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Tresckow
:''See also Treskow (noble family) and Tresckow, Pennsylvania'' Tresckow is a German aristocratic family originating from Mark Brandenburg and belonging to the German nobility dating back to the middle ages (German: ). A prominent branch of the family is known as Treskow and acquired substantial land and wealth in the 18th and 19th century. The family was first mentioned in 1336, when Hinricus Treskowe, Lord of Buckow, was mentioned.Stadtarchiv Brandenburg, Adolph Friedrich Johann Riedel: ''Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis.'' A VIII p. 248 General and anti-Nazi conspirator Henning von Tresckow was one of the prime movers behind what led to the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler. Notable 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 :''See also Treskow (noble f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henning Von Tresckow
Henning Hermann Karl Robert von Tresckow (; 10 January 1901 – 21 July 1944) was a German military officer with the rank of major general in the Nazi Germany, German Army who helped organize German resistance to Nazism, German resistance against Adolf Hitler. He attempted to assassinate Hitler on 13 March 1943 and drafted the Operation Valkyrie, Valkyrie plan for a coup against the German government. He was described by the Gestapo as the "prime mover" behind the 20 July plot, plot of 20 July 1944 to assassinate Hitler.Fest 1997, p. 236. He committed suicide at Królowy Most on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front upon the plot's failure. Early life Tresckow was born in Magdeburg into a noble family from the Brandenburg region of Prussia with 300 years of military tradition that provided the Prussian Army with 21 generals.Balfour 1988, pg. 124. His father, Leopold Hans Heinrich Eugen Hermann von Tresckow, later a cavalry general, had been present at Kaiser Wilhelm I' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20 July Plot
On 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia, now Kętrzyn, in present-day Poland. The name "Operation Valkyrie"—originally referring to part of the conspiracy—has become associated with the entire event. The apparent aim of the assassination attempt was to wrest political control of Germany and its armed forces from the Nazi Party (including the SS) and to make peace with the Western Allies of World War II, Allies as soon as possible. The details of the conspirators' peace initiatives remain unknown, but they would have included unrealistic demands for the confirmation of Germany's extensive annexations of European territory. The plot was the culmination of efforts by several groups in the German resistance to Nazism, German resistance to overthrow the Nazi German government. The failure of the assassination attempt an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tresckow, Pennsylvania
Tresckow, formerly known as Dutchtown, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and is located west of Junedale and Beaver Meadows, which share the same road network. The community has deep roots in the anthracite coal mining and transportation industries. Geography Tresckow is located in the western corner of Carbon County at (40.915631, -75.963881), at an elevation of on a hill lying between Spring Mountain to the south and Pismire Ridge to the north. The city of Hazleton is to the north in Luzerne County, and the borough of Beaver Meadows is to the east. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. While Tresckow has its own box post office with the ZIP code of 18254, surrounding areas use the Beaver Meadows ZIP code of 18216. Education Residents of Tresckow live in Carbon County; however, they attend school in Luzerne C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim Christian Von Tresckow
Joachim Friedrich Christian von Tresckow ( 28 September 1698 in Niegripp bei Magdeburg– 20 April 1762 in Neisse) was a Prussian Lieutenant General, Proprietor of the Prussian Infantry Regiment Nr. 32. He was a Knight of the Black Eagle Order and a recipient of the Order Pour le Mérite. He served Frederick the Great in the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict that involved most of the European Great Powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Other concurrent conflicts include the French and Indian War (1754†....Bernhard von PotenTresckow, Joachim Christian von ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie,'' herausgegeben von der Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Band 38 (1894), S. 576–577, Digitale Volltext-Ausgabe in Wikisource.(Version vom 13 February 2017, 20:16 Uhr UTC) Citations {{DEFAULTSORT:Tresckow, Joachim Christian 169 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treskow (noble Family)
The von Treskow family is a prominent German aristocratic family, that descended as a branch of the medieval ("Uradel") House of Tresckow. The family rose to fame in Prussia due to their large landholdings and business ventures, resulting in many streets and boulevards being named after the family today. History The Treskow branch of the medieval House of Tresckow descends from Sigmund Otto Joseph von Treskow (1756–1825) and was formally recognized by King Frederick William II of Prussia in 1797. U.S. President George Washington gave Sigismund Otto Joseph 4000 acres of woods along the Mississippi River in return for providing goods to the Continental Army. Treskow also financed Napoleon Bonaparte's army during the French Revolution, for which he was given the Regent Diamond. The diamond, which is one of the world's largest and was worn by various French kings and emperors in their crowns, is now on display at the Louvre as part of the French Crown Jewels. Napoleon later visit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treschow (noble Family)
