Coat of Arms of the Counts Praschma of Bilkau and Falkenberg
Castle Falkenberg, painting, Alexander Duncker

Praschma or Pražma (fully Praschma of Bilkau and Falkenberg; Czech: Pražmové z Bílkova or Páni z Bílkova; Polish: Prazma) is a Moravian noble family.

Notable members include Jan Nepomuk I. Ferdinand Pražma (1726–1804), the founder of the Czech village Pražmo;[1] Friedrich von Praschma, member of the Reichstag and co-founder of the Centre Party (Germany);[2] and Hans Praschma von Bilkau, Reichstag member from 1902 to 1918, member of the Prussian House of Representatives, and Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.[3][4][5]

The family seat was in the town of Niemodlin (then known as Falkenberg) until the end of World War II, when the town became part of the nascent Eastern Bloc.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Historie obce". prazmo.cz. Město Pražmo. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  2. ↑ Mann, Bernhard; Doerry, Martin; Rauh, Cornelia; Kühne, Thomas, eds. (1988). Biographical handbook for the Prussian House of Representatives: 1867–1918. Dusseldorf: Droste. p. 305. ISBN 3-7700-5146-7.
  3. ↑ Mann, Bernhard; Doerry, Martin; Rauh, Cornelia; Kühne, Thomas, eds. (1988). Biographical handbook for the Prussian House of Representatives: 1867–1918. Dusseldorf: Droste. p. 305. ISBN 3-7700-5146-7.
  4. ↑ Specht, Fritz; Schwabe, Paul (1904). The Reichstag Elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives (2nd ed.). Berlin: Carl Heymann. p. 75.
  5. ↑ Reichstag, Deutsches Reich (16 May 2009). "Reichstags-Handbuch. 1912, [a] (1916) = Nachtrag zur 13. Legislaturperiode". Reichstagsprotokolle - Verhandlungen des Deutschen Reichstags und seiner Vorläufer (in German). München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  6. ↑ Balfour, Ilona (2018). The Return of the Swallows: Dorothy, Countess Praschma's Memoir. Helene Balfour. pp. 55, 191. ISBN 9781718833920.


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