The Weinitschke family of Kreis Grottkau was founded by Joseph
Weinitschke and his wife Cunigunda (nee Weigman). While it is
known that Cunigunda was the daughter of Casper and Anna Rosina Weigman
of Kühschmalz, Kreis Grottkau, Joseph's parents and place of birth
are currently unknown.
Joseph first appears in the late 1750s as the (temporary?)
schoolteacher at the Catholic school in Falkenau, Kreis Grottkau. By
that time, he was already married to Cunigunda. By 1762, he was the
schoolteacher at the Catholic school in Kühschmalz. In addition, he
was the organist at the Catholic Church in Kühschmalz, and reportedly
composed church music, as well.
Joseph and Cunigunda had six sons, three of whom appear to have died
young. The other three followed in their father's footsteps and
became schoolteachers and church organists, the youngest succeeding
his father at Kühschmalz. Many of their male descendants were
also schoolteachers in various places in the Neisser Bistumsland (i.e., in
Kreis Grottkau and neighboring Kreis Neisse, both of which were ruled by
the Catholic Prince-Bishop of Breslau up until the Prussian "Secularization" of the early
1800s). Today, the descendants of Joseph and Cunigunda live throughout Germany, and in the USA, as well.
I would be very interested in hearing from anyone who is descended from
this family.
Other Weinitschke/Wanitschke Families
The relationship, if any, between the Weinitschke family of
Kreis Grottkau and other Weinitschke/Wanitschke families is currently
unknown.
Kreis Ratibor, Schlesien--A Weinitschke family was living in Kreis Ratibor up into the 1900s.
The origins of this family are unknown. Descendants of the family
can be found in Germany and Finland today. The Weinitschke family of Ratibor is
known to have both Kreis Neisse and Kreis Grottkau connections. This may be a coincidence,
but it may mean that there is a connection between the Ratibor family and the Grottkau family.
The Grafschaft Glatz--A Weinitschke family resided in the Grafschaft Glatz
from the early 1700s up to the end of World War II. Descendants of this family
can be found throughout Germany today. The Grafschaft Glatz, part of
Schlesien (Silesia), consisted of Kreis Glatz and Kreis Habelschwerdt, as well as Kreis Neurode during
its existence.
The founders of the family in Grafschaft Glatz were the brothers Adam Johannes and
Franz Josef Ignatz Weinitschke, both of whom were shoemakers who settled in the community of Habelschwerdt.
Their father was Martin Weinitschke of Kunzendorf in Bohemia's Adlergebirge.
Kreis Frankenstein, Schlesien--A Weinitschke family was living in what eventually became Kreis
Frankenstein beginning sometime around 1741. The family is known to have lived in Reichenau during the
mid-1700s and in Grunau and Laubnitz (both in the Catholic parish of Kamenz) during the second half of the
1700s and the early 1800s. The founder of the family in Kreis
Frankenstein was Johann Joseph Weinitschke. His father was Daniel Weinitschke of Kunzendorf in Bohemia's
Adlergebirge.
Kunzendorf in Bohemia's Adlergebirge--Up until the end of World War II, a
Wanitschke family was living in Kunzendorf in the Adlergebirge (Eagle
Mountains) of Bohemia, only a short distance from the Grafschaft Glatz. The founder of this family
was Jakob Mache, who was born in the late 1500s and who died sometime between 1651 and 1654. The family's house
name, Waniczek, and it's spelling variants replaced Mache as the family's surname during the 1600s. Descendants of this family can be found in Germany
today. Kunzendorf in the Adlergebirge was also the origin of the
Weinitschke families of Grafschaft Glatz and Kreis Frankenstein.
