Rechenberg (Franconian noble family)
The von Rechenberg family was a Frankish noble family . The main seat of the castle was Rechenberg Castle near Ostheim (district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen / Middle Franconia) and the castle of the same name near Stimpfach (district of Schwäbisch Hall).
history
The castle Rechenberg at Ostheim was in the second half of the 12th century by the Ministerialengeschlecht those of Rechenberg as a fief taker of Eichstätter bishops built. They also received fiefdoms from the Counts of Truhendingen in nearby Hohentrüdingen . After the Rechenbergs died out in 1583, the castle came to the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach . Elaborate epitaphs from family members have been preserved in Ostheim , including works by Loy Hering .
From 1229 they are on the same paragraph Castle Rechenberg Castle in Stimpfacher district Rechenberg near Crailsheim shown here as vassals and Stewards of the counts of Oettingen , and from 1368 the prince provost Ellwangen . In 1405 they sold this castle to the burgraves of Nuremberg .
From 1261 they also sat on the Limburg (destroyed in 1431) and on the Wilburg , both located in Wilburgstetten in the district of Ansbach . They also had property in Mitteleschenbach .
Rechenberg Castle Plateau, Ostheim
Rechenberg Castle, Stimpfach
A relationship to the Silesian noble family von Rechenberg is conceivable due to their possessions in Saxony , the Rechenberg Castle , but not verifiable and also not likely due to the difference in coats of arms.
coat of arms
The talking coat of arms shows a rake on a red background.
- coat of arms
Coat of arms of the community of Mitteleschenbach
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Ostheim
Coat of arms in the Ingeram Codex
literature
- Siglinde Buchner: The Lords of Rechenberg and the Truchsess von Rechenberg . In: Alt-Gunzenhausen, contributions to the history of the city and the surrounding area . Association for local history Gunzenhausen. 2002.
- Cord Ulrichs: From Lehnhof to Imperial Knighthood. Stuttgart 1997. pp. 61, 125.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The following communication seems difficult to classify: In 1405, Erkinger inherited von Rechenberg, sat zu Rechenberg (on the Hahnenkamm ), married to Elsbeth, b. von Hornstein , from his brother-in-law Jakob Truchsess von Wilburgstetten , who died without heir , married to Anna, b. von Hornstein, the Rechenberg Castle of the same name near Stimpfach and other goods. He sold these goods on to Burgrave Friedrich von Nürnberg. from Monumenta Zollerana, Vol. 6, Document No. 282.