Jauch family

The Jauch family is a German family, originating from Sulza near Jena in Thuringia, where "Georg Jauch" (1606-1675) was Burgomaster.

History

In the 17th century the family moved to Lüneburg. At Lüneburg "Johann Christopher Jauch" (1669-1725) was Dean of the lutheran churches, while "Johann Christian Jauch" (1702-1788) became Dean of the lutheran Cathedral of Bardowick. "Friedrich August Jauch" (1741-1796) was Senator of the City of Hannover. Some members of the family followed Major General Joachim Daniel von Jauch (1688-1754) as officers into the Saxon and Polish army, two of them, "Franz Georg Jauch" (b. 1681) and "Heinrich Georg Jauch" (b. 1709), serving as Lieutenant Colonels - Colonels in relation to the other regiments - in the Royal Guard of King Augustus II the Strong and King Augustus III of Poland. "Franz Georg Jauch" 1724 was participating as a Captain, commanding a company of the Foot Guards Regiment, in the Tumult of Thorn.

In the 18th century the merchant "Joachim Daniel Jauch" (1714-1795) moved his business from Lüneburg to Hamburg. Lt. "Johann Georg Jauch" (1727-1799) kidnapped 1754 Anna Mutzenbecher, daughter of the Secretary of State of Hamburg Johann Baptista Mutzenbecher (1691-1759), member of one of Hamburg's leading families and married her. The Jauchs became the most important and wealthiest wood traders of Hamburg and reached the so called "Great Citizenship" (Großbürgerschaft) of the town. Thus they became members of the ruling class in one of the oldest strictly civil republics, the city state of Hamburg, the so called "Hanseatics" (Hanseaten). "Auguste Jauch" (1822-1902) was one of the well known benefactors to the poor of Hamburg. Colonel "Hans Jauch" (1883-1965), Commander of the Freikorps "Jauch", took part in putting down communist uprisings in 1920 and is founder of the Roman-Catholic branch of the family. "Heinrich Jauch" (1894-1945) was the Prosecuting Attorney of the Special Tribunal (Sondergericht) Hamburg in the criminal trial against the Soviet agent during the interwar period Jan Valtin and 52 other defendants of whom nine were condemned to death. Valtin reports in his biography "“Out of the Night”", the US-bestseller of 1941 and the TIME “Book of the Year”, the trial and the executions. [ [http://books.google.de/books?id=zzIpNF3QBS8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=out+of+the+night+jauch&sig=ACfU3U141dnTuei7uyIrcKjgx9CmKe5qJw “Out of the Night” - Text online] , p. 527ff]

The family, which was not numerous during the centuries, lost half of its sons - all of them unmarried - in the World Wars. Lt. "Rudolf Jauch" died 1915 in the sinking of the submarine U-40 by the submarine HMS C24. The Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) which has been awarded for this action to Commander Captain Frederick Henry Taylor is part of the collection of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. [ [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=MED1412 Distinguished Service Cross awarded to Captain Frederick Henry Taylor] ]

In a representative poll for the year 2005 Günther Jauch (b. 1956) was elected as “Most Popular German” [ [http://www.stern.de/lifestyle/leute/534460.html?backref=%2Flifestyle%2Fleute%2F%3AUmfrage-Alle-Jauch%2F534457.html&zz=1221599819&&zz=1221599824&cp=1 www.stern.de - Die beliebtesten Deutschen] ] - prior e.g. to Steffi Graf, Michael Schumacher and Boris Becker.

Notable members of the Jauch family

* Joachim Daniel von Jauch (1688-1754), Major General of the Saxon army, Colonel of the polish army and architect of King Augustus II the Strong, who organized the baroque development of August's polish residence Warsaw. Said to be a son in law of the Russian Field Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Munnich (1683-1767).

* Walter Jauch (1888-1976), founder of Jauch & Hübener at Hamburg, the continents most important insurance and reinsurance brokers. Through his cousin in law, the Major General Hans Oster (1887-1945) Jauch & Hübener were involved in the opposition against Hitler.

* Günther Jauch (born 1956), one of Germany's most famous television hosts.

Notable descendants of the Jauch family

* Ignacy Chrzanowski (1866-1940), Polish literary critc, died in the Sonderaktion Krakau, descendant of "Constance Jauch" (1722-1802).

* "Albert August Wilhem Deetz" (1798-1859), son of "Ludovica Jauch" (1772-1805), was a Colonel and Commander of Frankfurt and member of the Frankfurt Parliament, he was one of the 32 deputies, who presented the Imperial Crown of Germany to Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia.

* Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld (1885-1946), SS-Gruppenführer, commander of the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg and 1942 commanding the escalade of Orthodox Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius, where Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš were killed, descendant of "Eleonora Maria Jauch" (1732–1797).

* Joachim Lelewel (1786-1861), Polish historian and politician, grandson of "Constance Jauch" (1722-1802).

* Jadwiga Łuszczewska (1834-1908), Polish poet and novelist, descendant of "Constance Jauch" (1722-1802).

* "Richard William Algar Orde-Powlett", 7th Baron Bolton (1929-2001), descendant of "Charlotte Jauch" (1811-1872).

* Johannes Overbeck (1826-1895), German archaeologist and art historian, grandgrandson of "Eleonora Maria Jauch" (1732-1797).

* Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789-1869), German painter and head of the Nazarene movement, grandson of "Eleonora Maria Jauch" (1732-1797).

* Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916), Polish novelist, one of the outstanding writers of the second half of the 19th century, author of Quo vadis and winner of the 1905 Nobel prize in literature, descendant of "Constance Jauch" (1722-1802).

