Philipp von Gemmingen († 1544)

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Philipp von Gemmingen († 1544 in Stuttgart ) was the landlord and lord of the castle in Fürfeld . Together with his brothers Dietrich († 1526) and Wolf († 1555) he was important for the Reformation in Kraichgau . In the church of Fürfeld, over which he exercised the right of patronage, the beginnings of the Reformation sermon for the year 1521 are attested. Philip had understanding and sympathy for the thoughts of the Anabaptists .

Life

Alliance coat of arms Philipp von Gemmingen and Agnes Marschalkin von Ostheim from 1535 on the archway of the bridge house of Fürfeld Castle
Grave slab of Philipp von Gemmingen zu Fürfeld near Gemmingen Lower Castle

Philipp von Gemmingen was a son of Pleikard von Gemmingen and Anna Kämmerer von Worms called von Dalberg. He and his brothers shared the inheritance of their parents in 1518. Philipp received the hamlet of Fürfeld with all its affiliations, as well as the villages of Lehren and Steinsfeld with affiliations, slopes and uses in nine other villages as well as the Gemmingen farm in Heilbronn and 400 guilders capital. The annual income from his inheritance, as with his brothers, was about 1,300 guilders.

In 1519 Philipp began building the Fürfeld Palace ; later he acquired the fourth part of the court and the bailiwick in Eschenau . In 1521 he appointed a Lutheran pastor for the Fürfeld church. Philipp von Gemmingen married Agnes Marschall von Ostheim in 1523 . In 1529 and 1530, Anabaptists expelled from Heilbronn sought advice and help in Fürfeld. In 1532 talks between the Kraichgau supporters of Luther and Zwingli took place in Fürfeld . In 1532 Martin Bucer , coming from Schweinfurt , interrupted his journey in Fürfeld. In 1536 Bucer and the preachers of the Upper German cities traveled via Fürfeld to Wittenberg to negotiate the Lord's Supper dispute . In 1540, Philipp began building the Lehrensteinsfeld Castle . Philipp von Gemmingen died in Stuttgart in 1544.

He was buried in the parish church in Gemmingen . His grave slab is now on the wall of the Gemminger castle garden .

The possession of Philip von Gemmingen fell to Dietrich and Pleikard (1536–1594) , the sons of his brother Wolf. His widow Agnes married Philipp von Helmstatt (1496–1563), who was also reformed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adolf von Oechelhäuser: The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden (volume 8.1): The art monuments of the districts of Sinsheim, Eppingen and Wiesloch (Heidelberg district), Tübingen 1909, p. 180.

literature

  • Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Stocker : Family Chronicle of the Barons of Gemmingen , Heidelberg 1895, pp. 55–57.
  • Fürfeld - from the past and present of the former imperial knighthood town . City of Bad Rappenau, Bad Rappenau 2001, ISBN 3-929295-77-6 .
  • Gerhard Kiesow: Of knights and preachers. The Lords of Gemmingen and the Reformation in Kraichgau. Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 1997, ISBN 3-929366-57-6 .
personal data
SURNAME Gemmingen, Philipp von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Landlord in Fürfeld
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century or 16th century
DATE OF DEATH 1544
Place of death Stuttgart