Family Tree
Key:
oo=married
Localities:
Alt Schalkowitz, Kreis Oppeln, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Berlin, Germany
Breslau, Niederschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Elberfeld, Germany (now part of the city of Wuppertal)
Falkenau, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Gläsendorf, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Glatz, Kreis Glatz, Niederschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Hamburg, Germany
Kalkau, Kreis Neisse, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Kamitz, Kreis Neisse, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Kühschmalz, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Märzdorf, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Mogwitz, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Neisse, Kreis Neisse, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Oppeln, Kreis Oppeln, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Poppelau, Kreis Oppeln, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Riegersdorf, Kreis Strehlen, Niederschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Rogau, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Schwammelwitz, Kreis Neisse, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Striegendorf, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Stübendorf, Kreis Neisse, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Würben, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Ziegenhals, Kreis Neisse, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
Zindel, Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, Germany (now in Poland)
1 Johann Joseph Anton WEINITSCHKE (1725-1790), schoolmaster in Falkenau and later Kühschmalz
oo Marie Cunigunda Barbara WEIGMAN (1730-) .2 Johann Joseph Anton ("Joseph") WEINITSCHKE (1758-1788), schoolmaster in Kamitz
oo Johanna FRONOBER ..3 Franz Joseph Ludwig WEINITSCHKE (1781-1781) ..3 [unnamed daughter] WEINITSCHKE (1782-1782) ..3 Johann Franz Joseph ("Franz") WEINITSCHKE (1783-), schoolteacher in Märzdorf
oo Anna Renata KUBA (c.1784-) ...4 Johanna Eleonora WEINITSCHKE (1810-) ...4 Theresia Josepha Meehtilde ("Josepha") WEINITSCHKE (1812-)
oo Gottlieb HABICH (c.1810-) ..3 Johann Ludwig Zachäus WEINITSCHKE (1785-1851), schoolteacher in Würben
oo Thekla BUCHAL (1790-1852) ...4 Johannes WEINITSCHKE (1810-), master joiner
oo Theresia WENSKY (1810-1883) ...4 Josepha WEINITSCHKE (1812-) ...4 Constantin Albert Robert WEINITSCHKE (1814-1863), small farmer and investigating magistrate in Würben
oo Maria Theresia (Theresia) HELLMANN (1815-1898) .....5 Julius WEINITSCHKE (1837-), property owner in Würben
oo 1) Caroline PATZNER (1851-) ......6 Julius Josef WEINITSCHKE (1872-), master butcher in Breslau
oo Maria Ottlie Clara BÖHM (1880-) .....5 Julius WEINITSCHKE (1837-), property owner in Würben
oo 2) Juliane KLEINEIDAM ......6 Franz WEINITSCHKE (1878-) ......6 Carl WEINITSCHKE (1879-1941)
oo Ottilie SCHLINSKY (?-1939) .....5 Caroline Theresia WEINITSCHKE (1838-)
oo 1) ??? PAETZOLD .....5 Caroline Theresia WEINITSCHKE (1838-)
oo 2) Johann EKERT (1842-), stoneworker ......6 Anna EKERT (1880-) .....5 Karl WEINITSCHKE (1851-1928), metal worker in Breslau
oo Anna Maria TSCHÖKE (1859-1920) ......6 Karl WEINITSCHKE (1879-1963), postal employee in Riegersdorf
oo Maria Theresia GOTTWALD (1884-1971) .....5 Emanuel WEINITSCHKE (1854-1938), shopkeeper in Stübendorf
oo 1) Anna Regina SCHNEIDER (1850-1894) ......6 Ida Maria WEINITSCHKE (1882-) ......6 Philomena Carolina WEINITSCHKE (1888-1888) ......6 Maria Hedwig WEINITSCHKE (1893-) .....5 Emanuel WEINITSCHKE (1854-1938), shopkeeper in Stübendorf
oo 2) Anna Rosalie EHRFURT (1859-1897) .....5 Emanuel WEINITSCHKE (1854-1938), shopkeeper in Stübendorf
oo 3) Hedwig SCHMIDT (1869-1933)
......6 Anna Hedwig WEINITSCHKE (1899-)
oo Bernhard HRUSCHKA, shopkeeper in Stübendorf ......6 Anna Ottilie WEINITSCHKE (1902-)
oo Franz GREGER, farm owner in Schwammelwitz ......6 Josef Paul WEINITSCHKE (1904-)
oo Martha KROMER ...4 Caroline WEINITSCHKE (1816-) ...4 Ernestine WEINITSCHKE (1820-) .2 Johannes Franz Peter Paul WEINITSCHKE (1760-1820), schoolmaster in Gläsendorf
oo Maria Thekla ABEL (1771-) ..3 Theresia WEINITSCHKE (1790-1790) ..3 Franz Carl WEINITSCHKE (1791-1791) ..3 Bonifacius WEINITSCHKE (1792-1792) ..3 Veronica Johanna WEINITSCHKE (1793-1793) ..3 Franz Johann Joseph WEINITSCHKE (1795-1854), schoolmaster in Gläsendorf
oo Bertha RÜCKER ...4 Emanuel WEINITSCHKE (1823-) ...4 Emilie (I) WEINITSCHKE (1825-) ...4 Emilie (II) WEINITSCHKE (1826-1904), housekeeper ...4 Franz WEINITSCHKE (1828-1907), businessman in Neisse
oo Maria FILKE .....5 Maria Louise Franzisca WEINITSCHKE (1863-) .....5 Franz August Carl WEINITSCHKE (1865-1923), businessman in Neisse .....5 Paul Franz August WEINITSCHKE (1866-), brewmaster in Glatz
oo Amalia KIEBEL (1879-) .....5 Elisabeth Anna Maria WEINITSCHKE (1868-1907)
oo Heinrich WALTER (1865-), lawyer in Neisse ......6 Elisabeth Maria WALTER (1894-) ......6 Margaretha Maria WALTER (1895-) ......6 Getrud Elisabeth WALTER (1898-)
oo Max MARSCHALL (1892-), probably a schoolteacher ......6 Georg Heinrich WALTER (1900-)
oo Irmgard SCHRÄDER ......6 Heinrich Franz Paul WALTER (1906-)
oo Janrith BRAMER .....5 Agnes Maria Auguste WEINITSCHKE (1870-) .....5 Clara Aurelia Theresia WEINITSCHKE (1872-) .....5 August Eduard Max WEINITSCHKE (1874-) ...4 Aurelie WEINITSCHKE(1830-1837) ...4 Eduard (I) WEINITSCHKE (1832-1835) ...4 Bertha WEINITSCHKE (1834-1911)
oo Johann WILLMANN (1829-1916), schoolmaster at Mogwitz .....5 Richard Hugo WILLMANN (1867-), schoolteacher and choir director in Breslau .....5 Martha Leopoldine WILLMANN (1871-)
oo August KINDLER, schoolteacher ......6 Friedrich August Maria KINDLER (1893-) .....5 Bertha Aurelie WILLMANN (1872-) .....5 Eberhard Carl WILLMANN (1875-) ...4 Maria Ida Aurelia ("Aurelia") WEINITSCHKE (1836-1912)
oo Franz Xaver KUNISCH (-1912), master miller in Neisse .....5 Franz Johannes Maria KUNISCH (1860-) .....5 Maria Theresia Aurelia KUNISCH (1862-) .....5 Hedwig Minna Maria KUNISCH (1864-) .....5 Carl Franz Johann KUNISCH (1866-) ...4 Eduard (II) WEINITSCHKE(1837-) ...4 Ida WEINITSCHKE (1839-)
oo Ferdinand TRAUTMANN (1839-), master dyer in Ziegenhals ...4 Leopoldine WEINITSCHKE (1840-1912)
oo Johann KUNISCH (-1911), Royal paymaster in Neisse .....5 Franz KUNISCH (1866-1866) ...4 Mario WEINITSCHKE (1842-1842) ...4 Agathe WEINITSCHKE(1843-)
oo August KRAUSE (1842-), schoolteacher ...4 Paul Otto WEINITSCHKE (1845-) ...4 Amalia Lucia WEINITSCHKE (1848-1905), housekeeper ..3 Josepha WEINITSCHKE (1799-1840)
oo Vincenz HÖHN, schoolteacher ...4 Josepha Bertha HÖHN (1817-) ..3 Thekla WEINITSCHKE (1799-1845)
oo Florian CASPAR (1782-1847), Royal timber storage supervisor in the Alt Schlakowitz/Poppelau area ...4 Florentine CASPAR (1823-)
oo Joseph SCHNEIDER (1823-), dike watchman in the Alt Schlakowitz/Poppelau area .....5 Agnes SCHNEIDER (1862-) .....5 Tekla Pauline SCHNEIDER (1865-) ...4 Ottilie CASPAR (1825-1856)
oo Carl HOFFMANN, master joiner and musician in Zindel .....5 Berta HOFFMANN (1851-) .....5 Anna HOFFMANN (1854-) .....5 Karl Paul HOFFMANN (1856-) ...4 Pauline CASPAR (1827-)
oo Joseph DRATHSCHMIDT .....5 Eduard Josef CASPER/DRATHSCHMIDT (1856-) ...4 Aurelius CASPAR (1828-) ...4 Aurelia CASPAR ...4 Emilie CASPAR (1830-1830) ...4 Eduard CASPAR (1833-) ...4 Paul Franz Andreas CASPAR (1835-) ...4 Franz CASPAR (1839-) ..3 Anton WEINITSCHKE (1802-1802) ..3 Eduard WEINITSCHKE (1804-), forester
oo Auguste BLUMENTHAL (1821-) ...4 Julius Hugo WEINITSCHKE (1841-)
oo Marie Luise BLANKENBURG .....5 Marie WEINITSCHKE .....5 Karl Heinrich Paul WEINITSCHKE ...4 Anna Franziska WEINITSCHKE (1843-) ...4 Karl Eduard WEINITSCHKE (1847-)
oo Amalie RÖSSLER .....5 Kurt WEINITSCHKE .....5 Max WEINITSCHKE ...4 Franziska Klara WEINITSCHKE (1848-)
oo Carl Hermann MEDLUNG ...4 Friedrich Paul WEINITSCHKE (1850-1914), factory owner in Berlin
oo Anna KOHTE (1863-) .....5 Erich WEINITSCHKE (1885-1960), factory owner in Berlin
oo Helene MUELLER .....5 Käthe WEINITSCHKE (1889-1982)
oo Richard BASTMANN .....5 Willy WEINITSCHKE (1892-1956), telephone engineer
oo Else BANDTKE (1895-1981) .....5 Hildegard WEINITSCHKE (1897-1974)
oo Walter KLINKERT ..3 Amalia WEINITSCHKE (1805-1865)
oo Carl FREITAG (1804-1890), forester in Rogau ...4 Carl FREITAG (1830-) ...4 Amalie Philippine FREITAG (1833-1905)
oo Eduard ROTHER (1826-1903), small free farmer in Rogau .....5 Johann Franz ROTHER (1852-) .....5 Carl ROTHER (1854-) .....5 Emilie ROTHER (1856-1867) .....5 Ida ROTHER (1856-1913), serving maid .....5 Paul ROTHER (1858-) .....5 Bertha Amalie ROTHER (1860-)
oo Heinrich Frider. SCHOLZ .....5 Anna ROTHER (1863-) .....5 Johann Georg ("Georg") ROTHER (1867-1941), property owner in Rogau
oo Martha SEIDEL ......6 Martha Maria (I) ROTHER (1900-) ......6 Martha Maria (II) ROTHER (1901-)
oo Arthur Felix HENKEL ......6 Ida Magdalena ROTHER (1903-) .....5 Herrmann ROTHER (1871-) .....5 Otto Bruno ROTHER (1873-) ...4 Anna Bertha FREITAG (1836-1897)
oo Carl KRETSCHMER (-1898), small farmer in Rogau .....5 Anna Bertha KRETSCHMER (1854-) .....5 Karl KRETSCHMER (1857-1876) .....5 Eduard KRETSCHMER (1859-) .....5 Anna Maria KRETSCHMER (1862-) .....5 Josef KRETSCHMER (1864-1918), farm owner in Rogau
oo Louise GEWOHN (1860-1932) ......6 Anna KRETSCHMER (1888-) ......6 Martha KRETSCHMER (1888-)
oo Wilhelm Julius Ernst HERRMANN, saddlemaker, Breslau ......6 Paul Carl KRETSCHMER (1892-) ......6 Hermann KRETSCHMER (1894-), farm owner in Rogau
oo Ida SCHWOPE ......6 Max KRETSCHMER (1897-) ......6 August KRETSCHMER (1898-1899) ......6 Ida KRETSCHMER (1901-)
oo Karl SCHNEIDER ......6 Carl KRETSCHMER (1893-)
oo Pauline GRUHN .....5 Maria KRETSCHMER (1867-1925)
oo Paul GEWOHN (1867-1930), property owner in Rogau ......6 Paul Hermann GEWOHN (1892-) ......6 Hermann GEWOHN (1894-), butcher in Rogau
oo Luise GÖRLICH ......6 Emma Anna GEWOHN (1895-)
oo Paul DÖRNER, property owner in Striegendorf ......6 Martha GEWOHN (1897-1924) ......6 Max GEWOHN (1898-) ......6 Josef GEWOHN (1900-)
oo Clara SEIDEL ......6 Elfrieda GEWOHN (1902-) ......6 Georg GEWOHN (1909-)
oo Martha KNORN .....5 Ida Theresia KRETSCHMER (1868-1869) .....5 Ida KRETSCHMER (1872-1899)
