Herrschaft Schramberg
The rule Schramberg was since the second half of the 15th century, forming territorial rule of the Lords of Rechenberg, men of Landsberg and Rochus Merz Staffelfelden, later the territory of the former Imperial Count of Bissingen Sipping castle in the middle of the Black Forest.
Rechberger, Landsberger, Rochus Merz Staffelfelden, Front Austria
The rule Schramberg was founded by Hans von Rechenberg († 1464 ), which formed a rich immediate territory with his wife Elizabeth of Werdenberg -Sargans († 1469 ) from the former dominions of the Falkensteiner, Ramsteiner and Schilt Ecker. The latter had even after 1464 inventory, as Hans ' son Ludwig von Rechenberg († 1503/ 04) and his brothers claimed this uneven territory and extended, as in the former Knights reign Schilteck ( 1496 ) or the expansion of the castle Hohenschramberg. Louis had, as, inter alia, the Hohenschramberger truce from March 27, 1492 shows his brothers Heinrich ( † 1503) and Wilhelm ( † 1505) also rights in the rule Schramberg and respect the castle grant. Ludwig's son, Hans ( II ) ( 1504-1526 ) strove to disagreements with the Imperial City of Rottweil ( 1512/1513 ) since 1514, however, the sale of the estates that finally, on November 10, 1526 to his brother Hans von Landsberg ( 1526 - 1540) was sold for 11,000 gold florins, after both Emperor Maximilian I ( 1493-1519 ) in 1514 and Abbot Nicholas Schwander of St. Georgen ( 1517-1530 ) in 1521 refrained from finally making a purchase.
The sale deed dated November 10, 1526 leads to the corresponding rule for Schramberg parts: Office Lauterbach and Sulzbach with church and tithe; Office Schramberg with Sulgen and tithes; Heiligenbronn with the monastery bailiwick; Aichhalten and rear Aichhalten with customs; Falkenstein with mill tithes and customs; Office and village Mariazell as a fief of the monastery of Reichenau; Ramstein; half St. Georgen monastery Bailiwick as an imperial fief; Office Tennenbronn; Own people within and outside the rule Schramberg. Hans von Landsberg occurred also in 1527 the Reichenauer Meier office in Trossingen.
The Landsberger oriented politically to the House of Habsburg, with which he closed the opening and service agreements of 1529 and 1536. In 1532 he sold the Habsburg Duke Ferdinand of Württemberg half St. Georgen monastery bailiwick. As the Rechberger, so also acted Landsberger as masters of Schramberg in the very typical for that time nobility feuds usually unhappy. As with Hans von Rechenberg II were also under Hans and his son Christoph von Landsberg (1540-1546) clashes with the Imperial City of Rottweil in the foreground. The country Bergische feud (1538-1541) gained significance over the Schramberg- Rottweiler room addition. The feud damaged the country bergische rule heavy, so that after the death of Christopher ( 1546) whose brothers Rudolf and Hermann ( 1546-1547 ), the rule Schramberg at the Rochus Merz Staffelfelden († 1563) sold ( 1547).
The new owner of the domain Schramberg organized this new, expanded and Rounded them. The Merzsche land register ( 1547/49 ) are the new organizational structure of five to six schrambergischen ' offices and bailiwicks " again, the place Schramberg received with certificate of Emperor Charles V (1519-1556 ) on October 7, 1547 (on the" strongly worded Reichstag " ) market rights, litigation to include also acquired from 1551 farms in the Official Long - Kirnbach led to the threshing floor Bronner agreement dated July 23, 1558 with the Duchy of Württemberg. Following the House of Habsburg - Austria agreed the Lord of Schramberg in 1551 an opening and umbrella contract for the castle Hohenschramberg. Rochus Merz left at his death (1563 ) an ordered, but not yet fully consolidated " free reign " Schramberg.
