Rothenstein (noble family)

Scheibler coat of arms

Rothstein (the name is mentioned in the literature in different versions, so "Red Stone", "Rotenstain" or "Rottenstein") is the name of a Swabian noble family whose ancestral castle , the castle Rothstein in Gronenbach was. The noble family first appeared in the 13th century and continued in the male line until the second half of the 16th century. After the death of Ludwig von Rothenstein in 1482, most of the possessions passed to the Pappenheimer family . The possessions of the Rothensteiners were mainly located in today's administrative district of Swabia , partly also in Switzerlandand in Carinthia .

The Swabian noble family Rothenstein should not be confused with other noble families of the same or similar names. Among other things, there was a noble family with a similar name in Franconia , the Zollner von Rottenstein . The Lords of Rodenstein existed in what is now southern Hesse until the 17th century .

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origin

Rothenstein Castle before it collapsed in 1873

Ruins of Rothenstein Castle, 2016

One of the first proofs of the noble family von Rothenstein comes from a document about a fall fief to Eschachthal in today's Oberallgäu district . There the brothers Ludwig , Hermann and Konrad von Rothenstein are named as servants of the Kempten Abbey in 1239. In 1277 you participated in negotiations about the Kempten Forest as arbitrators and witnesses. The noble family had their ancestral seat at Rothenstein Castle, in what is now the Unterallgäu district , between Bad Grönenbach and Legau , on the right of the Iller . Only a ruin remains of the castle, which collapsed on March 9, 1873 when the earth subsided .

The secured lineage begins in 1293 with Konrad, the governor of the Kempten monastery. He gave his consent to the sale of the Kemptic fiefdom of Roth. The castle and half of the town of Babenhausen , which he acquired from Heinrich von Schöneck in 1315, was one of his larger acquisitions. Conrad has been handed down from 1319 to witness the atonement between the city and the knights of Schwangau. In 1323, Duke Leopold I of Austria handed over the castle stables in Woringen "including three marks of money" as a right castle loan with the condition that Konrad had to build two castles. One of them was supposed to belong to Duke Leopold, but it was to remain pledged until the redemption of 520 silver marks and reimbursement of the construction costs. In 1330 he undertook not to take part in the feud between the Lords of Hirschdorf and the city of Memmingen . Nine years later, in 1339, he acquired the goods from Sulzberg zu Martinszell . Konrad was married to an Adelheid. He, his wife and their son Konrad sold their fiefdom from the Kempten Abbey in Masers in 1343 . He bequeathed his possessions to his sons Ludwig, Heinrich, Konrad and Friedrich von Rothenstein . Three of the sons, Heinrich, Konrad and Friedrich, acquired in 1331 and 1333 from Bruno and Konrad, the sons of Heinrich von Schöneck, the second half of Babenhausen with all the men’s fiefs and other goods in the city. These possessions later all passed from Konrad and Friedrich to Heinrich von Rothenstein-Babenhausen. He sold the city of Babenhausen in 1363 to Albrecht von Rechberg. This ended the Rothensteiner possessions in Babenhausen.

Ludwig von Rothenstein

Hermann von Rothenstein

Konrad von Rothenstein

Konrad von Rothenstein

Adelheid

Johannes von Rothenstein ( German Knights )

Heinrich von Rothenstein († shortly after 1373)

Ludwig the Old of Rothenstein (~ 1329)

Friedrich von Rothenstein

Konrad von Rothenstein († 1344)

Anna von Rothenstein (Abbot at Edelstetten Abbey )

The three siblings Ludwig, Hermann and Konrad were first mentioned in 1239. It is not clear from the literature whose son Konrad was.

Inscription plaque on the ruins of Wolkenberg castle

The fourth son of Konrad, also named Konrad, got into a dispute with the prince abbot in Kempten in the early 1340s. As early as 1339 he was named Lord of Castle Wolkenberg , which he soon had to sell to the noble von Dießen. In this dispute, he slew a citizen from Kempten, whereupon some townspeople prepared themselves and moved against the Rothensteiners to Wolkenberg Castle. During this dispute, the son Konrad was taken prisoner by the citizens and offered them a large ransom for his release. This was rejected by the citizens of Kempten and Konrad was executed in 1344. To avenge this act, his brother Friedrich, Siegfried and Johannes Thumb von Neuburg , their uncle Märk von Kastelmur, as well as Count Hugo and Rudolf von Montfort , Schwigger and Hug Thumb von Neuburg, their sister-in-law Heinz von Minderdorf and Kuno der Bollerer moved in the war against the abbot and citizens of Kempten. Schwigger Thumb von Neuburg was captured and imprisoned in Kempten. He paid the city £ 1,000 in damages. The other relatives of Friedrich von Rothenstein joined the peace in 1347.

Lines

In his local history, the history of the market town of Grönenbach, Joseph Sedelmayer divides the aristocratic family after the time of Konrad von Rothenstein into different lines, named after the place where they worked. Other lines are also mentioned in the literature. All of them descend genealogically from Konrad's sons Ludwig the Elder and Friedrich and have divided into these lines over time:

• Rothenstein-Rotenstein
• Rothenstein-Grönenbach
• Rothenstein-Woringen-Zell
• Rothenstein-Falken-Ittelsburg
• Rothenstein-Albrechts
• Rothenstein-Ebenhofen
• Rothenstein-Babenhausen

The possessions of the noble family consisted not only of the eponymous localities of the lines mentioned, but also of other hamlets and localities, often not the entire place, but individual goods or rights. There were overlaps between the lines mentioned, for example increasingly between Rothenstein-Falken-Ittelsburg and Rothenstein-Ebenhofen.

