 The Wiesensteiger branch inherited the county of Geislingen with Burg Helfenstein, but pledged the entire holding to the Free Imperial City of Ulm in 1382 for a loan.In 1396 the city called for repayment, but the House of Helfenstein owed at least 123,439 Gulden to the city.To repay the loan, most of the County of Geislingen including the ancestral castle and 27 villages or hamlets were given to Ulm.