Wernsdorff (noble family)
Wernsdorff , also called Wernsdorf , is the name of a Prussian noble family .
history
The Wernsdorff family is assigned to the Meissen nobility and was first mentioned in a document with Heinricus de Wernherstorf on July 3, 1277. The lineage of the family begins with Janus von Wernsdorff († 1390). The family was widespread in the ore monastery of Merseburg from the 14th to the beginning of the 16th century, an ancestral estate there was Dölnitz. One branch spread to Züllichau in the 15th century . With Hans von Wernsdorff in Beutelsdorf in Altenburg , the family has probably died out in their home country, although more recent sources postulate a continuation up to the 17th century. A Silesian origin has also been suggested, but discarded as research progressed.
With the Teutonic Order , the family with the brothers Wolfgang and Dietrich von Wernsdorff († 1578) came to Prussia in the middle of the 16th century . Here the family had further extensive property at Belacken, Biothen and Popelken (1807-1820) in the Wehlau district ; Döhlau, Ganshorn, Hohenstein, Groß and Klein Petzdorf, Rauden and Uzikau in the Osterode district ; Gütchen in the district of Mohrungen ; Karpowen, Kurkenfeld, Kurkowen (1784–1805), Plagbuden (1805–1820), Polaschen, Poleiken (1805–1820), Raade, Rautenfeld, Rodenwalde and Staxheim in the Gerdauen district ; Kosslau (1663–1727), Neidenburg and Sakrau in the Neidenburg district ; Mitschullen, Paulswalde and Perlswalde in the Angerburg district ; Salzbach and Stettenbruch in the Rastenburg district ; Schönfeld in the Prussian Holland district ; Sickenhöfen in the Fischhausen district ; Trundlack (1773–1820) in the Heiligenbeil district and in Vogelsang in the Königsberg district .
Numerous sons of the family served as officers in the Prussian army .
Relatives
- Wolff von Wernsdorff († 1606), 1604 Obermarschall and 1605 Oberburggraf in Prussia
- Helmuth von Wernsdorff (1901–1971), 1933–1938 German government advisor, personal advisor to Reich Minister Kerrl
coat of arms
In a field split by red and gold , the coat of arms shows two upward sloping lilies of mixed colors. A flight marked like the shield on helmets with red and gold covers . Motto : Per aspera ad astra
literature
- Adelslexikon , Volume 16, Volume 137 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg / Lahn 2005, p. 109
- Genealogical pocket book of the knight and noble families , Volume 5, Brno 1880, pp. 508-510
- Yearbook of the German Nobility , Volume 3, Berlin 1899, pp. 781-787
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses , first year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1901, pp. 590–892
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J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms , Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg
- Otto Titan von Hefner , Alfred Grenser , George Adalbert von Mülverstedt and Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt : III. Volume, 2nd section, 1st volume, The blooming nobility of the Kingdom of Prussia: Edelleute , 1878, p. 444, Tfl. 485
- George Adalbert von Mülverstedt and Adolf Matthias Hildebrandt: VI. Volume, 6th department, Extinct Prussian nobility: Province of Saxony , 1884, p. 185, Tfl. 120
- Konrad Blažek : VI. Volume, 8th section, 3rd part, The dead Adel of the Prussian Province of Silesia , 1894, p. 118, Tfl. 75
Web links
- Wernsdorff on Adelslexikon.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Areligen Häuser , Part A, 31st year, 1932, p. 561.
- ^ State archive Königsberg i. Pr. , Certificate No. 894.
- ↑ Johann Sinapius : Des Schlesischen Adels Anderer Part or Continuation of Schlesischer Curiositäten , Leipzig and Breslau 1728, p. 1107.
- ^ Leopold Freiherr von Ledebur : Adelslexicon of the Prussian Monarchy . Volume 3, Berlin 1858, p. 103.
- ^ Personnel files from Wernsdorff, Helmuth, geb. February 7, 1901, government councilor, personal advisor to Reich Minister Kerrl.