Grave slab of Arnold Geiling von Illesheim
The grave slab of Arnold Geiling von Illesheim used to be in the Heilbronn Lapidarium, but is now in the exhibition in the House of City History in Heilbronn .
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The grave monument represents Arnold Geiling von Illesheim , who died in Heilbronn in 1521 and was also buried here. Geiling was Götz von Berlichingen's father-in-law , who had been imprisoned in Heilbronn since 1519, and was just visiting his daughter Dorothea Gailing von Illesheim and her husband, who lived in the Krone inn in Heilbronn. Götz von Berlichingen had moved there after a night in the bulwark tower, after he had been allowed to stay there in knightly custody.
Description of the grave slab
The grave slab, made of sandstone, shows the knight in relief in the middle, with his loyal dog crouching in front of him. The monument has four ancestral coats of arms:
- The first ancestral coat of arms is that of the von Geilingen family based near Illesheim . The coat of arms is divided in silver and black. One of the ancestors is the "notorious" Eppelein von Gailingen .
- The second ancestral coat of arms is that of the von Birkenfels family , a Franconian noble family with ancestral seat near Ansbach . The coat of arms shows a silver ring in red, a silver ring serves as a helmet ornament.
- The third ancestral coat of arms is that of the von Heßberg family , an old Franconian noble family. The coat of arms is split, in front you can see three red roses in silver, in the back three silver bars in red.
- The last ancestral coat of arms cannot be assigned and shows two sickles back to back.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the bulwark tower in Heilbronn
- ↑ a b Stadtarchiv Heilbronn, contemporary history collection, signature ZS-12922, entry on Geiling in the HEUSS database.