Lichtenhain (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the von Lichtenhain family in Siebmacher's coat of arms book (1605)

The noble Thuringian family of Lichtenhain even Lichtenhayn, Lychtenhayn, Lychthayn, Lychtenhain, Liechtenhain, Lichtinhain, Luchtenhayn or Luchtinhainein was one by the place Lichtenhain at Jena Calling old and respected noble family which the vassals of the lords of Lobdeburg and pin Naumburg belonged.

history

First documented mentions with Gerhard de Lochtenem 1129, knight Heinrich von Lichtenhayn 1191 and Dietrich von Lichtenhain. in September 1223. Conrad von Lichtenhayn is 1300 Komtur of the German Order in Elbing and Dytherich von Lichtenhayn is 1324 Komtur of the Schwetz and Schlochau districts. Domino Theodrico dicto de Lichtenhayn provinciali terre Culmensis is mentioned in a document in 1312. In the Predigerkirche of Erfurt there is the epitaph of Theodoric von Lichtenhain († 1366) with coat of arms. In 1501 the headquarters moved from Lichtenhain to Schöngleina due to the death of Dietrich the Elder . The family also sat in Etzoldshain, Ostrau , Rutersdorf, Scheiditz, Schleifreich, Schönstadt, Teuditz, Uhlstädt , Westgreussen and from 1521 to 1649 at Vitzenburg Castle . In the second half of the 19th century, representatives of the family with military offices were named; a branch named Liechtenhan that emigrated to Basel still exists today. (Paul Jovius wrote a genealogy about gender in the 18th century)

coat of arms

In the red shield a silver comb-wheel (millstone) with eight points and a four-sided opening in the middle. Helmet: crowned, above it a white comb wheel decorated with peacock feathers. The ceilings are red and silver.

The one from Lichtenhain near Teuchern

The eastern, extinct family of ministers from Lichtenhain, also called Lichtenhagen, was probably a sideline of the nobles von Teuchern . Around 1200 a brother of Otto von Teuchern built his permanent house / castle in Lichtenhayn, 1.5 km south of Teuchern (today the deserted area). They owned the Teuchern estate and castle from 1219 to 1329. Mentioned with Otto and Ekkehardus, brothers (1196), Otto (1213/1234), Eckehardus de Tuchere, Otto von Lichtenhagen, brothers (1219). In the first half of the 14th century they were called castellans of the Schönburg . In 1305 Otto von Lichtenhayn, Ritter, Otto d. J., his son, Otto and Eckart, brothers, sons because. Eckarts v. Lichtenhay in Schönburg Burglehen. As late as 1329 those of Lybenhain zu Teuchern and Otto are mentioned.

coat of arms

They were planning a rafter, which is accompanied by ten shingles.

literature

  • Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon , Vol. 5, Leipzig 1864, p. 512 digitized
  • Löbe: Contributions to the history of those von Lichtenhain (1191–1800), in: Mittheilungen des Verein für Geschichts- und Alterthumskunde zu Kahla and Roda, Vol. II 1880 pp. 209–235, supplements in Vol. IV, 1894 pp. 139– 142

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