Eberstein County

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Coat of arms of the Counts of Eberstein

The county of Eberstein was an imperial territory that existed from around 1085 to 1660. At the beginning the sovereigns were only barons, from 1195 onwards the title of count was used. The family castle that gave it its name was Eberstein Castle (Alt-Eberstein). The castle is located in what is now Baden-Baden 's Ebersteinburg district . Later on, until the family died out in the male line in 1660, they resided at Neu Eberstein near Gernsbach .

Map of the county of Eberstein after the assignments in 1283 (from Georg Heinrich Krieg von Hochfelden : History of the Counts of Eberstein in Swabia , 1836)
Alt-Eberstein ruins

With one exception, the sons of the Eberstein family were the rulers for the entire period of its existence . Only Count Simon (died before 1281) was only descended from this count line on his mother's side, his father was Heinrich II. , Count in Zweibrücken .

literature

  • Rainer Hennl: Gernsbach in the Murgtal. Structures and developments up to the end of the Baden-Eberstein condominium in 1660. W. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-17-019480-1 ( Publications of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. B 165), (At the same time: Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 2004: Gernsbach 1219 to 1660. ).
  • Georg Heinrich Krieg von Hochfelden : History of the Counts of Eberstein in Swabia . Hasper, Karlsruhe 1836. Full text in the Google book search
  • Valentin König : Genealogical aristocratic history or gender description of those noble families in Chur-Saxon and neighboring lands . Volume 3, Leipzig 1736, pp. 238-274 ( full text ).
  • Cornelia Renger-Zorn: The Ebersteiners. BadnerBuch-Verlag, Rastatt 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814564-2-4 .