Wolfgang Schutzbar (1483–1566) hailed from the family of Schutzbar genannt Milchling from Hesse

Hesse

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He joined the Teutonic Order in 1507 and was from 1529 to 1543 Komtur

Komtur

Komtur was a rank within military orders, especially the Teutonic Knights. In the State of the Teutonic Order, the Komtur was the commander of a basic administrative division called Kommende . A Komtur was responsible for the alimentation of the Knights by the yield from the local estates, he...

 of the Bally

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 of Hesse at Marburg

Marburg

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In 1543, he became Hochmeister

Hochmeister

The grand master is the holder of the supreme office of the Teutonic Order. It is equivalent to the grand master of other military orders and the superior general in non-military Roman Catholic religious orders...

 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
  Schutzbar genannt Milchling
  Schutzbar genannt Milchling is an Upper Hesse, later baronial noble family. The earlier Hessian landsässige branch of the family is still a member of the Althessischen knighthood.-History:...