Rothenstein-Grönenbach

Ludwig (the old) von Rothenstein, a son of Konrad, came into the possession of the villages of Rothenstein , Grönenbach, Woringen and Zell . In 1330 he witnessed the reconciliation between Walther dem Wolfsattel and the city of Lindau . Ludwig was married to Elise von Schwarzenburg, who, with the consent of the feudal lord, gave him a prescription for several fiefdoms. In a decree in 1343, Elise von Schwarzenburg appointed the six children they shared, Ludwig the Younger, Heinrich, Friedrich, Hans, Hartmann and Clara as heirs of the property she had brought in. When Ludwig the old died, his possessions were divided up among his children: Ludwig the Younger received Grönenbach, Friedrich Woringen and Heinrich Rothenstein. The other son Hans became a clergyman and in 1364 was custodian of the monastery in Füssen .

Ludwig the Younger, in possession of the church set of Grönenbach, sold the fiefdom in 1357 to his uncle Heinrich von Rothenstein-Babenhausen. Heinrich acquired further fiefs in Grönenbach from Hans Dodel. Ludwig the Younger bequeathed his remaining property to his nephew Hans Rizner von Memhölz in 1391. When exactly the Rothensteiners lost ownership to Grönenbach, it is not clear from the literature. Heinrich von Rothenstein-Babenhausen died shortly after 1373. As a result, Hans Rizner von Memhölz and then Hans der Syrge von Syrgenstein were named as the owner of Grönenbach. In 1384, the two brothers Ulrich and Konrad, nephews of Ludwig the Younger, bought back the castle and estate of Grönenbach from Hans the Syrgen. The year 1391 mentioned by Johann Baptist Haggenmüller , however, contradicts the statement that Grönenbach was acquired again by the Rothensteiners as early as 1384, which is mentioned in further literature.

Castle stable of the old Kalden Castle near Altusried

The nephew of Ludwig the Younger, Konrad von Rothenstein, owned the church law and the bailiff of the church in Grönenbach. His first marriage was to Ursula von Hattenberg, with whom he had a daughter, Korona. She was married to Marshal Haupt von Pappenheim at Woringen . Through Ursula von Hattenberg, whose noble family had already died out in the male line at that time (her father died around 1377), Kalden Castle near Altusried and other possessions came to the Rothenstein family. Heinrich von Hattenberg bequeathed the very extensive possessions of von Hattenberg's to his sister Ursula as early as 1370 and pledged them to Walther von Schwertfürben, a citizen from Memmingen, with reservation of redemption in the same year. Hans Truchseß von Waldburg and Schwigger von Mindelberg were informants. After Heinrich von Hattenberg's death, they took the pledged goods to the regional court. In order to preserve the property of the Rothensteiners, the brothers Konrad and Ulrich von Rothenstein released them in 1384 and bought them back. Konrad expanded his property further and in 1385 acquired the goods in Fautzen, Raupolz and Bötzlinstal from the Memmingen citizen Jakob Behm as a Kemptic fief. Furthermore, he acquired the church set to Kimratshofen and Altusried. Konrad gave the goods, people and rights to Kalden, Altusried, habenbach and other places to his wife Ursula as a fief of the Kempten monastery. If Ursula had died without a physical heir, they would have reverted to Konrad and his brother Ulrich. When Ursula died, their daughter Korona in Woringen inherited all fiefs.

In 1405 Konrad concluded an agreement with his brother Ulrich von Rothenstein and his son-in-law Haupt von Pappenheim that after the death of Christoph von Rothenstein, the brother of Konrad and Ulrich, the church lord in Grönenbach, the church should henceforth be given to a priest and his assistant. The priest was to receive a major and minor tithe for maintenance. In 1402 Konrad married Hildegard von Freundsburg (Frundsberg) in his second marriage. The two sons Ludwig and Thomas emerged from this marriage and jointly inherited their father's possessions.

When Konrad - Korona's father from his first marriage and Ludwig and Thomas from his second marriage - died, arguments broke out between Korona and her two brothers over the paternal and maternal inheritance. In 1409 an agreement was reached between the siblings on the division of the estate. The two brothers had civil rights in Memmingen and were therefore represented by their guardians and Memmingen citizens Heinrich Faynagg and Hans Walther and their uncle and bailiff Ulrich von Rothenstein zu Woringen. Arbitrators in this division of inheritance were, among others, Duke Ulrich von Teck, Heinrich von Schellenberg zu Wageck, Wilhelm von Halle von Nördlingen and Hans Durach, the mayor of Memmingen. The distribution of the estate in 1409 provided that Korona and Marschall Haupt von Pappenheim and their heirs would receive the possession of Kalden Castle, as well as everything that Konrad left the Iller owned in terms of people and goods. The only exception was one serf family, which the two brothers received. Thomas and Ludwig got the two castles Rothenstein and Grönenbach together with all the people and goods that Konrad had owned on the right side of the Iller with the exception of three serf families who came to Haupt von Pappenheim. In addition, Thomas and Ludwig received the rights to fishing in the Iller, all cash and two thirds of the silverware - the other third went to Korona. Ulrich, the uncle of the three siblings, appointed Thomas and Ludwig as heirs of his property in Woringen at the same time. The House of Austria and Friedrich VII von Laubenberg , the abbot of the Princely Monastery of Kempten, agreed to this regulation. From these Ulrich had the castle and the village as a fief. After Ulrich's death, the three siblings were again divided up. Woringen was shared equally between Korona and the two brothers. However, the brothers' guardians sold half of Woringen to Korona.

