Already coat of arms and house brand, in their interpretations indicate the name Thiu. If both are now documented to be approximately 1590 in the family demonstrate Theune, is yet to accept with certainty that these "signs" in the family were known much earlier and were conducted in practical use as an external sign of the family. The kindred noble family von Thun, for example, the cross-currents in the arms already evidence documented in 1291. In ancient times the name means "the man in the service of Thiu", the "warrior" that protects his country house and home. From Thiu later concept of the protection of lithium = = the fence, enclosure, mounting (stronghold) was. The name means so later the "man of the court with a fence" or the "man of umhegten fortified place". In Lower Saxony still do or Tiun means as much as fence. In Leinetal b. Hanover is said still to fence = Teun, verteunen for hedge up =. In inhibitor b / Iserlohn, Westphalia, the children still sing today for an old song in the spring, "Dui cuckoo daim op Tiune did see, etc."
(Sent from: Carlos Theune)
