Motif above: Man with halberd, woman with trophy. Traditional costume at the end of the 16th century. Coat of arms: lion rising to the left in silver, a Moor as a helmet jewel. Nothing is known about the origin of this coat of arms.

The Kolb family was first mentioned in the Staufenberg estate in 1270. Its seat was the “Kolbenstein” in Bottenau, although its exact location is not yet known. After the castle was destroyed in 1329, the Kolb family took up residence in Staufenberg. This Staufenberg line died out with Ludwig Kolbe around 1419. The coat of arms of Kolb von Staufenberg is a red chalice with two paten in silver on a blue trefoil. The crest again shows the chalice and a growing maiden with funnel-shaped buffalo arms. The lower part of the picture with the writing was probably added later and adopted for Staufenberg. The disc probably comes from the workshop of the painter Hans Jeggli of Winterthur, +5.1.1665 at the age of 86.

Motif below: The Lords of Staufen originally acted as ministerials of the Zähringer family. The family has been documented since 1120 and died out in the male line in 1602. The coat of arms of the Lords of Staufen shows a golden Stauf three times on a red shield, covered with two paten. Peacock feathers in the crest on the left, an owl on the right.

The town of Staufen im Breisgau has adopted the coat of arms of the noble family, extended by five stars. It shows on a red shield three times a golden pile, covered with only one paten. Kastelburg Castle is the ruins of a hilltop castle above Waldkirch. The castle came into the possession of the Lords of Staufen in 1442. During the Thirty Years’ War, the castle was destroyed by imperial troops on 14 March 1634 so that it would not have to be surrendered to the advancing Swedish troops.