Hornberg (Swabian noble family)

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The Lords of Hornberg were a German noble family attested in the 12th and 13th centuries.

A Gotefridus de Horimberch first appeared in a deed of donation in 1123. A Gotfried von Hornberg appeared in a document in 1140. The brothers Beringer and Heinrich von Horemberg are documented in the 12th and last row in 1196 as witnesses to an imperial donation in favor of Count Boppo (V.) von Lauffen , which indicates that they were of the lower nobility. An Arnold von Horimberc signed documents from Emperor Heinrich VI. 1195 and 1196.

Since Hornberg Castle was owned by the Counts of Lauffen at the time, it is assumed that the Lords of Hornberg were initially appointed as bailiffs by the Counts of Laufen at Hornberg Castle.

They must have come into their possession later, because in 1259 the Junkers von Hornberg sold the castle "including accessories" (villages, goods etc.) to Bishop Heinrich von Speyer .

With a Gerhardus de Horimberch in a document of Count Boppo von Dilsberg concerning Neckar shipping from 1261, the news of the Lords of Hornberg ends. There is no reference to the sons of Gerhardus. However, a Maja von Hornberg later married a Berenger von Berlichingen.

It was partly assumed that the peacocks from Hornberg , who appeared around 1238, later called themselves Horneck von Hornberg, go back to the Lords of Hornberg, especially since they are said to have carried the same coat of arms. Weiprecht von Gemmingen wrote about this around 1650:

"... 400 years ago an aristocratic family lived on the Hornberg, so von Hornberg wrote himself, I still measured a number of letters by hand, thinking of the same, but which soon afterwards died out."

These letters can no longer be found today.

However, from the 14th century onwards, Heinrich and Anton von Hornberg, the gender name reappeared. It may also be that they were related to the Horneck von Hornberg and shared the coat of arms with them.

literature

  • Friedrich Krieger: Hornberg Castle on the Neckar . Avenarius, Heidelberg 1869
  • Johann Brandmüller: Historical and Geographical Lexicon Volume II. 1726
  • Johann Friedrich Gauhen: Genealogical-Historical Adels-Lexicon . Publisher: Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, Leipzig 1740, Sp. 898