Andreas von Greißenegg

Andreas von Greißenegg (* 1425 ; † April 23, 1471 in Graz ), also called Andreas or Andree Greißenegger , was an Austrian nobleman from the Greißenegger family .

Life

Andreas Greißenegger was born towards the end of 1425 as one of two sons of Hans von Greißenegg and his wife Magdalena von Fladnitz. His twin brother Tibold died the following year. After the death of his father in 1427, the guardianship of the then two-year-old Andreas passed to his great-uncle Leonhard Harracher. When Greißenegger was vogtable in 1443, i.e. of age, he was enfeoffed with his father's property and became treasurer in Carinthia . In 1446 he took part in a contingent against the Hungarians.

By marrying Margarethe Hanau-Laun, the chief heiress of the Hanau-Laun family, he came to large estates in the Kainach and Pibertal valleys in 1458/59 , including the prince's fiefdom over today's Greißenegg Castle , including the keep , the Hauenstein and Obervoitsberg castles , the supervision of all of Piber-dependent churches as well as the high and low hunting around Voitsberg and in the Södinger Forest belonged. It is possible that Greißenegger was an administrator for the Styrian sovereigns at that time. With his wife's dowry , Greißenegger acquired the rule of Lankowitz from Emperor Friedrich III around 1458/60 .

Together with Andreas Baumkircher , Andreas Greißenegger came to Emperor Friedrich III in 1462. to help when he was besieged in the Hofburg . In 1464 Friedrich III bought Greißenegger demolished two houses in Wiener Neustadt . The inaction of Frederick III. in the context of the impending wars with the Hungarians and Turks led to great dissatisfaction in Styria. Parts of the nobility formed a federation for the defense of the country, which, however, was disapproved by the emperor. Andreas Greißenegger may have played a leading role in this alliance, as indicated above all by his visit to Duke Siegmund of Tyrol in Innsbruck . The emperor withdrew the fiefs over the lords of Eibiswald and Klam from the Greißeneggern because of their participation in this union and dissolved the lease agreements for the properties in the Kainach and Pibertal valleys.

On April 18, 1468 there was a negotiation between Emperor Friedrich III. and Andreas Greißenegger, as a result of whom Greißenegger ceded Clam Castle to the emperor. In return, he received a promise that there would be a discussion with the emperor under the assurance of safe conduct. When the Baumkircher feud against the emperor, declared by Andreas Baumkircher , came in the same year , it was not supported by Greißenegger. On October 28, 1469, he was one of the aristocrats who decided in Judenburg to organize the Upper Styrian Landsturm and the land in the name of Emperor Friedrich III. to defend against Baumkirchner's attacks. On December 3, 1469, the estates held a meeting in Voitsberg, of which the emperor suspected the Greißenegger. When there was peace between Baumkirchner and the emperor in 1470, a general land tax was introduced to cover war costs, which was collected by Andreas Greißenegger, among others.

Friedrich III. granted market rights to Köflach at Greißenegger's request . He also enfeoffed him with goods in Kainach and on Kalchberg and granted him the right to mine iron ore in Salla . Although the emperor enfeoffed Greißenegger with goods, he still considered him dangerous because he was related to Andreas Baumkirchner through marriage. Perhaps he also feared that there might be new uprisings under the leadership of Baumkirchner and Greißenegger. In 1471 he invited both of them to Graz for a discussion with the assurance of safe conduct. When they arrived at Graz Castle on April 23 , both were arrested, taken to the Murtor and publicly beheaded without a trial. According to tradition, Greißenegger was buried in the cloister of the Franciscan monastery in Graz and most of his goods were taken over by Friedrich III. moved in.

legend

There is a legend about the person of Andreas Greißenegger and his death. According to this legend, Greißenegger is said to have gone to the clairvoyant farmer Thomas Weiß in Salla. He prophesied to Greißenegger that he would die at the hand of an executioner, which also happened after he had ridden down a pregnant woman in Graz.

literature

• Ernst Lasnik : Voitsberg - portrait of a city and its surroundings . tape 1 . Municipality of Voitsberg, Voitsberg 2012, p. 236-239 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Ernst Lasnik : Voitsberg - portrait of a city and its surroundings . tape 1 . Municipality of Voitsberg, Voitsberg 2012, p. 227-235 .
2. ↑ Wolfgang Morscher: Andreas von Greißenegg with the fortune teller. In: Sagen.at. www.sagen.at, accessed on January 6, 2014 (German).