Cutez was a Slavian chief in east Holstein in a period of time when Christian and Slavian citizens lived in this region, but resided primarily in separate villages and towns. That is the reason we can find some unrelated Quistorf families in northern Germany and in Denmark. Volynia is a province of present day Ukraine. Many Germans ended up at Volynia during the reign of Catherine the Great, she requested skilled Germans to come to Volynia to populate the land. If you have any connections to this family name, please email me.
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