Anna Merz Staffelfelden († 1571), the wife of Roch Merz, took over after his death the rule Schramberg. A, consisting of 600 men " hunting expedition " of the imperial city of Rottweil, in the schrambergischen forests within the free stalking (1563 ) brought as hunting after all two hares ( "rabbit song" The Zimmerischen Chronicle ) and was the beginning of a 160 year process over the Imperial Court of Justice the high jurisdiction where stalking and domination Schramberg overlapped; Estate settlements led to the September 20, 1566 to Oberdorfer contract, which confirmed Anna Merz in their Schramberger rule; Territorialisation and domination intensification caused resistance from Schramberger subjects ( 1570/1571 ).
After the death of Anna Merz (1571 ) the rule Schramberg came to related with the Regent Tyrolean noble family of the Zott of Berneck. The rule of Sebastian Gottfried and Zott (1571-1583) led then finally the transition Schramberg to the House of Habsburg - Austria, a ( 1583 ); Count William of rooms (1583-1594) was invested with the front Austrian rule.
Constitutional position
The rule conglomerate that should evolve under the computational salvors, country salvors and Rochus Merz Staffelfelden in the late 15th and in the 16th century to the reign Schramberg, had as its core the remains of the dominions Falkenstein ( Falkenstein and Ramstein ) and Schilteck. Accordingly, founded the rule Schramberg on the falkensteinischen high jurisdiction and was therefore rich immediately and free, only the German king and emperor and the empire subordinate. Restrictions there were in this respect there where Schramberger rule and Rottweiler Pürschgerichtsbezirk overlap territorially or the Kondominaten Tennenbronn and Sulgen / Sulgau; The latter were common schrambergisch -Württemberg dominions. That eventually also included the rights and properties outside the country's reign at the Schiltach to the rule of Rechberger, Landsberger and Staffelfeldener, shows among other things the possession of the half St. Georgen monastery bailiwick, which was a total fiefdom of the Lords of Schramberg and the Dukes of Württemberg.
The mutual entanglement and overlap of ownership and sovereignty corresponded whose mobility when buying and selling. Hans von Rechenberg acquired in the mid- 15th century, parts of the falkensteinischen gentlemen who rule Schramberg was in 1526 sold to the Landsberger, 1547 at Rochus Merz to go ultimately to the House of Habsburg Austria ( 1583 ).
Political center of the domain Schramberg the castle was Hohenschramberg. In addition, there were the scattered settlements of the valleys, which are increasingly organized themselves as communities in the course of the 15th century. Lauterbach and Sulzbach are mentioned here ( 1497 ). Aichhalten and Mariazell - the latter fief of the monastery of Reichenau - were then used to rule Schramberg associated with communities (sometimes small ) urban character. The internal division of the territory into five or six ' offices and bailiwicks " ( Schramberg, Aichhalten, Lauterbach -Sulzbach, Mariazell, Tennenbronn, [ Long - Kirnbach ] ) was fundamentally determined by Rochus Merz, the Merzsche land register to the" Basic Law " of territorial sovereignty, as the " knightly miniature state" in organizing and managing the other territories adapting. The resulting administrative divisions corresponded to the train of time, the 16th century was still the era of territorialization and confessionalisation, the rule Schramberg remained with the Catholic faith, the Catholic Church but was territorialized in the reign Schramberg.
Bissingen - Nippenburg
To 1648, the territory fell after several changes of ownership and boundary changes to the barons (since 1746 Imperial Count ) of Bissingen Sipping castle. The rule Schramberg was then in virtually unchanged limits to the connection to Württemberg in 1805. Geographically included the rule large areas of formerly independent communities Schramberg ( Talstadt Schramberg ) Sulgen, Tennenbronn, and Lauterbach, Maria Zell ( now community Eschbronn ), Hardt, and Aichhalten. Political center of the domain Schramberg Schramberg was the valley town, and the castle Hohenschramberg.
The term rule Schramberg is colloquially barely used, mostly this is resorted to the concept space stem Schramberg. In the historical geography / geography, however, the designation rule Schramberg is still in use.