Stockheim, Johann Friedrich von

bailiff

born: 1568 in Idstein

died: 05.04.1627 in Germersheim (near Speyer)

Stockheim came from a family of lower nobility. His father Wilhelm was bailiff to the Counts of Nassau-Idstein. Like his ancestors, Stockheim entered the service of the Counts of Nassau-Idstein and from 1590 served as bailiff to the Counts in Wiesbaden with his official residence in the Nuremberg Court. From 1595-1611 he was bailiff in Oppenheim.

In 1611, he asked the Count of Nassau-Idstein for his release in order to enter the service of the Counts Palatine of the Rhine. After two years, the Counts of Nassau approved his transfer to the service of Frederick V of the Palatinate. In 1613 he moved to Germersheim as Oberamtmann.

He was buried in the Germersheim town church.

Ziemer, Max: Contributions to the history of the von Stockheim family. In. Idsteiner Heimatschau 14/1925 [pp. 1-13].