Wolfgang Schutzbar

Wolfgang Schutzbar
Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens
Portrait of Schutzbar at Mergentheim Palace
Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
Reign	1543–1566
Predecessor	Walter von Cronberg
Successor	Georg Hundt von Weckheim
Born	c. 1483 Treis an der Lumda, Holy Roman Empire
Died	11 February 1566(1566-02-11) (aged 83) Mergentheim, Holy Roman Empire

Wolfgang Schutzbar (c. 1483  – 11 February 1566) was the 39th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, serving from 1543 to 1566.

Schutzbar was born in the central Hessian town of Treis an der Lumda around 1483. He hailed from the family of Schutzbar genannt Milchling from Hesse. He joined the Teutonic Order in 1507 and was from 1529 to 1543 Komtur of the Bally of Hesse at Marburg.

In 1543, he became Hochmeister and Deutschmeister, a combined office located at Mergentheim. There, he built the first town hall in 1564, and the first water supply.

A monument dedicated to him is found at the local Market Square.

His coat of arms shows three hearts meeting in the center of the shield.

See also

• Schutzbar genannt Milchling

References

• Der Deutsche Orden in Hessen. Ausstellung des Hessischen Staatsarchivs Marburg, bearb. von Hans-Peter Lachmann, Marburg, 1983, S. 97.
• Hermann, A., Wolfgang Schutzbar genannt Milchling, in: Udo Arnold (Hg.), Die Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens (=QuStDO 40), Marburg, 1996.

Further reading

• Renz, Gustav Adolf (1928). Wolfgang Schutzbar, genannt Milchling : das Lebensbild eines Reichsfürsten und Ordensritters (in German). Bad Mergentheim: Kling. OCLC 632406077.

External links

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