1790s Dance Master of Woiska, Silesia - Joseph Banke

[Baingo]

Ciao fab genealodzy.pl forum heroes - I'm back again, pleading for help, please

I'm still hitting a brick wall everywhere, for:


Joseph Banke (Abt 1747 - Before 1795) of Woiska

https://www.sushi-rider.com/baingo-sile ... andparents

Dance Master - according to his son's marriage certificate he was a Dance Master - which is a very distinctive occupation.

https://www.sushi-rider.com/baingo-sile ... woiska.jpg

Recently a Polish barrista told me that Dance was an important tradition in Polish history?

Thank you for the help on my previous forum thread - https://genealodzy.pl/PNphpBB2-viewtopi ... dc8b.phtml

Possible leads:
Do you have any suggestions for Woiska / nearby Silesian:
* historical societies
* historical dance societies
* historical local newspaper archives (I have searched https://sbc.org.pl/en/dlibra)
That I should contact?

I would be so over the moon to go back further than Joseph Banke

[Krystyna.waw]

In the 18th century, Dance Master in Poland was called baletmaister/ balletmaister
https://sxvii.pl/index.php?strona=haslo ... LETMAJSTER#

He worked in the palace, so look for wealthy families who may have employed him.
And a bit of history
https://www.wilanow-palac.pl/balety_dwo ... litej.html

[Baingo]

In the 18th century, Dance Master in Poland was called baletmaister/ balletmaister ...

Hugest, thank you for your help and links.

Wow my Tanzmeister Joseph Banke may have worked in the palace - if only my Mummy was here to be thrilled by this possibility.

As always, thank you for your kind help. I will chase this avenue of research.

[Krystyna.waw]

I bet it was Tworóg castle
https://zamkiobronne.pl/zamek/tworog/
Only 7 km from the village of Wojska
In the years 1684–1757 the village belonged to the Verdugo family,
in 1758–1807 again to the Colonnas,
and in 1807–1818 to the Gastheimbes
https://twg-kurier.pl/historia/panowie- ... 1666-1684/

Could this be this family?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonna_family
musicians https://www.jstor.org/stable/41262164

Brynek palace? I think it's a bit too far...
and did court counselor Friedrich Hetzko employ a ballet master?
https://krajoznawca.org/zamki-i-palace/ ... ace-brynek
https://www.slaskie.travel/poi/2629

[Baingo]

I bet it was Tworóg castle
https://zamkiobronne.pl/zamek/tworog/
Only 7 km from the village of Wojska

Forgive me @Krystyna.waw ROCKs! I wish to give you another hug of thanks! I have just been googling to see palaces and churches near Woiska. So another hugest THANK YOU for this reply and links. I will try and contact Tworóg castle.

When I'm better I wish to go Silesia and visit - https://www.sushi-rider.com/baingo-sile ... lesia.jpg

If you live near there I will soooooooooo buy you and Axee copious amounts of Cremant as thank you

Thank you to all the wonderful contributors in this forum

ps every Polish person I meet I always telll them about fantastic https://geneszukacz.genealodzy.pl/

[Krystyna.waw]

Forgive me @Krystyna.waw ROCKs!
I wish to give you another hug of thanks! I have just been googling to see palaces and churches near Woiska.
So another hugest THANK YOU for this reply and links. I will try and contact Tworóg castle.
(...)
Thank you to all the wonderful contributors in this forum

ps every Polish person I meet I always telll them about fantastic geneszukacz.genealodzy.pl

You're welcome
I would look for the archives of this family. Maybe in Germany?
A. Nowak: Die Reichsgrafen Colonna, Freiherrn von Fels, auf Groß-Strehlitz, Tost und Tworog in Ober-Schlesien . – Groß-Strehlitz : Wilpert, 1902
https://bibliotekacyfrowa.pl/dlibra/pub ... tion/37456

https://www.rambow.de/die-reichsgrafen-colonna.html
https://archive.org/search?query=subjec ... AMIGLIA%22
https://www.galleriacolonna.it/en/the-colonna-family/