Hanxleden

After his return he founded, together with his neighbour, the Lord (Herrn) of Sögtrop, a church and a rectorate on the common estate boundary, from which the village of Kirchrarbach developed.

Goddert II von Hanxleden (b about 1340, d 1410) was Lord (Burgmann) of Grevenstein and Fredeburg, Drost in Nyle (now part of Roermond) in the Duchy of Jülich.

1410, d 1486), second son of Hunold and Beleke, was Lord (Herr) of Körtlinghausen Castle and in Kallenhardt [de] as well as the Drost of Brilon.

Wigand von Hanxleden (about 1440–1501) was Lord (Herr) of Kallenhardt, Drost of Erwitte and on the Electorate of Cologne in 1483.

He had the Hanxleden manor house (Gräftenhof) built there about 1501 on an artificial island south of the bailey of the now ruined Kettelburg castle.

About 1540 he founded the village of "Lichtenscheid", today Altastenberg, part of Winterberg, where he settled charcoal burners and herdsmen.

Johann von Hanxleden of Anröchte took over the estate of Haus Ostwig, today part of the municipality of Bestwig, in 1539.

In 1771 the Ostwig line of the Hanxledens died out and the estate went to the family of the barons von Lüninck.

1957), computer scientist, lecturer at Kiel University b Leopold Freiherr von Hanxleden, canon in Passau in 1790, owner of the Haidenhof Nord hunting lodge