Pawin von Hemberg

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Pawin von Hemberg (born about 1350 in Bornheim, Holy Roman Empire) was the first in the von Hemberg family to hold the hereditary title Erbkämmerer, a chamberlain to the Archbishop of Cologne. He descended from Albero von Hemberg, the first von Hemberg knight associated with Hemmerich Castle near Cologne.

In 1395, Pawin became the amtmann (administrative official) in Rheinbach. He married the daughter of Werner von Bachem, who already held the hereditary Erbkämmerer title to the archbishop. Werner renounced the title in the late 14th century so Pawin and his descendants could inherit it. In 1402, Rupert, King of Germany, named Pawin the new Erbkämmerer to Archbishop Friedrich III von Saarwerden, making Hemmerich a residence tied to the archbishop.

In 1405, Pawin’s son Arnold von Hemberg was involved in a conflict with Johann Kessel von Nurbergh, and Pawin expected Cologne to support his son. That same year, Pawin sold one of his estates to the Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony, which became known as Antoniterhof.