House of Wild

The House of Wild was a Saxon noble family that also lived in parts of Franconia, southern Germany.

The two families became vagabonds and robber knights, taking merchants hostage, mainly from Eger, and would only release them for a ransom.

As a result, they attracted the attention of the burgraves of Nuremberg who attacked them because their raids were affecting their territorial politics.

In 1355/1356 the burgraves purchased the entire estate of the castle, the Amt and the parish of Kirchenlamitz.

The coat of arms of the House of Wild is a gold crescent on a blue field.