Treschow is a family originating in Denmark and with branches in Norway and Sweden. The family name means "wooden shoe-maker" and the family later counted many merchants in the 17th century and priests in the 18th century. A member of the family, Michael Treschow, bought the status of untitled (lower) nobility in Denmark in 1812, although Norway, where he was resident, abolished the concept of nobility only a few years later. Members of this family have been industrialists and landowners, notably in Vestfold. General history Origin The family may be followed back to Niels Hansen (†1593), who lived in Næstved, Denmark. His son was Rasmus Nielsen Træskomager (†1633). He and many of his descendants were merchants. His son Giort Rasmussen Treschow (ca. 1623–1665) was a shipowner and a merchant. The family came to Norway with Giort Treschow's sons Gerhard Treschow (ca. 1659–1719), an industrialist who ran a shipping company, a sawmill and a papermill in Oslo, and Herman Tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etymology
Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological change, form of words and, by extension, the origin and evolution of their semantic meaning across time. It is a subfield of historical linguistics, and draws upon comparative semantics, Morphology_(linguistics), morphology, semiotics, and phonetics. For languages with a long recorded history, written history, etymologists make use of texts, and texts about the language, to gather knowledge about how words were used during earlier periods, how they developed in Semantics, meaning and Phonological change, form, or when and how they Loanword, entered the language. Etymologists also apply the methods of comparative linguistics to reconstruct information about forms that are too old for any direct information to be available. By analyzing related ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Heinrich Von Treskow
Ernst Heinrich von Treskow (30 May 1844 – 4 May 1915) was a German diplomat who served as envoy to Chile and Argentina. Early life Treskow was born on 30 May 1844 at Radojewo Palace near Poznań into the noble von Treskow family. He was a son of Heinrich von Treskow (1795–1861) and Antonie von Bünting (1811–1860). Among his siblings were Maximilian von Treskow, Otto von Treskow, Richard von Treskow, Oskar, Prussian Generals Franz von Treskow, Eduard von Treskow and Heinrich von Treskow, among others. The palace he was born at was built for Sigmund Otto Joseph von Treskow. Treskow studied law at the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelm University and at the Ruprecht-Karls University. In Breslau and Heidelberg he was a member of the Corps Borussia in 1862 and Corps Vandalia in 1863. Career As a Second lieutenant in the 2nd Guards Foot Regiment of the Prussian Army, Treskow took part in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to 1871 before joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitler
Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of in 1934. During his dictatorship, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust: the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims. Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn in Austria-Hungary and was raised near Linz. He lived in Vienna later in the first decade of the 1900s and moved to Germany in 1913. He was decorated during his service in the German Army in World War I. In 1919, he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party, and was appointed leader of the Nazi Party in 1921. In 1923, he attempted to seize governmental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolph Friedrich Johann Riedel
Adolph Friedrich Johann Riedel (1809 Biendorf – 1872, Berlin) was a German (Prussian) antiquarian, industrialist and politician, author of ''Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis'', a collection of primary documents on the history of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, in 36 volumes. Riedel studied theology and philology at the University of Berlin, where he served as assistant professor from 1832. He was naturalized as a Prussian citizen in 1833 and was employed in the state archive. He was promoted to ''Hofrat'' in 1836 and to '' Geheimer Archivrat'' in 1842, from which time he was also professor for political science at Berlin University. In 1837, he co-founded the Historical Society of Brandenburg (''Vereins für Geschichte der Mark Brandenburg''). In 1851 he was admitted as a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, and from 1868 he was official historiographer for Brandenburg. He was also member of the directorate of the Berlin–Wrocław and Berlin-Anhalt railway companie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genealogisches Handbuch Des Adels
The ''Almanach de Gotha'' (german: Gothaischer Hofkalender) is a directory of Europe's royalty and higher nobility, also including the major governmental, military and diplomatic corps, as well as statistical data by country. First published in 1763 by C.W. Ettinger in Gotha in Thuringia, Germany at the ducal court of Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, it came to be regarded as an authority in the classification of monarchies and their courts, reigning and former dynasties, princely and ducal families, and the genealogical, biographical and titulary details of Europe's highest level of aristocracy. It was published from 1785 annually by Justus Perthes Publishing House in Gotha, until 1944. The Soviets destroyed the ''Almanach de Gotha's'' archives in 1945. In 1992, the family of Justus Perthes re-established its right to use the name ''Almanach de Gotha''. In 1998, a London-based publisher, John Kennedy, acquired the rights for use of the title of ''Almanach de Goth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neues Allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon
Neues allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon or New General German Aristocracy Lexicon is the title of a series of historical reference books written by Professor Dr. Ernst Heinrich Kneschke about the German aristocracy, including royalty and nobility. This series is one of the most inclusive source of the German Aristocracy. The families are listed alphabetically by surname. Each listing includes the origin of the family, the master seat, sometimes family coats of arms, fundamentals of family history Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their Lineage (anthropology), lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family a ... and prominent members. Wikisource: Neues allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon: Volumes I - IX [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
