Willich (noble family, 1786)

Willich is the name of an aristocratic family originating from the Mark Brandenburg , whose lineage begins with Peter Willich ( Willicke ) (1611–1701), field preacher in the Thirty Years War , 1639–1642 pastor in Heiligensee near Berlin , 1642–1652 pastor in Bötzow near Nauen , since 1652 pastor in Langen .

Status survey

• Imperial nobility on March 31, 1786 in Vienna for Philipp Georg Willich (1720–1787), pastor in Sagard on Rügen .
• Grand Ducal Hessian nobility as "Willich called von Pöllnitz" on February 6, 1810 in Darmstadt for Justus Martin Willich , Grand Ducal Hessian lieutenant colonel , later colonel , married to Dorothea von Pöllnitz , heiress of Reinheim near Darmstadt.
• Grand Ducal Hessian nobility confirmation on November 6, 1862 for his grandson Friedrich Carl August Anton Willich called von Pöllnitz , Imperial and Royal Lieutenant in the 12th Hussar Regiment .

coat of arms

• Family coat of arms : In silver, a flaming red heart between two natural eagle wings .
• Coat of arms from 1786 , identical to Willich (noble family, 1765) : Under a blue shield head , inside two gold stars , in silver a red heart from which three red roses grow. On the helmet with blue and gold helmet covers on the right and red and silver helmet covers on the left, a gold star between open black flights .
• Coat of arms from 1810 , identical to Pöllnitz (noble family) : a blue rafter in silver . On the helmet with blue-silver helmet covers three (blue, silver, blue) ostrich feathers .

Name bearer

• Ehrenfried von Willich (preacher) (1777–1807), Protestant field preacher in the regiment of the Swedish Queen in Stralsund
• Ehrenfried von Willich (lawyer) (1807–1880), Prussian administrative lawyer, stepson of the theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher
• Heinrich Christoph von Willich (1759–1827), Protestant pastor in Sagard and founder of the local "fountain, bathing and entertainment establishment"
• Moritz von Willich (1750–1810), first rural physician in the Principality of Rügen and founder of the “fountain, bathing and entertainment establishment” in Sagard
• Philipp Georg von Willich (1720–1787), Protestant praepositus and pastor in Sagard
• Karl von Willich called von Pöllnitz (1802–1875), landowner and member of the 2nd Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse
• Wilhelm von Willich called von Pöllnitz (1807–1887), administrative officer and member of the 1st and 2nd chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse
• Julius von Willich called Von Pöllnitz (born 1988), German researcher at the TU Darmstadt

literature

• Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume XVI, page 225, Volume 137 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2005, ISBN 3-7980-0837-X