Caspar II. Lerch

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The coat of arms of the Lerch von Dirmstein

The second Caspar Lerch von Dirmstein (* around 1480 in Dirmstein ; † August 7 or 17, 1548 in Dirmstein), who is also called Lerckel or Lerckell ("Lerchlein") in some documents - probably because of inherited family stature - was a Knight from the Lerch von Dirmstein family . On the one hand, he gained importance because he supported the rebellious knight Franz von Sickingen with "impressive knightly help" in 1523 , who was about the same age and whose wife Hedwig von Flersheim was related to the Lerch family. On the other hand, Caspar Lerch II became the founder of today's Catholic Hospital Foundation Dirmstein in 1539 through the expansion of the Spitalhof .

family

Caspar Lerch IV. (1575–1642), chronicler of the family and grandson of Caspar Lerch II., Traced the origin of his family in his genealogical records to a noble family Frambalcken von Dirmstein about which there is no other evidence. A Jacob Lerch von Dirmstein was first mentioned in a document from 1281; he is said to have died in 1298. The line continued uninterrupted through Jacob Lerch II. († around 1356), Jacob Lerch III. († 1400), Caspar Lerch I. († 1480), Caspar Lerch II. And Caspar Lerch III. (1540–1590) to the aforementioned chronicler.

Caspar II. Lerch was born as the son of Caspar I. Lerch and his wife, who came from the Schliederer von Lachen family.

Caspar Lerch II achieved considerable expansion of the family property , possibly from his own resources, perhaps also through his three marriages to Anna von Erfenstein or Heppenheim called vom Saal , Apollonia von Schmiedberg and Agnes von Münchingen . He acquired the Hollenburg estate near Wachenheim , Diemerstein Castle in the Palatinate Forest and lands in Biblis , Wattenheim , Meckenheim , Großbockenheim , Lambsheim , Colgenstein and Niederkirchen .

Caspar Lerch II had at least three sons from his three marriages. Jacob Caspar (* 1508) died in 1520 at the age of twelve, Christoph Caspar (* 1510) was killed in a duel in 1531 (see section Hospital Foundation ), and Caspar Lerch III finally inherited his father . (1540-1590).

Hospital Foundation

Archway at the Spitalhof

On August 14, 1543, Caspar Lerch II established a foundation for the already existing Dirmstein hospice, today's Spitalhof , which continues to exist today as a public Catholic hospital foundation in Dirmstein and has considerable assets. It was supposed to put the Spitalhof, which was a poor and old people's home, in a position to look after the residents of Dirmstein with a “Catholic denomination”.

As the basis for his foundation, Caspar Lerch II used the atonement of 350 guilders for the death of his son Christoph Caspar, who died on May 13, 1531 at the age of 21 in a duel with Hans Sigmund von Plieningen (Plenningen). Although the atonement was contractually guaranteed eight years after the son's death, the debtor did not pay it until March 22, 1563. Including the accrued interest, it finally amounted to 464 guilders. At this point in time, the founder had been dead for 15 years and his legacy was continued by his son, Caspar Lerch III.

In memory of Christoph Lerch's death, the so-called Weinsheim memorial cross was erected around 1543 , which was later integrated into the Weinsheim war memorial. On the front it bears the inscription:

" ANO DMI 15 [31] VFF DEN 13 DA [G] MAY IS VERSCH [I] THAT THE EDEL [VND] ERNVEST CHRIE [ST] OFFEL LERCKE [L] THE GOT GENA [D] VON DIERMSTE [IN] "

literature

  • Michael Martin: The Lerch von Dirmstein family . S. 63-76 .
  • Hans-Helmut Görtz: Family table of the Lerch von Dirmstein . S. 77-81 .
  • Andrea Storminger: The "Catholic Hospital Foundation Dirmstein" . S. 403-414 .
All in: Michael Martin (Hrsg.): Dirmstein - nobility, farmers and citizens . Chronicle of the Dirmstein community. Self-published by the Foundation for the Promotion of Palatinate Historical Research , Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 2005, ISBN 3-9808304-6-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Michael Martin: The Lerch family from Dirmstein . 2005, p. 65-68 .
  2. ↑ Michael Martin: The Lerch family from Dirmstein . 2005, p. 63 .
  3. ↑ Hans-Helmut Görtz: Family table of the Lerch von Dirmstein . 2005, p. 77-81 .
  4. ^ Yearbook for West German State History . 1976, p. 188 ( detail scan ).
  5. ^ Sales protocol (document registers) from 1511. German Digital Library , accessed on August 16, 2015 (Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg).
  6. ^ A b Andrea Storminger: The "Catholic Hospital Foundation Dirmstein" . 2005, p. 407 f .
personal data
SURNAME Lerch, Caspar II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lerch von Dirmstein, Caspar II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Southwest German nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH around 1480
PLACE OF BIRTH Dirmstein
DATE OF DEATH August 7, 1548 or August 17, 1548
Place of death Dirmstein