Lords of Sperberseck
The Lords of Sperberseck , as Ministerials of the Zähringer , the Dukes of Teck and the Wuerttembergians, are a family of the lower nobility first documented in 1092 . Its ancestral seat was the Sperberseck Castle between Böhringen and Donnstetten .
ancestry
Via the Hupaldingers and their descendants, the Lords of Sulmetingen, the Lords of Sperberseck are direct descendants of Charlemagne .
history
Sperberseck Castle was founded by Berthold von Sulmentingen, who first appeared in 1092 with the nickname of Sperberseck. He was a ducal standard bearer and died as a monk in the Zwiefalten monastery . His son, also Berthold, is supposed to bring precious relics from the Holy Land to the Zwiefalten monastery, such as B. have brought pieces of the holy cross and the manger as well as earth from the Calvary and the tomb of Jesus. Later he also became a monk of the monastery.
The lords of Sperberseck had local rule over Böhringen from the 12th to the 14th century. Around 1180 Albert von Sperberseck sold free float in the Böhringen area, including a quarter of the church there, to Count Palatine Rudolf von Tübingen . The founding of Tachenhausen Castle by Kraft von Sperberseck and Hofen Castle near Grabenstetten is associated with the Lords of Sperberseck. In the middle of the 14th century, the lords of Sperberseck were Württemberg fiefdoms in Hengen . In 1384 Schlattstall was mentioned for the first time in connection with the Lords of Sperberseck. In 1433 the mill and other goods in Schlattstall of Conrad von Hofen were acquired by the Mr. Sperberseck.
The Sperbersecker owned properties in Brucken , Gutenberg , Owen , Nürtingen and Talheim , as well as the church patronage in Heutingsheim . From 1428 the von Sperberseck are mentioned in Oberensingen , 1438 the brothers Hans and Ulrich von Sperberseck sold their property in the village, the castle stables and the bailiwick to Countess Henriette von Württemberg . In 1708 the family died out with Johann Philipp von Sperberseck.
Significant namesake
- Berthold von Sulmentingen, later von Sperberseck
- Albert von Sperberseck
- Kraft von Sperberseck
- Hans von Sperberseck
- Ulrich von Sperberseck
- Johann Philipp von Sperberseck
literature
- M. Koch: The knight's castles and mountain castles in the Kingdom of Württemberg . Publishing house EFRichter, Cannstatt 1828.
- The district of Esslingen - published by the Baden-Württemberg State Archives. V. with the district of Esslingen, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-0842-1 .