The Herberich Families

Lengfurt

The Herberichs belong to the long-established families in Lengfurt, one of the few old-established families that are still present in their home village nowadays. Here you can find the timeline of the Herberichs of Lengfurt.

The name Lengfurt means "the long ford", which is an appropriate name for the village, as it is located where a long ford used to run across the river Main.
The first approved documented mention of Lengfurt was in 1102. A mention in a tax-book from 800 a.d. is controversial and not accepted.
Nowadays Lengfurt is part of the federated municipality of Triefenstein in Lower Franconia, Germany. 

Stadtprozelten

Close to Lengfurt one will find the city of Stadtprozelten. Even though these villages are so closely located to each other the Herberichs of both villages are not related to each other. Although we do have descendant tables for both families, going back to 1570 we could not yet find any matches. A genetic test, ordered in 2010 should give us final proof. 

Main-Tauber area and Neckar-Odenwald area

As of now we know of the following places where Herberichs lived or still live: Eiersheim, Königheim, Hardheim with Schweinberg and Gerichtstetten. And for Pülfringen we do already have a larger descendants list. This villages listed are most likely not complete, but it shows the main distribution of the Herberich families in these areas.

Kaub

In Kaub we know of a first mention of the Herberich family in the late 17th Century. There is a possibility, though that a Herberich-family was living in Kaub even before that first mention.
I would like to mention especially David Herberich, who emigrated to the USA. He and his descendants seem to be quite esteemed in Akron/Ohio.

Netherlands

In the Netherlands we do have a very early mention of the name Herberich. In a lease-contract from Dieteren in Limburg, which dates back to exactly 1500, a Gort Herberich is mentioned as the lease-taker. In the 19th century there was an addition from Kaub to the Herberichs in the Netherlands.

Odry (Odrau) - Czech Republic

We are at the beginnin of our research in Odrau. What we know is that in the mid 18th century there was at least one family that was sometimes referenced by the name Herbrich, but in other occasions they were clearly titled with the second name Herberich.

Switzerland and France

Since 2010 we are also in contact with the Herberich family in Switzerland. From our Herberich family in Switzerland we fond out that their origins are in Pülfringen.

For the Herberichs in France we do have very little information yet.

Ireland

The Herberichs in Ireland are mainly from Lengfurt. One namesake living in Ireland has her roots in Pülfringen. The Herterich-family living mainly in the west of Ireland is according to our current research not related to any of the Herberichs. They also seem to live in ireland much longer than the Herberichs. 

USA

The USA seemed to be the classic emigration-country of the Herberichs for quite some time. One can not only find the Herberich-line originating from Kaub here.
Descendants of the  Herberichs from Lengfurt can of course also be found in the USA, but according to todays knowledge only female family-members did dare to stay away on the far side of  „of the big pond“ for longer.
The cartoon-pioneer Charles W. Kahles was The son of Maria Elisabeta Herberich. The Kahles family emigrated in either the late 19. century or in the early 20. century from Lengfurt to the USA.

Australia

The Australian Herberichs that we know about are all descendants of the Kaub-branch. Since 2009 we also have written proof.