Wehingen (noble family)
The Lords of Wehingen were a noble Swabian knight family. In the Middle Ages, as vassals of the Hohenbergers , they ruled Wehingen. This included property in the valley of the lower Bära in today's communities of Gosheim , Wehingen , Egesheim and Reichenbach . Their ancestral seat was Wehingen Castle above today's Wehingen district of Harras, of which only remains have been preserved.
Personalities
Some family members made it to prestigious offices.
- Berthold von Wehingen , 1381 to 1404 Bishop of Freising, 1404 to 1406 Counter-Archbishop of Salzburg , 1381 to 1410 Chancellor of the Habsburg Dukes of Austria
coat of arms
The Wehingers used a blue shield divided by a white or silver zigzag bar as their family coat of arms .
Historical coats of arms
Siebmacher 1701-1705 B090
Wehinger coat of arms in the Ingeram Codex
Berthold von Wehingen's coat of arms in the Fürstengang Freising
Coat of arms related to the Wehingen family
The coats of arms of several places still remind of the gender today.
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the community of Wehingen ( Memento from March 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )