Eitl Hans Gienger

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Eitl Hans Gienger (also Eitlhans, Eitlhanns, Eutlhans, * 1505 ; † before April 1569 in Burg Alt-Montfort ) came from an Ulm patrician family , was an imperial soldier, land and field master in Tyrol and governor of Feldkirch in Vorarlberg .

Life

Eitl Hans was the third-born son of Knight Ernst Damian Gienger (1475–1556) and his first wife Ursula Schütz von Raittenau (1480–1523). His brothers were Georg Gienger von Rotteneck (1500–1577), Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, and Jakob Gienger von Grienpichel (1510–1578), from 1554 to 1560 Vice Cathedral of Austria ob der Enns and Lower Austrian Court Chamber Councilor.

Eitlhans fought as a soldier for the emperor from his youth. In 1540 he is mentioned as the caretaker of the lordship of St. Petersberg , municipality of Silz . From 1552 to 1554 he was Roman emperor. Obrister kit master in Tyrol. As field and caretaker master , he led the Tyrolean Landsturm against the Elector Moritz von Sachsen in 1552 .

Gienger had been Vogt of Feldkirch since 1554, since on April 16, 1554 the Vogtei Feldkirch had been transferred to him for 4500 florins. Soon after, Eitlhans made Altmontfort Castle cozy . In 1563 he wanted to invest 1000 guilders in the expansion of the castle and add the amount to the pawn schilling. Archduke Ferdinand approved the expansion on June 20, 1563, but the start of construction was delayed. In 1568 Count Jakob Hannibal von Hohenems became the new Vogt of Feldkirch.

Arch. Ferdinand appointed Gienger after the submission of the bailiwick of Feldkirch as administrator of the Ober- and West-Österreichischen Landzeugmeisteramt (Ober- and West-Österreichischen Lands) and as caretaker in Innsbruck, for which he had to move to an official residence in Innsbruck. Eitlhans Gienger died before April 1569.

The Alt-Montfort pledge remained in the possession of the widow and children of Gienger until February 15, 1594.

Eitl Hans Gienger married Katharina von Gebersdorf and then Katharina Füeger (Fieger), the daughter of Georg Fieger zu Hirschberg, Archduke Ferdinand II. K. Councilor and salt minister in Hall. The marriage resulted in eleven children, five daughters and six sons. Only Damian continued the line.

see Gienger's list of members

literature

  • Josef Kraft: Structural redesign of the “Altmontfort” castle around 1570. in research and reports on the history of Tyrol and Vorarlberg, 12th 1915; Pp. 243-261, esp. 248 digital.tessmann.it
  • Johann Georg Adam von Hoheneck : “ The praiseworthy gentlemen estates Deß Ertz-Herzogthumb Austria whether the Ennß, as: prelates, gentlemen, knights, and cities or genealogical and historical description, of the same arrival, founding, building and fortification , Wapen, shield, and helmets, your monasteries, lordships, castles, and cities ”Volume 1, Passau 1727, pp. 182–194 digitized
  • Franz Karl Wißgrill , Karl von Odelga: scene of the land-based Lower Austrian nobility from the lordship and knighthood from the 11th century on, except for the present , Volume 3, Vienna 1800, pp. 317-327.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Schönherr: History and Cultural History, David von Schönherr's collected writings; Vol. 2, Verlag Wagner 1902, p. 718 digital.tessmann.it
  2. ^ David Schönherr: The incursion of Elector Moritz von Sachsen in Tirol 1552 , Verlag Wagner 1868, S. 87f.
  3. ↑ According to Franz Josef Huber this means Neu-Monfort, see burgenverein-untervaz. PDF
personal data
SURNAME Gienger, Eitl Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gienger von Grünbichel, Eitlhans; Gienger, Eutel Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Landvogt zu Feldkirch, court war councilor, land and military master in Tyrol
DATE OF BIRTH 1505
DATE OF DEATH before April 1569
Place of death Alt-Montfort , Feldkirch municipality