Kornberg

House of Kornberg Haus Kornberg(de) Maison de Kornberg(fr)
Family name
Motto: Loyal zu seinen eigenen (Loyal to its own)
Meaning	Corn mountain
Region of origin	Hesse, Germany
Related names	Lords of Kornberg, Kights of Kornberg

Kornberg is a German noble family name meaning "corn mountain" originally the region of Hesse in Germany. The house was founded by the Knights of Kornberg. The Knights was a part of the Teutonic order, how was fighting for the Papal State and the Pope. Around 1200 the order coverted to Lutheranism and started fighting agaist ther past rulers. The Knights was later a part of the establishment of Prussia. Leater the Knights of Kornberg was rewarded for there service by Frederick I of Prussia and was given nobiety rank in his coutry.

During the Napoleonic Wars was the House of Kornberg on the side of the germans states against Napoleon I. Meny of the Prussian generals was related to the Kornbergers. Thay was described as brave and dominat, and sometimes mad. Becouse of there bravery during the war, thay got the motto: Loyal zu seinen eigenen (Loyal to its own).

The Kornbergers served the monarchs of Prussia later the German empire for many years. After the monarchy in the German Empire was abolished in 1918, did many of House of Kornberg leave becouse of fear to their one life. But the Konbergers never sufferd for their involvens with the German aristocrats.

After the year 1900 did many members of the House traveld around the world. Many settled in USA, Norway, UK and Austria.

The Kornberg name are still in use, only by the people how are real descendents of the House of Kornbeg.

Kornberg can also refer to:

Places

Austria

• Kornberg bei Riegersburg, a municipality in Styria
• Kornberg (Lichtenau im Waldviertel), a municipal division in Lower Austria
• Kornberg (Neuhofen an der Ybbs), a municipal division in Lower Austria

Germany

• Kornberg (mountain), fourth highest mountain in the Fichtelgebirge of Bavaria, also known as Großer Kornberg

People

• Arthur Kornberg (1918-2007), American biochemist, winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Medicine, father of Roger D. Kornberg and Thomas B. Kornberg
• Hans Leo Kornberg (born 1928), British biochemist,
• Roger D. Kornberg (born 1947), American biochemist, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Thomas B. Kornberg (born 1948), American biochemist, University of California at San Francisco

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