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 (born 1968)
- Ernst Heinrich von Treskow (1844–1915)
- Johann Karl Sigismund von Treskow (1864–1945)
- Julius von Treskow (1818–1894)
- Nikolai de Treskow (born 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