Hutstein Origins is dedicated to the worldwide Hutstein – Huthstein – Hutsteiner – Huthsteiner families and a research platform to find their origins, ancestors and descendants... Read More

Current state of research The hamlet of Hutstein was first mentioned in documents in 1509 when a Tameln (probably Thomas) paid taxes to the Rannariedl lordship on Huestain. Over time, this Huestain became the hamlet of Hutstein, with a farm belonging to the Rannariedl estate and another farm belonging to the Falkenstein estate. I.2 Once upon a time frame | HUTSTEIN Origins The ancestry of the majority of the Hutsteiner family can now be traced […]... Read More

Our family originated at a single place: the hamlet Hutstein in Upper Austria, very close to the Bavarian border and the town of Wegscheid. II.2.1 Hamlet Hutstein | HUTSTEIN Origins Over time there had been formed six major family lines at three specific areas in Germany: in Saxony in Westphalia/Hesse-Nassau in Bavaria/Austria   ... Read More

Our family surname obviously originated in the vicinity of the hamlet Hutstein in Upper Austria, close to the border to Bavaria, town Wegscheid.  A ‘Hutstein’ or ‘Hutestein’  in former times had been a landmark for pasture areas. It is derived from the german words ‘hüten’ which means ‘to guard’. And ‘-stein’, in English ‘stone’ or ‘rock’. But here we are not talking about small stones to show the pasture areas’ or region’s border, but natural […]... Read More

It is interesting to see, that within the hessian and Saxonian families the name Hutstein resp. Hutsteiner was obviously used without taking to much care of the ending -er (or any -h- in between). For the same person mentioned in the records it is possible to find all different spellings used in parallel. I recognized in the records that in Bavaria and Austria the name is very rarely used with an -h- and around the […]... Read More