Wolf Dietrich von Gemmingen (1550–1595)

Alliance coat of arms of Wolf Dietrich von Gemmingen and his wife Maria von Gemmingen-Bürg from 1592 above the portal of the Gemminger lower castle

Wolf Dietrich's grave slab near Gemming Lower Castle

Grave slab of his wife Maria von Gemmingen-Bürg near Gemmingen lower castle

Wolf Dietrich von Gemmingen (born March 9, 1550 - † May 26, 1595 ) was the owner of the lower castle in Gemmingen . The renovation of the building goes back to him in the late 16th century. Under his sons Dietrich (1584–1659) and Wolf Dieter (1595–1645), the II line (Gemmingen, Guttenberg) of the barons of Gemmingen divided into the branches Gemmingen-Fürfeld and Bonfeld-Guttenberg .

Life

He was a son of Dietrich von Gemmingen (1526–1587) and Philippina von Schwartzenburg († 1554). He owned the lower castle in Gemmingen, the fief of which was renewed to him in 1587 and 1590. In 1591 he received permission to take up 2000 guilders on the fief. In 1591 he borrowed 1000 guilders from the city of Heilbronn .

He presumably appointed the sculptor Jakob Müller to rebuild the Gemmingen lower castle . The castle portal from 1592 with the Gemmingen / Gemmingen-Bürg alliance coat of arms is attributed to this, as is the tomb of Wolf Dietrich von Gemmingen, preserved in Gemmingen, which Müller probably created with his assistant Adam Wagner .

He was buried in the old Gemming Church, and since the church was renovated in the 1840s, his grave slab has been in the garden of the Gemming Lower Castle.

family

He was married to Maria von Gemmingen-Bürg († 1609) in 1583. Her grave slab is also preserved in the Gemmingen palace garden.

Progeny:

Dietrich (1584–1659), 4 marriages, 1st branch (Gemmingen-Fürfeld)
Hans Wolf (1592–1638) ∞ Anna Maria von Gemmingen-Bürg, Anna Elisabetha zu Eltz
Wolf Dieter (1595–1645) ∞ Regina Barbara von Crailsheim (1597–1635), Catharina von Grumbach (* 1613), 2nd branch (Bonfeld-Guttenberg)

Individual evidence

↑ Stocker 1895, pp. 85/86.
↑ Adolf von Oechelhäuser [ed.]: The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden (Volume 8.1): The art monuments of the districts of Sinsheim, Eppingen and Wiesloch (Heidelberg district), Tübingen 1909, pp. 173–180.
↑ Fekete 2002, p. 167.
↑ Adolf von Oechelhäuser [Ed.]: The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden (Volume 8.1): The art monuments of the districts of Sinsheim, Eppingen and Wiesloch (Heidelberg district), Tübingen 1909, p. 180.

literature

Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Stocker : Family Chronicle of the Barons of Gemmingen , Heidelberg 1895, p. 85f. online at Heidelberg historical holdings - digital; Retrieved November 30, 2013
Walter von Hueck: Lineage of the Barons von Gemmingen , Limburg an der Lahn 1966
Ulrich Kopp: The Kraichgaugemeinde Gemmingen - A site inspection at the turn of the millennium, Gemmingen 2000.
Julius Fekete: Art and cultural monuments in the city and district of Heilbronn, Theiss-Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, p. 167/168.

personal data
SURNAME	Gemmingen, Wolf Dietrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Owner of the lower castle in Gemmingen
DATE OF BIRTH	March 9, 1550
DATE OF DEATH	May 26, 1595

[1] Stocker 1895, pp. 85/86.

[2] Adolf von Oechelhäuser [ed.]: The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden (Volume 8.1): The art monuments of the districts of Sinsheim, Eppingen and Wiesloch (Heidelberg district), Tübingen 1909, pp. 173–180.

[3] Fekete 2002, p. 167.

[4] Adolf von Oechelhäuser [Ed.]: The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden (Volume 8.1): The art monuments of the districts of Sinsheim, Eppingen and Wiesloch (Heidelberg district), Tübingen 1909, p. 180.