Herbilstadt
Herbilstadt , also Herbilstatt , is the name of a Franconian noble family .
As part of the Frankish imperial-free knighthood, the family was organized in the knightly canton of Rhön-Werra . Places with references to Herbilstadt: Rannungen , Rippershausen , Henfstädt , Ganerbeburg Lengsfeld , Serrfeld . They were prince-bishop castle men of the castle state defense and bailiffs of messenger arbors . In 1446 Peter von Herbiltstadt donated the choir of the Marienkapelle in Bad Kissingen . Philipp von Herbilstatt was one of the defenders of the Marienberg Fortress in the Peasants' War in 1525 under the command of Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach . Some family members are known as robber barons. Related families include a. the von Kotzau family .
A reference by name to the town of Herbstadt in the Rhön-Grabfeld district would be possible .
coat of arms
The coat of arms is divided into the top cut silver and red. The helmet covers are red and silver. The crest with the red and silver tips is a closed flight . The family coat of arms was taken over in a simplified form in the municipal coat of arms of Rannungen.
literature
- Johann Gottfried Biedermann : genealogy The Reich Frey immediate knighthood country to Franken praiseworthy local Rhon and Werra ... . Bayreuth 1749. Panels CCCXCV to CCCCI.
- Cord Ulrichs: From feudal court to imperial knighthood - structures of the Franconian lower nobility at the transition from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period . Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-515-07109-1 .