Coat of arms of the couple Ludwig von Rothenstein and Jutta von Hürnheim at the collegiate monastery in Bad Grönenbach

The two brothers increased their inherited family property over the years. In 1428 both were feudal lords of goods in Fischers , zur Kuppel and in Hochholz , all of which belonged to Altusried. Furthermore, both acquired all rights to half of Pfosen near Dietmannsried and in 1433 two houses with land in Grönenbach. In 1440 Thomas and Ludwig made an allocation of property. Kalden Castle, the patronage and the church in Altusried both kept jointly. Thomas was based in Altusried and Ludwig in Grönenbach. In 1446, Ludwig von Rothenstein acquired the castle stables in Theinselberg from Hans von Stein zu Ronsperg, including the court, pen and bannen. Before Thomas von Rothenstein died between 1471 and 1473, he was able to continue building up his fortune and property. In 1469 he acquired an estate in Straifen, the tenancy of two estates near Altusried and one in Kimratshofen. Since he died childless, he bequeathed all of his own and leasable possessions to his brother Ludwig, who himself acquired other goods, rights and fiefs in Zell (1460), Herbisried (1477) and Minderbetzigau (1478). In 1465, Ludwig received the rule of Theinselberg as a fief from Duke Sigmund of Austria . Ludwig also owned Leonstein Castle in Carinthia . Ludwig was staying at this castle when his brother Thomas died. Ludwig von Rothenstein was a member of the noble fish society and took part in a total of five tournaments in Heidelberg , Landshut and Ingolstadt . When he was unable to take part in the tournaments himself for reasons of age, he left the tournament move to his cousins. Ludwig was married to Jutta von Hürnheim , the marriage remained childless. For this reason, his wife Jutta donated a perpetual mass in the church in Grönenbach in 1471. She gave this foundation 500 Rhenish guilders, which she had received as a morning gift from Ludwig. Following his wife, Ludwig also set up a foundation in Grönenbach and established a hospital. The house, which was newly built in 1479, was intended to accommodate poor people and provide food for pilgrims. The foundation's certificate, which was established with the knowledge of his relatives Heinrich von Freiberg, the brothers Heinrich and Konrad von Pappenheim and Burkhards von Freiberg, bears the seal of the knight Georg von Rechberg-Hohenrechberg. Only eight days later, with the consent of the aforementioned persons, the document was made, with which the Church of St. Philip and Jacob was raised as a collegiate foundation for twelve lay priests. This foundation was confirmed in the same year 1479 by the Augsburg bishop Johann II von Werdenberg . A few years after the foundations were established, Ludwig von Rothenstein died on May 8, 1482 at his Leonstein Castle in Carinthia. His body was transferred to Grönenbach and buried there, on Ludwig's prior instruction, without a helmet or shield. Since Ludwig died childless and did not get on well with his Rothenstein relatives, he bequeathed his own property and his fiefs in Theinselberg, Grönenbach, Rothenstein and Kalden to his nephew Heinrich von Pappenheim , the son of his sister Korona, who died in the same year and in turn bequeathed it to his sons. With that the rule of Grönenbach passed to the Pappenheimers .

Rothenstein-Rotenstein

Inscription plaque in the Rothenstein ruins. Contrary to the inscription, however, the castle was never a water castle.

After the death of Ludwig the Old, his son Heinrich von Rothenstein received the family castle Rothenstein. Between 1370 and 1373 Heinrich acquired other properties in and around Grönenbach. According to the judgment of the district court of the county of Marktstetten, Heinrich was awarded the church rate and the tithe in Erolzheim, along with all the people and goods that Juncker Wigulais of Erolzheim had left behind. After Heinrich, his son Konrad came into the possession of Rothenstein. He bequeathed one third of his property to the children Korona from his first marriage and Thomas and Ludwig from his second marriage. The succession and the division of the inheritance led to disputes between the siblings and head of Pappenheim, the husband of Korona. An arbitration tribunal decided in 1409 on the division of the inheritance. As a result, the castle came to the two siblings in 1409 and fell to Ludwig after Thomas' death. Both siblings were minors at this time, which means that their guardian and uncle Ulrich administered the property until his death in 1414. In 1482 he bequeathed all of his goods and thus Rothenstein Castle to his nephew Heinrich von Pappenheim. The Rothenstein relatives, including Arbogast and Achar, did not agree to this inheritance regulation and repeatedly campaigned against the Pappenheimers. The legal dispute over the inheritance was settled in 1508 with a ruling by the government in Innsbruck. The Rothensteiners got the castle of the same name back, the other legacy remained with the Pappenheimers. The Rothensteiners only owned their ancestral castle for a few years, because as early as 1514 they were forced to sell the castle to the Pappenheimers. This ended the chapter of the Rothensteiners on their family castle.

Rothenstein-Woringen-Zell

Location of the Lower Castle in Woringen

Friedrich, the brother of Ludwig the Elder, had his seat in the Lower Castle in Woringen . He appeared in 1330 as a witness to a prescription from Margaretha, the wife of Berthold von Aichheim, which she received from her relatives. Together with his brother Konrad, who was executed in 1344, he sold a farm in Lenzfried to citizens of Kempten in 1335 . Friedrich sold another five goods in Holzgünz in 1339 to the Heilig-Geist-Spital in Memmingen. His son Konrad received the altar case of the parish church in Woringen from Abbot Heinrich from Ottobeuren in 1350. However, he died a year later, in 1351. Conrad was followed by his brother Hugo (or Hug) as patron saint of the parish church in Woringen with the altar cases. When Hugo died cannot be clearly deduced from the literature, J. Sedelmayer gives the year 1417, while Johann Baptist Haggenmüller reports that Abbot Johann V. Schedler of the Ottobeuren monastery provided evidence of his rights to the church in Woringen from Hugo von Rothenstein demanded and Hugo waived it on May 28, 1418 in the hospital church in Memmingen before the abbot. Friedrich, who owned the hamlet of Wagsberg , sold it to the Roth monastery in 1351 .

