title: Kalckreuth
text: # Kalckreuth
  
  The House of Kalckreuth is the name of an ancient and important German noble family.
  
  ## History
  
  The family was first mentioned in a document on December 16, 1284 with Heinricus dictus de Kalcruthe on Lyce near Dresden . Conrad von Kalckreuth appears in a document on December 6, 1286. In early 14th century, several lines appeared that spread widely throughout Silesia, but also in Lusatia, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg and Poland.
  
  ## Title
  
  Family members were awarded with the title of Baron in 1678 . Brothers Hans Ernst (1728-1792) and Friedrich Adolf, Count von Kalckreuth, who were raised to the Prussian count status in 1786 , founded the two lines of the comital family.
  
  ## Notable members
  
  * Friedrich Adolf, Count von Kalckreuth (1737–1818), Prussian field marshal
  * Count Stanislaus von Kalckreuth (1820–1894), German landscape painter
  * Count Leopold von Kalckreuth (1855–1928), German Impressionist painter
  * Countess Maria von Kalckreuth (1857-1897), German painter
  * Countess Tamara von Kalckreuth (born 1972), German television personality, wife of Count Alexander von Kalckreuth
  * Countess Elfie von Kalckreuth (Eva Anthes), actress
  