Lichtenberg History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Germany

The distinguished and ancient German surname Lichtenberg is derived from "Lichtenberg," the name of a village on the Elbe river. The place name is composed of the German elements "licht," meaning "light," and "berg," meaning "mountain."

Early Origins of the Lichtenberg family

The surname Lichtenberg was first found in Thuringia, where the family was known for its contributions to the prosperity and culture of the emerging feudal society. The family branched into numerous houses, many of which acquired estates and manors throughout the surrounding regions in the Duchy of Saxe Coburg.

Early History of the Lichtenberg family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lichtenberg research. Another 125 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1240, 1299, 1503, 1739 and 1809 are included under the topic Early Lichtenberg History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lichtenberg Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lichtenberger, Lichtenborgh, Lichtenburg and others.

Early Notables of the Lichtenberg family

Notable members of the surname Lichtenberg in this period were

Johannes Lichtenberger (died 1503), a noted German astrologer
Conrad de Lichtenberg (1240-1299), Bishop of Strasbourg, best known for lead in the construction of the Western facade of Notre-Dame de Strasbourg

Lichtenberg migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lichtenberg Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Aug Lichtenberg, who arrived in America in 1845 1
Heinrich Lichtenberg, who sailed from Hamburg to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1851
Frederick Lichtenberg, who was naturalized in Philadelphia in 1855
Anna Lichtenberg, who settled in Baltimore in 1865
Bernhard Lichtenberg, who sailed from Bremen to New York, NY in 1870
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Lichtenberg Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

August Lichtenberg, aged 26, who immigrated to the United States from Vienna, in 1903
Amalie Lichtenberg, aged 24, who immigrated to the United States from Tysniecien, in 1904
Channe Lichtenberg, aged 1, who landed in America from Warsaw, in 1906
Chaim Lichtenberg, aged 51, who immigrated to the United States from Stanislaw, Austria, in 1907
Lichtenberg, aged 0, who landed in America, in 1911
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Lichtenberg migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lichtenberg Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Jakob Lichtenberg, a Hessian mercenary who settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia after fighting in the American Revolution

Contemporary Notables of the name Lichtenberg (post 1700) +

Tom Lichtenberg (b. 1940), American college football coach
Leopold Lichtenberg (1861-1935), American violinist
Jacqueline Lichtenberg (b. 1942), American science fiction author
Byron Kurt Lichtenberg Sc. D. (b. 1948), American engineer and fighter pilot who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions
Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875-1943), German Catholic priest and theologian
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799), German 18th-century scientist, satirist and Anglophile, eponym of the Lichtenberg lunar crater
Cornel Lichtenberg (b. 1848), Hungarian aurist, recipient of the Order of Francis Joseph
Conrad de Lichtenberg (1240-1299), French bishop
Ernst Karl Wilhelm Lichtenberg (b. 1929), South African judge
Wilhelm Lichtenberg (1892-1960), Austrian writer

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)