Lode (Pomeranian noble family)

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Coat of arms of the Lode

Lode is the name of an old Pomeranian noble family .

A connection with the German-Baltic , today in Finland continuing gender Lode has not been established and is rejected by a majority of the research.

history

In 1242, the documentary witness Sydfridus miles dictus Lode appears in Pomerania, a very respected and influential family in the following years. In 1731 the male line died out in Pomerania.

Historical property

The Pomeranian Lode were especially wealthy in Cammin Abbey , and later also in Neustettin .

coat of arms

The main coat of arms of the Pomeranian Lode shows three (2, 1) golden lion heads with red tongues in red. On the helmet with its gold-red covers, three silver lilies on green leafy stems. Completely different from this, Siverth Lode sealed in 1528 with two eagle wings with attached fangs in the shield.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Pommersches Urkundenbuch I, No. 501-III, No. 1813
  2. a b Julius Theodor Bagmihl : Pommersches Wappenbuch . Volume 5, Stettin 1855, pp. 35-36