Quernheim (noble family)
Quernheim , also Quernheimb or Querheim , is the name of an old Westphalian noble family with the parent company Quernheim near Herford . Branches of the family still exist today.
history
The family first appeared in a document in 1217 with Florens von Quernheim and later appeared with the title of baron . The family is related to the coat of arms and probably also tribal to those of Manteuffel .
coat of arms
The coat of arms shows a red bar in silver . On the helmet with red and silver blankets an open flight , like the shield covered .
Coat of arms related to the coat of arms of the Quernheim
Herford monastery coat of arms
Coat of arms of the Kirchlengern community
Coat of arms of the von Manteuffel family
Name bearer
- Anna von Quernheim (* before 1520, † 1590)
See also
Coat of arms in Siebmacher's coat of arms book from 1605
literature
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XI, Volume 122 of the complete series, pp. 108-109, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2000, ISSN 0435-2408
Individual evidence
- ↑ Westfälisches Urkundenbuch 4, No. 73
- ↑ Otto Gruber: The coats of arms of the South Oldenburg nobility . In: Yearbook for the Oldenburger Münsterland 1971 . Vechta 1970, p. 26
Web links
Commons : Quernheim family - collection of images, videos and audio files
