Wolf of Gemmingen

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Wolf von Gemmingen (* around 1479; † February 14, 1555 in Gemmingen ), together with his brothers Dietrich († 1526) and Philipp († 1544), were important for the Reformation in Kraichgau . From 1521 he tried to replace the old-believing pastor in the village with his Reformation preacher, and he did not shy away from a dispute with the cathedral chapter in Speyer .

Life

Grave slab of Wolf von Gemmingen († 1555) at the lower castle in Gemmingen

Wolf von Gemmingen was a son of Pleikard von Gemmingen and Anna Kämmerer von Worms called von Dalberg. In 1504 he took part in Duke Ulrich's celebrations in Stuttgart . In 1518 he shared the parental inheritance with the brothers. Wolf got his family's share in the village of Gemmingen, the old ancestral seat of the family, which he had to share with members of other lines. He received the lower and upper castle with all rulership rights and uses, plus income from property, pledges and rights in ten other villages. Wolf was the landlord in Gemmingen, Kleingartach , Niederhofen and Stetten am Heuchelberg . The annual income from his inheritance, like his brothers, was about 1,300 guilders .

Wolf married Anna Marschall von Ostheim in 1520 from an old Franconian noble family . In the entourage of Elector Ludwig von der Pfalz , he saw Martin Luther in 1521 at the Diet in Worms . In 1521 he founded a Latin school in Gemmingen , which was attended by the sons of the Kraichgau nobility, but also by middle-class people from the area. From 1521 to 1523, his preacher performed parish service in Gemmingen. In the autumn of 1525 he corresponded with the preachers in Strasbourg on the question of the Lord's Supper. After a long dispute with the cathedral chapter in Speyer, he appointed a Protestant pastor in 1531. In 1532 Martin Bucer was in Gemmingen to inform Wolf about the negotiations with the Lutheran theologians.

In 1551 Hans von Gemmingen († 1552), the last surviving male member of the Gemmingen line of the Velscher family , gave him their Württemberg fiefdom (mainly goods and rights in Gemmingen).

Wolf von Gemmingen died in Gemmingen in 1555 and was buried there - like his father and brother Philipp - in the old parish church. The grave slabs have been preserved and are today, together with many others, on the wall of the Gemminger palace garden. Most of Wolf's property came to his son Dietrich (1526–1587).

family

He was married to Anna Marschall von Ostheim († 1569).

Progeny:

  • Hans Eitel (feeble-minded)
  • Dietrich (1526–1587) ∞ Philippina von Schwartzenburg († 1554), Anna von Neipperg (1534–1581)
  • Anna Maria ∞ Hans Göler of Ravensburg
  • Sibylla ∞ Wolf Konrad Greck von Kochendorf
  • Elisabeth ∞ Eberhard von Flörsheim
  • Maria Jakobe ∞ Christoph von Gottsard
  • Pleikard (1536–1594) ∞ Elisabeth von Nippenburg († 1581), Anna Felicitas Landschad von Steinach

literature

  • Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Stocker : Family chronicle of the barons of Gemmingen , Heidelberg 1895.
  • Gerhard Kiesow: Of knights and preachers. The Lords of Gemmingen and the Reformation in Kraichgau. Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 1997, ISBN 3-929366-57-6 .