Wolf von Wirsberg

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Wolf von Wirsberg was the Brandenburg captain in Hof .

During the Schmalkaldic War on March 8, 1547, according to the chronicler Enoch Widmann, opposing troops invaded Hof and robbed the town of 3000 guilders . On March 16, 50 horsemen led by Captain Wolf von Wirsberg routed the opposing troops. Margrave Albrecht Alcibiades imposed a fine of 5,000 guilders because the city had surrendered to the enemy too lightly. After the siege of Hof in 1553 during the Second Margrave War , the Principality of Kulmbach passed to Margrave Georg Friedrich in 1557 , who reinstated Wolf von Wirsberg as captain of Hof. He took care of the restoration of the Hof Palace .

literature

  • Helmut Hennig: Warthen on the mountains . In: Local supplement to the official school gazette of the administrative district of Upper Franconia . Bayreuth. No. 256 November 1998. p. 40.
  • Fedor von Sichart: Brief description of the country captains at court, as they have succeeded one another since 1366 . In: Archives for history and antiquity of Upper Franconia . Volume 7, 2nd issue. Bayreuth 1858. pp. 47f.
personal data
SURNAME Wirsberg, Wolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Captain of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century or 16th century
DATE OF DEATH 16th Century