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Stauffenberg – The True Story
The Schenk von Stauffenberg family is a noble (''Uradel'') Roman Catholic family from Swabia in Germany. The family's best-known recent member was Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg – the key figure in the 1944 "20 July plot" to assassinate Adolf Hitler. History The recorded history of the Schenk von Stauffenberg family begins in Swabia in the 13th century, when the family, who belonged to the Reichsrittern (Imperial Knights), originated from the settlement Cell, where they owned extensive estates surrounding the village and the Zollerberg. Its first known member is mentioned in 1251 as Wernherus Pincerna de Celle, who in 1255 was appointed to the ceremonial court office of (cup-bearer, sommelier, butler) with the House of Hohenzollern#County of Zollern, Counts of Zollern. The officeholder was in charge of his lord's wine cellars and vineyards, and when the office of Schenk later became hereditary within the family, the title was adopted into the family name. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schenk Von Stauffenberg Siebmacher115 - Schwaben
Schenk is a Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German occupational surname derived from ''schenken'' (to pour out or serve) referring to the medieval profession of cup-bearer or wine server (later also to tavern keeper). At one time, only Jews were allowed to sell alcohol in the Russian empire, which is why Shenk (Russian) and its later surname variants are very common.http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?te=5&surname=schenk People with this surname include: * Ard Schenk (born 1944), Dutch speed skater (see also: Ard Schenk Award) * August Schenk (1815–1891), German botanist and paleobotanist * Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (1914–2000), American children's writer and illustrator * Bel Schenk (born 1975), Australian poet * Bert Schenk (born 1970), German boxer * Berthold von Schenk (1895–1974), American Lutheran pastor * Charles Schenk Bradley (1853–1929), American electrical engineer, inventor, pioneer of early electric motors * Christian Schenk (born 1965), East German decathlete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
