Peithner of Lichtenfels
Peithner von Lichtenfels is the name of a Bohemian and Austrian post-aristocratic family who were knighted in 1780 and barons in 1852.
history
The family that originally called themselves Peintner was an old Pustertal family who appeared several times in military and national services. On November 4, 1609 gave Archduke Maximilian of Austria in Innsbruck brothers Augustin and Andrew and their cousins Peter and Bartholomew Peintner from the reign Rodenegg a noble coat of arms along with jewel associated with it was the fief ability.
Johann Christian Peithner emigrated to Bohemia around 1630 after the Thirty Years' War and worked there in the mining industry in the town of Gottesgab on the Saxon border. His son Johann Georg Peithner managed to persuade the residents to return during the Counter Reformation , when many people left the city because of their faith.
With a diploma dated December 1, 1780, the brothers Johann Thaddäus Peithner, kk Hofrat of the montanian court chamber and Joseph Wenzel Peithner, kk Bergrat and Oberamtsverwalter zu St. Joachimsthal obtained on the basis of the first written work attempt on the natural and political history of the Bohemian and Moravian Mines with the predicate of Lichtenfels the herbländischen Austrian knighthood. On March 12, 1852, according to the diploma, the grandson of the former, Thaddäus Peithner von Lichtenfels, kk, Real Privy Council , was elevated to the status of Austrian baron .
coat of arms
First award
In a shield divided by silver and red, a stag leaping up to the right with a red Passion Cross between the rods on a green three-hill
Second award
Shield square: 1st and 4th field divided by silver and red, with an eight-pointed stag of alternating colors, which jumps to the right from a green three-hill protruding from the lower left shield corner and a high red cross stands between the antlers. In the 2nd and 3rd fields, divided transversely by blue and gold, with a steep rock rising up over which a golden sun shines.
Personalities
- Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels (1833–1913), Austrian painter
- Friedrich Peithner von Lichtenfels (1795–1854), Dr. med. Professor of Obstetrics in Vienna
- Johann Peithner von Lichtenfels (1795–1865), Austrian philosopher
- Johann Thaddäus Anton Peithner von Lichtenfels (1727–1792), Bohemian mining scientist
- Joseph Wenzel Peithner von Lichtenfels (1725–1807), Bohemian Gubernialbergrat and mine inspector
- Oskar Peithner von Lichtenfels (1852–1923), Austrian mathematician
- Paula von Lichtenfels (1869– after 1905), Austrian pianist, opera singer and singing teacher
- Rudolf Peithner von Lichtenfels (1858–1905), Austrian technician, Imperial Councilor
- Thaddäus Peithner von Lichtenfels (1798–1877), Austrian lawyer and politician
literature
- N ew general German nobility-Lexicon, Volume 5, Voigt, 1864, pp 511-512
- Genealogical paperback of the noble houses of Austria 4th year , Verlag Otto Maas u. Sons, Vienna, 1911, p. 367
- Biographical Lexicon of the Austrian Empire, Fifteenth Part, Vienna, 1866, pp. 79–83
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of baronial houses, volume 9 , p. 484