House of Sickingen


Sickingen is the name of an old southwest German aristocratic family. The lords of Sickingen belonged to the Kraichgau uradel or ancient nobility and, from 1797, to the imperially immediate Hochadel or high nobility.
The Sickingen-Sickingen line died out in 1834, the Sickingen-Hohenburgs in 1932.

Municipal coats of arms

Colours and elements, especially the five balls, from the Sickingen coat of arms still appear today in many county, town and village coats of arms in the former territory of the Sickingens.

Barony of Sickingen

The Barony of Sickingen was divided into the "Great Jurisdiction" and the "Little Jurisdiction".
Within the Großgericht were the villages of Bann, Harsberg, Hermersberg, Horbach, Kindsbach, Krickenbach, Linden, Queidersbach, Weselberg and Zeselberg.
The Kleingericht oversaw the villages of Gerhardsbrunn, Hauptstuhl, Kirchenarnbach, Knopp, Langwieden, Martinshöhe, Mittelbrunn, Mühlbach, Oberarnbach, Obernheim, Scharrhof and Schauerberg,

Bearers of the name