Records of the name in Germany date back to the thirteenth century. Residents of the town of Reisingen in the Urfahr district of Bavaria were recorded using "in dem Risech" as a surname in the year 1287. Jorg Reisinger of Kirchheim was recorded in 1574.
BEAZON OF ARMS: Quarterly first and fourth sable a unicorn rampant argent, that of the first quarter reversed, collared and buckled or on a rocky terrace vert: second and third gules a griffin or, holding four plumes, or, azure, argent and gules, that of the third reversed on the dexter, vested proper, holding the forepaws of a lion rampant or.
CREST:
The griffin of the second quarter between
a vol per fesse, dexter or and sable, sinister argent and gules, each wing
charged with a fess azure, thereon three mullets or.
Origin: Germany