Schweiker von Gemmingen, called Velscher
Schweiker von Gemmingen, called Velscher († 1297 ), also Swicker von Gemmingen , was the governor in Wimpfen and founded the Velscher family line, a branch of the barons of Gemmingen .
Life
He was bailiff in Wimpfen in 1284, is considered the builder of the lower castle in Gemmingen and owned a sixth of Michelfeld and half of Stebbach . Like his predecessors, he had received his goods from Landgrave Ludwig von Öttingen as a fief. He is also a possible builder of the Streichenberg Castle .
In his work as a district judge, he ruled in favor of the monastery on July 23, 1285 in a dispute between the Lords of Enzberg and the Maulbronn monastery. 1286 he recommended Archbishop Henry of Mainz son of Wimpfener mayor for the first released Präbendenstelle in pen Wimpfen . In 1287 he transferred the Frohnhof in Richen to Maulbronn Monastery. In the same year he gave the monastery Rechentshofen his court in rooms at Stebbach under the condition that the income from the farm, a measurement priest was too remunerates.
As a benefactor of the monastery in Maulbronn, his coat of arms is placed in the monastery. In the shield it shows the Gemmingen people's two golden bars on a blue field, but unlike the rest of the family it does not show buffalo horns as a crest, but seven feathers.
family
He was married to a woman named Engeltraut. Five direct offspring are occupied. His son Wolf founded the family line of the Wars of Stebbach , which probably died out after two generations. Schweiker's son Pleikard continued the Velscher family line founded by Schweiker , which existed until the middle of the 16th century.
Progeny:
- Wolf ∞ nn, Line of the Wars of Stebbach
- Elisabeth ∞ Raban Göler of Ravensburg
- Gertrud ∞ Albert von Enzberg
- Anna ∞ Eberhard von Heusenstamm
- Pleikard (Blicker)
Individual evidence
- ↑ A. Schäger: The deserted rooms in the district of Stebbach , in ZGO 117, 1969, pp. 367–374.
literature
- Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Stocker : Family Chronicle of the Barons of Gemmingen , Heidelberg 1895, p. 25f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gemmingen, Schweiker from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gemmingen, Swikerus de; Gemmingen, Schweikerus de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Governor in Wimpfen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1297 |