Schuch
Encyclopedia
The Schuch family has its own Coat of Arms and the family title of Baron. The Schuch Family originated from the South part of Lake Baikal near China, in 1200. The ancestors came to Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

 in Ukraine in 1227, with Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan , born Temujin and occasionally known by his temple name Taizu , was the founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death....

 as Warlords. Then moved to Pest ( part of contenporary Budapest) in Hungary in 1237, and afterwards moved to Vác
Vác
Vác is a town in Pest county in Hungary with approximately 35,000 inhabitants. The archaic spellings of the name are Vacz and Vacs.-Location:...

 to the North of Pest and alongside Donau River, where the family owned a palace. That was later sold to a relative, Baron Einantel. They in turn moved to Poland to Szynczyce
Szynczyce
Szynczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarnocin, within Piotrków County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Czarnocin, north of Piotrków Trybunalski, and south-east of the regional capital Łódź....

, in 1807. The spelling of the name was changed after the move from Schuch to Szuch. Family had its palace at Aleja Szucha Nr 6 in Warszawa , and another one in Nowy Swiat Nr 70, also in Warszawa. The Family owned together with the Nobel family(Swedish) oil fields in Baku
Baku
Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...

, Russia. The Family purchased from Fürst Ysipov his palace at Yalta
Yalta
Yalta is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea.The city is located on the site of an ancient Greek colony, said to have been founded by Greek sailors who were looking for a safe shore on which to land. It is situated on a deep bay facing south towards the Black...

 when he shot Mr Rasputin in St. Petersburg and needed to leave Russia in a haste. This palace was known as the Livadia Palace
Livadia Palace
Livadia Palace was a summer retreat of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, and his family in Livadiya, Crimea in southern Ukraine. The Yalta Conference was held there in 1945, when the palace housed the apartments of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and other members of the American delegation...

. Family had to leave in a haste at arrival of the Red Guard in 1917, at the time of the Russian revolution. This palace was a place of the meeting place for Sir Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

, President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...

 and Chairman Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...

, at the Yalta conference
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference, held February 4–11, 1945, was the wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D...

.
A family adoption changed family name from Szuch to von Börtzell-Szuch in 1927. After World War II the family moved from Poland in 1945 to England, taking up a position as Second Secretary of the Polish Embassy in London, and from there to Sweden in 1947 as Polish Consul in Gothenburg, and then stayed there permanently.
Polish authorities (local Court of Law in Gdansk) changed the name spelling from Boertzell-Szuch to Börtzell-Szuch, in 2004.

Last noted family members in Hungary 1711:
Stefan Schuch, Coadjutor in Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest
Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary. It represents two Hungarian cities, Esztergom and the national capital Budapest...

, Hungary.

Two other branches of the family might be living in Germany (wine and electronics producers, Wermacht General in World War II) and another one in Swiss. This since three brothers left Hungary in 1807, each and one of them in separate directions. No more is known.

Schuch as a surname may also refer to:
  • Carl Schuch
    Carl Schuch
    Carl Eduard Schuch was an Austrian painter, born in Vienna, who spent most of his lifetime outside Austria, in Germany, Italy and France...

     (1846-1903), Austrian painter
  • Ernst von Schuch
    Ernst von Schuch
    Ernst Edler von Schuch, born Ernst Gottfried Schuch was an Austrian conductor, who became famous through his working collaborations with Richard Strauss at the Dresden Court Opera....

     (1846-1914), Austrian conductor
  • Ignacy Szuch, Polish Air Force World War I pilot, Decorated Order Virtuti Militari.
  • Aleksander Szuch Ulan, Decorated Order Virtuti Militari in Silver 1920.4 x KW - Krzyż Walecznych
  • Johann Christian Schuch
    Johann Christian Schuch
    Johann Christian Schuch was a Dresden-born garden designer and architect, active in Poland.-Life:Schuch learned gardening from his father, a House of Wettin court gardener...

     (1752-1813), Dresden-born architect and garden designer, also known as .
  • Franciszek Edward Szuch, Judge and General Prosecutor of the State of Poland. Decorated Order: Odr Polski. 1850 - 1930.
  • Ignacy Schuch, 2 Med.Doc.Ex. Hungarian Army 1800-1809 campaign. 1815 entering health service of the kingdom of Poland.
  • Franciszek Szuch, son of Ignacy, 3 Med.Doc.Ex. studies Warszawa, London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna. 1806-1832.
  • Marjan von Börtzell-Szuch, 18 Regiment in Skierniewice (Cav.Off.), World War II, decorated with the Order of Virtuti Militari in Silver. Honorary Officer of the French Atlantic Army for his deeds in World War II. Second Embassy Secretary Polish Embassy in London 1945-1947. Polish Consul in Gothenburg, Sweden 1947 - 1950. Born in Ljepäja, Latvia in 1914, died in Gdansk 2004.
  • Irena Szuch-Wyszomirska, born Baroness Szuch, living Aleja Szuch:a Nr 6, before the World War II. Children book writer and translator of Astrid Lindgrens "Pippi Longstrumpf" books. Sister to Marjan von Börtzell-Szuch.
  • Solveig von Börtzell-Szuch, Language teacher, Sweden. Rewarded by Svenska Akademin (the same Academy that issues the Nobel Price) in 2003 with Svenska Akademins price for teachers for language teaching deeds.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK