A comital house of the lower Iller south of Ulm.
Their first castle on the hill was probably given up in the late 11th or 12th century and the counts then lived at Oberkirchberg; the first monks of Wiblingen lived in their castle until the abbey was built. The church of St Martin in Unterkirchberg, in their county, is first documented in 1194. No count is named for 1200 in the sources used.
Who he is
- Title
- Counts of Kirchberg
- Family
- A Berchun of Kirchberg married Count Wolfrad I of Veringen (fmg, unconfirmed). The house founded Wiblingen abbey (1093; general reference knowledge, not checked in a fetched source).
- Confidence
- low
fmg.ac (Württemberg, in passing); no family article could be fetched.
Overlord
The duke of Swabia and the king.
What it holds
- Kirchberg castle on the Iller
- The advocacy of Wiblingen abbey (not pinned for 1200)
How it was acquired
Inheritance.
Allies and rivals
Neighbours of Ulm and of the Berg counts.
How things stand that morning
The house holds Kirchberg on 1 January 1200; the count's name and his side in the throne war are not pinned.
Wealth
Iller valley lands.
Military
Kirchberg castle.
Places of note
- Wiblingen abbey: House foundation.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: No source fetched names the count of 1200.
On the map: Rough.
Primary sources for Staufen
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Annals of Marbach (compiled to 1238, the section on 1198 to 1210 written in the early 13th century). Alsatian annals on the Staufen side of the Upper Rhine. Read online
- Annals of Reiner of Saint James, Liège, Reiner of Liège (1197 to 1230, kept year by year). Contemporary annals kept inside Liège. Read online
- Chronicle of Burchard of Ursberg, Burchard of Ursberg (about 1229 to 1230, reworked by Conrad of Lichtenau). Written a generation later by a fierce partisan of the Staufen and a critic of Innocent III. Read online
- Chronicle of Otto of St Blasien, Otto of St Blasien (about 1209 to 1210). A Swabian continuation of Otto of Freising written from the Staufen side. Read online
- Chronicle of Reinhardsbrunn; Chronicle of St Peter's, Erfurt (Erfurt chronicle in the 13th century; Reinhardsbrunn compilation about 1340 to 1349 from older annals). The two Thuringian chronicles. Read online
- Chronicle of the Slavs, by Arnold of Lübeck, Arnold of Lübeck (about 1209 to 1210). Arnold continues Helmold and writes from Lübeck, close to Danish, Welf and Baltic affairs. Read online
- Royal Chronicle of Cologne (in stages from about 1175 to about 1250; the section on 1198 to 1220 written soon after the events). The fullest German narrative of the throne war from the Welf and Cologne side. Read online
- Annals of Jarloch (Gerlach), abbot of Milevsko, Jarloch of Milevsko (about 1200 to 1220). The last Bohemian narrative before 1200, continuing Vincentius of Prague. Read online
23 more in the sources library for The Rhineland, the Low Countries and the Swiss Lands.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.