Stein (Vogtland noble family)

Coats of arms of those of Stein and of the tribal and related families of Berg , Epprechtstein, von der Grün , von Münchberg, von Radeck , von Reitzenstein , von Sparnberg, Sack , von Thoßfell, von Töpen and von Wildenstein

The von Stein family was a Frankish noble family and can be assigned to the Vogtland knighthood .

history

Like the von Berg , von Epprechtstein, von der Grün , von Münchberg, von Radeck , von Reitzenstein , von Sparnberg, von Thoßfell, von Töpen and von Wildenstein families , the von Stein families are considered to be a line of the Sack ministerial family, mentioned in 1091 . All of these families are therefore related to the tribe and coat of arms.

coat of arms

	The coat of arms shows a silver sloping bar on a red background. The crest consists of an open flight in which the sloping beam is repeated.

See also : List of noble families named Stein

Web links

• History of Töpen
• History of Feilitzsch

Individual evidence

1. ^ Arnold von Dobenck : The landlord families of the Vogt and Regnitzland in the Middle Ages , in: Archive for history and antiquity of Upper Franconia, Volume 29, 3 (1926), p. 32 f.