House Of Saldern
Saldern (up to the 17th century, Salder) or von Saldern, is the name of an old German aristocratic family from the areas of Hildesheim and Brunswick Land. The family seat of the same name is an Salder Castle, eponymous castle on the River Fuhse in Salzgitter-Salder. Originally the family, whose branches are still alive today, only owned estates in the Lower Saxony area, but from the middle of the 16th century they also owned extensive property in the March of Brandenburg. Family history According to legend the founder of the line (), Sieghard de Rosis, came to Germany from Rome in 718 with St. Boniface. In 1102, the family is mentioned for the first time in the chronicle , in Hildesheim. According to this document, the knightly family of von Saldern was enfeoffed that year with tithe rights () by St. Michael's Abbey near Nettlingen (Söhlde). According to historical records the first member of the family to be classed amongst the ('lay nobility') was ''Thidericius de Saldere'' i ...
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