The coat of arms
The seal of approval of the German Foundation for Surgery
Documents and certificates of the German Surgery Foundation are embossed with a historical seal that once served as the family coat of arms of the Triller family. In 1455, the progenitor of the family was honoured for saving the Saxon princes with a foundation - for him and his descendants. The co-founder of the German Surgery Foundation, Dr Regine Schuon-Joos, is related to Prof Dr Daniel Wilhelm Triller through her paternal line in the family tree. The seal has been preserved to this day by the descendants of the Triller family. Wilhelm Triller became the first professor at the medical faculty for pathology and therapy at the University of Wittenberg in 1749 and was appointed Electoral Court Counsellor to August III of Saxony.
History of the Triller family
In 1455, the progenitor of the family was honoured for the rescue of the kidnapped Saxon princes with a foundation - for him and his descendants. His descendants were also allowed to bear the family coat of arms.
The seal and coat of arms of the Triller family document the rescue of the abducted Saxon princes by the charcoal-burner Georg Schmidt, who was given the name Triller in 1455 in honour of the knight Kunz von Kauffungen. In a poem from 1743, D.W. Triller describes the "Saxon prince robbery", endeavouring to record the history of the prince robbery and the Triller genealogy. The young princes Ernst and Albrecht, who were abducted at the time, later became the founders of the states of Thuringia and Saxony.
The coat of arms is divided into several areas with heraldic symbols: a shield with a heraldic animal, above a helmet and the crest. In the crest, between two upturned buffalo horns, is the figure of a charcoal burner with a poker, ready to strike. The bear in the centre of the coat of arms goes back to a dream of the Electress the night before the abduction, in which she dreamt of the abduction and the bear rescued her abducted children.
Daniel Wilhelm Triller
| 1695 | Born in Erfurt 10 February, died in Wittenberg 22 May 1782 |
| 1730 | Personal physician to Hereditary Prince Karl of Nassau |
| 1744 | Personal physician to Emperor Charles VII in Frankfurt am Main |
| 1745 | Personal physician to Duke Johann Adolf of Saxony-Weißenfels |
| 1749 | Appointment as the first professor at the medical faculty for pathology and therapy at the University of Wittenberg and Electoral Saxon Court Counsellor August III of Saxony |
| Twenty-two times dean and six times rector of the University of Wittenberg |