Reinhard von Gemmingen-Hornberg (1576–1635)

Reinhard von Gemmingen zu Hornberg

Reinhard Baron von Gemmingen zu Hornberg (* October 7, 1576 - October 7, 1635 ), called the scholar , belonged to the family of the Barons of Gemmingen . In 1612 he acquired Hornberg Castle , which is still the headquarters of the Gemmingen-Hornberg line today. He was also the landlord in Michelfeld , Treschklingen and Wolfskehlen and Burgmann zu Oppenheim and Nierstein . Until 1631 he wrote an extensive chronicle of his family.

Life

Reinhard von Gemmingen, who was given the nickname "the learned", was one of the sons of Reinhard von Gemmingen (1532–1598) and Helena von Massenbach (1534–1601). He studied at several universities, including in Tübingen , the jurisprudence and other subjects. In 1598 he became court judge at Heidelberg in the service of the Electoral Palatinate . In 1605 he left this office in protest against the anti-noble policies of Elector Friedrich IV. And retired to his estates in Oppenheim am Rhein , which he and the Burglos zu Nierstein, a mill on the Trostbach near Eberstadt, a third of the tenth in Wolfskehlen and the Oppenheimer Pastorhof when the inheritance was divided in 1599.

In 1612 he acquired Hornberg Castle with "Belonging" (Stockbronner Hof, Neckarzimmern , Steinbach) from the Lords of Heußenstamm for 50,000 guilders . When, after the death of Weirich von Gemmingen († 1613), the family's Michelfelder estates threatened to collapse, Reinhard was able to enter the fiefdom in 1614 through tough negotiations. After the death of his brother Hans Wilhelm (1573–1615), his property in Treschklingen also fell to him . He lived alternately in Michelfeld and on the Hornberg.

Troubled times began for him with the Thirty Years' War . Not only the passing Soldateska, but also the plague posed a constant threat. In 1626 Reinhard wrote to the Keller von Ingenheim that he was surrounded by the plague in Michelfeld. In 1627 he was on the run in Sinsheim. In a letter from that period he expresses that he and the poor peasants are exhausted and exhausted after eight years of siege, passage and billeting. Despite all the hardships, he wrote a history of his family, preserved in several manuscripts, in 25 years of work until 1631. In 1635 he died of the plague , probably at Hornberg Castle or in Neckarzimmern below. He was buried in the village church of Neckarzimmern.

family

His first marriage was from 1602 to Anastasia von Helmstatt (1579-1614), then from 1616 to Regina Blick von Rotenburg (1597-1620) and finally from 1624 to Rosina Maria von Helmstatt († 1645). The marriages resulted in a total of 15 children, of which only a few are known by name. His son Weiprecht (1608–1680) inherited Hornberg and continued the line. Hans Christoph got Michelfeld, Wolfgang got Oppenheim.

Progeny:

• Agnese Helena ⚭ Johann Conrad von Wallbronn
• Weiprecht (1608–1680), ⚭I Anna Bendikta von Gemmingen-Fürfeld (1614–1647), ∞II Catharina Freiin von Hohenfeld (1608–1665)
• Hans Christoph († 1646), ⚭I Ludwika Anna Eva von Walderdorf († 1638), ∞II Brigitta Johanna von Feilitzsch
• Wolfgang (1610–1658), signed the Peace of Westphalia for the Imperial Knighthood , ⚭ Margaretha von Wallbrunn ,
• Bernolph (* 1628)
• Reinhard (* 1629)
• Maria Margaretha (1631–1691), ⚭ OP Vogt von Hunoltstein
• Johannes (* / † 1633)

literature

• Kurt Andermann : Hornberg Castle above the Neckar . Neckarzimmern 1997.
• Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Stocker : Family Chronicle of the Barons of Gemmingen , Heidelberg 1895, pp. 243–245.
• Anne and Helmut Schüßler: Treschklingen - From the knightly Kraichgaudorf to the district of Bad Rappenau. City of Bad Rappenau, Bad Rappenau 2004, ISBN 3-936866-02-3 .
• Walter von Hueck: lineage of the family of the barons of Gemmingen. Limburg an der Lahn 1966.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Franz Joseph Mone (ed.): Sources collection of the Baden regional history. First volume. Macklot, Karlsruhe 1848, p. 96.