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Burkheim castle ruins, alliance coat of arms of those of Schwendi and Zimmer

Eleonora von Zimmer (born August 22, 1554 in Meßkirch ; † August 23, 1606 ) was the daughter of the chronicler Froben von Zimmer , wife of Lazarus von Schwendi and the donor Johann III. from Limpurg .

Life and meaning

Kirchhofen moated castle

Eleonora was born in 1554 with a large birthmark to worry the chronicler . Nevertheless, in 1573 she married the diplomat, statesman, imperial field captain and general Lazarus von Schwendi who was known for his religious tolerance . She first lived with him at Burkheim Castle , later she moved to Kirchhofen am Kaiserstuhl with the gout sufferer . The Catholic husband tolerated Eleanora's faith. She attended the Evangelical Church in Bischoffingen , where - according to the literature - after the death of her father she was given her own chair with a coat of arms. After the death of her first husband, she married the Protestant Johann III in 1586 - against the objection of her brother Wilhelm von Zimmer that she should choose a Catholic husband . Schenk von Limpurg , for whom she built a burial place in the Schlosskirche Schmiedelfeld in 1594/95. On behalf of the donor and his wife, the Nuremberg sculptor Hans Werner created a magnificent epitaph in 1603, of which only the life-size limestone figures of the donor couple and columns of the epitaph remain. In front of him was the burial place of the couple. Eleonora remained childless.

Eleonora carried out the denominational break in the family.

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  • StAL State Archives Ludwigsburg B 113 I Limpurg-Obersontheim inheritance. Other inheritance matters of the House of Limpurg, Gaildorfer Linie (and the entire older house) U 1093 1607 March 3 zu Schmiedelfeld: Schenk Johann zu Limpurg concludes a contract with the donors Eberhard, Albrecht and Karl with the "heirs" of his deceased wife, Eleonore von Zimmer, ... according to which the real estate, especially the cash, which Eleonora had inherited from Count Wilhelm von Zimmer (allegedly 3000 guilders) ... was handed over to the heirs of the property, whereas the real estate should remain with the donor Johann against a deposit of 52,000 guilders, whereas after his If his heirs should pay this amount to the heirs of Zimmer. Permalink
  • StAL B 114 Limpurg-Gaildorf-Solms-Assenheim, Herrschaft / 1424-ca. 1930 B 114 Bü 5511 Affairs of the gift family, their heirs and successors, deaths, grave monuments. Contain among other things: Photographs of sculptures Schenk Johannes'III. and his wife Eleonora. Permalink

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Limpurg, Eleonora zu. In: Leo-Bw. State of Baden Württemberg, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Froben Christoph von Zimmer: Zimmerische Chronik . Ed .: Karl August Barack. tape IV . Academic publishing bookstore by JCB Mohr, Freiburg, Tübingen 1882, p. 200-201 .
  3. ^ Johann König: Lazarus von Schwendi . 1934, p. 237 .
  4. ↑ Silke Günther: The regained donor epitaph of the Schmiedelfelder castle chapel. A puzzle with many unknowns. In: Newsletter for Monument Preservation No. 4. 2002, accessed on February 29, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Karl Kimmich: A "dear housewife" with a small flaw. Despite her birthmark, Froben's daughter Eleonora von Zimmer goes her way as a Protestant in a Catholic aristocratic family . Ed .: Schwarzwälder Bote R 2. No. February 9 , 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Zimmer, Eleonora von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwendi, Eleonora von; Limpurg, Eleanor of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Daughter of the chronicler Froben von Zimmer
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1554
PLACE OF BIRTH Messkirch
DATE OF DEATH August 23, 1606