Jauch family

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

Coat of Arms of the Jauch (1749)

In the 17th century the family moved to Lüneburg. At Lüneburg Johann Christopher Jauch (German biography) (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 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 of Poland and King Augustus III of Poland.

In the 18th century the merchant Joachim Daniel Jauch (1714-1795) moved his business from Lüneburg to Hamburg. The Jauchs became the most important and wealthiest wood traders of Hamburg and reached the so called "Great Citizenship" (Großbürgerrecht) of the town. Auguste Jauch (German Biography) (1822-1902) became one of the well known benefactors to the poor of Hamburg. Colonel Hans Jauch (German Biography) (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.

The family, which was not numerous during the centuries, lost half of its sons - all of them unmarried - in the World Wars.

The different branches of the Jauch family owned the manors of Wellingsbüttel (German Description), Schönhagen - erected by Hermann Jauch (1858-1916) -, Fernsicht and Krummbek.

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[edit] Notable members of the Jauch family

Joachim Daniel von Jauch (German Biography) (1688-1754), Major General of the Saxon army, Colonel of the polish army and architect of King August 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 (German Biography) (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 (b. 1956), one of Germany's most famous television hosts.

[edit] Notable descendants of the Jauch family

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

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

Albert August Wilhem Deetz (German Biography) (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.

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).

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

[edit] Notable relatives of the Jauch family

Catharina Elisabeth Jauch (1671-1736) married Johann Christoph von Naumann (German Biographie) (1664-1742), Saxon Colonel and architect of August the Strong.

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

Wilhelmine Jauch (1809-1893) married Count Theodor Avé-Lallemant (German Biography) (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 (German Biography) (1814-1890), co-founder of Siemens & Halske.

Johannes Adolph Overbeck (German Biography) (1826-1895), descendant of Eleonora Maria Jauch (1732-1797), was son in law of Georg August Goldfuss (1782-1848), a German palaeontologist and zoologist.

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.

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), son of Rev. Henry Montagu Villiers and Lady Victoria Russell.

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 Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1902-1990).

Hans Jauch (1883-1965) married Elsa von Othegraven (1889-1948), her three married bother and sisters married cousins of Josef Cardinal 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.