Görschen family

The family name derives from its original headquarters: the place Goresin (Görschen) or even from an older "oppida goresin" (Görschenburg / Görschenfestung) near Lützen, which was already appointed by Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg in the year 998, whereas the name itself is Sorbian origin and translating as "damp".

The first recorded ancestor of the living von Görschen descendants was Petris de Görsene (first mentioned on 12 June 1271) and the family distributed across Prussia in the course of the next few generations.

From the second line originated a number of family members in especially important administrative posts.

After the middle of the 19th century some of them settled down in London and were successful business people there.

The third line held several generations of high-ranking officers who achieved honours for their military merits.