Biberstein coat of arms

Polish coat of arms

Biberstein

Details
Alternative names	Bibersztein, Bibersztajn, Bibersztyn, Bieberstein, Momot
Earliest mention	1094
Families	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.

History

Blazon

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.

Gallery

Biberstein coat of arms in Baranów Sandomierki castle

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