County of Kirchberg

The Kirchberg coat of arms, which has not been interpreted satisfactorily, shows a woman (later often a Mohrin) holding a helmet or a lily, later a mitre, in her hands.

The frequent use of the first names Otto and Hartmann could indicate family ties to the Counts of Buchhorn, a branch of the Udalrich line that was wealthy on Lake Constance and had died out in 1089, or to the Hupaldings.

In the High and Late Middle Ages, parts of it went as subfiefs or fiefdoms to the local lower nobility and to the citizens of Ulm.

William, who was apparently from 1473 personal servant of Eberhard V, Count of Württemberg-Urach,[3] sold his half in 1481 to George, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut, and Philipp in 1498.

In November 1510, his daughter and heiress Apollonia and her husband, John, Count of Montfort-Tettnang, sold the Wain estate they had acquired in 1499 .

Only from the middle of the 13th century are further pictorial sources available, which always show a crowned female figure carrying either a helmet or a lily in her hands.

In 1536, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor recreated the title count of Kirchberg for the wealthy Fugger family.