16th Century

1541-1616

 

 

 

 

Ecuharius Koberstein was born at Wolfsmunster, Unterfranken, Germany and marreid Margaretha 1563 at Aidhausen, Unterfranken. Ancestral Quest of this family.

  • 1586-1586 daughter, Dorothea Koberstein born and died at Machert, Unterfranken.
  • 1595      daughter Anna Koberstein born at Machert, Unterfranken
  • 1568-1634 son, Johannes Koberstein born at Machert, Unterfranken, died at Gelnhausen (family below)
  • 1593-1593 grandson, Johannes Ludwig Koberstein
  • 1594-1594 grandson, Johannes Koberstein
  • 1599-1675 grandson, Andreas Koberstein born at Langenprozelten and died at Heilbron
  • 1608 granddtr, Ursula Koberstein born at Euerbach, Schweinfurt, Unterfranken
  • 1608 (aft) grandson, Michael Koberstein born at Machert, Unterfranken
  • 1648 granddtr, Ursula Coberstein married Hans Hoffecanin, father Johann Coberstein.

1584

 Christoph Koberstein of Erfurt, Saxony, Germany: Michael (17Aug1604), Balthasar (29Aug1609), Johannes (28Jul1612), Barbara (7Mar1615), Martha (26Feb1618) and Johannes (5Apr1620). This gives an approximate marriage year of 1604 and birth of 1584.
1596      Maria Küberstein married Siomon Noel at Bretten, Baden

Records for this century start off after a 100 year gap in the Koberstein paper trail with Ecuharius Koberstein born in 1541 and Katharina Von Koberstein born in 1442.

Wwe go to another relatively far flung area of Kreis Unterfranken in current day Bayern (Bavaria) with the Ecuharius Koberstein family. He was a pastor and one of his sons also. Ancestral Quest of this family. This map show the location of Wolfmunster and surrounding towns with Koberstein families in them. The Ecuharius family is the oldest, so one must surmise that the other families in the area came from this root family.

Here is a photo of the bridge over Saalebrücke that flows by the side of Wolfsmünster (left) and Wolfsmunster Castle (right). Here is a video tour of Wolfsmunster Castle. The castle of Wolfsmünster was built by Philip II of Thüngen or his father Albrecht. The portal bears the coat of arms of Thüngen, framed by the year 1584. Above the lintel there is the coat of arms of Wolfsmünster with the wolf.

The Christoph Koberstein family is also in relativly far away Erfurt, Germany. No connections to other family lines are known yet.

Erfurt, woodcut from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493.

Apparently, branches of the original noble Kobern/Koberstein family started moving out to these somewhat distant places. This is only a precursor of what is to come!

The last person listed here is Maria Küberstein married Siomon Noel at Bretten, Baden, standing all alone with no connections.