The relevant genealogical Institutes and works set the
official beginning of our family history on the year 1195.
Dr. Leopold Frhr v. Ledebur, Historiker and Genealoge, when
member of the royally Prussian Heroldsamtes in Berlin also official Genealoge
has, in its research to the family history to this date found, although it
refers at the same time to or two lying in front of it generations, for which
however the surname is not yet proven. It has however as well known each humans
its parents, and therefore there is an advance to each family history also. In
our family history the document of 1195 is assigned to the Wigbert of the third
generation. It marks the beginning of one now 800 years old history of our
surname.
The document of 1195 is kept in public records of Lower
Saxony in Osnabrueck. It is put on in Latin language and regulates the annual
deliveries of the property bar thing living to the monastery Oesede. Contents of
the document are not for us from large importance, but it is significant by the
fact that Wigbert Lethebur testifies as a highest-ranking signing layman the
validity of their statements. I by the way accept that Wigbert understood the
text of the document, thus latin could. Unfortunately Wigberts signature is not
delivered, since the document - like court letters usually also today - does not
carry signatures, but the correctness of the execution only by a locking seal is
confirmed.
In the second half 12. Century prevailed emperor Friedrich
Barbarossa (from the house Swabia) over the holy Roman realm (of 15. Century to
holy Roman realm of German nation was called). This realm understood itself as a
successor of antiken Rome and extended over Italy, Switzerland, Austria and the
largest part of today's Germany. Westphalia and Lower Saxony were because of its
northern edge, which was separate in the northeast by dense forests from Denmark
and the slawischen areas. It was not a uniform state and had no common language
(except latin church language). The community existed particularly in the
uniform Christian faith of Roman-catholic coinage, when its lay Beschuetzer
understood itself the emperor.
From this understanding the crusades, third came took place
from 1189 - 1192, thus at the time, when our family occurred history. Today as
motive for the crusades alone the intention is usually called for the vermehrung
of own power. It was however probably nevertheless like that that the existence
and the spreading of the Christianity should become secured after the mission
requirement of the new will and in addition the lay safety device of the
territory was the most reliable means. Beside that to well-known crusades to
Palestine found before 800 years by the way also sucked. Turning crusades
instead of, in which the north Germans of dukes at the Baltic Sea penetrated,
christianisierten and conquered to the east.