Knight's Canton of Kocher

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Symbolic representation for the knightly canton of Kocher from 1721

The knightly canton of Kocher was one of the five cantons of the Imperial Knighthood of Swabia .

Structure of the knight circles

The free imperial knighthood in south-west Germany was divided into a Rhenish , Franconian and Swabian knight circle , which in turn consisted of different cantons. The Swabian knight circle was divided into the cantons of Danube , Hegau-Allgäu-Bodensee , Neckar-Black Forest , Kocher and Kraichgau .

Noble families in the canton of Kocher

The following families belonged to the knightly canton of Kocher:

Personalities in the organization of the knight's canton

See also

literature

  • Thomas Schulz: The canton Kocher of the Swabian imperial knighthood 1542-1805. Origin, history, constitution and membership structure of a corporate aristocratic association in the system of the old empire. (Esslinger Studies, Volume 47). Stadtarchiv Esslingen , Esslingen 1986. (Zugl .: Tübingen, Univ., Diss., 1985). Map and directory of the manors in the internet archive .

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