Hans von Talheim

So-called scandal in the Tübingen Castle

Hans von Talheim († May 28, 1534 ) from the family of the Lords of Talheim was a Württemberg nobleman and soldier.

Fiefdom

On June 11, 1456, Hans von Talheim received a third of the Obernburg zu Talheim including accessories from Count Philipp von Katzenelnbogen as a fief , which had belonged to the old Bertmold von Talheim and was valued at 1000 guilders.

Surrender at the Tübingen Castle

Hans von Talheim was listed among others on the so-called scandal in a stairwell of Hohentübingen Castle . This plaque reminds of a civil war-like conflict in Württemberg, the power struggle between Duke Ulrich von Württemberg and the Swabian Confederation . After the due misrule and breach of the peace in imperial ban expired Duke Ulrich in spring 1519, the free city of Reutlingen had invaded, the Swabian League, with the assistance of the Emperor and the Duke of Bavaria on a strong army that conquered much of Wuerttemberg in a short time.

After being abandoned by his Swiss mercenaries, Duke Ulrich was only supported by around 70 nobles, including Hans von Talheim, Eberhard and Ludwig von Karpfen and their brother-in-law Hans Rudolf von Tierberg . Although they had promised him to defend Duke Ulich's children at the Tübingen Castle, they surrendered shortly after the siege of the castle began on Easter Monday 1519. The nobles were given free retirement by agreeing a one-month armistice. Duke Ulrich then accused her of great cowardice.

After Duke Ulrich von Württemberg had recaptured his duchy in 1534 and returned to Tübingen, he was still so annoyed that the Tübingen fortress was abandoned without a fight that he wanted to brand the nobles who, in his opinion, were cowardly and in breach of treaty for all eternity. He had the names of these knights written in gold letters on a black "scandalous board", which was then placed in the knight's hall of Hohentübingen Castle so that it was visible to everyone.

Payments

In 1520 he handed over capital of 1,000 fl to Count Albrecht von Hohenlohe .

Battle of Lauffen

Memorial cross for Hans von Talheim in Lauffen am Neckar

After he failed to defend the Hohentübingen Fortress, he and his brother probably entered the service of the Landgrave of Hesse and ultimately helped his old master, Duke Ulrich, to recapture Württemberg in the battle of Lauffen on May 13, 1534 Hans von Talheim must have been seriously wounded there and was then taken to Lauffen, where he succumbed to his injuries 14 days later.

He died on the Thursday after Whitsun, May 28, 1534, about two weeks after the battle of Lauffen . Presumably he was a brother of Bernhard von Talheim, who led Duke Ulrich's army in the battle of Lauffen. In his memory Bernhard, who is named as the Württemberg Obervogt in Beilstein in 1538, had a stone cross built on the site of the battle ( stone cross ) on which the following inscription can be deciphered:

Since you are counting on ... 15 ... y for the next major day

after ... the day of Pentecost died ... Her Hans von

Dalheim ... have mercy on God

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Regest no. 8083: Wilhelm III. confirms the fiefdom of Gerhard von Talheim .. Regest of the Landgraves of Hesse. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Dagmar Stuhrmann: Lautlinger knight falls out of favor: Jens Florian Ebert on the search for traces: Faithless Tierberger immortalized on Tübingen's "Schandtafel". ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Zollern-Alb-Kurier from November 16, 2012 
3. ^ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Hohenlohe Zentralarchiv Neuenstein; GL 5 draw. 32 No. 50.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Lauffen (I / II) on www.suehnekreuz.de.