Von Schmidt auf Altenstadt

Johann Fabricius served Maximilian II against the Turks and was given a coat of arms by the imperial Letters Patent of 2 November 1564.

[2] The Fabricius family reverted around 1638 to the surname of Schmidt and on 23 February 1713, were granted the additive "auf Altenstadt".

On 18 October 1712/23 February 1713 the Emperor Charles VI granted augmentation of a knight's arm holding a sword to the swan coat-of-arms, to heirs Anton Johann Christoph, Johann Georg, and Christopher Wolf (successive lords of Gattendorf).

His father, Ulrich Friedrich Philipp, (born 1872) was a major and adjutant to Field-marshal von Mackensen, Commander of life Hussar Brigade in Danzig-Langfur.

Hans-Georg Schmidt von Altenstadt was the author of the book Unser Weg zur Meer.