (also Tancke ) is the name of a German family from Wismar . Tanche and Tank (also Tanch , Tanke , Tanck , Tancke and so on) is the name of several Danish-Norwegian genders. While these sexes had similar names and coats of arms , their possible family relationships are unknown.
Tancke in Germany
In the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, especially in Wismar, there were several people who carried the name Tanck (e). One of them was Provost Otto Tanck .
Tanche in Denmark
Martin Tancke
Martin Tancke , whose parents or siblings are unknown, was admitted to the Danish nobility in 1643 by King Christian IV (naturalization). Martin Tancke claimed that the family had been ennobled by Emperor Charles IV .
Hadersleben
A Tanche family lived in Hadersleben , from which some members immigrated to Norway.
Tanche and tank in Norway
Eastern Norway and Northern Norway
The name Tanche is used in Northern Norway and Denmark . The Eastern Norwegian branch uses the tank variant . Both came from Hadersleben.
One of the sexes was the politician Carsten Tank .
Mountains
After Bergen in western Norway, a family came tank. No connection with the others is known.
literature
- JA Fridericia: Tancke, Martin . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 17 : Svend Tveskjæg – Tøxen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1903, p. 81 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Carsten Tank. In: Norsk Biografisk Leksikon.
- State Main Archive Schwerin: Acta civitatum specialia Wismar, No. 323.
Web links
- Mary K. Killough: The Tank Family Of Green Bay, Wisconsin (1850-1891).