Since when there were Haeberlens among the citizens of Weinsberg we do not know for sure. But for sure they had to share the lot that the city of Weinsberg had to carry in the year 1525. It.had to pay for the deeds of the revolting peasants who had killed Lord Helfenstein within the walls of Weinsberg. In May 1525 the "Truchess of Waldenburg", called "Bauernjoerg", gave orders to burn down the city completely. No livestock or possessions of any kind were allowed to be taken out. The Austrian rulers prohibited to rebuild the city, although the inhabitants could prove their innocence. At the beginning of winter the sentence was moderated insofar as the inhabitants were allowed to rebuild the houses. But they were not allowed to build the city wall until 1534 when Duke Ulrich returned to Weinsberg.

Like the whole of Wuerttemberg in Weinsberg the reformation was introduced and that's why the Weinsberg Haeberlens are Protestants. One of the many good things introduced by Duke Christoph were church registers. In Weinsberg they go back until 1571. One page three we find citizen Balthas Heberlen. With the help of the church registers we can follow generation after generation until today. In general the registers are not much more than names and dates, but they still help to get an idea of the circumstances under which our ancestors lived. Most of them were manual workers, as many of them are today.