Kutzleben (noble family)

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Coat of arms of those of Kutzleben

The of Kutzleben are a thüringisch- schwarzburgisch - hohnsteinisches , thriving today Uradelsgeschlecht with the same name headquartered Kutzleben at Weissensee .

history

Grave slab of the knight Caspar von Kutzleben

The sex appears for the first time in an Erfurt monastery document from 1120, in which Ritant de Cuczeleiben is mentioned as a witness. The family is mentioned in a document in 1221 with Rudolfus de Kozeleibin and in 1263 with Heinrich von Kutzleben . In a Schwarzburg document, the knights Heinrich von Kutzleben and Heinrich von Wiehe are mentioned as witnesses in 1338. The family had possessions and goods in Grüningen Castle , Nausitz , Westgreußen , Straussfurt and Freienbessingen (Betzingen, Freyen-Bessingen).

coat of arms

Coat of arms in Siebmacher's coat of arms book 1605

The coat of arms shows a black column in silver that is diagonally right. On the helmet with black and silver covers between black (and silver) rooster feathers two flags, divided by silver and black, which enclose a pointed white feather.

Related to the von Reiche, von Zenge (n) and von Wiehe tribes and coats of arms.

A grave slab of the knight Caspar von Kutzleben († 1606) adorned with coat of arms can be found in the wall of the village church of Grüningen Castle.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Weimar State Archives and Friedrich Bernhard von Hagke, news about the cities, villages and estates of the Weissensee district, Weissensee 1867, p. 416

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