Uissigheim is a town district of

Külsheim Külsheim is a town in the Main-Tauber district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 12 km northwest of Tauberbischofsheim, and 10 km south of Wertheim am Main. Town districts (former independent municipalities) * Külsheim ...

in the

Main-Tauber-Kreis Main-Tauber-Kreis is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the northeast of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from northwest clockwise) Miltenberg, Main-Spessart, Würzburg, Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim and Ansbach (all in Bavaria ...

. In medieval times it was a village home to the

Uissigheim family The Uissigheim family were minor Frankish nobility at Uissigheim, south-east of Wertheim. The family - Arnold von Uissigheim Arnold III von Uissigheim, also ''blessed Arnold'' und "König Armleder", (c.1298-1336) was a medieval German highwayman, ...

, of whom the most infamous member was the highwayman and persecutor of the Jews

Arnold von Uissigheim Arnold III von Uissigheim, also ''blessed Arnold'' und "König Armleder", (c.1298-1336) was a medieval German highwayman, bandit, and renegade knight of the Uissigheim family, of the village Uissigheim of the same name. He was the leader of the ...

(executed 1336).

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