Staffort Book

After his death in 1577, his son Ernst Friedrich von Baden-Durlach inherited the lower margraviate with the offices of Durlach, Mühlburg, Pforzheim, Graben and Staffort.

welche ihre Fürstliche Gnaden bis dahero von der Subcription der Formulä Concordiä abgehalten, auch nachmalen dieselbe zu unterschreiben Bedenken, haben, sambt Ihre Fürstlichen Gnaden Confession und Bekanntnuß über etliche von den Evangelischen Theologen erweckte strittige Artikel.

The resistance in the state was supported by the Lutheran faculty of the University of Tübingen with counter-writings, which on the other hand described him as a "fundamentally learned gentleman".

Resistance was particularly strong in Pforzheim, especially as the citizens there did not want to accept the relocation of the residence to Durlach and the loss of tax privileges.

When the margrave set out to resolve the confused situation by force if necessary, he died at Remchingen Castle on April 14, 1604, before achieving his goal.

To mark the 200th anniversary of the church union in Baden, the Staffort Book was translated into the current language by theologian Holger Müller and published by Klotz Verlagshaus.