Origins in Sulza 1512 Georg, Matthias and Nikolaus Jauch were registered as propertied men () in . Matthias Jauch Jauch there was
enfeoffed by the sovereign with the Segelitz estate. Georg Jauch (1606–1675) was
burgomaster of
Sulza.
In Attendance on the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg In the 17th century Sulza has been twice devastated, 1613 by the Johann Christian Jauch the Elder (1638–1718) left the fallen back Sulza and relocated to
Güstrow where he entered 1662 the service of the
Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg at its residence
Güstrow Castle. He was a member of the ducal household of
Magdalena Sibylle, née Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, wife of
Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, until he became 1669 First
Valet de chambre () of Crown Prince Carl of
Mecklenburg-Güstrow. 1665 he married Ingborg Nicolai (†1696), who had come to Güstrow with the duchess Magdalena Sibylle from
Gottorf Castle, serving her as
lady's maid and confidant. A ducal valet de chambre ranked in
Mecklenburg-Güstrow equal to
The Very Reverend, of the Lutheran cathedral of
Bardowick. He married Clara Maria Rhüden (1710–1775), who was a great-great-grandchild of the
Lutheran theologian of the
Protestant Reformation (1559–1605), thereby ancestor of all later Jauchs, son of deacon Paul Gesner, who was taught by
Martin Luther and consecrated by
Johannes Bugenhagen. Her great-great-grandfather, the professor of philosophy at Hamburg, Bernhard Werenberg (1577–1643), has been an opponent to the noted scientist
Joachim Jungius at the same place. Her uncle was the predecessor of Johann Christopher Jauch and great-grandson of
Philipp Melanchthon Heinrich Jonathan Werenberg (1651–1713). Ludolph Friedrich Jauch (1698–1764), son of the dean Johann Christopher Jauch, was
Senior Pastor of Lüneburg's St. Michael's Church (), his brother Tobias Christoph Jauch (1703–1776), was a legal practitioner and deputy (), member of the
municipal council () of Lüneburg. Carl Jauch (1735–1818) was Royal British and Electoral Brunswick-Lüneburg judge of the castle court of justice () in
Horneburg and
canon of the Cathedral of Bardowick, Friedrich August Jauch (1741–1796), son of the imperial
civil law notary Adolph Jauch (1705–1758), was senator and police governor of the city of
Hannover. Carl Jauch (1680–1755), merchant in
Lüneburg, has been a supporter of the theologian, alchemist and physician
Johann Konrad Dippel, by some authors debatably claimed to be the model for
Mary Shelley's novel
Frankenstein. After Dippel's expulsion from
Denmark 1727 Carl Jauch gave shelter to the refugee who was 1729 expelled from Lüneburg, too. He erected the Palais Jauch in Warsaw's suburb Solec and was architect for a number of prominent baroque buildings in
Poland. He married Eva Maria Münnich, said to be the daughter of the later Russian field marshal
Burkhard Christoph Count von Münnich (1683–1767), his predecessor as superintendent of the Saxon building authority. His son August von Jauch (b. 1731) was godson of King
Augustus II the Strong. The elaborate cradle endowed to his parents by the king, later the cradle for
Joachim Lelewel, is exhibited in the
National Museum, Kraków. Joachim Daniel Jauch is buried in the Capuchins Church in the
Miodowa in Warsaw. 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 in the
Blood-Bath of Thorn, commanding a company of the .