-not married- Josef Paul RITTER ......6 Josef Paul KRETSCHMER?/RITTER? (1899-) .....5 Paul KRETSCHMER (1872-), carpenter in Gläsendorf
oo Clara OPITZ ......6 Martha KRETSCHMER (1897-1898) ......6 Hermann August KRETSCHMER (1898-) ......6 Paul Max KRETSCHMER (1900-1943) ......6 Ida Anna KRETSCHMER (1904-) .....5 Augustin Hermann KRETSCHMER (1875-) ...4 Pauline Aurelia Bertha (Aurelia) FREITAG (1838-)
oo Josef GOTTWALD, railway worker in Breslau ...4 Loise Bertha Ida (Bertha) FREITAG (1841-) ...4 Ida FREITAG (1845-1895)
oo Franz Joseph ZEBE (1836-1897), post office manager in Kalkau .....5 Martha (I) ZEBE (1865-1865) .....5 Georg ZEBE (1866-1866) .....5 Martha (II) ZEBE (1866-) .....5 Magdalena (Magda) ZEBE (1871-)
oo Paul Wilhelm Reinhold BAIER (1864), district sergeant, Oppeln ......6 Eugen Franz Johann Sÿlvester BAIER (1894) ......6 Elsa Ida Maria BAIER (1896) ......6 Kurt Waldemar BAIER (1898) ......6 Eugen Paul BAIER (1899-1900) ......6 Magda Elfriede BAIER (1901) .....5 Elfriede ZEBE (1876-)
oo August HUSEMANN(1862-), site engineer ......6 Else HUSSEMANN (1892-) .....5 Franz Georg (Frank George) ZEBE (1877-1943), policeman in Elberfeld
oo 1) Johanna Emilie SCHÄFER (1880-) ......6 Margarethe Ida Karoline (Grete) ZEBE (1903-1978)
oo ? MÖLLER ......6 Adolf Johannes ZEBE (1905-1983)
oo Maria Catharina FRIEDRICHSEN (1905-2000) .....5 Franz Georg (Frank George) ZEBE (1877-1943), laborer
oo 2) Mathilde Maria Elisabeth EGGERS (1886-1929) ......6 Alfred Herbert Kurt ZEBE (1909-1977), master baker in St. Paul
oo Ann BOROS (1908-1991) ......6 Alfreda ZEBE (1913-1998)
oo Frank WALSH (?-1950) ......6 Frank ZEBE (1915-1977), security guard ......6 Helene ZEBE (1917-1963)
oo Harold L. PETERSON, home and garden nursery employee ......6 Rudolph Max ZEBE (1917-1985), highway maintenance worker
oo Marie HELLWINCKEL (c1923-c1952) ......6 Mary Magdalena ZEBE (1921-1987) ......6 George Kurt Bruno ZEBE (1922-2002), construction worker .....5 Margaretha ZEBE (1878-1883) .....5 Waldemar Otto ZEBE (1880-1883) .....5 Waldemar Heinrich ZEBE (1884-) ...4 Pauline Louise Sibilla FREITAG (1847-) .2 Johannes Nepomucenus Antonius WEINITSCHKE (I) (1762-1762) .2 Johannes Nepomucenus Antonius WEINITSCHKE (II) (1764-1799), schoolmaster in Kühschmalz
oo Maria Josepha ??? ..3 Francisca WEINITSCHKE .2 Anton Carl WEINITSCHKE (1768-) .2 Ernestus Antonius WEINITSCHKE (1769-)
Sources of Information
Churchbooks (LDS Microfilm copies):
Catholic Church at Alt Schalkowitz, Kreis Oppeln
Catholic Church at Borkendorf, Kreis Neisse
Catholic Church at Deutsch Wette, Kreis Neisse
Catholic Church at Endersdorf, Kreis Grottkau
Catholic Church at Falkenau, Kreis Grottkau
Catholic Church at Falkowitz, Kreis Oppeln
Catholic Church at Gläsendorf, Kreis Grottkau
Catholic Church at Kamitz, Kreis Neisse
Catholic Church at Kalkau, Kreis Grottkau
Catholic Church at Kühschmalz, Kreis Grottkau
Catholic Church at Ludwigsdorf, Kreis Neisse
Catholic Church at Märzdorf, Kreis Grottkau
Catholic Church at Mogwitz, Kreis Grottkau
St. Jacob's Catholic Church at Neisse, Kreis Neisse
Catholic Church at Oppeln, Kreis Oppeln
Catholic Church at Ottmachau, Kreis Grottkau
Catholic Church at Schwammelwitz, Kreis Neisse
Catholic Church at Strehlen, Kreis Strehlen
Other:
Friedrich Mehwald, Adressbuch des sämmtlichen Lehrer-Standes aller Confessionen und aller
Grade in Schlesien, Glaz und Lausitz, Breslau, Heinrich Richter, Ring No. 51, 1834.