The two sons Joß and Wilhelm of Friedrich von Rothenstein inherited his property in Woringen with the lower castle. Joß, who was nicknamed “the spendthrift”, and his brother Wilhelm left the entire property in Woringen as well as their inherited goods and people in Wolfertschwenden, Dießlings, Ziegelberg, Seefeld, Herbisried, Binwang and in other places to their uncle Heinrich von Rothenstein-Babenhausen . This transfer of ownership took place with the consent of the Prince Abbot of Kempten. Both sons only kept the church rate in Ebersbach and the fiefdom of the church there. A year later, in 1374, Joß handed over his Widumhof in Albrechts in favor of his cousin Ludwig the Younger von Rothenstein to the Kempten monastery. As a result, Joß ran into financial difficulties, left his sons Burkhard, Gerwig and Konrad as well as his other children and went abroad, where he is missing. Her uncle Haug von Rothenstein, a brother of Joß, took care of the children after his departure. Heinrich von Rothenstein-Babenhausen died childless soon after the transfer of ownership in 1373, so his great-nephew Ulrich von Rothenstein came into possession of Woringen.

Korona von Rothenstein, Konrad von Rothenstein's daughter and Ulrich's niece, was married to Marshal Haupt von Pappenheim in Woringen. After the death of their father Konrad, Korona and Marschall Haupt von Pappenheim came to further estates with their brothers in the course of the division of the estate in 1409. These were almost all goods left of the Iller and Kalden Castle near Altusried. The majority of these inherited estates were sold to Thomas and Ludwig von Rothenstein and their guardian Ulrich in 1412 for 5350 pounds. So Kalden Castle and the people and goods belonging to it came to the two brothers. Exceptions were the churches, the church rate and the Vogtrecht as well as all other possessions in Kimratshofen. The building yard in Kalden, the tenth of the village and Altusried parish remained with Korona and Marshal Haupt von Pappenheim. When Ulrich von Rothenstein died, his inheritance was divided between Korona, Thomas and Ludwig in 1414. The two brothers received half of the Berg as well as the Burgstall, Dorf and Feste in Woringen. The two brothers were represented by their guardians Heinrich von Eisenburg and Haug von Rothenstein. Korona received the other half of Berg and Dorf Woringen and bought their share in Woringen as property from the guardians of their two siblings. However, Korona and Marshal Haupt von Pappenheim did not remain in the entire possession of Woringen for long. As early as 1417, both sold their property as a kemptic man and woman fief to Rudolf Möttelin, a citizen of Ravensburg, and his sons Klaus and Ruf. The other descendants from the Rothenstein line at Woringen became impoverished.

Rothenstein-Falken-Ittelsburg

Haug von Rothenstein and his nephew Gerwig, a son of Joß, acquired the village and castle in Ittelsburg from Abbot Eggo Schwab von Ottobeuren in 1410 . Haug later bequeathed his share of the castle and associated goods to Gerwig. He was married to Cecilia von Adelshofen, the marriage resulted in a son of the same name, Gerwig. Gerwig and Cecilia remained in the possession of the Ittelsburg fortress until 1437. In that year, Gerwig, with the knowledge of his wife and son, sold the Ittelsburg fortress to Konrad the Younger von Rothenstein for 400 Rhenish guilders . The village of Ittelsburg without the castle on the falcon was sold by the Rothensteiner to Konrad Leutkircher, who in turn sold the village to Diepold Zwicker in 1426. The middle-class families Dodel, Vogt and Riedmüller were enfeoffed with the castle and the castle stables in 1487. Heinrich von Rothenstein, a nephew of Konrad the Younger, acquired the Ittelsburg mountain and castle stables from Christian Vogt zu Kempten and Martin Vogt zu Staufen in 1492. This included the newly built castle on the northern tip of the Falcon, called the Falcon . Heinrich, with the prospect of the extensive inheritance of his relative Ludwig von Rothenstein, made several attempts in the last years of Ludwig's life to reconcile himself with him. So Heinrich traveled to Ludwig's Leonstein castle in Carinthia and asked for a tournament in Würzburg, which Ludwig had already given to his other relatives Arbogast von Freiberg and Burkhard von Ellerbach. At a tournament in Heidelberg in 1481, Heinrich got into a dispute with Alexander von Pappenheim and Burkhard von Ellerbach, as both of them only wanted to allow Heinrich to go to the tournament if he and his brothers renounced Ludwig's legacy, which Heinrich rejected. After his death in 1482, Ludwig bequeathed all of his property to his nephew Heinrich von Pappenheim. After Heinrich von Rothenstein's death, Gangolf was the master of Falken Castle, followed by his brother Achar von Rothenstein, who in turn bequeathed the property to his son Johann (Hans). The last owner of the Ittelsburg Fortress, Johann (Hans) Heinrich von Rothenstein, died in 1562. He bequeathed the castle to his brother-in-law Christoph von Bollstadt, who was married to his sister Anna von Rothenstein. Johann (Hans) Heinrich von Rothenstein was the last male representative of the Rothenstein noble family, which died out with his death in 1562.

