Sickingen is the name of an old southwest German aristocratic family. The lords of Sickingen belonged to the Kraichgau uradel or ancient nobility and, from 1797, to the imperially immediate Hochadel or high nobility.
The Sickingen-Sickingen line died out in 1834, the Sickingen-Hohenburgs in 1932.
Colours and elements, especially the five balls, from the Sickingen coat of arms still appear today in many county, town and village coats of arms in the former territory of the Sickingens.
The Barony of Sickingen was divided into the "Great Jurisdiction" (Großgericht) and the "Little Jurisdiction" (Kleingericht).
Within the Großgericht were the villages of Bann, Harsberg, Hermersberg, Horbach, Kindsbach, Krickenbach, Linden, Queidersbach, Weselberg and Zeselberg.
The Kleingericht oversaw the villages of Gerhardsbrunn, Hauptstuhl, Kirchenarnbach, Knopp, Langwieden, Martinshöhe, Mittelbrunn, Mühlbach, Oberarnbach, Obernheim, Scharrhof and Schauerberg,
Schwickart the Younger of Sickingen (died 1478), Amtmann
Schweickhardt of Sickingen (died 1505), imperial knight, father of Franz von Sickingen
Reinhard of Sickingen (born around 1417; died 1482), Prince-Bishop of Worms, held office from 1445 to 1482
Francis of Sickingen (born 1481; died 1523), imperial knight and leader of the Rhenish and Swabian knights
Johann Damian von Sickingen (18th century), Inhaber of an imperial infantry regiment
Ferdinand Damian von Sickingen, Commander of the German Order of St. Aegidius, (1734-1736)
Karl Heinrich Joseph von Sickingen (born 1737; died 1791), diplomat and chemist
Karl Schweikard von Sickingen (died 1711), Knight of the Teutonic Order
Kasimir Anton von Sickingen (born 1684; died 1750), Prince-Bishop of Constance, held office from 1743 to 1750
Karl Ludwig von Sickingen-Ebernburg, Abbot of Kornelimünster Abbey 1745–1764
Franz von Sickingen (died 1834 in Sauerthal), imperial count and castle lord of the Sauerburg. Last member of the noble family
Hans-Joachim Bechtoldt: Wappensiegel der Sickinger. In: Jahrbuch für westdeutsche Landesgeschichte, 34th Yearbook, 2008, pp. 129–167 [not evaluated]
Michael Benz: Sickingen – Bildnisse. G. Peschke GmbH Druckerei, Munich, 1985 [not evaluated]
Joachim P. Heinz: Der Reichsdeputationshauptschluss (1803) und die Auflösung der pfälzischen Grafschaften Wartenberg, Sickingen und von der Leyen. In: Mitteilungen of the Historischen Vereins der Pfalz, 111. Vol., 2013, pp. 185–265 [not evaluated]
Otto Hupp: Münchener Kalender 1903. Buch u. Kunstdruckerei AG, Munich / Regensburg, 1903.
Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: Neues allgemeines deutsches Adels-Lexicon. Vol. 8, Friedrich Voigt's Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 1868, pages 485-486. (digitalised)
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Vol. XIII, Vol. 128 of the complete series, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn), 2002, ISSN 0435-2408
