The House of Sickingen is an old southwest German noble family. The lords of Sickingen belonged to the Kraichgau nobility and from 1797 to the

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nobility. Significant relatives emerged from the family, who achieved great influence in both spiritual and secular offices. Reinhard von Sickingen was Prince-Bishop of

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from 1445 to 1482 and Kasimir Anton von Sickingen was Prince-Bishop of

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from 1743 to 1750. Imperial Knight

Franz von Sickingen Franz von Sickingen (2 March 14817 May 1523) was an Imperial Knight who, with Ulrich von Hutten, led the so-called "Knights' Revolt," and was one of the most notable figures of the early period of the Protestant Reformation. Sickingen was nickn ...

(1481-1523) was leader of the Rhenish and Swabian knighthood. The Sickingen-Sickingen line of the family died out in 1834, the Sickingen-Hohenburgs in 1932.

Lordship of Landstuhl

The Lordship of Landstuhl was a knightly territory of the

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of the German Nation in today's

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. Feuded by the Lords of Sickingen from the 16th to the 18th century, it fell to

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along with the left bank of the

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in 1801 and became part of the

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in 1816. The lordship was divided into the "Great Jurisdiction" (''Großgericht'') and the "Little Jurisdiction" (''Kleingericht''). Within the ''Großgericht'' were the villages of Bann, Harsberg,

Hermersberg Hermersberg ( pfl, Hermerschberch) is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany and belongs to the municipal association Waldfischbach-Burgalben. It is situated on the western edge of the Palatinate Forest ...

, Horbach,

Kindsbach Kindsbach is a municipality in the Kaiserslautern (district), district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Notable people *Paul Westrich (born 1947), insect specialist *Peter Immesberger (born 1960), weight lifter Refere ...

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, Linden,

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and Zeselberg. The ''Kleingericht'' oversaw the villages of

Gerhardsbrunn Gerhardsbrunn is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous countr ...

Hauptstuhl Hauptstuhl is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country i ...

, Kirchenarnbach, Knopp,

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, Mühlbach,

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, Obernheim, Scharrhof and

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Members

* Schwickart der Jüngere von Sickingen (died 1478), '' Amtmann'' * Schweickhardt von Sickingen (died 1505), imperial knight, father of Franz von Sickingen * Reinhard von Sickingen (born around 1417; died 1482), Prince-Bishop of Worms, held office from 1445 to 1482 *

(born 1481; died 1523), imperial knight and leader of the Rhenish and Swabian knights * Johann Damian von Sickingen (18th century), '' Inhaber'' of an imperial infantry regiment * Ferdinand Damian von Sickingen,

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of the German Order of St. Aegidius, (1734-1736) * Karl Heinrich Joseph von Sickingen (born 1737; died 1791), diplomat and chemist * Karl Schweikard von Sickingen (died 1711), Knight of the Teutonic Order * Kasimir Anton von Sickingen (born 1684; died 1750), Prince-Bishop of Constance, held office from 1743 to 1750 * Karl Ludwig von Sickingen-Ebernburg, Abbot of

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1745–1764 * Franz von Sickingen (died 1834 in Sauerthal), imperial count and castle lord of the Sauerburg. Last member of the noble familySauerthal
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Variant arms

Colours and elements 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. File:DEU Landkreis Kaiserslautern COA.svg, District of Kaiserslautern File:Landstuhl wappen.jpg, Town of

Landstuhl Landstuhl () is a town in the Kaiserslautern district of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. It is the seat of ''Verbandsgemeinde Landstuhl'', a kind of "collective municipality." Landstuhl is situated on the north-west edge of the Palatinate F ...

, district of Kaiserslautern File:DEU Verbandsgemeinde Landstuhl COA.svg, Municipal Association of Landstuhl, district of Kaiserslautern File:Wappen otterberg verb.jpg, Municipal Association of Otterberg, district of Kaiserslautern File:Wappen Bad Muenster am Stein-Ebernburg.png, Town of

Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg is a spa town of about 4,000 inhabitants (as of 2004) in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Since 1 July 2014, it is part of the town Bad Kreuznach. It was the seat of the former like-na ...

, district of Bad Kreuznach File:Wappen verb wallhalben.jpg, Municipal Association of Wallhalben, district of

Südwestpfalz Südwestpfalz is a district (''Kreis'' or more precise ''Landkreis'') in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Saarpfalz, the district-free city Zweibrücken, the districts Kaiserslautern and Ba ...

File:DEU Verbandsgemeinde Waldfischbach-Burgalben COA.svg, Municipal Association of Waldfischbach-Burgalben, district of Südwestpfalz File:Wappen Sauerthal.png, Municipality of Sauerthal, district of

Rhein-Lahn-Kreis Rhein-Lahn-Kreis is a district (''Kreis'') in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Westerwaldkreis, Limburg-Weilburg, Rheingau-Taunus, Mainz-Bingen, Rhein-Hunsrück, Mayen-Koblenz, and the dis ...

File:Wappen von Bann.png, Municipality of Bann, district of Kaiserslautern File:Wappen von Hauptstuhl.png, Municipality of

, district of Kaiserslautern File:Wappen von Kindsbach.png, Municipality of

, district of Kaiserslautern

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sickingen, House Of 1280s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire 1932 disestablishments in Austria Christian families Extinct baronies Palatinate noble families

Lordship of Landstuhl

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