Rothenstein-Ebenhofen

The Rothenstein-Ebenhofen line begins in the 15th century, when the two brothers Konrad and Ulrich von Rothenstein were enfeoffed with the moated castle in Ebenhofen on January 6, 1415 . Both inherited it from their cousin Hans Schad, who owned the fiefdom of Kempten Abbey. The moated castle was located northeast of the parish church of St. Peter and Paul and no longer exists. A registered ground monument indicates the former location. Konrad the Elder, the father of the two brothers, left them and their other brother Kaspar from their first marriage on March 30, 1417 a house and the pond in Ebenhofen. He left the seat in Albrechts , a district of the community of Günzach near Obergünzburg, to his sons Wilhelm and Georg from his second marriage and himself . Since his two sons from their second marriage died childless, the property in Albrechts fell back to the Ebenhofener line as early as 1465. Konrad the Younger was in the service of Duke Ulrich von Teck in Mindelheim. As early as 1422 and 1439 he was a nurse in Hochstädt. In 1437 he acquired the Ittelsburg fortress from Gerwig von Rothenstein. Konrad was married to Margareta von Ostheim in his first marriage and to Siguna Marschalk in his second marriage, both marriages remaining childless. The line of the Rothenstein in Ebenhofen was thus continued by his brother Ulrich, who was enfeoffed around 1425 by the Augsburg Bishop Peter von Schaumberg with a farm in Hummeratsried and Hiemenhofen . He was married to Christine von Thürheim and probably died in 1481. His son Georg (Jörg) joined the Kempten Abbey. The other three sons Andreas, Heinrich and Ulrich shared their father's possessions in Ebenhofen and Albrechts after his father's death. Andreas was Vogt in Marktoberdorf and for a short time founded his own line in Hummeratsried, which died out again with his son Wilhelm. The other son Heinrich was a nurse in Tarasp in 1490 and in 1492 acquired the Ittelsburg fortress with the new castle built there, the Falk. He took his seat there and continued the Rothenstein-Falken-Ittelsburg line alongside the Rothenstein-Ebenhofen line. His fourth son Ulrich had his seat in Ebenhofen, was never married and died childless around 1508. He donated anniversaries for himself and his relatives in 1500 in Ruderatshofen and 1507 in Ebenhofen. Of the five sons that Heinrich and his wife Kleopha von Hasberg had, Diepold, Ludwig and Arbogast died before their father. Heinrich's inheritance was shared between the two living sons Gangolf and Acharius. After 1510, there is no longer any evidence of Gangolf. In 1497 Heinrich and his brother Ulrich sold the seat in Ebenhofen with pond, barn, Bauhaus, garden and building yard to King Maximilian for 1,500 Rhenish guilders. The Rothensteiners kept their seat at Ebenhofen until the sum was paid. For this they received 50 guilders care allowance annually as a discount on the purchase price. On the imperial orders, Acharius and Gangolf left the property, which had already been sold in 1497, to Konrad Fuchs on October 8, 1508, against payment of the sum. Regardless of the sale by their father, the Rothensteiners continued to have large estates in Ebenhofen. Acharius lived in the newly built castle near Ittelsburg and bequeathed his property to his two sons Wilhelm and Johann (Hans) Heinrich von Rothenstein in 1527.

Other possessions

In Linsen , a district of the municipality of Waltenhofen in the Oberallgäu district, the Rothensteiners were masters of the village and castle in the 14th century . In 1355 a Johann (or Hans) von Rothenstein was mentioned in a document. As early as the end of the 14th century, the Rothenstein family lost their property.

Votive tablet

In the church of St. Jakobus in Ruderatshofen in the Ostallgäu district there is a votive plaque of the Rothensteiners on the northern wall of the choir . The oil painting was painted on wood around 1520 and is 3.10 m long and 1.10 m high. The simple wooden frame of the painting was created around 1620. The votive panel was probably painted on behalf of Acharius von Rothenstein. In the course of time the board was heavily painted over. It was probably made in memory of the Rothensteiners, who donated an anniversary in the church , at least only these and their immediate descendants are depicted on it.

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Panel painting in the Church of St. Jakobus in Ruderatshofen , approx. 1520

The votive tablet shows the body of Jesus Christ after being deposed from the cross in the arms of his favorite disciple , while Mary is weeping for him. Follow from this scene to the right, facing the scene with Jesus, the disciple and Mary, the Rothensteiners. Eight married couples are shown with their children. In the lower area, the couple are shown with their coats of arms. Banners above the people, with one exception in the lower right area, enable their identification. Heinrich von Rothenstein and his wife Elsbeth (Elisabeth) start with their daughter. In the year 1380 Heinrich donated an anniversary according to the year book of the parish Ruderatshofen. This is followed by Ludwig von Rothenstein, who donated an anniversary in 1387, with his wife Adelheid. This is followed by Rothensteiner, all of whom can be assigned to the Ebenhofener line, starting with Konrad the Younger and his two wives Margarete von Ostheim and Siguna Marschalk. They are followed by his brother Ulrich von Rothenstein with his wife Christina (or Christine) von Thürheim . Their sons Heinrich and Andreas are shown behind them. The next couple is Heinrich von Rothenstein and his wife Kleopha von Habsberg with their black and white embroidered coat of arms with a yellow crossbar. They are followed by their son Acharius von Rothenstein with his wife Apollonia Burggraf von Burtenbach (recognizable by the two-part coat of arms, an eagle on a white background above, red below). Acharius is followed by his uncle Andreas von Rothenstein with his wife Agathe Schindelin, whose coat of arms shows a yellow stag with a red tongue on a blue background, and their son Wilhelm, married to one of Essendorf. On the lower right edge you can see Hans Heinrich von Rothenstein, a son of Acharius and the last male representative of the noble family of Rothenstein.

Epitaphs

Epitaph Ludwig von Rothenstein

Ludwig von Rothenstein († May 8, 1482) has a sandstone epitaph in the collegiate church of St. Philipp and Jakob in Bad Grönenbach. The epitaph is attributed to the artist Niklas Türing the Elder from Memmingen . It bears the inscription:

“A ^o D ^mi 1482 on the eighth day of Mayes, the noble died. He (r) Ludwig vô rotêstain u. leostain ritt (er), stift (er) dis worthy stifts. Anno D _^mni 1501 on the 15th day of april sta (r) b die edl fraw iutta vô hirnhaim sun house fraw. got grace "

“In the year of the Lord 1482 on May 8th, the noble Mr. Ludwig von Rothenstein and Leonstein, knights, donors of this worthy monastery, died. In the year of the Lord 1501 on April 15th, the noble wife Jutta von Hürnheim, his housewife, died. To whom God be gracious. "

- Inscription on the epitaph and reproduction in the church guide of the Grönenbach collegiate church , 1994

Below the sitter's right hand is the Rothenstein coat of arms and below his left the coat of arms of those of Hürnheim. Grave slabs of Andreas von Rothenstein († 1490) and Heinrich von Rothenstein († around 1500) were in the parish church of St. Jakobus in Ruderatshofen. These already heavily worn grave slabs were removed during a restoration at the end of the 19th century.

coat of arms

The white coat of arms of the Rothensteiners shows a red, partly yellow, bordered sloping bar with a yellow grid. A black bell hat is on the bucket helmet . A white ball of wool sits above it. Other depictions show the coat of arms with a stech helmet or spangenhelm , with a black cone hat and a white ball. Probably the oldest representation of the Rothenstein coat of arms can be found in the Zurich coat of arms roll from 1330 to 1345.

