Sitzenhofen
Sitzenhofen is a deserted area in Willstätt in the Ortenau district in Baden-Württemberg .
Geographical location
Hofen seat is in today's district of Legelshurst a district of the municipality of Willstätt.
history
The oldest surviving mention of Sitzenhofen comes from 1412. Its residents were parish off to Legelshurst. Sitzenhofen was an allod of the Lords of Lichtenberg . How it was acquired is unknown. Around 1330 there was a first division of land between Johann II. Von Lichtenberg , from the older line of the house, and Ludwig III. from Lichtenberg . Sitzhofen fell into the part of the property that was managed by the older line in the future. In the rule of Lichtenberg it was assigned to the Willstätt office, which was created in the 14th century.
When Jakob von Lichtenberg, the last male member of the house, died in 1480 , the inheritance passed to his two nieces, Anna von Lichtenberg (* 1442; † 1474) and Elisabeth von Lichtenberg. Anna had married Count Philip I the Elder of Hanau-Babenhausen (* 1417, † 1480) in 1458, who had received a small secondary education from the holdings of the County of Hanau in order to be able to get married. The county of Hanau-Lichtenberg came into being through the marriage . Elisabeth married Simon IV. Wecker von Zweibrücken-Bitsch . The Lichtenberg legacy was shared between them. The Willstätt office and thus Sitzenhofen became a condominium between the two heirs.
In the 15th century, Sitzenhofen fell desolate.
literature
- Fritz Eyer: The territory of the Lords of Lichtenberg 1202-1480. Investigations into the property, the rule and the politics of domestic power of a noble family from the Upper Rhine . In: Writings of the Erwin von Steinbach Foundation . 2nd edition, unchanged in the text, by an introduction extended reprint of the Strasbourg edition, Rhenus-Verlag, 1938. Volume 10 . Pfaehler, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 1985, ISBN 3-922923-31-3 (268 pages).
- Wilhelm Mechler: The territory of the Lichtenberger to the right of the Rhine . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (ed.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480–1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 31-37.
Web links
- Sitzenhofen on Leo BW.