Wilhelm von Wimpfen

Wilhelm von Wimpfen (mentioned 1222–1257), formerly Wilhelm von Kochendorf , was a Staufer ministerial of the early 13th century who is part of the family of the Lords of Kochendorf . He was mayor and bailiff in Wimpfen , later mayor of Hagenau and burgrave of the Trifels castle .

Life

Wilhelm von Wimpfen is mentioned for the first time in a document from 1222 in which, as mayor of Wimpfen , he attested a sale of goods by Heinrich von Langenburg to the Schöntal monastery . It is assumed that Wilhelm previously worked in Heilbronn and came to Wimpfen around 1220, where he also supervised the construction works of the town of Wimpfen, which was emerging near the Palatinate . In 1229 he was dispensator , in 1234 he was Vogt of Wimpfen. The Reichsvogtei in Wimpfen was the administrative center of the Hohenstaufen crown and house estates on the central Neckar . Wilhelm's offices probably brought greater prosperity with them, as numerous foundations are attested by him. Around 1233 he founded the Wimpfener Spital and gave it the right of patronage over the parish church in Flein , which Wilhelm von Reich had as a fief, as well as the Hipfelhof near Frankenbach. Around 1240 Wilhelm was mayor of Haguenau , from 1251 burgrave of Trifels Castle and thus custodian of the imperial regalia . Wilhelm von Wimpfen was last mentioned in 1257 on the occasion of a testamentary regulation concerning donations from his nephews to the Wimpfen hospital.

Wilhelm's membership in the von Kochendorf family is derived from his nephew Beringer , who was named by name in 1257 . Wilhelm could therefore have been a brother of Swigger von Kochendorf, who was named from 1259 to 1274 . The Lords of Kochendorf are said to have emerged from the Worms ministry, which the Staufers used to expand the Palatinate Wimpfen. The town-like expansion of Kochendorf in the 13th century is attributed to the high status and great influence of Wilhelm . Because of another nephew, Wilhelm von Zwingenberg , mentioned in 1257 , it is assumed that Wilhelm von Wimpfen was also significantly involved in the construction of Zwingenberg Castle around 1250 .

Wilhelm von Wimpfen was married, but all we know about his wife is that she died in 1238. There are indications that this wife could come from the family of the Counts of Lauffen or another noble family who were well-to-do in Heilbronn. In 1250 a document names Wilhelm's children Wilhelm and Elisabeth. Son Wilhelm probably died before his father.

literature

• Bad Friedrichshall 1933–1983 . City of Bad Friedrichshall, Bad Friedrichshall 1983, p. 148 ff.