Grand Burghers of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg 1699 Franz Jürgen Jauch and his brother Christian Jauch the Younger († 1720) served an apprenticeship as merchant in
Hamburg. 1752 the merchant Joachim Daniel Jauch (1714–1795) moved his business from
Lüneburg to Hamburg. Lt. Johann Georg Jauch (1727–1799) kidnapped 1754 Anna , daughter of the
Secretary of State of Hamburg Magnifizenz Johann Baptista Mutzenbecher (1691–1759), member of one of Hamburg's leading families and married her. Under Johann Christian Jauch senior (1765–1855), son of Johann Georg Jauch, the Jauchs became the most important and wealthiest wood traders of Hamburg who reached grand burghership status of the town. Thus, they became members of the ruling class, the
Hanseatics (
Hanseaten) in one of the wealthiest cities of Germany, with whose financial capacity only
Vienna could compete because of the local high nobility concentrating there and its wealth. Christian Jauch senior's sons were founders of the three still existing branches of the family: Wellingsbüttel, Schönhagen und Fernsicht. His great-grandnephew was (1874–1923), naval architect and significant for the upgrowth of
submarines in
World War I, cousin of first
president of the
Federal Republic of Germany Theodor Heuss. His eldest son Johann Christian Jauch junior (1802–1880) acquired the
Manor house Wellingsbüttel, previously domicile of the
penultimate Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Friedrich Karl Ludwig, ancestor of the modern-day
British royal family. In addition to his land he leased the for hunting, which is today Hamburg's largest
nature reserve. Alongside his home in Hamburg he erected a deer park and a cage for the bears he brought with himself from his voyages to
Russia. The poet Hebbel wrote to his long-time companion Elise Lensing, who had lived for many years in the house Stadtdeich 43, after she moved out: {{quote|It can only calm me to know that you are no longer under cats, snakes and bears like on the Stadtdeich, but under human beings.|
Christian Friedrich Hebbel His son Carl Jauch (1828–1888) was
Lord of Wellingsbüttel, too. He married Louise von Plessen (1827–1875), daughter of the
Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Governor (
Großherzoglich Mecklenburgischen Oberlanddrost) Ulrich von Plessen und great-granddaughter of Baron (
Reichsfreiherr) Seneca von Gelting (1715–1786), who was married to a niece of
Johannes Thedens and had become highly wealthy as
chargé d'affaires of the
Dutch East India Company in
Cirebon. His grandfather Diederich Brodersen (1640–1717), ancestor of today's Jauchs of the Wellingsbüttel branch is also an ancestor to the composer
Johannes Brahms. Because of this marriage the earliest notable ancestor is Helmoldus I de Huckelem, documented 1097 and connecting the Wellingsbüttel branch to numerous prominent other descendants of inter alia the von Plessen, von Moltke und von Oertzen families.
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. Luise Jauch (1885–1933) was head nurse at
The Magic Mountain at
Davos, the second famous novel of Thomas Mann, when his wife
Katia Mann stood there 1912. Luise Jauch's traits have been utilized for the novel's head nurse Adritacia von Mylendonk. In different polls
Günther Jauch (b. 1956) was elected as “Most intelligent German” (2002), “Most wanted TV-star to become politician” (2003) and “Most popular German” (2005). He was awarded in 2001 the
World Award for entertainment. Since 2008 his sculpture is part of
Madame Tussauds wax museum at Berlin.
Major Landowners in Guatemala In Guatemala the coffee business was from the beginning in the hand of German investors. ″The US government forced the Guatemalan government to confiscate the German coffee holdings and to arrest German citizens. This allowed US companies to take control of the Guatemalan coffee industry.″ The
plantation Armenia Lorena and other coffee plantations of the Jauch nearby
San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta in
Guatemala were under severe pressure of the US government seized by the Guatemalan government in the
Second World War Of about 400,000 German casualties during the battle His final resting place is since 2000 on the German
war cemetery Sologubovka.
Daughters of the Jauch and their Descendants Catharina Elisabeth Jauch (1671–1736) married von Naumann Catharina Elisabeth Jauch (1671–1736) married the later colonel and architect of
King August the Strong,
Johann Christoph von Naumann. He was a member of the
diplomatic mission of the
Holy League in the course of the
Treaty of Karlowitz 1699 with the
Ottoman Empire, which ended the
Great Turkish War.
Juliana Agnesa Jauch (1673 bis nach 1712) married Baroness von Schmiedel Juliana Agnesa Jauch (1673–1712) married Baron () Johann Rudolf von Schmiedel, Saxon district governor () and councillor of the board of domains (), their son being Baron Franz Rudolf von Schmiedel, Lord Steward of the Household () of the extravagant
Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Constance Jauch (1722–1802) married von Lölhöffel Joachim Daniel Jauch's daughter Constance Jauch (1722–1802) married Heinrich Lölhöffel von Löwensprung (1705–1763), privy councillor () and physician to the King
Augustus III of Poland. After the death of her father she erected 1755 by
Ephraim Schröger the
Lelewel Palace – her polonized name – in the
Miodowa. Regardless the early death of her husband in 1763 she enabled a splendid career for her children. Her son Karol Maurycy Lelewel (1750–1830) married a daughter of the
starosta of Babice, niece of the
archbishop and
metropolitan of the archdiocese of
Mogilev (1745–1831). Karol Mauricy Lelewel was a Royal Polish captain, reached the
indygenat, the naturalisation as a Polish noble, and became a member of the
general sejm. 1789 he became appointed as
cup-bearer of the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania (), a title possessed prior by
Stanisław August Poniatowski before he was elected as the last king and grand duke of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Karol Mauricy was from 1778 until 1794 the lawyer and treasurer of the
Commission of National Education, which was because of its vast authority and autonomy considered the first Ministry of Education in European history. Lelwel was also centrally linked to another important achievement of the
Polish Enlightenment, the
Constitution of May 3, 1791. After 1789 during the
Sejm Wielki the reformers had to sacrifice many of their privileges in order to gain support for the Constitution of May the 3rd. Nevertheless, it is often argued, with quite some force, that because of the efforts of the Commission of National Education, the Polish language and culture did not disappear into oblivion, during the
Partitions of Poland - heavy
Russification and
Germanisation notwithstanding. Constance Jauch's grandsons were Joachim, Prot und Jan Pawel Lelewel.
