Reign of Scheuerberg

The Scheuerberg seen from Neckarsulm

The Scheuerberg rule , named after the former castle on the Scheuerberg in today's Heilbronn district , was a rule in the Holy Roman Empire that originally belonged to the Lords of Weinsberg .

history

The Lords of Weinsberg had been enfeoffed with Neckarsulm as treasurers of the Staufer and sat at Scheuerberg Castle. Engelhard VII von Weinsberg sold the castle and the rule on May 2, 1335 to Archbishop Balduin von Trier , who was also the administrator of the Archdiocese of Mainz at the time and appointed an Electorate of Mainz bailiff at the castle . On May 7, 1484, the rule of Scheuerberg came under German master Reinhard von Neipperg to the German Order and was administered by the Oberamt Horneck .

The Scheuerberg rule included Binswangen , Erlenbach , Neckarsulm, Neudenau and Oedheim .

Gerhard Köbler : Historical lexicon of the German countries. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 , p. 624.
Kurt Andermann : Lots of little gentlemen. The "political landscape" in the Heilbronn district in the Middle Ages and early modern times . In: Kraichgau. Contributions to landscape and local research , volume 20/2007, edited by the Heimatverein Kraichgau , Eppingen 2007, ISBN 3-921214-35-1 , pp. 23-29.