List of Swabian noble families / W

Swabian noble families A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z Uncertain assignment

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Surname	Headquarters	was standing	Notes on history and distribution	Membership in aristocratic associations, alliances or registers	Links to relevant picture galleries	coat of arms
Truchsessen von Waldburg	Waldburg Zeil	Ministerial Gentlemen Truchsessen Counts	The lords of fir call from 1219 after their feud Waldenburg first Give the Staufer get from 1214 the office of Reichstruchsess Building the Power: Wolfegg (1200), Forest Lake (around 1240), City Isny and Trauchberg (1306), Zeil (1337 ), Pledge of the "five Danube cities" (1384/86 - 1680) (these are: Mengen , Munderkingen , Riedlingen , Saulgau and Waldsee ) pledge of Waldsee (1386), Bussen (1387), Kallenberg (1401–1695), Landvogtei in Oberschwaben (1415–1416), Friedberg-Scheer (1452–1786), Grafschaft Sonnenberg (1455–1474) Since 1429 branching into several lines (see below) 1803 Elevation of the lines Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee and Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil to Imperial princes 1806 mediatization	Leitbracken Swabian Empire	The forest castle more pictures here	Scheibler Siebmacher
Waldburg-Trauchburg	Trauchburg later Scheer		Jacobean line (1429–1772)		Rule of Trauchburg around 1725
Waldburg-Sonnenberg	Scheer Wolfegg	Count (title taken from Sonnenberg)	Eberhard line (1429–1511)
Waldburg-Zeil	Line		Georgian line Acquisition of Wolfegg von Waldburg-Sonnenberg (1508) 1595 Separation in Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldburg-Zeil Waldburg-Zeil separates in 1674 in Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil and Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach (expired in 1903)		Reign of Zeil around 1725
Waldburg-Wolfegg		Reichsgraf in the Swabian Reichsgrafenkollegium	1672 Separation of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Wolfegg (expired in 1798) and Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee
Waldburg-Zeil-Zeil
Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach		Reichsgraf in the Swabian Reichsgrafenkollegium	1674-1903
Truchseß von Waldeck	Waldeck Castle (Black Forest)		mentioned from 1140 to 1553	Leitbracken		Ingeram Codex
Wauler, wäller	Waal Castle ?		Two Waulers were also involved in the Battle of Reutlingen; the family, probably named after Waal (Swabia) , otherwise appears in the East Swabian region, also as Wauler or Waaler von Druisheim ; Proof of coat of arms	Leitbracken		Ingeram Codex Scheibler
Counts of Wartstein	Wartstein Castle	Count	Heirs of the Counts of Berg; Extinct in 1397		Wartstein ruins
Wehingen	Wehingen		Rudolf von Wehingen, killed on July 9, 1386 in the battle of Sempach	Leitbracken		Ingeram Codex
hamlet	Hamlet, Eichelberg, Friedrichshof	Imperial Knight		Canton Odenwald of the knightly circle Franconia Canton Kocher (since 1542 with Gut Lichtenberg) Canton Neckar (1628, Ludwig von Weyler) Sankt Jörgenschild (1392, Burcard von Weyler)	Lichtenberg Castle more pictures here	Sieve maker
hamlet	Altenburg near Weiler in the Allgäu	Sanctuary ministerials	Reign sold to Austria in 1571		The Altenburg more pictures here	Scheibler
Weinberg	Weinsberg Castle	originally Hohenstaufen ministerials, noble free	Imperial Chamberlain since 1411, extinct in the male line in 1507	Leitbracken		Ingeram Codex
Weissenburg	Weißenburg near Weisweil (Klettgau)	Noble Free	Lords of Krenkingen , younger line	Leitbracken		Scheibler
Weitingen, Volz von Weitingen	Weitingen , Urnburg	Tuebingian, later Hohenberg ministerials, imperial knights	owner of Haimburg and Wildeck in the 16th century , last mentioned in 1656	Leitbracken Sankt Jörgenschild Swabian Federation Canton Neckar-Black Forest (only mentioned in 1562)		Siebmacher Scheibler
Welden	Welden Laupheim	Gentlemen barons	Feudal people of the Margraviate of Burgau 1582 Acquisition of Laupheim 1402 Blood jurisdiction 1597 Sale of Weldens to the Fuggers	Leitbracken Canton Danube Canton Kocher (1585–1764 because of Hochaltingen )		Siebmacher Scheibler
