Heydenab

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Heydenab's coat of arms

Heydenab , also Haidnob or Heydenaber , is the name of a Franconian prehistoric noble family that probably comes from Haidenaab, Kemnath district .

history

The family's name is believed to be related to the Haidenaab River . As part of the empire-free Franconian knighthood , the sex was organized in the knight canton of Gebürg . As followers of the Bayreuth margraves , family members were represented in the Prussian military in later centuries.

The family first appears in a document in 1309 with Fredericus Hednaber. The family line begins with Niklos Heidenab († 1407), owner of the Guttenthau farm in the Kemnath district.

The Bavarian nobility confirmation and the enrollment in the nobility class took place on August 4, 1813 in Munich for Carl Friedrich von Heydenab and on May 9, 1826, Hermann von Heydenab was also enrolled.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a black mill wheel axle ( wheel hub ) in a shield split by red and silver . On the helmet with red and silver helmet covers, the hub in front of a high, pointed silver hat, topped with six black cock feathers.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Original in Bavaria. Main State Archives, Dept. I KU, Speinshart, Fasc. 5