Tresckow
- See also Tresckow, Pennsylvania
Tresckow (including variations thereof) is a German family originally from Mark Brandenburg, belonging to the Uradel of Ruppiner Land, i.e. the nobility dating back to the Middle Ages. A cadet branch is known as Treskow.[1][2]
The family is known since 1336, when Hinricus Treskowe, Lord of Buckow, was mentioned.[3][4] General and anti-Nazi activist Henning von Treschow was considered the prime mover behind the 20 July plot.
Famous members
von Tresckow
- Egon von Tresckow (* 1907; † 1952)
- Gerd von Tresckow (* 1899; † 1944)
- Henning von Tresckow (* 1901; † 1944)
- Joachim Christian von Tresckow (* 1698; † 1762)
- Hermann von Tresckow (* 1818; † 1900)
- Udo von Tresckow (* 1808; † 1885)
von Treskow
- Carl von Treskow (* 1819; † 1882)
- Christian von Treskow (* 1968)
- Ernst Heinrich von Treskow (* 1844; † 1915)
- Johann Karl Sigismund von Treskow (* 1864; † 1945)
- Julius von Treskow (* 1818; † 1894)
- Nikolai de Treskow (* 1968)
- Sigmund Otto Joseph von Treskow (* 1756; † 1825)
Imitation of name and coat of arms
In the 19th century, a Dano-Norwegian family named Treschow, which is unrelated to the Tresckow family, adopted a coat of arms based upon that of the German Tresckow family. The name of the Dano-Norwegian family has a different etymology, being a corruption of the original Træskomager, meaning "wooden shoe-maker" in Danish/Norwegian.
References
- ↑ Neues allgemeines deutsches Adels-Lexicon vol. 9, pp. 267-269
- ↑ Neues preußisches Adelslexicon, vol. 4, pp. 273-274
- ↑ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Band XV, Band 134 der Gesamtreihe, pp. 9-11
- ↑ Stadtarchiv Brandenburg, Adolph Friedrich Johann Riedel: Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis. A VIII p. 248
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