Bennungen (noble family)
The von Bennungen family was an old Thuringian knight dynasty, named after their family and manor in Bennungen .
history
In the 12th and 13th centuries, the von Bennungen often appeared in documents from the Counts of Hohnstein , Stolberg , Gleichen , Beichlingen and Orlamünde . First with Gerbodo de Bennungen 1231, later with Gerwardus parochianus in Bennungen 1247, dnus Conradus de Bennungen, miles (originally 1263–1313), Fredericus de Benningen, miles 1267, Ritter Herden von Bennungen 1294, Heinricus de Bennungen 1300, Hugo von Bennungen 1344, Friderich von Bennungen (originally from 1366–1398), Burchard von Bennungen (originally from 1371–1386), the knights Joh. And Friedr. mentioned by Bennungen 1372, Conrad Hug and Borghard Gebrüdere von Bennungen 1373, Hans von Bennungen 1421, Henrich von Bennungen zu Gehofen 1428. Goods in the county of Stolberg , near the Kyffhauser , a manor on the Anger in Reinsdorf (originally Henricus Bennungen de Reinstorff 1502, Amalie von Bennungen zu Reinsdorf 1560–1599, Jacob von Bennungen zu Reinsdorf 1573–1581, Gertrud von Bennungen zu Reinsdorf 1614, Hans Friedrich von Bennungen 1622) near Artern . Extinguished in the 17th century.
coat of arms
1386 seals Burchard von Bennungen in a Halberstadt document: S. BORCH… with a split shield with sloping bars . Coat of arms (1410/11): a transom. Helmet: open flight, each wing covered with a crossbeam. Later coat of arms: a hind-looking doe.
Not related to the "von Barth" family from and to Bennungen, who were up to two Barthe (axes) as a talking coat of arms.
literature
- Otto Titan von Hefner: Studbook of the flourishing and dead nobility in Germany , Regensburg 1860
- Johann Thielemann: The knight families and the manor of Bennungen , in: Heimatsklänge der Kyffhäuserzeitung 1921, No. 6/7