Tresckow is a German family originally from Mark Brandenburg

Mark Brandenburg

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, belonging to the Uradel

Uradel

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of Ruppiner Land, i.e. the nobility

Nobility

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 dating back to the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

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. A cadet branch is known as Treskow.

The family is known since 1336, when Hinricus Treskowe, Lord of Buckow, was mentioned. General and anti-Nazi activist Henning von Treschow was considered the prime mover behind the 20 July plot.

Famous members

von Tresckow

• Egon von Tresckow (* 1907; † 1952)
• Gerd von Tresckow (* 1899; † 1944)
• Henning von Tresckow
  Henning von Tresckow
  Generalmajor Herrmann Karl Robert "Henning" von Tresckow was a Major General in the German Wehrmacht who organized German resistance against Adolf Hitler. He attempted to assassinate Hitler in March 1943 and drafted the Valkyrie plan for a coup against the German government...
  
   (* 1901; † 1944)
• Joachim Christian von Tresckow (* 1698; † 1762)
• Hermann von Tresckow (* 1818; † 1900)
• Udo von Tresckow (* 1808; † 1885)

von Treskow

• Carl von Treskow (* 1819; † 1882)
• Christian von Treskow (* 1968)
• Ernst Heinrich von Treskow (* 1844; † 1915)
• Johann Karl Sigismund von Treskow (* 1864; † 1945)
• Julius von Treskow (* 1818; † 1894)
• Nikolai de Treskow (* 1968)
• Sigmund Otto Joseph von Treskow (* 1756; † 1825)

Imitation of name and coat of arms

In the 19th century, a Dano-Norwegian family named Treschow, which is unrelated to the Tresckow family, adopted a coat of arms based upon that of the German Tresckow family. The name of the Dano-Norwegian family has a different etymology

Etymology

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, being a corruption of the original Træskomager, meaning "wooden shoe-maker" in Danish/Norwegian.