Wemding, Wemlingen	Wemding			Leitbracken		Ingeram Codex
Werdenberg	Werdenberg , Sigmaringen	Count	As a branch of the Counts of Monfort, descend from the Count Palatine of Tübingen ; again shared themselves several times. Main lines: Werdenberg-Heiligenberg , Werdenberg-Sargans	Sankt Jörgenschild , Swabian Federation	Atonement of Felix von Werdenberg above the gate of Sigmaringer Castle more pictures here	Scheibler Werdenberg-Sargans Werdenberg-Heiligenberg
Werdenstein	Werdenstein	Imperial Knights Barons	detectable since 1239; later treasurer of the Kempten monastery ; 1659 acquisition of Dellmensingen ; In 1785 the last Baron von Werdenstein, Christoph Anton, who died in 1796, sold the rule to the Counts of Königsegg-Rothenfels	Leitbracken Canton Hegau-Allgäu-Bodensee (in the 18th century)	Werdenstein Castle more pictures here	Sieve maker
Werenwag	Werenwag	Ministerial of the Counts of Hohenberg	Reign of Werenwag		Werenwag Castle more pictures here	Scheibler
Wernau	The original seat is the hamlet of Wernau, now the city of Erbach . Later seats u. a. in Wernau (Neckar) .	Noble knight	since 1400 a third of Pfauhausen 1599 they inherited half of Donzdorf 1639 they received the Würzburg fiefdom Grosseislingen 1666 they acquired Steinbach 1696 the last line died out	Leitbracken Canton Neckar-Black Forest (because of Wernau) (1548–1696) Canton Kocher (1542) (because of Wolf Heinrich von Wernau zu Bodelshofen ) (1578) (because of Veit von Wernau zu Unterboihingen )		Scheibler
Westernach	Westernach, part of Mindelheim	Noble knight barons	Johann Eustach von Westernach	Canton of Danube (because of Kronburg acquired in 1619 ) Canton of Kocher (1560–1576, because of Bächingen , until 1594) Canton Hegau-Allgäu-Bodensee (18th century)		Scheibler Siebmacher
Westerstetten	Westerstetten Castle	Noble knight	First mentioned in 1264. Were in Westerstetten until 1432 , which then came to the Elchingen Monastery . From the 14th century onwards, property around Drackenstein , Dillingen and Ellwangen was divided into several families and died out in 1637	Leitbracken Canton Kocher (1542–1637) (because of Ballhausen, Dunstelkingen and Katzenstein ) Canton Neckar-Black Forest (1562–1624) (because of Lautlingen and Margrethausen : Ulrich Dietdegen von W.)	Reconstructed view of Westerstetten Castle with coat of arms, more pictures here	Scheibler
Widmann von Mühringen	Mühringen	Noble knight	In 1516 Beat Widman (Chancellor of Tyrol) acquires Mühringen from Heinrich von Zimmer and calls himself von Mühringen. On April 24, 1606, Mühringen was sold to the Heren von Westernach family	Canton of Neckar		Sieve maker
Wielen from Winnenden	Michelwinnaden	Knight	noble gentlemen von Wineden mentioned from 1189 to 1311; Wielen: Michelwinnaden (1385–1425), Schwarzach (until 1446)	Leitbracken		Scheibler
Wiesler, Wyßler	Weisel	Ministerials of the Counts of Berg	mentioned until 1450	Leitbracken		Scheibler
Windeck	Alt-Windeck , New-Windeck		mentioned in 1212, extinct in 1592	Leitbracken		Scheibler
Wippingen	Vuippens			Leitbracken		Ingeram Codex
Woellwarth	Essingen ; Lauterburg ; Subject area ; Laubach ; Purify	Imperial Knights Barons		Leitbracken canton Kocher canton Altmühl of the knights circle Franconia (because of Polsingen ) temporarily also canton Baunach of the knights circle Franconia Georg von Wöllwarth 1805 as a personalist in the canton Odenwald	Lauterburg Castle more pictures here	Scheibler Siebmacher
Lords of Wolfurt	Wolfurt	Men's			Wolfurt Castle more pictures here	Sieve maker
Wollmershausen	Wollmershausen , from Tiefenbach	Ministerials, Imperial Knights	extinguished in 1708; Bartholomä (Ko, 1682–1708), Hengstfeld (Od)	Canton Kocher, Canton Odenwald of the Franconian Knight Circle		Scheibler
Wülflingen	Wülflingen		in the 15th century in Hegau (Schwandorf, Hecheln )			Scheibler
Württemberg	Wirtemberg Stuttgart Bad Urach	Counts dukes , kings from 1495 from 1806 to 1918	List of the rulers of Württemberg	Leitbracken Schwäbischer Bund Schmalkaldischer Bund	Wirtemberg Castle as ancestral castle of the family more pictures here	but see: coat of arms of Württemberg

