Raitenbach
The von Raitenbach family was a Frankish and Vogtland noble family .
Origin and Distribution
The family appeared in 1252 as noblemen on Erkersreuth . It was only when the line in Erkersreuth was extinguished in 1691 that the von Lindenfels line followed . The family was related to the von Neuberg and Haslau family . As part of the imperial free knighthood, they were organized in the knightly canton of Gebürg . Sexes directly related by marriage were e.g. B. the von Lüchau or the Rabensteiner zu Döhlau .
Lupold von Raitenbach and Heinrich von Raitenbach got into high positions of the Teutonic Order in East Prussia.
coat of arms
The coat of arms shows a curved tip , the coloring is divided into red and silver and the base in the other color. The crest is crowned and shows a golden bundle. The helmet covers are also red and silver again.
Former municipality coat of arms of Erkersreuth
literature
- Cord Ulrichs: From feudal court to imperial knighthood - structures of the Franconian lower nobility at the transition from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period (list of the canton of Gebürg from 1529, StAM GHA II. No. 211 aE) . Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-515-07109-1 . P. 212.