Carl von Hohenbalken

Family coat of arms Carl von Hohenbalken

Carl von Hohenbalken also Carl ab Hohenbalken , is an old ministerial family in Val Müstair ( German Münstertal , Italian Val Monastero ) in the Swiss canton of Graubünden .

history

The name Carl refers to Charlemagne ; The founding of the St. Johann monastery in Müstair is said to go back to him. The "Carle" from the Balcun At castle above the village took the addition . The name appears for the first time in 1427: … Ich Janutt Carl de Balkun ault or called by Hohenbalken ze tütsch… Perhaps the name comes from a balcony or gallery situated high up (Latin: altus ). Later it became Balkun ault German for Hohenbalken ; the balcony became a beam. Whether the name was transferred to Hohenbalken Castle in Surselva is possible, but not clear.

In 1193 Carolus de Monasterio and 1289 Carolus operaius are mentioned as witnesses in Müstair . Family members in the 14th and 15th centuries are dubbed episcopal ministerials . The aforementioned Janutt was chairman (ministral) of the valley jury in 1427 when the civil and criminal statutes of the Münster valley were enacted. At the beginning of the 17th century "Carle" led the Venetian party in the Münstertal. Nikolaus Carl von Hohenbalken was involved with Jörg Jenatsch and others in the murder of Pompejus von Plantas in 1621 . Three abbesses of the Benedictine convent of St. Johann in Müstair came from the family in the 16th and 17th centuries.

In the 18th century the main lines of Chur and Münstertal became extinct. The direct descent of the two Kaspar Carl von Hohenbalken is in part uncertain.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the Carl von Hohenbalken family (episcopal ministerial family of the Münstertal) Blazon: divided by black and silver with three chess pieces (2.1) in alternating colors

people

Salenegg Castle and Manor near Maienfeld

• Gregor Carl von Hohenbalken , † 1577, son of Chur's mayor Hans Carl von Hohenbalken and Margareta Metzler (sister of the Bishop of Konstanz , Christoph Metzler ), 1⚭ Margreth Beeli von Belfort, daughter of Conradin Beeli (von Belfort), 2⚭ 1570 Violanda von Salis -Soglio, daughter of Gubert, governor of Veltlin . 1537/38 Podestà in Morbegno , 1542–1544 mercenary captain in French service, 1545 mayor of Chur. 1548 Acquisition of Neu-Aspermont Castle and goods near Jenins . 1557–1559 Landvogt and from 1573 to 1577 tenant of the Landvogtei Maienfeld , he acquired the Salenegg Castle and Salenegg Estate. 1567 Acquisition of Haldenstein Castle and Lordship . The Karlihof in Chur probably goes back to the former possession of the Carls (1515 to Carlis Gütter), as mayor of Chur and president of the Church of God 1523/24 as well as co-sealer of the first Ilanz article letter , he had a lasting influence on the fate of the young three-tier state.
• Kaspar Carl von Hohenbalken , * 1736 in Tarasp , † July 22, 1797 in Vienna , studied theology in Innsbruck and Vienna, got to know Jansenism and became its most convinced representative in Austria. The Viennese pastor became director of the theological faculty in Olomouc-Brünn in 1778 and headed the priestly house there. In 1785 he was transferred to Vienna. The first curator of the university library, Kaspar Carl von Hohenbalken, was promoted to Dr. theol. hc of the University of Vienna .
• Kaspar de Carl from Hohenbalken * March 27, 1781 in Tarasp in the Lower Engadine ; † April 19, 1859 in Chur, was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Chur diocese

Tribe list Carl von Hohenbalken (18th to 20th century)

1. Johannes Carl von Hohenbalken ⚭ Ursula Thöni
   1. Kaspar de Carl ab Hohenbalken , born March 27, 1781 Tarasp , † April 19, 1859 Chur, Bishop of Chur
   2. Jacob Franz Carl von Hohenbalken * October 7, 1784, Tarasp, † May 6, 1857 Innsbruck, ⚭ 1826 Maria Barbara von Tarnoczy * September 20, 1794, Innsbruck, † August 27, 1839, Innsbruck
      1. Joseph Carl von Hohenbalken * November 17, 1826, Innsbruck, † July 8, 1890, ⚭ February 28, 1859, Marie Anna Wilhelmine von Klebelsberg zu Thumburg * November 10, 1833 Welsberg , ( South Tyrol ), † January 31, 1909, Innsbruck
         1. Marie Karoline Wilhelmine Carl von Hohenbalken * March 6, 1860 in Klausen, † March 15, 1941, Bruck an der Mur , ⚭ July 11, 1883 in Idrija ( Slovenia ) Anton Josef Ignaz Edler von Posch, * April 17, 1855, Hallstatt , † 1926
         2. Emilie Carl von Balken * June 26, 1861, Klausen, † August 26, 1861, Klausen
         3. Theodor Carl von Hohenbalken * July 16, 1863, Klausen, † March 20, 1928, Graz, ⚭ before 1894 Paula Pichler * May 24, 1873 Amfels, † March 17, 1956
         4. Maximilian Carl von Hohenbalken * June 12, 1865, Klausen, † March 7, 1937, Kitzbühel , ⚭ 1901, Marie Luise Irma von Wocher (Wochner) zu Oberlochau and Hausen, * October 3, 1878, Innsbruck, † September 24, 1929, Graz
         5. Wilhelmine (Mina) Carl von Hohenbalken * December 20, 1866, Klausen, † September 14, 1878, Idrija (Slovenia)
         6. Josef (Pepi) Carl von Hohenbalken * May 15, 1868, Klausen, † June 28, 1869, Graz
         7. Johanna Maria Barbara Josefa Carl von Hohenbalken * September 23, 1869, Graz , † January 11, 1933, Innsbruck, ⚭ February 15, 1896 in Innsbruck, Otto Anton Gottfried Felix Johann Marchesani * August 12, 1862 Klobenstein (Ritten) , † 11. January 1920, Innsbruck
         8. Hermann Carl von Hohenbalken * July 1, 1872, Graz, † April 25, 1920, Graz, ⚭ April 22, 1899 in Graz, Hermine (Herma) Viditz (Wieditz) Edle von Auenstein, * February 23, 1877 Stein ( Oberkrain ), † January 15, 1959, Graz
      2. Antonie Carl von Hohenbalken * April 16, 1829 ⚭ Johann Peterlongo
      3. Maria Carl von Hohenbalken * October 12, 1830, Innsbruck, ⚭ November 29, 1854 in Innsbruck, Ignatz Ritter von Feder * August 13, 1821, Chlumec , † October 29, 1904, Innsbruck
      4. Ludwig Carl von Hohenbalken
      5. Franz Carl von Hohenbalken

literature

• Hans Bruppacher, "Die Carle von Hohenbalken", in Bündner Monatsblatt, 1937, pp. 218–222, pp. 235–253
• Martin Bundi: Carl, Gregor (von Hohenbalken). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Peter Hersche: Carl, Kaspar (von Hohenbalken). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Peter Hersche, “Der Spätjansenismus in Österreich”, 1977, pp. 331–338

Individual evidence

1. ^ Heinrich Boxler: The naming of castles in north-eastern Switzerland and in Graubünden ; P. 100
2. ↑ Swiss Archives for Heraldry, 1928, No. 1.
3. ^ Peter Hersche, Kaspar Carl von Hohenbalken
4. ^ Genealogical paperback of the noble houses of Austria , O. Maas' Sons, 1905, p. 129
5. ↑ Hans Friedrich von Ehrenkrook, “Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels” , CA Starke, 1964, p. 71