Lords of Kochendorf

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The Lords of Kochendorf were a lower aristocratic family from the ministry in Kochendorf, today a district of Bad Friedrichshall in the Heilbronn district in northern Baden-Württemberg . The headquarters of the Lords of Kochendorf was the Kochendorfer Zwingenberg , from which the most famous representative of the Wilhelm von Wimpfen family (formerly Wilhelm von Kochendorf ) comes.

history

The Lords of Kochendorf had part of their property as a fiefdom from the Bishop of Worms, the other part as an imperial fiefdom. In addition, they owned a lot of their own. The Lords of Kochendorf finally had the manorial rule over the place. They also had driving rights over the cooker , owned the Kochendorfer mill and the right to press.

It should be thanks to the work of Wilhelm that Kochendorf was fortified and laid out in a city-like manner. The Bergschloss Zwingenberg was built in the 13th century as the family seat. The Kochendorf moated castle was later built for other branches of the family .

Another branch of the family built, probably by assisting William of Kochendorf / Wimpfen in Zwingenberg another castle, the castle Zwingenberg . The branch of the family living there bore the name of Zwingenberg in the future .

In 1450, with the death of the spiritual brother Johann von Kochendorf, the Lords of Kochendorf died out.

Family coat of arms

Coat of arms of Zwingenberg

The coat of arms of the Lords of Kochendorf in Kochendorf and Zwingenberg are very similar to the local coat of arms of Zwingenberg. It shows three silver swan necks with golden beaks in blue. Both branches of the family had the silver swan necks in their family arms.

Testimonies

  • Zwingenberg Castle in Zwingenberg, built by Wilhelm von Kochendorf / Wimpfen

  • Greckenschloss in Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf, built by Wolf Conrad Greck von Kochendorf I. on the site of the Zwingenberg Castle

  • Lehen Castle in Bad Friedrichshall-Kochendorf, built by Wolf Conrad Greck von Kochendorf II. On the site of the Kochendorf moated castle

literature

  • Lothar Hantsch, City of Bad Friedrichshall: Through the past and present of the city of Bad Friedrichshall , Bad Friedrichshall 1961