Notable relatives of the Jauch family

* "Catharina Elisabeth Jauch" (1671-1736) married Johann Christoph von Naumann (1664-1742), Saxon Colonel and architect of Augustus II the Strong.

* Teresa Lelewelowna (1752-1814), daughter of "Constance Jauch" (1722-1802), married Adam Josef Cieciszowski (1743-1783), brother of Kaspar Cieciszowski (1745-1831), Archbishop of Mahilyow and Roman-Catholic Metropolite of Russia.

* "Wilhelmine Jauch" (1809-1893) married Theodor Avé-Lallemant (1806-1890), to whom Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky dedicated his Symphony No. 5, descendant of Gaspard de Coligny.

* "Luise Jauch" (1815-1881) married Adolf Halske (1814-1888), cousin Johann Georg Halske (1814-1890), co-founder of Siemens & Halske.

* Wilhelmine Friederike Charlotte Overbeck (1829-1908), descendant of "Eleonora Maria Jauch" (1732-1797), married Franz Reuleaux (1829-1925), a mechanical engineer and a lecturer of Berlin Royal Technical Academy, later appointed as the President of the Academy.

* Charlotte Avé-Lallemant (1843-1929), daughter of "Wilhelmine Jauch" (1809-1893), married Friedrich Nölting (1830-1941), grandson of the burgomaster of Lübeck Friedrich Nölting, uncle of Henry Thode (1857-1920), who was married to Richard Wagner's (1813-1883) stepdaughter, Cosima Wagner's and Hans von Bülow's daughter and Franz Liszt's granddaughter Daniela von Bülow (1860-1940).

* Emilie Elisabeth Avé-Lallemant (1846-1921), daughter of "Wilhelmine Jauch" (1809-1893), married Paul Clemens Duncker (1840-1909), cousin of Wilhelm Hauff (1820-1827), German poet and novelist, and nephew of Justinus Kerner (1786-1862), German poet.

* Anna Halske (1854-1909), daughter of "Luise Jauch" (1815-1881), married Gustav Lichtenberg (1844-1906), grandnephew of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist, aphorist, philosopher and satirical writer.

* Emilie Charlotte Adele Fehling (b. 1865), descendant of "Eleonora Maria Jauch" (1732-1797), married Bernhard von Hindenburg (b. 1859), brother of Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), German Field Marshal and statesman.

* Carmen Carlota Elvira Lührsen (b. 1877), granddaughter of "Marie Sophie Charlotte Jauch" (1811-1872), married "Henry Montagu Villiers" (1863-1947), grandson of Henry Villiers, Bishop of Durham, and of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. "Henry Montagu Villiers" was a cousin of the British philosopher and Nobel Prize winner for litterature Bertrand Russel (1872-1970).

* Ines Sophie Lührsen (b. 1883), granddaughter of "Marie Sophie Charlotte Jauch" (1811-1872), married Vistallo Baron Taxis of Bordogna and Valnigra (b. 1884) and was sister in law of Theresa Christiana Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1902-1990).

* "Hans Jauch" (1883-1965) married Elsa von Othegraven (1889-1948), her three married bother and sisters married cousins of Cardinal Josef Frings (1887-1978) and Hermann-Josef Werhahn, son in law of Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967), German statesman.

* "Oswald Jauch" (1921-1944) was a nephew of A. Bernd Jencquel (b. 1913) and Sigrid von Amsberg (b. 1925), sister of Claus von Amsberg (1926-2002), Prince of the Netherlands and husband of Beatrix of the Netherlands.

* Christina Behrendt (b. 1961), daughter of "Inge-Maren Jauch" (b. 1928), married Otto von der Groeben (b. 1956) of the house of the Counts von der Groeben, grand-grandson of Andreas Achenbach (1815-1910), German landscape painter.

* Ancestor of the Jauch-Wellingsbüttel-line was Seneca Inggersen, 1. Baron Gelting (1715-1786), whose grandfather is also ancestor of the German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897).

Notable relationships of the Jauch family

* Kurfürst Friedrich August, also King Augustus II the Strong, was godfather of "August von Jauch" (b. 1731)

* Composer Robert Schumann was godfather of Robert Avé-Lallemant (b. 1850), son of "Wilhelmine Jauch" (1809-1893).

* Composer Johannes Brahms was godfather of Johannes Avé-Lallemant (b. 1855), son of "Wilhelmine Jauch" (1809-1893).

* Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany was godfather of Wilhelma von Feldmann (b. 1902), descendant of "Charlotte Jauch" (1811-1872).

Manors of the Jauch family

The different branches of the Jauch family owned the manors

* Wellingsbüttel Manor at Hamburg-Wandsbek (until his death in 1816 domicile of Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, ancestor to the modern-day British royal family and the Royal Houses of Denmark, Greece and Norway)

* Schönhagen Manor - erected for "Hermann Jauch" (1858-1916) - at Brodersby

* Schwonendahl at Dörphof

* Fernsicht

* Krummbek Manor at Lasbek

* Palais Jauch - erected about 1725 by Joachim Daniel von Jauch at Warsaw

* Palais Lelewel - erected 1755 for "Constance Jauch" in the Miodowa at Warsaw

Donations of the Jauch family

* The Baroque Branch Office of "J.C.Jauch & Söhne" at Hamburg 1890 as a residential home for elderly men - destroyed in the Bombing of Hamburg in World War II

* The "Auguste-Jauch-Stiftung" at Hamburg, an almshouse for detached women - destroyed in the Bombing of Hamburg in World War II

* The "Damenstift" at Kiel, a residential home for elderly women - destroyed in the bombing of Kiel in World War II

* The reconstructed "Fortuna Gate" of the destroyed Potsdam City Palace

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