Historical coats of arms

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  Coat of arms in the Zurich coat of arms roll , 1330–1345

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  Scheibler's register of arms , older part (1450 - 1480)

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  Coat of arms in the book of arms of St. Gallen abbot Ulrich Rösch , 15th century

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  Coat of arms on the votive plaque of the Rotenstein in the Church of St. Jakobus, Ruderatshofen (Bavaria) (circa 1520)

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  Coat of arms in The extinct nobility of the city and landscape of Zurich , Jean Egli, Zurich, 1865, panel XXVII

Local coat of arms with Rothenstein elements

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  Coat of arms of the municipality of Ruderatshofen in the Ostallgäu district

family tree

Line of Ludwig the Elder of Rothenstein

The following family tree shows the line of Ludwig the Elder of Rothenstein. This is one of two main genealogical lines into which the Rothenstein noble family has split. In the family tree, coats of arms are only inserted if they are not Rothensteiner.

Ludwig the Old of Rothenstein (≈ 1329)

Elise von Schwarzenburg

Konrad Rizner von Memhölz (* 1339; † 1355)

Clara von Rothenstein

Friedrich von Rothenstein

Ludwig the Younger of Rothenstein († around 1391)

Adelheid von Isenburg

Heinrich von Rothenstein

Hartmann von Rothenstein

Hans Rizner von Memhölz (≈ 1391)

Hans von Rothenstein

Common husband

Anna von Rothenstein

Haug (or Hug) von Rothenstein

Christoph von Rothenstein († around 1405)

Ulrich von Rothenstein († 1414)

Konrad von Rothenstein († 1409)

Ursula von Hattenberg

Hildegard of Freundsberg (Frundsberg)

Haupto II. Count von Pappenheim (* 1380; † 1439)

Korona (or Corona) by Rothenstein (* 1393; † 1419)

Ludwig von Rothenstein († May 8, 1482)

Jutta von Hürnheim († April 15, 1501)

Thomas von Rothenstein († between 1471 and 1473)

Hans VI. from Fraunberg Freiherr zu Haage

Anna von Pappenheim

Johann (Hans) von Pappenheim

Conrad III. von Pappenheim († April 14, 1482)

Dorothea v. Babble

Margret (Margareta) von Pappenheim

Wolfgang von Preysing

Henry XI. von Pappenheim († 1482)

Anna von Abensberg

Line of Friedrich von Rothenstein

The following family tree shows the line of Friedrich von Rothenstein. This is one of two main genealogical lines into which the Rothenstein noble family has split. In the family tree, coats of arms are only inserted if they are not Rothensteiner.

Friedrich von Rothenstein

Konrad von Rothenstein († 1351)

Jos von Rothenstein († after 1373)

Wilhelm von Rothenstein

Hug (Haug) von Rothenstein († 1417)

Burkhart von Rothenstein

Türka von Rothenstein

Iban von Rothenstein († May 14, 1439)

Gerwig the Elder of Rothenstein

Cecilia of Adelshofen

Konrad the Elder of Rothenstein

Noble from Schwendi

Clara von Schnaitberg

Gerwig the Younger von Rothenstein

Felicitas Engelschalk

Wilhelm von Rothenstein

Georg von Rothenstein

from Riedheim

Caspar von Rothenstein

Ulrich von Rothenstein († 1481)

Christin [a / e] from Thürheim

Konrad the Younger von Rothenstein

Marg. Von Ostheim

Siguna Marshal

Georg von Rothenstein

Andreas von Rothenstein († 1490)

Agathe Schindelin

Ursula von Rothenstein

Anna von Rothenstein (Abbess of the Edelstetten Monastery ) († 1472)

Ulrich von Rothenstein († circa 1508)

Wilhelm von Rothenstein

from Essendorf

Heinrich von Rothenstein († circa 1500)

Cleopha von Habsberg (Hapsberg)

5 daughters

Magdalene von Rothenstein

Albrecht von Schönau

Ludwig Behender of Urau

Hans von Hallwyl (* around 1433/1434; † March 19, 1504)

Arbogast von Rothenstein

Diepold von Rothenstein

Ludwig von Rothenstein

Gangolf of Rothenstein (~ 1505)

Siguna von Rothenstein

Ditrich von Hallwill

Acharius von Rothenstein († 1527)

Apollonia Burggraf von Burtenbach

Wilhelm von Rothenstein

Hans Heinrich von Rothenstein († 1562)

Maid. Welding card

Anna von Rothenstein

Christoph von Bollstadt († 1572)

Agatha von Rothenstein

Anna von Rothenstein, the daughter of Acharius von Rothenstein and his wife Apollonia Burggraf von Burtenbach, is mentioned in the literature by Alfred Schröder The Diocese of Augsburg historically and statistically - The Landkapitel Oberdorf from 1906-1910 as the wife of Christoph von Bollstadt, while Max -Planck Institute for History in Germania Sacra - Historical-statistical description of the Church of the Old Kingdom - The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz - The Diocese of Constance - The Cistercian convent Wald from 1992, listing her as abbess of the Wald monastery. It is not clear whether it is the same person or two sisters with the same name.

