Von Thadden

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Von Thadden is an old East Pomeranian noble family, first mentioned in the roll of Teutonic Knights under the Duke of Pomerania-Danzig in 1334. Early on, the family split into two branches with different arms:

The Nesnachow Branch: First mentioned in 1493 in a reference to Matthies von Nesenechouw, Lord of Nesnachow in the northwest district of Lauenburg, Pomerania.

The Thadden-Enzow and Rybienke Branch in the eastern district of Lauenburg and the area of Putzig (Pommerellen): First reference in 1469 to Peter Tadde, also called von Polchow genannt, Lord of Rutzau.

Important or well-known members of this family are:

Elisabeth von Thadden (1890-1944), hanged by the Nazis for her part in the July Plot.

Adolf von Thadden (1921-1996), German Politician (NPD)

Reinold von Thadden (1891-1976), German Theologian, Lawyer and founder of the Lutheran Church Assembly

Rudolf von Thadden (born 1932), German historian

Wiebke von Thadden (born 1931), German writer

Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden (born 1959), German Economist

Franz-Lorenz von Thadden, Politician (CDU)

Johannes von Thadden (born 1956), Executive Director of the CDU.

Elisabeth von Thadden (born 1961), German journalist

Eberhard von Thadden, (1909 -1964 - car accident) Nazi, follower of Rademacher, prepared the deportation of Jews from Salonika.

See Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Band XIV, Band 131 der Gesamtreihe, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2003, ISSN 0435-2408. Von „http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thadden“