A record of documented arms, meaning and origin, researched for the Bruesewitz family of Germany.
Reg. 5828 · German, A–C
Coat of Arms & Family Crest Details
Symbols on this shield
fireZeal and purification
ringFidelity, and a promise kept
wingSwiftness, and protection under a raised wing
triangleThe Trinity, and stability
Colours
Gold (Or)Means: Generosity
Red (Gules)Means: Military strength
Silver (Argent)Means: Peace and sincerity
Black (Sable)Means: Constancy
Historical info
Source
J. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1884–87
Blazon (the actual original written record)
“D'or à cinq flammes de gu., posées 2 et 3, renfermées dans un triangle vidé d'arg., la base du triangle enfilée de quatre annelets du même; le triangle ailé de deux ailes abaissées de sa., attachées aux deux angles inférieurs. Cq. cour. C.: les meubles de l'écu. L. d'or et de sa.”
PomeraniaPomerania, c. 1765
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Map of Germany showing where the Bruesewitz arms are recorded
The Bruesewitz arms were recorded in Pomerania, c. 1765.
Pomerania was flat farming country on the Baltic coast, held in large estates by a small number of families. They kept their land for generations, and generations of landholding is what fills the registers.
This is where the arms were entered in the register. Families often moved to other parts of the country, so the same name can turn up in more than one region.
The body that granted and recorded arms in Germany in this period.
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Sovereign of the period
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
1745–1765
Reigning in Germany when the Bruesewitz arms are first recorded.
How Arms Worked in Germany
In the Holy Roman Empire, coats of arms were often granted to individuals by the Emperor or his representatives. These arms were then passed down through the generations to all legitimate descendants of the original holder. Younger branches of a family usually kept the same shield design without needing to change it, as the arms belonged to the entire lineage.
Granting authority
The Holy Roman Emperor held the sole power to grant new coats of arms throughout his vast imperial territories.
How they got arms
Families typically obtained their coats of arms through a formal imperial grant or by proving their noble status to the authorities.
Where arms were recorded
These grants were officially recorded in the Imperial Chancery registers, which began keeping formal records of such honors during the Middle Ages.
The family's standing
Recorded among the armigerous families of Pomerania.
Origin & History of the Bruesewitz Family in Germany
The family name Bruesewitz traces its roots to the historical region of Pomerania, which was a territory along the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. By the year 1765, members of the family were well-established in this area, living within a society deeply connected to agriculture and the local Prussian administration. The name itself is likely locative, meaning it was originally tied to a specific geographic place or village in the region. During the eighteenth century, families in Pomerania often lived in small, tight-knit rural communities where they worked the land or served in local trades. As the population moved and evolved over the following decades, the Bruesewitz name became a permanent marker of this northern German heritage, reflecting the history of a people who navigated the changing borders and social shifts of the Baltic landscape.
Related Branches & Arms
Root word
Brus
Old Slavic term referring to a whetstone or sharpener.
This name
BruesewitzA habitational name for someone originating from the village of Brusewitz, meaning place of the whetstone maker.
also spelled
Bruesewitz
Brusewits
Brusevits
Documented Sources
J. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1884–87
Berghaus, Heinrich. Landbuch des Herzogthums Pommern und des Fürstenthums Rügen. 1865
Brüggemann, Ludwig Wilhelm. Ausführliche Beschreibung des gegenwärtigen Zustandes des Königl. Preußischen Herzogthums Vor- und Hinter-Pommern. 1779
Landesarchiv Greifswald. General-Musterungslisten der pommerschen Regimenter. 1765
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fireZeal and purification
ringFidelity, and a promise kept
wingSwiftness, and protection under a raised wing
triangleThe Trinity, and stability
fireZeal and purification
ringFidelity, and a promise kept
wingSwiftness, and protection under a raised wing
triangleThe Trinity, and stability