See also

• List of Swabian noble families

Web links

Commons : Rothenstein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: History of the market town of Grönenbach  - sources and full texts

literature

• Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910.
• Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the lordly county of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Printed and published by Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
• Jean Egli (Ed.): The extinct nobility of the city and landscape of Zurich . Letterpress by the Gull brothers; Color print by Egli-Schätti., Zurich 1865, p. 137, plate XXVII ( digitized version ).
• Eduard Zimmermann: Allgäu history friend - Kempter coat of arms and symbols . Ed .: Friedrich Zollhoefer. Heimatverein Kempten eV in the Heimatbund Allgäu eV, Kempten 1962, p. 267-270 .
• Alfred Schröder: The diocese of Augsburg historically and statistically - The land chapter Oberdorf . B. Schmid'sche Buchhandlung, Augsburg ( digitized version - between 1906–1910).
• Walther Merz (Ed.): The coat of arms of Zurich: a heraldic monument d. 14th century in true color reproduction of the d. Originals with d. Coat of arms from the house to the hole . Zurich, Füssli 1930, p. 72, 111, 125, 129, 138, 147, 155, 157, 193, 197 ( digitized ).
• Royal Bavarian intelligence sheet of the Iller district for the administrative year 1816/1817 . Old town Kempten from Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1817, p. 131–135, 138–141 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 106, 107, 132 .
2. ↑ ^{a b} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times up to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 95 .
3. ↑ Walther Merz: The coat of arms of Zurich: a heraldic monument d. 14th century in true color reproduction of the d. Originals with d. Coat of arms from the house to the hole . Zurich 1930, p. 72 ( digitized version ).
4. ^ ^{A b c} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of the county of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 132 .
5. ^ ^{A b c d e f} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of the county of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 133 .
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 158 .
7. ^ Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 133, 134 .
8. ↑ ^{a b} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times up to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 161 .
9. ^ ^{A b c d e} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of the county of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 134 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
10. ^ Franz Ludwig Baumann: History of the Allgäu; The later Middle Ages 1268–1517 . J. Kösel, Kempten, S. 16, 17 ( digitized - around 1883–1895).
11. ↑ ^{a b c} Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 12 .
12. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town of Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 13 .
13. ^ Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 133, 160 .
14. ^ Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 157 .
15. ^ Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 11 .
16. ↑ Peter Blickle: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . Ed .: Commission for Bavarian State History. Munich 1967, p. 297 ( online ).
17. ^ ^{A b c} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of the county of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 237 .
18. ↑ ^{a b} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times up to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 159 .
19. ↑ Dr. v. Kaiser: Antiquarian trip from Augusta to Viaca . Printed by the government printer Franz Reitmayr, Augsburg 1829, p. 76 .
20. ↑ Peter Blickle: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . Ed .: Commission for Bavarian State History. Munich 1968, p. 42 ( online ).
21. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of the county of Kempten from the earliest times to their unification with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 160 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
22. ^ ^{A b c} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of the county of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 238 .
23. ↑ ^{a b} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times up to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 239 .
24. ^ Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 294 .
25. ^ Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 372 .
26. ^ Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 373 .
27. ^ Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 374 .
28. ^ Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 375 .
29. ^ ^{A b c} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of the county of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 444 .
30. ↑ ^{a b} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times up to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 446 .
31. ^ Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 445 .
32. ↑ Rothenstein castle ruins. (No longer available online.) Burgenregion Allgäu, archived from the original on April 2, 2016 ; Retrieved April 6, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
33. ^ Toni Nessler: Castles in the Allgäu . Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag Kempten, Kempten 1985, p. 137 .
34. ^ Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 18 .
35. ↑ ^{a b} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times up to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 475 .
36. ↑ ^{a b} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times up to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 250 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
37. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 240 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
38. ^ Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 296 .
39. ^ Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 274 .
40. ^ Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 207 .
41. ↑ Lorenz Boxler: Collection of strange events in the former princely imperial monastery in Kempten from its creation to its dissolution in 1802 . Joseph Kösel, Kempten 1822, p. 157 .
42. ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-8129-0056
43. ^ Alfred Schröder: The diocese of Augsburg historically and statistically - The land chapter of Oberdorf . B. Schmid'sche Buchhandlung, Augsburg, p. 136 (between 1906-1910).
44. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa} Alfred Schröder: The diocese of Augsburg historically and statistically - The district of Oberdorf . B. Schmid'sche Buchhandlung, Augsburg, p. 137 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de - between 1906–1910).
45. ^ Alfred Schröder: The diocese of Augsburg historically and statistically - The land chapter of Oberdorf . B. Schmid'sche Buchhandlung, Augsburg, p. 138 (between 1906-1910).
46. ^ Alfred Schröder: The diocese of Augsburg historically and statistically - The land chapter of Oberdorf . B. Schmid'sche Buchhandlung, Augsburg, p. 139 (between 1906-1910).
47. ^ Alfred Schröder: The diocese of Augsburg historically and statistically - The land chapter of Oberdorf . B. Schmid'sche Buchhandlung, Augsburg, p. 140 (between 1906-1910).
48. ↑ Historical district association in the administrative districts of Schwaben and Neuburg, Augsburg 1854: Annual report of the historical district association in the administrative districts of Schwaben and Neuburg - Volume 20, p. 67 , accessed online on March 3, 2015
49. ^ ^{A b} Alfred Schröder: The diocese of Augsburg historically and statistically - The land chapter of Oberdorf . B. Schmid'sche Buchhandlung, Augsburg, p. 443, 444 (between 1906-1910).
50. ↑ Michael Petzet: District of Marktoberdorf . Ed .: Torsten Gebhard and Adam Horn (=  Bayerische Kunstdenkmale . Volume 23 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1966, p. 190 .
51. ^ Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 215 .
52. ^ Alfred Schröder: The diocese of Augsburg historically and statistically - The land chapter of Oberdorf . B. Schmid'sche Buchhandlung, Augsburg, p. 444 (between 1906-1910).
53. ↑ ^{a b c} Walther Merz: The coat of arms of Zurich: a heraldic monument d. 14th century in true color reproduction of the d. Originals with d. Coat of arms from the house to the hole . Zurich 1930, p. 157 ( digitized version ).
54. ↑ ^{a b c} Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 152 .
55. ^ Joseph Sedelmayer: History of the market town Grönenbach . Ed .: Historical association for the overall promotion of local history of the Allgäu. Kempten 1910, p. 190 .
56. ^ Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 295 .
57. ^ Johann Baptist Haggenmüller: History of the city and the princes of Kempten from the earliest times to their union with the Bavarian state . Tobias Daunheimer, Kempten 1840, p. 392 .
58. ^ The documents of the Reichsstiftes Ottobeuren 764–1460. 1991, Certificate 178 of April 23, 1409, p. 93.
59. ^ The documents of the Reichsstiftes Ottobeuren 764–1460. 1991, Certificate 380 of September 18, 1460, pp. 201, 202.
60. ↑ Document 206 of March 23, 1505, Augsburg State Archives
61. ↑ Document 206 of March 23, 1505, Augsburg State Archives
62. ↑ ^{a b} Walter de Gruyter: Germania Sacra - historical-statistical description of the church of the old empire - the dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Mainz - the diocese of Constance - the Cistercian convent forest . Ed .: Max Planck Institute for History. tape 3 . Berlin, New York 1992, pp. 469-470 .

