Freiberg (noble family)

The von Freiberg family (different or older spellings of Vriberch , von Freyberg , Freyberger or Freiberger ) were a noble Meißnisch-Saxon family. The family's possessions were mainly located near the mountain town of Freiberg , in the Eastern Ore Mountains .

history

From the early 13th century, the family appeared as the patrician family of the city of Freiberg . It provided several councilors, city elders and canons of the city. Like other, originally middle-class Freiberg families, they too soon acquired property outside the city and passed into the local nobility . Among other things, they sat in the village of Loßnitz near Freiberg and from 1475 to 1600 in Freibergsdorf , southwest of Freiberg, which has been named after the family since 1530, but was previously called Turmhof. The family died out in the 17th century.

coat of arms

In the shield a rafter with three open crescent moons, each with a six-pointed star. Two of the moons, opened towards the middle, clear the rafter, one lies, opened to the right, below the rafter.

Personalities

• Dietrich von Freiberg (1240–1310), philosopher, mystic and theologian
• Heinrich von Freiberg (13th century), poet and minstrel