Fraunberg
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For the town in Germany,Translated as (wife or lady of the Mountain) see Fraunberg, Bavaria
.
The family of the barons von Fraunberg, also known as the Fraunberger, is among the oldest in Bavaria
.
Their name derives from the village of Fraunberg in the district of Erding
. They are documented since 945, when Heinrich von Fraunberger was mentioned in connection with Costnitz am Bodensee.
Their main arms are Gules, a pale argent.
By 1245, the family of Gurren of Haag
had already begun using a horse salient as their seal
device. The word Gurre is German
now means a horse of poor quality, a nag or jade. Whether the family derived their name from the coat of arms or vice versa is not clear. The choice of name, however, implies that at the time the derogatory meaning of Gurre had not yet come into play. : the numerous representations show a lively, well fed horse.
The Fraunbergers adopted the Gurren coat of arms at the time of Sigfried I., to whom was granted the position of Count of Haag in 1245. The family of Fraunberg-Haag bore it alone. The branch of Fraunberger zu Fraunberg however quartered it with their main arms. Some descendants of the Fraunberger family have immigrated to the US and reside in the Clifton,Passaic, and Plainsboro New Jersey area.
On the death of Count Ladislaus von Fraunberg-Haag in 1567 the county was granted to the Duke of Bavaria.
With the local government reforms a large part of what was formerly the County of Haag came to the district of Erding. Numerous examples of the arms of Haag exist, particularly in churches and on boundary stones (see Schierl below)
Fraunberg, Bavaria
Fraunberg is a municipality in the district of Erding in Bavaria in Germany....
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The family of the barons von Fraunberg, also known as the Fraunberger, is among the oldest in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
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Their name derives from the village of Fraunberg in the district of Erding
Erding
Erding is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district Erding. It had a population of 34,122 in 2004. It is twinned with Bastia in CorsicaThe original Erdinger Weissbier is a well-known Bavarian specialty...
. They are documented since 945, when Heinrich von Fraunberger was mentioned in connection with Costnitz am Bodensee.
Their main arms are Gules, a pale argent.
By 1245, the family of Gurren of Haag
Haag in Oberbayern
Haag in Oberbayern is a municipality in the district of Mühldorf in Bavaria in Germany....
had already begun using a horse salient as their seal
Seal (device)
A seal can be a figure impressed in wax, clay, or some other medium, or embossed on paper, with the purpose of authenticating a document ; but the term can also mean the device for making such impressions, being essentially a mould with the mirror image of the design carved in sunken- relief or...
device. The word Gurre is German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
now means a horse of poor quality, a nag or jade. Whether the family derived their name from the coat of arms or vice versa is not clear. The choice of name, however, implies that at the time the derogatory meaning of Gurre had not yet come into play. : the numerous representations show a lively, well fed horse.
The Fraunbergers adopted the Gurren coat of arms at the time of Sigfried I., to whom was granted the position of Count of Haag in 1245. The family of Fraunberg-Haag bore it alone. The branch of Fraunberger zu Fraunberg however quartered it with their main arms. Some descendants of the Fraunberger family have immigrated to the US and reside in the Clifton,Passaic, and Plainsboro New Jersey area.
On the death of Count Ladislaus von Fraunberg-Haag in 1567 the county was granted to the Duke of Bavaria.
With the local government reforms a large part of what was formerly the County of Haag came to the district of Erding. Numerous examples of the arms of Haag exist, particularly in churches and on boundary stones (see Schierl below)