Biberstein coat of arms explained

Herb:	Biberstein
Alternative:	Bibersztein, Bibersztajn, Bibersztyn, Bieberstein, Momot
Mention:	1094
Families:	Bałkowski, Białkowski, Bibestein, Bibersztein, Błoński, Boczowski, Boiszewski, Boiszowski, Borus, Gniazdowski, Górski, Hirtemberg, Jazwiecki, Jaźwiecki, Kacimierski, Kazimierski, Kazimirski, Kielnerski, Kolanowski, Maciejowicz, Mikołajowski, Mokranowski, Momot, Momoth, Nemitz, Odroclew, Odrwolff, Pierożek, Podłęski, Poręnby, Przybysławski, Radziejowski, Ridolewski, Rupnowski, Rydalski, Rydolewski, Sebieński, Seboński, Skotnicki, Starowiejski, Starowieyski, Staszkowski, Szebieński, Tarnowski, Tur, Wołowicz, Zakrzewski

Biberstein is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include:

• Stanisław Kostka Starowieyski (1895-1941) a reserve artillery captain]] of the Polish Armed Forces, a participant (1918-1920) to the Polish-Ukrainian War and the Polish-Soviet War, a church, social and charity activist and a papal chamberlain. He died at the concentration camp in Dachau concentration camp and was beatified in 1999.

See also

• Bieberstein
• Polish heraldry
• Heraldic family
• List of Polish nobility coats of arms

Bibliography

• Bobrowicz, Jan Nepomucen "Herbarz polski Kaspra Niesieckiego S.J. powiększony dodatkami z późniejszych autorów, rękopisów, dowodów urzędowych", Tom I, Lipsk 1839-1846
• Ulanowski B. Inscriptiones clenodiales ex libris iudicialibus palatinatus Cracoviensis, "Starodawne prawa polskiego pomniki", Kraków 1885
• Piekosiński Franciszek "Heraldyka polska wieków średnich", Kraków 1899
• Białkowski Leon "Ród Bibersteinów a ród Momotów godła jeleniego Rogu w wiekach XIV-XVI" Lublin 1948

External links

• http://gajl.wielcy.pl/herby_nazwiska.php?lang=pl&herb=biberstein