the family Von Pfuel
During the reign of Henry I , the Fowler , the first German king , in or about 935,
people moved from castle Pfuhle or its surrounding area , during the first
"Ost-Siedlung" to the east.
They settled in Brandenburg in nowadays "Märkische Oder Land" in or close to Lebus
on the Oder.
Often they were invited by local Slavic rulers, who needed money to pay the taxes
imposed by Henry I. The region was hardly populated and the immigrants brought
new knowledge and technics with them.
They were succesful. They acquired more and more land and with it power.
They took the name from the area they originated from and called themself :
"von Pfuhle"..(see: Castle Pfuhle..)
Thru the years von Pfuhle changed in von Pfuel [ 25 ] and the enormous area
they acquired over the centuries is still known as Pfuelenland [ 26 ]
