Rappold von Külsheim

Rappold von Külsheim, in contemporary charters Rapoto von Külsheim and called the Strong Knight, was a Franconian knight and vassal of the burgraves of Nuremberg; his family held the castle of Külsheim near Windsheim and estates around Fürth. He first appears in the burgraves' following in 1317 and numbered among the leading officials of their court from 1333, repeatedly named a judge of the imperial land court between 1337 and 1352, and recorded as Reichsschultheiß of Nuremberg in 1338.

In 1349 he held the castle of Atzenhof, and on his petition the church of St. Johannis at Burgfarrnbach was raised into an independent parish that same year.

He died at Fürth in 1355 or 1356 and was buried at Burgfarrnbach, where his grave slab shows the family stag. A later legend tells that he set up a roadside column after his daughter died in an accident.