Zschock (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the von Zschock

Zschock is the name of an Austro - Prussian noble family , traditionally of Hungarian descent.

history

According to tradition, the Protestant family should come from a Hungarian noble family. The secured regular series begins with the Mayor of Soldin Johann George Zschock († 1715). His three sons each became founders of their own lines, the members of which had undergone several noble renovations .

So the later imperial general Christian Gottlieb von Zschock (1694–1766) of Emperor Karl VI. In 1738 in Vienna with the predicate Edler von to the knighthood of the Holy Roman Empire . Its descent ceased in the 19th century.

In Prussia, the Privy financial, military and Domänenrat Johann Heinrich von Zschock (1733-1801) and received free corporal in the infantry regiment "Gaudi" (no. 44) Siegfried Karl Christian von Zschock († 1794) by King Friedrich Wilhelm II. In February and April 1787 in Berlin independent of each other the confirmation of nobility and legitimation of nobility. King Friedrich Wilhelm III. finally also confirmed and renewed the nobility of the superintendent in Ückermünde Ludwig Friedrich von Zschock (1751–1842) in Berlin in 1827 .

The Starpel estate , now part of the Liebenau community in the former Züllichau-Schwiebus district , has been family-owned since 1853.

Relatives

Coat of arms of the von Zschock

coat of arms

The coat of arms (1787 and 1828) is square with a heart shield , in it three downward slanted golden arrows in black . In 1 and 4 in blue a gold star ; in 2 and 3 in silver a black bear turned inwards . Two crowned helmets , on the right with blue and gold covers the star between open blue flights , on the left the bear growing with black and silver covers .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Maximilian Gritzner : Chronological register of the Brandenburg-Prussian class elevations and acts of grace from 1600–1873. , Berlin 1874, p. 50 and 91.
  2. a b Constant von Wurzbach : Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich , 60th part, Vienna 1891, p. 272.