of Erdőd, whom he served as a tax collector in Slovakian Stupava. Between the years 1799 to 1808 he moved his family to Kraków in Halič (Galicia). There the family split into three lines. Founder of the first line was Ernst Johann (1774 – 1854), deputy mayor of Lviv. His descendants spread to Poland, Austria and through Belgium to France. From this line comes e.g. major general Edmund Salomon von Friedberg (1814 - 1897), lieutenant field marshal Ernst Salomon von Friedberg (1854 - 1945) or painter Sibylle Woletz. The second line was founded by Johann Nepomuk Stephan (1791 – 1865), cameral administrator in Bolechiv in today’s Ukraine. His descendants continue to live in Poland and Ukraine even today. Also important is a Canadian branch. Between his descendants are e.g.: Wilhelm Salomon de Friedberg- governor of Mościska, polish palaeontologist Wilhelm Friedberg, or his nephew, historian Marian Friedberg, former deputy foreman of Kraków a state secretary in ministry of transportation and maritime economy Jan Stanisław Friedberg or metallurgist Henry Salomon de Friedberg. The last, third, line originates from August Ignác (1795 – 1880) economy councillor, who followed his father back into Bohemia. His son was, perhaps together after only Václav Mořic, one of the most important in the Salomon family - lieutenant field marshal, painter, writer and propagator of healthy lifestyle, Emanuel Salomon von Friedberg-Mírohorský. But as it was with Václav Mořic, neither him nor Emanuel had any male heirs. Other descendants of August Ignác still continue to live in Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Lithuania, but also in Austria, France and Germany and amongst them lieutenant colonel Gustav Friedberg or sociologist Erhard Friedberg. Religion Since 1528 (factually since 1540) the dominion of Frýdek was owned by Václav III. Adam of Těšín, who greatly contributed to the town’s growth, was a Lutheran and enforced this confession throughout his domains. Most of the city dwellers attended church, administrated by the Lutheran priests until 1581. We can’t prove whether Salomons were amongst them, or simply commuted to nearby Místek and his Roman Catholic Church, but with the exception of this brief time to the modern days, they were always sworn Catholics. Politics of marriage Salomons of Friedberg used their social status throughout the history to enhance their standing even more by marrying their sons with daughters from both important and noble families. In the oldest times it was merely with prominent families from Frýdek like Cvala,