Lörzweiler Königstuhl

Lörzweiler King's Chair 
We elect the Salier as king 

As so often in the Middle Ages; it was the church representatives under whose influence either families strengthened or were weakened. Emperor Heinrich II died in 1024 without heirs. The Archbishop of Mainz, Aribo, helped Konrad to win the election - which is said to have taken place here in Lörzweiler. In glorious procession, the Salian is said to have then been led to Mainz and crowned in the cathedral as Conrad II. The site was mentioned in a document in 1490 with the name "an dem koenigstuhle" and was quite common in the land register. Various vines grow on marl. 

> Historical background knowledge about the election and coronation at https://www.regionalgeschichte.net/rheinhessen/mainz/einzelaspekte/brilmayer.html
> History of the village Lörzweiler, for a long time old property of the Mainz archbishopric and as a fief in the possession of the noble family von Hettesdorf: https://www.regionalgeschichte.net/rheinhessen/loerzweiler.html 
> The Wartturm of Nierstein is not far away. Here stones of the former king's chair are said to have been used. So it is obvious that the election took place on/in/at a building (compare view Königstuhl in Rhens) https://gdke.rlp.de/kulturerbeonline/burgen-und-schloesser ) 
> Explore the Wartturm of Nierstein: https://www.rheinhessen.de/a-wartturm-von-nierstein