273 Staufenberg Castle Window 13

Motif above: The angel Gabriel announces the birth of Christ to Mary. Next to it are St Ottilie and St Catherine; at the bottom left a praying Dominican nun; on the right: shield with cross. Disc probably from a Dominican monastery. Inscription from another disc installed (around 1600). Inscription: “Hans Well aber ..Zitt Vogt zu ..”

Motif below: Dietegen Rinck von Wildenberg *1523/25 +30.05.1590 was mayor of Schaffhausen and married Margaretha Bill von Tüslingen from Waldshut. Coat of arms, left: black peg in silver (cotter pin for the wagon wheel) with eyelet at the lower end Coat of arms, right: Bill von Tußlingen, so-called Jewish hat with five red wags in gold, crest: hat with chinstrap. A tournament in the headpiece. Inscription: “Diedagen von Wisenberg genant Rinck der Zyt Burger.eister zu schaffHusen und Margrett Bi.in von Düs.inge Sin egmahl.”

The couple’s tomb can be found in the cloister of the cathedral in Schaffhausen. Margareta Billin von Tueßlingen von Waldshut died in 1594.

Dietegen Ringk von Wildenberg came from the Rhaetian noble family of Rinck and held other important posts in Schaffhausen in addition to the office of mayor, including member of the Great Council, bailiff’s judge, lord and head bailiff of Merishausen.Dietegen Ringk von Wildenberg came from the Rhaetian noble family of Rinck and held other important posts in Schaffhausen in addition to the office of mayor, including member of the Great Council, bailiff’s judge, lord and head bailiff of Merishausen. After his death, he was one of the first people to be buried (together with his wife and his son Wolf Dietrich, who died young) in the cloister of Allerheiligen Abbey (Schaffhausen) after the Reformation. The “Ringkengässchen”, which still exists in Schaffhausen today and leads from Herrenacker to Frauengasse, was also named after him.

Bibliography: Mirjam Böhm, Stadtarchiv Schaffhausen