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For the mountain, see Rechberg (mountain).
Rechberg was the name of a noble comital family in Swabia during the Holy Roman Empire period.
- Ulrich I von Rechberg, ca. 1140-1206, auf Hohenrechberg, Swabian Marescalc, married Edilhardis von Ramis and Berchterad von Biberbach
- Hildebrand (Hiltprand) von Rechberg, fl 1194-1226, auf Hohenrechberg, d. before 1235, married a daughter of Heinrich Marschall von Pappenheim
- Conrad I "Monacus" von Rechberg, fl 1235,
- Conrad II "der Landvogt" von Rechberg, fl 1259
- Albrecht (I) "der Landvogt" von Rechberg, fl 1293,
- Albrecht III von Rechberg, zu Staufeneck, zu Falkenstein d. 1408
- Wilhelm I von Rechberg zu Hohenrechberg, d. after 1401; married Sophie von Veringen, daughter of Heinrich IV of Veringen
- Heinrich I von Rechberg zu Hohenrechberg und Gammertingen,d. 1437; married Agnes von Helfenstein, daughter of Ulrich VII of Helfenstein
- Hans von Rechberg-Hohenrechberg, zu Gammertingen, married Veronika von Waldburg (d. 1443) and Elisabeth von Werdenberg-Sargans, daughter of Heinrich IX (II) of Werdenberg-Sonnenberg (d. 1469)
The Rechberg (el. 707.9 m.) is one of the three Imperial mountains near Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Together with the Hohenstaufen and Stuifen, it forms the so-called "Three Kaiser mountains" ( Drei Kaiserberge).
It lies south of Schwäbisch Gmünd on the northern end of the Schwäbische Alb. The other two Imperial mountains are the Stuifen to the southeast and the Hohenstaufen to the west. In 1979, the Rechberg was made a state recreation area.
The plateau at the summit is topped by a Baroque pilgrim's chapel built in 1686-88 by Count Bernhard Bero von Rechberg. Since the 15th century, the Rechberg has been the goal of pilgrimages.
On the west shoulder of the mountain about 100 m from the summit are the ruins of the Hohenrechberg. This castle was built in the time of the Hohenstaufen emperors by the counts of Rechberg and was the administrative center of their domain.