Tresckow

See also Tresckow, Pennsylvania
Friedrichsfelde Palace, owned by the Treskow branch from 1816

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

von Treskow

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

  1. Neues allgemeines deutsches Adels-Lexicon vol. 9, pp. 267-269
  2. Neues preußisches Adelslexicon, vol. 4, pp. 273-274
  3. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Band XV, Band 134 der Gesamtreihe, pp. 9-11
  4. Stadtarchiv Brandenburg, Adolph Friedrich Johann Riedel: Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis. A VIII p. 248
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