Reign of Waldeck (Odenwald)

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The rule of Waldeck in the Odenwald existed as such from the end of the 13th century until 1537. After that, the area was part of the Electoral Palatinate until 1803 as the so-called "Kellerei Waldeck" . Control or administrative headquarters was. Of Conrad II, the Strahlenberg built castle Waldeck in Vorderheubach , a modern suburb of Heiligkreuzsteinach in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis .

history

In the 13th century, the Strahlberg nobles had built up a small lordship in the Schriesheim area on the basis of bailiwick rights of the Ellwangen monastery and based on their Strahlenburg castle , which they only held as a fiefdom of Ellwangen.

Eberhard von Strahlberg († 1293), the younger brother of Conrad II, became Bishop of Worms in 1291 and then enfeoffed his nephew, Conrad III. von Strahlberg, with an extensive area in the Steinach Valley north of Neckarsteinach . There Conrad III. between 1293 and 1316 set up a series of clearing settlements, including Heiligkreuzsteinach , Bärsbach , Eiterbach , Lampenhain , Altneudorf , Vorderheubach , and Altenbach , which were now combined in the rule of Waldeck, which was independent of Ellwangen. After this lively clearing and settlement phase, the Strahlbergers had to commit to the diocese of Worms in 1315 not to create any new villages in the Ladenburger Allmende .

As early as 1357, however, Conrad's grandson Siegfried sold the castle and lordship of Waldeck to Count Palatine Ruprecht I. The Count Palatine awarded Waldeck in 1388 to the family of the knight circle of Lindenfels , but finally acquired it in 1537 under Elector Ludwig V. From the rule of Waldeck the Electoral Palatinate " Kellerei Waldeck", d. H. a district administered by a so-called "basement" . The Waldeck cellar had its official seat at Waldeck Castle and was responsible for administration, jurisdiction and taxes. After Waldeck Castle was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War, the winery was relocated to Schönau , where it was located until 1803.

Fortifications attributable to the rule Waldeck:

The settlements assigned to the Waldeck rule:

  • so-called Upper Parish :
  • Bärsbach
  • Lamp grove
  • Hohenöd (departed)
  • Vorderheubach
  • Kohlhof
  • Chopper
  • Heiligkreuzsteinach
  • Euterbach
  • (Old) Neudorf
  • Wilhelmsfeld
  • Heddesbach
  • Hinterheubach
  • Hof Schelmbach (exited)
  • Altenbach

Lords of Waldeck

Lords of Waldeck (with the first and last documentary mention) were:

  1. Conrad II von Strahlberg (1250–1283), Lord of the City of Schriesheim, builder of Waldeck Castle
    1. Conrad III. von Strahlberg (1283–1296), lord of Schriesheim, lord of Waldeck
      1. Conrad IV von Strahlberg (1303–1309), Lord of Waldeck
      2. Rennewart II von Strahlberg (1301–1347), Lord of Waldeck
        1. Siegfried von Strahlberg (1342–1368), Lord of Waldeck, sold Waldeck in 1357 to the Electoral Palatinate

literature

  • Hermann Brunn: 1200 years of Schriesheim . Mannheim 1964
  • Rainer Kunze: The Hirschberg-Waldecker and their castles . In: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter, New Series, Volume 5 (1998) pp. 9–32.
  • Frank Göttmann : The Strahlbergers, the Count Palatine and the Kessler. In: Alzeyer Geschichtsblätter 18 (1983), pp. 48-70.
  • Johann Goswin Widder : Winery Waldeck . In: Attempt of a complete geographical-historical description of the Kurfürstl. Pfalz am Rheine , Volume 1, Frankfurt / Leipzig 1786, pp. 334–352

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Goswin Widder: Winery Waldeck . In: Attempt of a complete geographical-historical description of the Kurfürstl. Pfalz am Rheine , Volume 1, Frankfurt / Leipzig 1786, pp. 334–352
  2. ↑ a b c d Only when the winery was founded