Museum in the city palace

38.1 The fist of Stromberg

The Fauste von Stromberg were ministerials of the Counts of Sponheim in the 14th century. Like their “lords”, they came from the Hunsrück region.

In Kirchheimbolanden, four members of this family fulfilled the function of bailiff,

were therefore representatives of the “lordship” vis-à-vis the subjects: Philipp Faust von Stromberg (died 1540), his son of the same name (year of death unknown), Bartel Faust von Stromberg (year of death also unknown) and Philipp Richard Faust von Stromberg (died 1596).

The original connection between the Fauste von Strombergs and the Counts of Sponheim is shown by the coat of arms above the entrance gate at Mozartstrasse 7, which documents the marriage of Johann Friedrich Faust von Stromberg and Eva von der Fels under the date “1582”. This is because the husband’s coat of arms is shaft. The difference lies in the coloring (Counts of Sponheim: white-blue – Faust von Stromberg: gold-red with an additional star).

A further reference to the Faust von Stromberg family can be found in Kirchheimbolanden on a Renaissance gravestone in St. Peter’s Church [Standort 18] for Johann Paul Faust von Stromberg, who died in 1622. He is honored on it as SPLENDIDA FAUSTOIAE GLORIA GENTIS (radiant glory of the Faustian dynasty).