Heidenstein (noble family)
Heidenstein is the name of a Pomeranian letter noble noble family .
history
Conrad and Reinhold Heidenstein , born in Königsberg in the Duchy of Prussia , received the Polish nobility in 1585. However, this was only seen as an acknowledgment of their alleged "Frankish nobility". Reinhold was the master of Sullenczyn (Karthaus district) and Pantau in West Prussia. Reinhold von Heidenstein's son, Johann Reinhold von Heidenstein, became Castellan von Danzig in 1690. With his son Melchior von Heidenstein, the sex finally ended.
coat of arms
Shield : white and black split, on the right an eagle flight with the feathers turned outwards, on the left three silver pyramids standing side by side; Helmet : three ostrich feathers white-black-white; Helmet covers : white and black
Personalities
- Reinhold Heidenstein (1533–1620), diplomat, lawyer and chronicler
literature
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Nine volumes. Friedrich Voigt, Leipzig 1859–1870, Volume 4, "Heidenstein"
- Kurt Forstreuter : Heidenstein, Reinhold. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 251 f. ( Digitized version ).