Tübingen

Tübingen was the seat of the counts palatine of Swabia, whose family held Hohentübingen Castle. In 1337 Count Gottfried faced mounting debts as partitions weakened the dynasty.

In 1342 Emperor Louis the Bavarian ordered Gottfried to make restitution. The count sold the town and castle of Tübingen to Ulrich III of Württemberg for 20,000 gold hellers. Lesser branches of the family survived as minor lords until the seventeenth century.