Florian Waldauf

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Florian Waldauf

Florian Waldauf Ritter von Waldenstein (* around 1450 in Anras ; † January 13, 1510 in Kolsassberg ) was a Tyrolean knight in the service of Emperor Maximilian and a member of the Order of the Kannen .

Life

Florian Waldauf (Baldauf) grew up on the still managed Balferhof in Asch (municipality of Anras ) in East Tyrol . The mountain farmer's boy presumably received a higher education because in 1483 he worked as a clerk in the Innsbruck court chancellery of Archduke Sigismund the rich in coins .

When Archduke Sigismund abdicated in favor of the House of Austria, Florian Waldauf entered the service of the young King Maximilian . When he was captured by the citizens of Bruges in 1488 , he tried to free him. For his work he was given the title of nobility "von Waldenstein", which refers to a residence in Württemberg . He accompanied Maximilian on his travels and campaigns and was knighted by the king in 1490 because of his loyalty. Waldauf traveled to Spain as envoy to consolidate the alliance of the two kingdoms through the marriage between Archduke Philip I and Archduchess Margarete with the children of the Spanish royal family.

Florian Waldauf. Detail of the Frauenstein Madonna
Barbara Mitterhofer. Detail of the Frauenstein Madonna

In 1491 he married Barbara Mitterhofer, the daughter of a Schwaz master builder, with whom he had three sons. In 1492 he rebuilt Rettenberg Castle ( Kolsassberg municipality ). For Florian Waldauf, the renewal of the religious life was a major concern of his time, which he sought to promote by printing religious writings. Among other things, he let the revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden published ( Anton Koberger 1502).

Even today, however, his name is inextricably linked with the “Waldaufkapelle” he founded in the parish church of St. Nikolaus in Hall in Tyrol . When the ship with King Maximilian and Waldauf got into distress on a crossing in the Netherlands in 1489, he vowed a foundation for the veneration of the saints. After the happy rescue he decided to donate a Lady Chapel with a collection of relics, which is looked after by two priests. The chapel was established on the north side of the parish church and consecrated in 1500. A year later, the relics that Waldauf had collected on his travels across Europe were carried in a solemn procession , in which over 32,000 people took part, from Rettenberg Castle to Hall in the side chapel of the parish church.

Waldauf and his wife Barbara Mitterhofer are depicted under the cloak of the Frauenstein Madonna in Molln , a Maximilian foundation on the same occasion.

In 1508 Waldauf founded the Stubengesellschaft in Hall , a union for the city's high-ranking personalities. In 1509 he was commissioned by Emperor Maximilian to take care of the construction of his tomb in Innsbruck . Florian Waldauf Ritter von Waldenstein died on January 13th 1510 at Rettenberg Castle and found his final resting place in his chapel. When the crypt was opened in 1763, a coin with the image of Emperor Maximilian was found near Waldauf's bones.

Library

The library of his foundation founded by Waldauf is one of the most important still preserved church libraries in Austria from around 1500. It was loaned to the Innsbruck University Library in 2003 and is being researched and cataloged there. In 2011 valuable pieces (one manuscript, 11 incunabula and over 100 old prints), which had been alienated from the library in the 20th century, appeared at the Munich auction house Zisska und Schauer.

literature

  • Constantin von Wurzbach : Waldauf Knight von Waldenstein, Florian . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 52nd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1885, p. 163 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Fanny Wibmer-Pedit : Knight Florian Waldauf. Lienz 1935 (novel).
  • Josef Engel, Franz Egger: The Holy Chapel to Our Lady in Hall in Tirol. Innsbruck 1951.
  • Ernst Verdroß-Droßberg: Florian Waldauf von Waldenstein. Innsbruck 1958. ( Schlern-Schriften 184).
  • Ekkart Sauser :  Waldauf zu Waldenstein, Florian. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 1499-1500.
  • Cárdenas, Livia: Between Legitimation and Memoria. Florian Waldauf and the unfinished project of the Haller Heiltumsbuch, in: Forum Hall in Tirol. News on the history of the city , 2 (2008), pp. 234-253.
  • Schmitz-Esser, Romedio: Personal relationships of power and piety: Erich von Braunschweig, Katharina von Sachsen and Florian Waldauf. The cover of the Haller Heiltumsbuch as an overlooked historical source, in: Forum Hall in Tirol. News on the history of the city , 2 (2008), pp. 278–299.
  • West, Ashley: Hans Burgkmair the Elder's Woodcuts for the Hall-in-Tyrol Heiltumsbuch: Tradition, Authenticity, and Artistic Authority, in: Forum Hall in Tirol. News on the history of the city , 2 (2008), pp. 254–273.

Web links

Commons : Florian Waldauf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Angela Mohr: The protective coat Madonna von Frauenstein . Steyr: Ennsthaler Verlag 1983, 2nd edition 1986, ISBN 3-85068-132-7 , p. 32 f.
  2. ↑ http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/42999544/
personal data
SURNAME Waldauf, Florian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldauf Ritter von Waldenstein, Florian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tyrolean knight
DATE OF BIRTH around 1450
PLACE OF BIRTH Anras
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1510
Place of death Kolsassberg