What’s New
October 2024
Rearranged and added to beginning of Burg Bibra
September 2024
Added Heinrich von Bibra grave location
Updated images Höchheim
Updated images Trappstadt
August 2024
Update signs to village of Bibra from 2024
Updated location and added photos of Breuberg, farm estate taken by Russians in 1946
June 2024
Additional Information on Ludwig Ernst von Bibra’s first daughter, Maria Elisabetha from Bernd Hopfer added to The Amazing Story of Ludwig Ernst von Bibra and Katharina Seyfert
Additional Information on the two Uttenhofen Sisters from Bernd Hopfer added to The Amazing Story of Ludwig Ernst von Bibra and Katharina Seyfert
Added PDF’s of Stingl and Uttenhofen book part and 1870 Family History to The Amazing Story of Ludwig Ernst von Bibra and Katharina Seyfert after a request for information
May 2024
Added a related Penz de Dölitz to Minor Women of Brennhausen and wife Wolf von Bibra
April 2024
Updated image by Wolf of Bibra and updated and added image of Heinrich von Bibra.
March 2024
Added image (1985 Reunion Cup) to Reunion Page
February 2024
Added new painting from New Jersey to C. and M. von Bibra
Added recent history to Schwebheim page.
January 2024
added Schloss Asch to Leonie von Bibra Page
November 2023
Lessor Known Women from Brennhausen Line – added Antonia Freifrau von Bibra
geb. Freiin de Brason
August 2023
Added image of book of Reinhard von Bibra
Added new plate and switch out main image Heinrich von
Bibra
July 2023
Added Adelsdorf postcard.
June 2023
Added Agnes von Bibra and August von Bibra to Historical Family Members page.
Added Page on Agnes von Bibra, artist of family properties and proponent of family unity
Added Reunion Cup from 1900 Family Reunion
Updated Wolf von Bibra Page and connected to Historical Family Members Page
Added to door discussion for Unterschloss Bibra.
Added details from images of postcards for Unterschloss Bibra (2) Updated back of sketch to cleaner version on inscription.
Added images of postcards for Gleicherwiesen and Bibra (2).
May 2023
Added new image of Irmelshausen print by Agnes von Bibra
added two images to Brennhausen Reunion page of Annie and Malou
March 2023
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlob von Bibra print’s left side finally identified at Aroldshausen.
Added photos of Aroldshausen from before bulldozed. Changed icon for menu.
Added probable images of Dörfleshof and Aroldshausen from print of Irmelshausen and satellite properties
February 2023
Added a couple painting to Art by Wolf von Bibra and better photo of a Wolf painting of Brennhausen in Brennhausen Art.
Added self portrait of Ernst von Bibra to his page.
January 2023
Added another self portrait of Wolf and updated Waltershausen, Bibra and Brennhausen sketch with better photos, all by Jaslyn Gilbert Art by Wolf von Bibra
October 2022
Added images of two Wolf paintings found in Illinois and Michigan
Added page on 2001 book on Bibra Church (Alter & crucifix)
September 2022
Added detail photos of Lorenz von Bibra‘s grave
August 2022
Added higher quality image and signature detail Roland at the Battle of Roncesvalles
Added paintings to Leonie Marie von Bibra page
January 2022
Brennhausen Maps started with 1613 Map
November 2021
Lessor Known Women from Brennhausen Line – mostly for Brennhausen people
Das Bayerland a 1903 Article in German on Family
The Amazing Story of Ludwig Ernst von Bibra and Katharina Seyfert
September 2021
Added images to R von Bibra, Lorenz von Bibra, and Würzburg (Rathaus)
June 2021
May 2021
Wolf’s Roland at the Battle of Roncesvalles
April 2021
Add information at bottom of Bibra Treppe from Würzburg book 1915
added page on DIE ALTÄRE IN BIBRA AUS RIEMENSCHNEIDERS WERKSTATT
Otto-Siegfried von Bibra Books
Reinhard Freiherr von Bibra (1845-1926) Professional Soldier and Historian
Marina von Bibra – Art Historian
Contemplated Future Pages (was on old wedsite, restored)
March 2021
British Empire Bibras added information and links through site relevant to topic
Höhn (bei Bibra) Die Burgstelle the fort at Bibra before the Burg
Die Schebheimer Linie derer von Bibra und ihr Ende
DAS KASTELL BIBRA a big project to preserve a hand typed history of Bibra and primarily the Burg. In German, to OCR and translate would be huge project because of the typed letter quality which is fine for reading but not OCRing. I have in my possession what I assume is one of the few copies (since it is typed) and I wanted to preserve the resource.
500 Jahre St. -Leo- Kirche zu Bibra
Brought back this page “What’s New”
January – February 2021
Done a lot of work on Scholarship section.
Completed DIE KUNSTDENKMÄLER DES KÖNIGREICHS BAYERN UNTER-FRANKEN XIII. BEZ.-AMT KÖNIGSHOFEN book. Had original here in California from Leonard vB Sutton estate.
Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler Thüringens. STADT MEININGEN UND DIE LANDORTE [HEFT 34] 1909 book. This also was hard but at least a rough OCR was available as a starting place. Translated and reformatted with images relevant sections. This was a lot of work and it included scanning, digitally cleaning up (images and text), and rough OCRing and machine translation. I purchased an original volume which got hung up at Frankfurt airport for over two months. Transferred many of images to Wikipedia Commons.
Early 2021
Completed the digitization of THE VON BIBRA STORY with the addition of last quarter of book.
Reboot of Website
After many years of coasting and focusing on Wikipedia (English & German) my future daughter-in-law, Jaslyn Gilbert, transferred vonbibra.net from my old outdated web site software to a widely used new platform in 2020. This was the major roadblock holding me back. For the next several month, I worked extensively on the interactive map and finally learned how to manipulate the website.
I have added so many things it is hard to begin.
Did major rework of Bibra church (St. Leo’s) and Neue Schloss Bibra.
Did major rework of interactive map of Bibra places.
New additions include drone videos of Brennhausen from the air.
Added additional modern photos of Brennhausen. Some of the addition photos in this section don’t have high resolution at this point. If needed from these select photos, contact me.