Auer von Herrenkirchen (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the Auer von Herrenkirchen

The Auer von Herrenkirchen are an old, originally Bavarian noble family .

They are to be distinguished from numerous families of the same name but with different coats of arms and tribe , including the Prussian von Auer and the Austrian Auer von Welsbach .

history

The family has its name-giving family estate near Landshut and has become extinct in its home country with Lieutenant Philipp Auer von Herrenkirchen († 1860) in the male line . A Prussian line was granted the nobility in 1863 .

Relatives

coat of arms

The shield is split in black and silver , on each side three rings set in stakes in mixed up tinctures. Red and white buffalo horns on the helmet with black and silver covers , on the outside of which there are three rings of opposite colors.

literature

  • Johann Gottfried Biedermann : The Franconian knighthood subdivided into the cantons , knight canton Baunach - for the area around Baunach (Bamberg region) with its seat there , 1747, plate 272-275
  • Genealogical handbook of the nobility , Limburg / Lahn
    • Adelslexikon Vol. 1, 1972, pp. 147-148
    • Genealogical manual of the noble houses B 4, 1959, pp. 23-27, B 24, 2002, pp. 15-20
  • Handbook of the Prussian Nobility . Volume 1, Berlin 1892, pp. 31-33.

Web links

Commons : Auer von Herrenkirchen family  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Adalbert von Mülverstedt : J. Siebmacher's large and general Wappenbuch , VI. Volume, 12th department, dead nobility of the Saechsische duchies , Nuremberg 1907, p. 29, Tfl. 20th
  2. ↑ Maximilian Gritzner : Chronological register of the Brandenburg-Prussian class elevations and acts of grace from 1600–1873. Berlin 1874, p. 134.