Schenk von Limpurg

The Schenks of Limpurg were a Swabian noble family who held the hereditary office of imperial cupbearer (Schenk) and from the 13th century ruled the Lordship of Limpurg near Schwäbisch Hall. Their lands lay along the Kocher valley, with residences at Gaildorf and Obersontheim. The family became Lutheran in the 16th century and died out in the male line in 1713.