Ehingen (noble family)

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Family coat of arms based on Scheibler's book of arms
Belfry stone from 1539 at the church of St. Martin in Sontheim with the coat of arms of Eberhardt von Ehingen. All family coats of arms are backed with the coat of arms of the Teutonic Order , the series of coats of arms is listed with the coat of arms of Grand Master Walther von Cronberg
Epitaph of Wilhans von Neuneck († 1508) and Magdalena von Ehingen († 1565)

The von Ehingen family is an old Swabian noble family. The headquarters are named after Ehingen, today part of the town of Rottenburg am Neckar in the Tübingen district in Baden-Württemberg .

The name Ehingen

There are several places called Ehingen. In addition to the gender described here, there is also a local noble family called Ehingen from Ehingen in the Augsburg district .

history

The von Ehingen family is a Swabian knightly noble family (see also list of Swabian noble families ).

They were members of the Sankt Jörgenschild Society in the Neckar-Black Forest . Family members then belonged to the Swabian Federation from 1548 . During the Franconian War Rudolf von Ehingen was captain of the mounted troops (see also Wandereisen woodcuts from 1523 ).

Their possessions included the town and castle of Obernau , and until 1608 half of Bühl and Börstingen . Other possessions were Hohenentringen , Ergenzingen , Kreßbach , Schwarzenburg , Lichtenegg Castle and Lombach . They died out in 1697 and ownership passed to von Raßler .

Jakob von Ehingen extended the Weitenburg in 1585 to include the "Ehingerbau". Since he remained childless, he sold the castle to Duke Johann Friedrich von Württemberg . After his death, the Lords of Closen took over his inheritance in 1608 by marrying a daughter from the house.

Related sexes: Wernau

coat of arms

In the shield there is a gold rafter on a black background. The helmet covers are in black and gold. The crest shows a crowned, white-bearded man in clothing with the motif and colors of the shield.

Personalities

  • Georg von Ehingen (* 1428; † 1508); Traveler (see e.g. list of historical expeditions to Egypt ), member of several religious orders and imperial knights
  • John II of Ehingen ; Bishop of Chur (1368-1376)
  • Eberhard von Ehingen; Teutonic Knights, 1513 bailiff in Scheuerberg, 1520 Komtur in Horneck, 1521–1532 Komtur in Heilbronn
  • Hannss von Ehingen; Teutonic knight, 1513 kitchen master in Winnenden
  • Burckart von Ehingen with the braid
  • Jörgen von Ehingen
  • Hugen von Ehingen married Agnes von Validlingen
  • Hug von Ehingen, died 1417
  • Wolffen von Ehingen, died in Vienna in 1425, Ruodolff and Wolffen were brothers

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heirs of Ehinger ( Memento from January 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Franz Pfeiffer : The Swabian knight Georg von Ehingen's journeys to knighthood . 1842. (Free digitization at the library of the Litterarian Society in Stuttgart )
  3. ↑ Uncertain family affiliation
  4. ↑ a b compare list of knights of the Teutonic Order

literature

  • Karl Holzherr: History of the imperial barons of Ehingen near Rottenburg a. N. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1884 ( digitized version )
  • Gerhard Köbler : Historical lexicon of the German countries. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 .

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