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Coat of arms of those von Wollschlaeger

Wollschlaeger , also Wollschläger or Wolszlegier is the name of a German-born, Kashubian noble family .

history

The family immigrated from Germany to Pommerellen , more precisely to the area around Schlochau , during the time of the Order , and was subsequently Polonized . In 1408 the captain Steffan Wolschlaer and 300 men from the Kulm contingent moved against the Samaites . In 1526 King Sigismund confirmed the nobles Mathaeo , Petrus and Martino Wolslager their nobility. In 1570 four noblemen Wollschlaeger were named as co-owners of the village of Platendienst . The family connected with the local Kashubian and / or rear Pomeranian nobility through marriage and belonged to the Szlachta .

The continuous line of trunks begins in the 17th century. From this time on, two main tribes of the Wollschläger are known.

  • Strain A was Mathes of Wollschläger and his wife Anna Sophia von Kleist donated
  • Strain B was prepared by Gregory of Wollschläger and his wife Anna Wika Czarnowska donated

On September 27, 1772, the family in Marienburg paid homage to Frederick the Great . Individual sons had previously served in the Polish army. In 1825 and 1845 by Karol Marcin Wolszlegier and in 1855 by Piotr Wolszlegier the family legitimized their nobility in Poland .

The Wollschläger owned the goods Bellno, Goluschitz, Klausfelde, Laskowitz, Lowin, Mühlheide, Rakelwitz, Samarte, Schönfeld, Seehlen, Sluppy, Tucholka, Zechlau and Zoldan, as well as a proportion of Prechlau and Gotzkau in the area of West Prussia . In Poznan they owned Charplewo, Cienzkowo and Iwno around the middle of the 19th century.

coat of arms

As a regular coat of arms the Wollschlaeger lead the Polish coat of arms Belty . This shows in red two silver arrows pointing downwards in the St. Andrew's Cross, which are crossed by an upwards pointing, similar, silver arrow. On the crowned helmet with red and silver covers a red eagle flight , pierced to the right by a silver arrow.

The coats of arms of Jelita and Trzaska are said to have occasionally been used under the name Wolszleger .

  • Trzaska coat of arms

  • Jelita coat of arms

Relatives

literature

  • Max Bär : The nobility and aristocratic property in Polish Prussia at the time of the Prussian occupation. Based on extracts from the vassal lists and land registers. Leipzig 1911, nos. 353, 589, 1278, 1282, 1317, 1342, 1348, 1387, 1657, 1666, etc. 1699
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Volume XVI, Volume 137 of the complete series, p. 361, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg (Lahn) 2005, ISSN  0435-2408
  • Leopold von Ledebur : Nobility Lexicon of the Prussian Monarchy . Volume 3, Berlin 1858, p. 136
  • Emilian von Źernicki-Szeliga : The Polish aristocracy and the foreign aristocratic families who joined the same. Volume 2, Hamburg 1900, p. 529
  • Emilian von Żernicki-Szeliga: The Polish family coat of arms. Hamburg 1904, pp. 16-17