Family Association Padberg

These are the arms of the Familienverband Padberg (Family Association Padberg). It was founded in 1832 in Germany, but it dissolved shortly after 1920. In the sixties it was revived by Carl Friedrich Padberg. The first meeting was held in 1967, 23rd October, in the ancestral house in Kuestelberg. In the summer of 1968 the first international ‘Familientreffen’ was organised in the village of Padberg. The Familienverband Padberg is an active association that organises family gatherings on an annual basis.

The Familienverband Padberg has divisions in Germany, the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Australia.

The coat of arms of the Familienverband Padberg is based on the arms used by the family (von) Padberg from Kuestelberg, Sauerland, Germany. The arms were granted, in differentiated form: Brandenburg-Preusische Standeserhebungen, Berlin, Germany, 11th January 1876, and 14th June 1882.

These granted arms resemble the arms of the old noble family von Padtberg, extinguished in the male line shortly after 1945, from which the former probably descends. Both these families are described in: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Band X, Limburg an der Lahn 1999, p. 125-126.

The arms were drawn by Tudor-Radu Tiron.
The flag was created by Henk 't Jong.