The Prittwitz family is the name of a

Silesia Silesia (see names #Etymology, below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Silesia, Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at 8, ...

n noble family of the

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, whose first documented member is one ''Petrus de Prawticz'' from 1283.

Notable members

* Bernhard von Prittwitz († 1561), officer in the service of the Polish crown * Carl Bernhard Baron von Prittwitz und Gaffron from the house of Lorzendorf (1735–1786), Royal Prussian Lieutenant Colonel, Chamberlain to Elisabeth Christine, Hofmarschall to the King of Prussia,

Allod Allod, deriving from Frankish language, Frankish ''alōd'' meaning "full ownership" (from ''al'' "full, whole" and ''ōd'' "property, possession"; Medieval Latin ''allod'' or ''allodium''), also known as allodial land or proprietary property, was ...

of Krippitz and UlscheJohann G. Knie: ''Alphabetisch-statistisch-topographische Uebersicht der Dörfer, Flecken, Städte und andern Orte der Königl. Preuss. Provinz Schlesien, nebst beigefügter Nachweisung von der Eintheilung des Landes nach den Bezirken der drei Königlichen Regierungen, den darin enthaltenen Fürstenthümern und Kreisen, mit Angabe des Flächeninhaltes, der mittlern Erhebung über die Meeresfläche, der Bewohner, Gebäude, des Viehstandes usw.'' Grass, Barth und Co., Breslau 1845 p. 56
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* Moritz Karl Ernst von Prittwitz (1795–1885), Royal Prussian Lieutenant-General of Infantry, Supervised the building of the large fortress in Ulm * Ernst von Prittwitz und Gaffron (1833–1904), Royal Prussian Lieutenant-General * Maximilian von Prittwitz (1848–1917), German general * Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron (1884–1955), German Ambassador to the United States under the Weimar Republic, from 1928 until April 14, 1933 *

Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron (4 September 1889 – 10 April 1941) was a general officer in the '' Heer'' (Army) branch of the ''Wehrmacht'' of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was commander of the 14th and 15th Panzer Divisions and wa ...

(1889-1941), German general killed during the

Siege of Tobruk The siege of Tobruk () took place between 10 April and 27 November 1941, during the Western Desert campaign (1940–1943) of the World War II, Second World War. An Allies of World War II, Allied force, consisting mostly of the 9th Division ...

as a Commander of the

15th Panzer Division The 15th Panzer Division () was an armoured division in the German Army, the Wehrmacht, during World War II, established in 1940. The division, formed from the 33rd Infantry Division, fought exclusively in North Africa from 1941 to 1943, event ...

Notes

References

* Prittwitz, Robert von: ''Das von Prittwitz’sche Adelsgeschlecht. Aus den aufgesammelten Nachrichten zusammengestellt'', Wilhelm Gottl. Korn, Breslau 187
(in German)
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