The Pfinzing von Henfenfeld were one of the oldest patrician families in the imperial city of Nuremberg . They are first mentioned in a document in 1233 and were represented in the inner council from the beginning of the council records in 1274 until their extinction in 1764 . This made them the oldest Nuremberg council family. According to the dance Statute of 1521 belonged to the twenty old lines eligible for Ratsfähigen. In 1764 the male line died out. Throughout its history the family boasted five Reichsschultheiß (mayors) of Nuremberg History The Pfinzing (also: Pfintzing) came from the Reichsministerialität around Nuremberg and were first mentioned in 1233 with Sifridus de Nurinberc, called Pfincinch, in a document from the Heilsbronn monastery. The family was one of the most important Nuremberg patrician families . The Pfinzing had occupied the office of Reichsschultheissen several times as early as 1274 and were a power factor in the wide-ranging Nuremberg trade policy in the 14th century. Our own trading activities in Southeastern Europe, in Italy and as a partner in Stromer's trading company are also documented early on. Bertold Pfinzing († 1405), Ulrich Stromer's son-in-law, was King Wenzel's advisor and financier . His son, Sebald Pfinzing († 1431), also played a major role in politics. Together with Peter Volckamer, he was the most important Nuremberg liaison to King Sigismund in 1411/31 and then one of the richest citizens of the city. In the 16th century the Pfinzing owned a wide-ranging trading network with bases in Venice, Salzburg, Augsburg, Regensburg, Leipzig and Breslau, among others. They traded in textiles and spices, were involved in the Schlaggenwald tin trade and, above all, in the Mansfeld iron and steel trade . They did business with iron ore mining and processing in the Upper Palatinate and owned their own Seigerhütte in Ludwigsstadt . The Pfinzing belonged, along with the Imhoff, Tucher and Welser, to the last patrician long-distance traders. Together with Hans Welser, Martin II Pfinzing (1521–1572) was elected as the first lord of the market to the trading board of the Nuremberg Stock Exchange The wealth of the Pfinzing was documented in numerous possessions in and around Nuremberg. In 1530, Martin I Pfinzing (1490–1552) bought the ancestral seat of Burg Henfenfeld from the Egloffsteins and named his line Pfinzing von Henfenfeld after the village of the same name . The addition to the name was recognized as