Swabian noble families A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z Uncertain assignment

Individual evidence

↑ In most cases, coats of arms were chosen from Scheibler's book of arms (older part 1450–1480) or from Siebmacher's book of arms (1605). Both heraldic books use the term Swabia in their sorting.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Gerhard Köbler : Historisches Lexikon der deutschen Länder. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Ingeram Codex: Society in the Leitbracken of Swabia
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Otto von Alberti: Württembergisches Nobility and Wappenbuch . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1889–1916.
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^ Zimmermann: Augsburgerzeichen and coat of arms , # 1221 Waler ; Siebmacher Schwaben 5, 123 Wauler; Siebm Schwaben 2, 96 Wäller.
↑ Casimir Bumiller: History of the Swabian Alb. From the ice age to the present . Casimir Katz Verlag, Gernsbach 2008, ISBN 978-3-938047-41-5 . , P. 110
^ Historical Atlas of Bavaria , Schwaben Series 1, Issue 5 Lindau , p. 75ff
↑ Julius Kindler von Knobloch: Upper Baden Gender Book , Volume 2 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 367ff@1@ 2

↑ Dieter Hellstern: The knight canton Neckar-Black Forest 1560-1805 . Tübingen 1971.

↑ The Society of Sankt Jörgenschild joined the Swabian Federation in 1488 at the beginning of the first unification period . In the later unification periods, not all lower nobility genders were represented

^ History of Mühringen

^ OAB Ehingen , p. 143

↑ Armorial illustré des communes fribourgeoises , p. 167

↑ Der Landkreis Schwäbisch Hall , Volume I, ISBN 3-7995-1366-3 , p. 408f

^ Thomas Schulz: The Canton Kocher of the Swabian Imperial Knighthood 1524–1805 , Sigmaringen 1986

^ The municipal coats of arms of the canton of Zurich , ISBN 3-85572-022-3 , p. 113

↑ after Wülflingen several genders named themselves; what relationships exist between them is unclear

[Wappen-1] In most cases, coats of arms were chosen from Scheibler's book of arms (older part 1450–1480) or from Siebmacher's book of arms (1605). Both heraldic books use the term Swabia in their sorting.

[Köbler_7.-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Gerhard Köbler : Historisches Lexikon der deutschen Länder. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 .

[Codex-Ingeram-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Ingeram Codex: Society in the Leitbracken of Swabia

[Alberti-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Otto von Alberti: Württembergisches Nobility and Wappenbuch . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1889–1916.

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[6] Zimmermann: Augsburgerzeichen and coat of arms , # 1221 Waler ; Siebmacher Schwaben 5, 123 Wauler; Siebm Schwaben 2, 96 Wäller.

[7] Casimir Bumiller: History of the Swabian Alb. From the ice age to the present . Casimir Katz Verlag, Gernsbach 2008, ISBN 978-3-938047-41-5 . , P. 110

[8] Historical Atlas of Bavaria , Schwaben Series 1, Issue 5 Lindau , p. 75ff

[9] Julius Kindler von Knobloch: Upper Baden Gender Book , Volume 2 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 367ff@1@ 2

[Hellstern-10] Dieter Hellstern: The knight canton Neckar-Black Forest 1560-1805 . Tübingen 1971.

[Schwäbischer_Bund-11] The Society of Sankt Jörgenschild joined the Swabian Federation in 1488 at the beginning of the first unification period . In the later unification periods, not all lower nobility genders were represented

[12] History of Mühringen

[13] OAB Ehingen , p. 143

[14] Armorial illustré des communes fribourgeoises , p. 167

[15] Der Landkreis Schwäbisch Hall , Volume I, ISBN 3-7995-1366-3 , p. 408f

[16] Thomas Schulz: The Canton Kocher of the Swabian Imperial Knighthood 1524–1805 , Sigmaringen 1986

[17] The municipal coats of arms of the canton of Zurich , ISBN 3-85572-022-3 , p. 113

[18] ter Wülflingen several genders named themselves; what relationships exist between them is unclear