Helbach/ Hellbach
Coat of Arms

According to the "nobility diploma" our ancestors have been knighted by Lothar III. of Supplinburg (1075-1137). Normally the nobleman is also given a coat of arms. But the evidence for this very first coat of arms has not been found yet.

The first evidence found is a hand-drawn coat of arms which adorns a document of 1551, that belonged to Wendel von Helbach, priest and poet from Mühlberg.

The first coat of arms found, can be seen on a copper engraving of the priest Friedrich von Helbach (1568-1638). Friedrich died in Kirn a.d. Nahe.

A similar coat of arms (without banne), is part of a copper engraving of Johannes Heinrich Hellbach (1706-1775), who was a justice and chancellery secretary in Dresden.

                                
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This double coat of arms was given to court councillor Johann Christian von Hellbach (1757-1828) on the occasion of renewing his title in 1819.
It also shows the coat of arms of his wife former von Berga.

Places of living: Mühlberg, Arnstadt, Wechmar

Until today, every seal and coat of arms found, always bears as shield symbol fishes and a rose.

Description of the new coat of arms:

                               
                                 Helbach/ Hellbach

On petition of the architect Karl Hellbach in Wiesbaden there has been a heraldic checking at the 1st of November 1972. For the house of which the origin lies in Mühlberg Kr. Gotha, the following coat of arms has been registered in the German "coat of arms index":

On golden ground two upright, bent blue fishes that face one another. They frame a red rose. Blue-golden framed is the helmet and are the leafs.

Remark: 200 years of research only showed up the main family stem of Mühlberg.
Although the connection of some branches might not be found , a unity of all family branches who may bear this coat of arms can be assumed.

(in accordance to a script of K.Hellbach; Wiesbaden, May 1975)