• Source: Wasielewski
    • The Wasielewski family is a German noble family of Polish extraction. Members of the family held significant military positions in the Kingdom of Prussia and later within the German Empire.


      History


      The Wasielewski family is Catholic and Protestant aristocracy, that commenced with Nicolaus Wasielewski recorded by King Sigismund I. of Poland in 1531. The Prussian line of the family begins with Thaddäus v. Wasielewski (1739–1803) with legitimation as Knights on 26 November 1789.


      Coat of arms


      The family coat of arms "ROGALA" shows two horns, a buck horn and a buffalo horn. Both horns are standing upright. The buck horn has from 3 to 6 ends. The buffalo horn also described as a Bull or Wisent horn, is closed or open with a mouthpiece as a war or hunting horn. The horns are upright in a split shield. The family colours are red and white.


      Family members


      Waldemar von Wasielewski (1875–1959), German writer specialized on Occult, Goethe and musicology
      Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski (1822–1896), Violinist, conductor and musicologist
      Hugo von Wasielewski (1853–1936), royal Prussian General of the Infantry (Germany)
      Friedrich Carl von Wasielewski (1857–1938), royal Prussian Major General
      Julius von Wasielewski (1813–1891), royal Prussian Major
      Josef von Wasielewski (1851–1911), royal Prussian Major
      Theodor von Wasielewski (1821–1902), royal Prussian Major
      Carl Heinrich von Wasielewski (1811–1873), royal Prussian Colonel
      Heinrich von Wasielewski (1825–1914), royal Prussian Captain Lieutenant
      Wolfgang von Wasielewski (1881–1954), royal Prussian Colonel


      Literature


      Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Band XVII, 2008, Band 144 der Gesamtreihe
      Literature by and about Wasielewski in the German National Library catalogue


      See also


      List of szlachta


      References



      ADB:Wasielewski (1910), "Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 55, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 1–3

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