Tettenborn (noble family)

Coat of arms of those of Tettenborn

The von Tettenborn are an old knightly, Thuringian, later baronial noble family from the County of Hohenstein with the headquarters of the same name in Tettenborn near Nordhausen.

history

The family first appears in a document in 1237 with the brothers Heinrich and Bertold von Tettenborn . The line of trunks begins Cuno von Tettenborn († 1315 (1335?)) On Tettenborn.

The Tettenborn are gender and coat of arms related to those of Liebenroth (Liebenrode), von Bleicherode and von Rüxleben.

Possessions

The family's goods included Gangloffsömmern , Gehofen , Kannawurf , Nausitz (1608–1693), Rathstock (1845–1857), Seehausen , Steinsee (near Liebenrode, approx. 3 km from Tettenborn), Weißenfels , Zscheiplitz (1798–1847 ).

Personalities

• Hans von Tettenborn (1708–1779), Prussian lieutenant general
• Friedrich Karl von Tettenborn (1778–1845), Russian general in the Wars of Liberation, honorary citizen of Hamburg
• Leopold von Tettenborn (1853–1917), German administrative officer

Coat of arms of those of Tettenborn in Siebmacher's coat of arms book , 1605 (mirror-inverted)

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows a slanting black wolf rod in silver (three wolf rods 2: 1 also possible). On the helmet with black and silver covers a golden scepter between open black flight .

literature

• Working group Heimat- und Geschichtsgruppe Tettenborn: Chronicle of the village of Tettenborn - headquarters of the barons of Tettenborn - ISBN 978-3-86805-450-7 , 2009
• Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon , Vol. 9, Leipzig 1870, p. 169
• Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adelslexicon , Vol. 4, Leipzig 1837, p. 264
• Clemens Freiherr von Hausen: Vassal men of the Margraves of Meißen ... , In: Quarterly publication for coat of arms, seal and family studies, published by the Herold Association in Berlin, Volume 20, 1892, p. 129
• Luneburg Mushard : Bremisch- und Verdischer Ritter-Sahl or Denckmahl der Uhralten Famous high-aristocratic families Particularity of the highly praiseworthy knights in the Hertzogthümern Bremen and Verden. Bremen 1720, p.518
• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume XIV, Volume 131 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2003, ISSN  0435-2408 , pp. 374-375

Web links

• Bibliography on the family in the Wildenfels Castle Archives

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Archives Wolfenbüttel, Walkenrieder Urkundenbuch, p. 157, no. 216
2. ↑ GHdA, Adelslexikon, Vol. XIV, 2003
3. ↑ www.schlossarchiv.de Rathstock
4. ↑ GHdA, Adelslexikon, Vol. XIV, 2003