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State Archives of Bavaria

• Extract from documents about the Rothensteiners in the Bavarian State Archives :

1. ↑ Document on the transfer of the castle stables with the condition of building two houses in the Augsburg State Archives ( StAA, Fürststift Kempten, Lehenhof Urkunden 312 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ), 1323, provenance: Fürststift Kempten, Lehenhof, archival old signature: BayHStA, Personenselekt Urk., Rottenstein 
2. ↑ Document on the legacy of Elise von Schwarzenberg to her children in the Augsburg State Archives ( StAA, Fürststift Kempten Urkunden 6311 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. ), 1343, provenance: Fürststift Kempten, archive, registry signature: box: 178; Drawer: D; Number: 24; Additional: 2, old archival signature: BayHStA, Personenselekt Urk., Rottenstein 
3. ↑ Document on the waiver of Walter von Schwertfürben's claims in the Augsburg State Archive ( StAA, Fürststift Kempten, Archive Urkunden 161 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check Original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. ), 1384, provenance: Fürststift Kempten, archive, registration signature: XIX lit. D n.27 
4. ↑ Certificate of the purchase letter in the Augsburg State Archive ( StAA, Fürststift Kempten, Archive Urkunden 166 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ), 1385, provenance: Fürststift Kempten, archive, registration signature: XIX lit. C n.8 
5. ↑ Document on the foundation of the great and small tenth in the Augsburg State Archives ( StAA, Fürststift Kempten, Archive Urkunden 225 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original - and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. ), 1405, provenance: Fürststift Kempten, archive, registry signature: XLVIII lit. D n.17 
6. ↑ Certificate on the acquisition of half of Pfosen in the Augsburg State Archive ( StAA, Fürststift Kempten, Archive Urkunden 367 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. ), 1428, provenance: Fürststift Kempten, archive, registration signature: XIX lit. C n. 31 
7. ↑ Document on the assignment of a house in Grönenbach in the Augsburg State Archive ( StAA, Fürststift Kempten, Archive Urkunden 418 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ), 1433, provenance: Fürststift Kempten, archive, registry signature: XIX lit. C n.12 
8. ↑ Certificate on the division of the estate from Thomas and Ludwig von Rothenstein in the Augsburg State Archives ( StAA, Fürststift Kempten Urkunden 6324 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. ), 1440, provenance: Fürststift Kempten, archive, registration signature: box: 178; Drawer: D; Number: 21; Add .: 1; Archival old signature: BayHStA, Personenselect Cart. 357 
9. ↑ Letter of foundation of the Eternal Mass in Grönenbach in the Augsburg State Archive ( StAA, Fürststift Kempten, Archive Urkunden 929 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. ), 1471, provenance: Fürststift Kempten, archive, registration signature: XLVIII lit. D n.18 
10. ↑ Certificate of confirmation from the Collegiate Foundation in the Augsburg State Archive ( StAA, Fürststift Kempten, Archive Urkunden 1112 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. ), 1479, provenance: Fürststift Kempten, archive, registration signature: XLVIII Lit. D n.1 
11. ↑ Copy of Ludwig von Rothenstein's will in the Augsburg State Archive ( StAA, Fürststift Kempten, Archive Akten 1266 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. ), (1479) 1686, provenance: Fürststift Kempten, archive, registration signature: No. XLVIII Lit. D No. 2, old archival signature: BayHStA, Fürststift Kempten / NA, A 0387/1 
12. ↑ Document on the handover of Rothenstein Castle to Wilhelm and Gangolf in the Augsburg State Archives ( StAA, Fürststift Kempten Urkunden 6370 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original - and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. ), 1508, provenance: Fürststift Kempten, archive, registry signature: box: 176; Drawer: D; Number 1; Additional: 2, old archival signature: BayHStA, Mediatisierte Fürsten, Pappenheim 26 I. 
13. ↑ Certificate on the sale of Haupt von Pappenheim and Korona to Thomas and Ludwig von Rothenstein in the Augsburg State Archives ( StAA, Fürststift Kempten, Archive Urkunden 262 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ), 1412, provenance: Fürststift Kempten, archive, registration signature: XIX lit. D n. 29 
14. ↑ Certificate of Ulrich von Rothenstein's legacy to Korona, Thomas and Ludwig in the Augsburg State Archives ( StAA, Fürststift Kempten Urkunden 6316 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ), 1409, provenance: Fürststift Kempten, archive, registration signature: box: 178; Drawer: D; Number: 20; Add .: 1, old archival signature: BayHStA, Personenselect Cart. 357 

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