Balthasar von Raunach

Balthasar von Raunach (* approx. 1525 ; † December 31, 1605 in Salzburg ) was a clergyman, pastor and provost in Salzburg. In February 1585 he was also appointed ambassador of Salzburg for the district council in Landshut .

family

Raunach's parents were Jakob von Raunach, son of Bernhardin and Genovefa von Freyberg, and Anna Freiin von Lamberg, daughter of Josef Freiherr von Lamberg, on Ortenegg and Ottenstein, governor in Krain, and Elisabeth von Ellach.

Occupation of the pastor's office in Salzburg

Be sworn Raunach has on 25 April 1551. As in 1574, the city parish in Salzburg had become clear there was to take over the site of two candidates: Balthasar of Raunach and Johann Ertl. Raunach was initially entrusted with the administration of the office. Ertl, with whom the chapter was negotiating in this regard, turned down the position, which suited the canons , who were reluctant to entrust the position to a stranger. At the request of the chapter, Raunach administered the pastorate for two more years.

Provost in Salzburg

When the position of Provost of Salzburg became vacant , Baron Ernst von Wolkenstein and Raunach also applied for the election of Provost, which took place on June 21, 1604 . At the first scrutinium (collecting and checking the votes in a Catholic church election), the candidates received the same number of votes. In the subsequent oral election, Raunach received the majority of the votes and was now Salzburg Cathedral Provost.

Raunach died on December 31, 1605; his epitaph is in the Franciscan Church in Salzburg.

Literature and Sources

• Johann Riedl: Salzburg canons from 1514–1806. In: Communications from the Society for Regional Studies in Salzburg. Vol. VII. Salzburg 1867.
• Extracts (Raunach) from the Lazarini Genealogical Collection (in the Historical Archive in Ljubljana)