Joachim Lelewel (1786–1861) became Poland's most famous historian. He was a rebel, creator of Poland's unofficial motto "
For our freedom and yours", member of
Poland's Provisional Government 1830, was jointly with
Karl Marx and
Friedrich Engels founder and vice-president of the Democratic Society for the Unification and Brotherhood of all People in
Brussels (
Demokratische Gesellschaft zur Einigung und Verbrüderung aller Völker (Brüssel)). The
anarchist Michail Bakunin was strongly influenced by him. He was a friend of
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, who had given shelter to him in his manor Lagrange, where he was later arrested and then expelled from
France. The 29 May is Lelewel's memorial day in the Jewish almanc for his commitment for the
Jewish emancipation. comment a line of
Virgil's Aeneid: "quaeque et pulcerrima vidi, et quorum pars parva fui.". Her grandson was the painter and head of the
Nazarene movement Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789–1869), decorated with the Prussian
Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts. On 7 February 1857
Pope Pius IX came for a personal visit in his home, the Villa Cancellotti next to the Via Merulana in
Rome. At that time he was painting the large-sized "Christ absconding from the Jews" (1858), a commission from Pius IX, and an
allegory on the pope's escape 1848 from Rome in disguise as a regular priest, originally on a ceiling in the
Quirinal Palace, later covered by the king, and now hanging in front of the Aula delle Benedizione in the
Vatican. The Pope encouraged him: {{quote|Pius PP. IX. – Equiti Federico Overbeckio! To the beloved son salutations and Apostolic Blessing. We appreciate how conscientious you are, how excellent in the art of painting, ... no less we are aware of your outstanding faith and all your abilities, all your talents, which may come together, when you will perfect your oeuvre. Very close to our heart is everything, which forsters faith. We write this since you shall be encouraged, to maintain the enthusiasm for your oeuvre ... In the meantime we humbly implore the Lord, the origin of all good, that he in his divine grace will always be gracious to you. We assure you our fatherly love and like to grant you, beloved son, our Apostolic Blessing. Datum Romae apud S. Petrum die 2 Septembris 1850 Pontificatus Nostri anno quinto|
Pope Pius IX,
writ () to
Friedrich Overbeck 1850 He was until his death the chief director of the
Hamburg Philharmonic Society (). In 1841 he organized and directed the
3rd North German Music Festival in 1841 in Hamburg, which was the biggest festival of its time.
Hans von Bülow dedicated to Avé-Lallemant his
Chant polonais Opus 12.
Klaus Mann describes in his novel
Pathetic Symphony () about the life of
Peter Tchaikovsky a meeting between Tchaikovsky and Avé-Lallemant. Tchaikovsky dedicated to his admirer Avé-Lallemant, for whom he had a lot of sympathy, his
5th Symphony.
Johannes Brahms, who was a fourth
cousin twice removed of Robert Jauch (1856–1909) and Bertha Jauch (1860–1935), and
Robert Schumann became godfathers of two of Theodor Avé-Lallemant's and Wilhelmine Jauch's sons. The collection of letters from a number of composers and scores by Brahms is since 2000 part of the collection of the
Brahms-Institut. Avé-Lallemant, who played the violin himself, possessed the
Cremonese violin of
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772–1806). Apart from being a soldier in the
Napoleonic Wars, Louis Ferdinand was also a gifted musician and composer. The prince brought his violin also to military campaigns. He bequeathed it to his friend, Avé-Lallemant's father, the evening before his death in the
Battle of Saalfeld with the words: ″In case that I will not return from the battle.″
Charlotte Jauch (1811–1872) married Lührsen Luise Jauch (1815–1881) married Halske Bertha Jauch (1860–1935) married Knoop ==Other known Families with the Name "Jauch"==