Thürheimer
The Thürheimer (also Thierheimer ) were an old, originally Swabian noble family that settled in Upper Austria in 1629 . It is named after its headquarters on the Thürlesberg near Unterthürheim in Bavarian Swabia.
history
According to legend, the knight Aribo von Thürheim was the first Thürheimer to sit in 883 at the castle of the same name (in Baden?). Goswin Thürheim is said to have rejected the count's crown in the third crusade in 1191, which King Heinrich VI gave him . had offered. Instead, the pious nobleman wanted the Savior's crown of thorns.
According to other sources, the family from Thürheim near Buttenwiesen was first mentioned in the late 11th century in the vicinity of the Hohenstaufen and the bishop of Augsburg . Until 1300 the people of Thürheim had their center of life at their headquarters in Thürheim. After that, they disappeared into insignificance for two centuries.
In 1480 the rule of Biberachzell (today a district of Weißenhorn in the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavarian Swabia) was acquired by Eberhard von Thürheim, which is why the Thürheimers called themselves "from Thürheim to Bibrachzell" in the following. As a result, the family belonged to the imperial knighthood.
Baron Johann Christoph von Thürheim turned to Upper Austria in 1623 during the Bavarian occupation and in 1629 bought Weinberg Castle and the associated lordship from the Zelking family . With that they acquired the castle Dornach near Lasberg and the castle Wartberg near St. Oswald near Freistadt . In addition, they were included in the Upper Austrian estates. Johann (Hans) Christoph was raised to the baron status by Emperor Ferdinand II in 1625 , he died in 1634. Among his four sons, the sex was divided into four subsidiary lines.
Leopold's branch line already died out with his children. The branch line of Franz expired in 1782 with the death of Count Leopold. The line of Phillip Jakob also died out, only the line of Christoph Leopold survived the others. The last male Thürheimer, Andreas, died at Schloss Weinberg in 1961. Christoph Leopold's line split again, while one line remained in Upper Austria, the other line went to Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate .
The Thürheimers in Upper Austria were appointed imperial counts in 1666. In the 18th century they appointed two governors (Christoph Wilhelm I; 1713–1738 and his grandson of the same name; 1763–1783) and held the post of master of the hereditary land falconer.
The Thürheimers in Upper Austria owned numerous castles and palaces. They were owners of: Weinberg Castle , Castle Schwertberg , Castle Wartberg , Castle Poneggen , Hartheim Castle , Obenberg , Castle Dornach , Hagenberg Castle , Castle Tannbach , castle Windegg , the Linz Bergschlössl , castle Bibrachstein , Castle Sprinzenstein , Schloss Puchenau and Pragstein Castle . In Lower Austria the people of Thürheim belonged to Ernsthofen , in Bavaria Fronloh , Schloss Fürstenstein , Schloss Planegg and Burg Hof am Regen and in Bohemia Gut Janovičky.
Important namesake
- Johann Christoph von Thürheim zu Bibrachzell (* before 1629?; †?): Acquired Weinberg Castle in Upper Austria in 1629
- Franz Sebastian von Thürheim (February 2, 1665 - April 10, 1726): Imperial Count; from May 3, 1717 Field Marshal General of the Hereditary Lands of the House of Austria
- Franz Ludwig von Thürheim (* 1710; † 1782): Imperial Count; Imperial Field Marshal General
- Guidobald Maximilian Joseph von Thürheim (*?; †?): Knight of the Teutonic Order (1735–1737)
- Friedrich Karl von Thürheim (* 1763; † 1832): Bavarian civil servant and minister of state; Great-great-grandson of Johann Christoph
- Norbert von Thürheim (*?; † 1788): Count; Defenders against the Turks in Hungary
- Isballa von Thürheim (* 1784; † 1855): Countess; ∞ Count Peter von Goëss ; Great-great-great-granddaughter of Johann Christoph; Sister of Lulu Thürheim
- Konstanze von Thürheim (* 1785; † 1867): Countess; ∞ Andreas Fürst Rasumofsky ; Sister of Lulu Thürheim
- Lulu von Thürheim , (* 1788; † 1864): Countess; Austrian painter and writer
- Franz Joseph von Thürheim (*?; †?): Knight of the Teutonic Order (1791-1817)
- Ludwig Goswin von Thürheim (*?; † 1961)
literature
- Lulu Countess Thürheim : My life. Memories from Austria's big world 1788–1852 . (adFrz., ed. by René van Rhyn), 4 vols., Munich: G. Müller 1913 f.
- Federal Monuments Office Austria (Ed.): Dehio - Upper Austria Mühlviertel . Berger Verlag, Horn / Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-85028-362-5 , page XLVIII.
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Georg Olms Verlag, 1973, ISBN 3-487-04558-3 .
Web links
- Entry on Thürheim in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Historical lexicon of Bavaria: Thürheim, Lords / Counts of (Sarah Hadry)
Individual evidence
- ^ Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: Imperial and Imperial Generals (1618-1815), Austrian State Archives / A. Schmidt-Brentano 2006, p. 101